Goffredo Orazio Rinaldo Arena
Associate Professor
Pathology
Morinda
Canada
Biography
Dr. Goffredo Arena graduated in Italy at the University of Catania in 1997. He then moved to England where he started his training in General and Vascular Surgery at the Royal Free Hospital in London. In 2003 he transferred to McMaster University in Hamilton to continue his training in General and Vascular Surgery. In 2006 he gained the Vascular Surgery fellowship Certificate in Italy and in 2007 he obtained his General Surgery Specialist Certificate in Canada and he became a fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons. In 2007 he relocated to Montreal and he completed back to back a fellowship in Minimally Invasive Surgery and a fellowship in HPB and multi-organ transplantation at McGill University.
Research Interest
His main research interest focus on horizontal transfer of malignant traits and he has become worldwide one of the main advocates of the genometastatic hypothesis. He has patented a novel blood test called MATERD for cancer screening and metastatic recurrence prediction. Recently he published on the reprogramming effect of human embryonic stem cells’ exosomes on cancer cells.
