Carla Ida Ripamonti

Biography

Carla Ida Ripamonti, M.D. specializes in medical oncology and clinical pharmacology. She is currently the Head of Supportive Care in Cancer Unit, Fondazione IRCCS, Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Milano, Italy. In addition, she is part of the Lifetime Board Advisers of International Association Hospice & Palliative Care (IAHPC) and for the European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO) she is Faculty Member of the Educational Committee Supportive and Palliative Care working group and Co-Chair of the ESMO Palliative Care Working Group (PCWG), in addition to being the ESMO Media Ambassador. She is the Italian Member of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer (MASCC).

Research Interest

Research interest in pharmacodynamics and pharmacokinetics of morphine and methadone; CNS adverse effects of opioids; opioid rotation; equianalgesia between methadone and other opioids; drugs used in managing inoperable bowel obstruction and dyspnea; attitudes towards suicide and euthanasia in terminal cancer patients cared for at home by well-trained palliative care teams.