A/Professor Giuseppe Sasso
Radiation Oncologist
Associate Professor Giuseppe (Peppe) Sasso is an experienced radiation oncologist, with a high volume and patient-centred private and public practice in Auckland and Dunedin.
He specialises in the treatment of genito-urinary, head & neck and breast cancers with highly precise radiotherapy techniques.
A/Prof Sasso is an internationally renowned expert in the treatment of prostate cancer with CyberKnife.
Peppe has extensive experience in Stereotactic Ablative Radiotherapy (SABR) and pioneered its adoption in New Zealand for treatment of prostate and kidney cancers and early-metastatic malignancies (oligo-metastases) to spine, liver, kidney, adrenal, pancreas, lymph nodes, bone, brain and lung.
A/Prof Sasso is a Fellow of the Faculty of Radiation Oncology of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Radiologists (RANZCR) and Associate Professor at the Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences of the University of Auckland; and Honorary Academic at the School of Medicine of the University of Brescia (Italy).
Prior to moving to New Zealand 15 years ago, Peppe has worked for over a decade in world-class cancer centres in Italy, UK, Australia, UAE (with Johns Hopkins Medicine International) and France. He was Director of the Radiation Oncology Department at Auckland City Hospital from 2010 to 2020, President of the Board of Directors of TROG Cancer Research and Chairman of the New Zealand Ministry of Health Radiation Oncology Working Group.
He is fluent in English, Spanish, French and Italian.
Specialist Areas
Understanding Your Treatment
The Patient Pathway
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