Dr Rosario García Campelo, MD, is the Head of Medical Oncology Department, Thoracic Tumor Unit Chair in the University Hospital A Coruña, Spain, and Head of Oncology Research Group, Biomedical Research Institute (INIBIC), A Coruña, Spain. She obtained her medical degree in 1996 at the University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain, and subsequently completed her training in medical oncology in the University Hospital of A Coruña, Spain. She continued her training as a visiting researcher at the laboratory of Molecular Biology of the Germa Hospital Trias i Pujol (Barcelona, Spain), as well as in Moffit Cancer Center (Tampa, Florida).
She is a member of the Board of the Spanish Society of Medical Oncology and member of the board of The Spanish Lung Cancer Group, as well as of different scientific societies.
Her current research focuses on the treatment of thoracic tumors, with special interest in novel therapies against lung cancer, and clinical/translational research, with an active participation in national and international clinical trials.