Specialist in Paediatrics and Paediatric Haematology
Specialty
Specialist in Paediatrics and Paediatric Haematology
Area
Internal medicine and medical specialties
Registration
Milan Medical Board, no. 18161
A paediatrician and haematologist, he headed the Paediatric Haematology Day Hospital of the Paediatric Clinic of the University of Milano-Bicocca, Fondazione MBBM, San Gerardo Hospital in Monza, from 1994 to 2016, where he now leads psychosocial care.
He was president of the Italian Association of Paediatric Haematology and Oncology (AIEOP) in 2002–2004 and has authored more than 450 scientific publications. He is adjunct professor of Paediatrics, honorary professor at the University of Niš and the Serbian Medical Academy in Belgrade, and a member of the Bioethics Committee of the National Cancer Institute in Milan.
He has written three books about children and young people who have recovered from blood diseases. In 2010 he received the Ambrogino d’Oro, the City of Milan’s highest civic honour.