MD with honors at Bologna University (1979)

Specialty in Hematology with honors at Bologna University(1982)

Specialty in Oncology with honors at Bologna University (1997)

Post-doctoral fellowship at Dutch Cancer Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands (1986, 1991)

Assistant Professor at the Institute of Hematology, Bologna University medical School (1987-2001)

2001-present: Currently appointed as Director, at the Department of OncoHematology, AORMN Marche Nord, Pesaro, Italy

Head, Hematology & Transplant Center, AORMN Marche Nord, Italy

More than 350 publications in Pubmed; Total impact factor > 1,450

H-Index: 52.7

Fields of interest: Autologous and allogeneic transplantation, with the design of an innovative conditioning regimen for relapsed/refractory lymphomas (BendaEAM)

Chronic Lymphocytic leukemia; acute myeloid leukemia, with particular interest in designing novel molecularly driven protocols