Valerio Gaetano Vellone is the Medical Director of the Complex Operational Unit of Anatomic Pathology at the IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini and Associate Professor of Pathological Anatomy at the University of Genoa. He completed a specialization in Pathological Anatomy from the Catholic University of the Sacred Heart and received a Ph.D. in Molecular Pathology in Gynecological Oncology there. He served as a specialist consultant at the San Feliciano Nursing Home from 2008 to 2011, at the Columbus Integrated Complex from 2010 to 2011, at Policlinico A.Gemelli from 2011 to 2012 and at John Paul II Research and Care Foundation from 2012 to 2013. Furthermorf, he served as a Fixed-term University Researcher type A and then type B (Gelmini law) at the University of Genoa from 2013 to 2020, also acting as Senior Consultant at Ospedale Policlinico San Martino for gynecological and fetoplacental diagnostics. He is a Surgical, Anatomic, and Molecular Pathologist with particular expertise in the fields of Gynecologic, Fetal-Placental, and Pediatric Pathology.