Pierpaolo Alongi is the Clinical Head of PET/CT at the Nuclear Medicine Unit of ARNAS Ospedali Civico, Di Cristina e Benfratelli. He is also a "Qualified" Associate Professor in Italy from 20218 (ASN-MIUR), an "ad hoc" Professor at the University of Palermo, and an Academic Editor for Plos One. He obtained his Medical Doctor degree in Medicine and Surgery from Università degli Studi di Palermo and Nuclear Medicine Specialization from University of Milano-Bicocca with clinical training at San Raffaele Hospital of Milan (Italy) and University College of London Hospital (UK). He was the Director of the Nuclear Medicine Unit of San Raffaele Hospital of Cefalù (Italy) from 2015 to 2021. His research work has an h-Index of 21, and his publications have been cited over 1500 times (Google Scholar, 8 November 2023).