Matteo Vassallo was born in Sanremo (Italy) in 1975. He is a graduate of the University of Genoa, Italy. He obtained his medical degree and his specialty in infectious diseases from the same university. He worked as a hospital practitioner in the Department of Infectious Diseases at Nice University Hospital, in Nice, France, from 2004 to 2010. In 2010, he joined the Department of Internal Medicine Infectious Diseases of Cannes General Hospital in Cannes, France, where he currently works as Chief of the Department. His main research areas include all aspects of infectious diseases, with a special focus on HIV infection, respiratory virus, sepsis and catheter related-bloodstream infection.