Prof. Umberto Basile works as the Head of the Unit at the Department of Clinical Pathology, Santa Maria Goretti Hospital, Rome, Italy. He completed his PhD studies at the Institute of Biochemistry and Clinical Biochemistry, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Italy. He worked as a Healthcare Director (Department of Laboratory Medicine) at the Catholic University of the Sacred Heart Policlinico A. Gemelli, Rome, Italy in 1998.