Dr Sylvie Bonvalot is an oncological surgeon specializing in soft-tissue sarcomas at Institut Curie, in Paris, where she currently heads the Visceral and sarcoma Surgery Department. She is an Associate Professor at the Collège de Medécine des hôpitaux de Paris. Sylvia Bonvalot has specialized in surgery of sarcoma and complex tumors for around twenty years; before joining Institut Curie, she worked at Gustave Roussy from 1994 to 2015. She coordinates several international studies on sarcoma or complex tumors of the abdomen and soft tissues of the limbs, and sits on the scientific boards of several French and European medical patient organizations or associations. She is an active member of the French sarcoma group and of several European societies (including ESSO, ESMO and EORTC). She has standardized and published surgical sarcoma techniques in international journals, and is the author of over 170 articles on the subject.

Dr Sylvie Bonvalot has received financial support/sponsorship for research support, consultation, or speaker fees from the following companies: