About – Artoi Events

Dr Massimo Bonucci

Dr Massimo Bonucci has an M.D. degree from the University of Pisa. He is an oncologist and surgical pathologist in Italy. He introduced and developed integrative medicine in cancer care in Italy. As a Medical Oncologist, Dr Bonucci works as the Director of Integrative Oncology at Villa Benedetta, Nuova Villa Claudia, and Villa Anna Maria Hospitals in Rome. He is also the Director of the “Integrative Oncology” project at S. Andrea University Hospital in Rome. Dr Bonucci is the Founder and President of Foundation ARTOI (Association for Research in Integrative Oncology Therapies), a nonprofit organisation, the first in Italy to explain and develop integrative medicine in cancer. He is the Director of Oncological Sciences Department, Humanitas Consortium University in Rome, and the Director for the Masters postgraduate program in Integrative Oncology at Sapienza University. Additionally, Dr Bonucci is a member of the International Exchange Commission Order of Physicians of Rome, a member of International Clinical Hyperthermia Society (Italian Network) and Committee of SIIO (Italian Society for Oncological Hyperthermia), and a member of Surgical Pathology ORCHIDEA Lab. in Rome.. Dr Bonucci is a Visiting Professor at Zhejiang Chinese Medical University in Hongzhou, China. He is a long-standing member of SIO, Past Co-chair of the SIO Global Committee and now the SIO Global Ambassador for Italy. Dr Bonucci is a member of IAP (International Academy of Pathology – Italian Division), with key areas of focus including breast cancer, brain cancer and pancreatic cancer.

Dr Eran Ben-Arye

Prof. Eran Ben-Arye has an MD degree from the Faculty of Medicine of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel. Prof. Ben-Arye is on the faculty of the Bruce Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, The Technion, and since 2022 serves as the Chairman, Department of Family Medicine, in the Faculty of Medicine. Prof. Ben-Arye is the founder and director of the Integrative Oncology Program at Lin, Carmel, and Zebulun Medical Centers, Haifa, Israel. He has been the Chairperson of the Israel Society for Complementary Medicine of the Israel Medical Association. He is the Primary Researcher of the Middle East Research Group in Integrative Oncology (MERGIO) within the Middle East Cancer Consortium (MECC) and is an elected member of the Society for Integrative Oncology (SIO) Board of Trustees and serves as the SIO Regional Ambassador to Europe and the
Middle-East.
His research interests include integrative and complementary medicine,
family medicine, integrative oncology, medical education, doctorpatient communication, evidence-based medicine and research, and traditional and cross-cultural medicine. He has authored and coauthored 205 manuscripts in peer-reviewed journals published in Pubmed/Medline and 9 chapters in oncology textbooks concerning integrative oncology, doctor-patient communication, sociology and nutrition.
Prof. Ben-Arye has constructed and co-conducted more than 20 clinical studies in the area of complementary and integrative medicine, including five randomized controlled studies. He is assigned as Associate Editor for Integrative Oncology in the BMJ Supportive & Palliative Care and as an Integrative Medicine section editor in Current Psychiatry Reports.

Dr Nina Fuller-Shavel

Dr Nina Fuller-Shavel is an award winning Oxbridge-trained integrative medicine physician scientist and educator with over a decade’s experience in integrative healthcare. Dr Fuller-Shavel holds 4 Oxbridge degrees, including MB BChir (Medicine) and MA Hons Natural Sciences from the University of Cambridge and distinctions in MSc Precision Cancer Medicine and PG Dip Health Research from the University of Oxford. Dr Fuller-Shavel is a Fellow of the College of Medicine, the British Association for Nutrition and Lifestyle Medicine (BANT) and the Royal Society of Arts (RSA). Dr Nina Fuller-Shavel has co-chaired the BSIO (British Society for Integrative Oncology) over 2021-2023 and is the current Co-Chair of the BSIO Education Committee. Dr Fuller-Shavel is the SIO (Society for Integrative Oncology) Global Ambassador to the UK and the current Chair of the SIO Global Committee, actively contributing to several other SIO committees and special interest groups. Alongside her extensive scientific and medical training, Dr Fuller-Shavel holds multiple qualifications in nutrition, integrative medicine, health coaching, herbal medicine, Traditional Chinese Medicine, yoga, mindfulness and other therapeutic approaches. Dr Nina Fuller-Shavel has also recently coauthored the book ‘Integrative Oncology in Breast Cancer Care’ with Dr Penny Kechagioglou published by Springer in March 2024. Dr Nina Fuller-Shavel is the Founder and Director of Synthesis Clinic, an innovative multidisciplinary practice in Berkshire, specialising in integrative cancer care (integrative oncology), women’s health and integrative pain care. Alongside her clinical work, Dr Fuller-Shavel is a guest lecturer in integrative medicine for undergraduate and postgraduate programmes and delivers independent educational courses for medical and nutrition professionals, including her Systems Approach to Cancer Programme. Dr Nina Fuller-Shavel participates in research in integrative oncology and precision health, is an expert integrative and supportive oncology abstract reviewer for international conferences and journals, and contributes to journal editorial boards (NMJ and IJIO) and guideline development panels nationally and internationally. Finally, Dr Fuller-Shavel holds two integrative oncology non-profit roles as the CEO of the UK NCIO (National Centre for Integrative Oncology) charity and the Co-Founder and Director of Oncio CIC, supporting access to services and best clinical practice and research in integrative oncology.

Congress Topics

Quality Criteria in Integrative Oncology for evidence and clinical work.
European-specific Guideline methodology for key characteristics of Evidence
TCIM, Anthroposophy, Medicinal Herbs and Precision Medicine (Gender medicine in integrative oncology)
Tackling key components of Nutrition in Cancer: in prevention and during treatment of cancer
Exercise in oncology, manual therapies and rehabilitation, mind-body therapies, yoga
Research methodology in Integrative Oncology: repertoire of traditional and innovative methods. Where and how to find funding
Common principles and overlap between European 8 key IO disciplines (Anthroposophic Medicine, Ayurvedic Medicine, Classical Homeopathy, Clinical Hypnosis, Mind Body Medicine, Integrative Nursing, Phytotherapy, TCM/Acupuncture)
Educational models, contents, and methods in IO, potentially transferable to other countries
Shiatsu, osteopathy, reflexology sistems
Models of Integration of Integrative Medicine and Oncology: learning from Palliative Care and Supportive Care
Psycho-oncology and Coaching
Microbiota and cancer: news for good treatments
AI and Integrative new treatments
Lifestyle medicine: prevention and in-treatment support through to survivorship and living well with cancer