Nationality: Italian

City: Pisa



Present functions

Director of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology of the University of Pisa since 1994.

Formation

1966 M.D. Cum Laude from Siena University, than Residents in Gynecology and Obstetrics, and in Endocrinology and Metabolism Disorders.

1969-1970 Deputy Assistant, than Full Assistant at the University of Siena.

1972 PhD at the Division de Biochimie Clinique, Clinique Médicale at Lausanne University

1972-1973 Assistant, than Senior Assistant in the Division of Gynecology and Obstetrics of the University in Cagliari.

Previous functions

1977 Associate Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Sienna

1980 Full Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Director of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the University of Cagliari

1982 Director of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology of the University of Modena

Honours

1994 Awarded with the Honoris Causa Laurea by the University of Wroclaw in Polonia,

2005 Awarded with the Honoris Causa Laurea by the University "Ovidius" of Costanta in Romania

2007 Awarded with the Honoris Causa Laurea by the University of Bucharest in Romania.

Scientific societies and professional associations

- President of the International Society of Gynecological Endocrinology

- President of the European Society for Gynecologic and Obstetric Investigaton

- Past President of the International Menopause Society

-Member of the Scientific and Ethical Review Group of the WHO Special Program "Research, Development and Training in Human Reproduction" from 1998 to 2002

- Member of various scientific national societies in the obstetrics and gynecological field.

- Member of the International Academy of Human Reproduction since 1993

- Member of the "Accademia degli Illuminati" since 2003

- "Fellow ad eundem" of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists

Scientific editions

- Reviewer of articles appearing in the: