Graduated at the University of Milan Medical School in 1989. Post-graduate specialization in Hematology at the University of Milan Medical School in 1993. Master in direction of hospital units at the IREF Institute in 2001. • Internship in Transfusion Medicine at S. Raffaele Hospital, Milan, 1990-1992. • Medical assistant at the Bormio & Sondalo Hospital, Sondrio, 1992-1994. • Vice-director at the Busto Arsizio Hospital, Varese, 1994-1999, as the responsible of productive and therapeutic apheresis section, stem cell collection and manipulation, organization of good clinical practice schemes in blood usage. • Responsible for the Immunohematology and blood transfusion unit at the Tradate Hospital, Varese, 1999-2010 • Responsible for the Transfusion Medicine unit at the Legnano General Hospital, Milano, 2010 to present. Actively involved in national and international courses and seminars mostly focused on alternatives to blood transfusion, intravenous iron administration, patient blood management and therapeutic apheresis. Scientific associate of the International Foundation for Patient Blood Management (IFPBM) Author in the last five years of 12 papers published on peer-reviewed journals on transfusion medicine.