Dr. Michele Vacca is a hematologist. He received his medical degree from Sapienza University of Rome in 1986 and specialized in Clinical and Laboratory General Hematology in 1989. After his specialization, he conducted research in onco-hematological diseases at the Department of Hematology, Sapienza University of Rome. In 1998, he was appointed Head of the Cell Collection and Effector Unit for Cell Therapy and Quality Manager of the HSCT Transplant Program at San Camillo Forlanini Hospital in Rome. In 2018, he became Director of the Immunohematology and Transfusion Medicine Service at A. Cardarelli Hospital in Naples. He was the Director of Regional Blood Transfusion System in Campania, Italy, until 2021 when he was appointed Director of the UOC Transfusion Medicine and Cell Therapies at Policlinico Universitario Campus Bio-Medico in Rome. Dr. Vacca is an expert in the field of transfusion medicine and cell therapy. He is an inspector of the Joint Accreditation Committee ISCT-Europe (JACIE), the EBMT European Blood Marrow Transplantation, the Italian National Transplant Center, and the Italian National Blood Centre. He is also the National Secretary of the Italian Society of Apheresis and Cell Manipulation SIdEM. His main areas of clinical activity are Quality Management of CSE Transplant Programs and Transfusion Services, Therapeutic Apheresis, and Collection of Products for Cellular Therapies, Development of Regenerative Medicine Programs.