Pierandrea De Iaco graduated with a degree in Medicine and Surgery in 1985 from the University of Bologna. He obtained a specialty degree in gynecology and obstetrics in 1989, a specialty degree in urology in 1994, and a specialty degree in general surgery in 1999 from the University of Bologna. After a few years of contract teaching (from 1998 to 2016) for the University of Bologna, at the School of Specialization in Obstetrics and Gynecology, since 1 April 2016, he has been an associate professor in the MED40 disciplinary sector at the University of Bologna. He is currently a professor of Gynecological Oncology in the Integrated Gynecology and Obstetrics Course of the degree in Medicine and Surgery at this University. He has participated in numerous national and international research programs, including numerous research programs of the MITO Group (Multicentre Italian Trials in Ovarian Cancer and Gynecologic Malignancies). He is the principal investigator in various research programs in gynecological oncology (the SIRENA study; the MIPEO study).