An interview with Giuseppe Argenziano: an insight into the field of dermoscopy

Giuseppe Argenziano speaks to Sebastian Dennis-Beron, Commissioning Editor: Giuseppe Argenziano is Full Professor and Head of the Dermatology Unit at the University of Campania, Naples, Italy. His main research field is dermato-oncology. He is an author of numerous scientific articles and books concerning dermoscopy, a new technique improving the clinicians detection of benign and malignant skin tumors. As a coordinator of a Skin Cancer Unit, he has established a successful tertiary, multidisciplinary, referral center particularly devoted to the diagnosis and management of patients with skin tumors. Over the past 20 years he has supervised over 100 foreign students and 40 residents in dermatology, established scientific collaborations with more than 200 colleagues from more than 30 nations, and organized more than 50 national and international scientific activities, courses and conferences (such as the Consensus Net Meeting on Dermoscopy and the First Congress of the International Dermoscopy Society). He is co-founder and past president of the International Dermoscopy Society; project leader for the development of a high diagnostic technology oncologic center at the Arcispedale Santa Maria Nuova IRCCS in Reggio Emilia; faculty member of the Master of Science in Dermoscopy and Preventive Dermato-oncology and has undertaken a short course in dermoscopy, two e-learning courses by the Medical University of Graz and by Cardiff University, respectively; and member of the Editorial Board of the Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology. Professor Argenziano has authored more than 400 full scientific articles and produced landmark primary publications and books in the field of dermoscopy. Over the past 20 years, he has been invited as speaker and/or chairman in more than 500 national and international conferences in the field of dermatology. His combined publications have received a sum total of more than 8000 citations with an h-index value of 46.