S.I.S.Me.R – Centro di fecondazione assistita-sismer.it

From 1975 to 1984: winner of fellowships at several international institutions, including: Southerland Sydney Hospital, Surgical Department; Ob/Gyn Department, University of New South Wales; Microsurgery Unit of the Gynecological clinic in Leuven, Belgium; Micro research Foundation of Australia

• Author of more than 250 publications in scientific journals; editor of 9 volumes
• Speaker at several national and international congresses and conferences
• Since 2005:  FMH in Obstetrics and Gynaecology – Specialist training in Reproductive Medicine and Gynaecological Endocrinology
• Memeber of several Italian and international scientific societies, including: Società Italiana di Ginecologia ed Ostetricia; Società Italiana di Fertilità e Sterilità; Società Italiana di Microchirurgia; Società Italiana di Biologia Sperimentale; Società Italiana per l’Endoscopia Ginecologica; Società Medico-Chirurgica; American Fertility Society; Australian Fertility Society; Australian Society of Reproductive Biology, Group pour l’Avancement de la Microchirurgie; Centre for Human Bioethics, Monash University
• From 1993 to 2000: National Secretary of SIMOP for reproductive medicine
• From 1994 to 2000: Member of the Advisory Committee of the European Society for Human Reproduction and Embryology (ESHRE)
• From 1996 to 2000: Coordinator of ESHRE’s Embryology Special Interest Group
• From 1998 to 2000: Member of the Executive Committee of the European Society for Human Reproduction and Embryology (ESHRE)
• 2000: General Secretary of the ESHRE Annual Meeting
• Dal 2000 al 2003: Associate editor, Human Reproduction
• From 2000 to 2007: Member of the European IVF Monitoring consortium
• 2000: Honorary member of the Societad Argentina de Esterilidad Y Fertilidad
• 2001: Member of the WHO Task Force on medical, social and ethical aspects of Assisted Reproduction
• From 2001 To 2004: Member of the board of directors of the Italian Society for Reproductive Medicine (SIdR)
• 2002: Member of the Commission established by the Italian Ministry of Health on “Study of oocyte cryopreservation procedures in Assisted Reproduction”
• From 2002 to 2004: Founder and Cordinator of ESHRE’s Stem Cells Special Interest Group
• From 2003 to 2007: Coordinator of ESHRE’s Special Interest Groups
• Since 2004: Member of the Editorial Board of Reproductive Biomedicine Online
• 2004: Member of the Commission established by the Italian Ministry of Health on “Study of procedures of oocytes cryopreservation in Assisted Reproduction”
• From 2005 to 2006: Chairman of PGDIS (Preimpiantation Genetic Diagnosis International Society)
• From 2006 to 2007: Chairman of SIdR (Società Italiana della Riproduzione)
• 2007: Honorary member of the Mediterranean Society for Reproductive Medicine
• From 2007 to 2009: Chairman-elect of the European Society for Human Reproduction and Embryology (ESHRE)
• From 2009 to 2011: Chairman of the European Society for Human Reproduction and Embryology (ESHRE)
• Since 2009: Member of the ASRM International Advisory Committee
• From 2009 to 2015: Coordinator of the ESHRE Task Force for Management of Fertility Units
• From 2012 to 2015: Coordinator of the ESHRE Certification for Reproductive Endoscopic Surgeons (ECRES)
• Since 2014: Fellow ad eundem of the Royal College Of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (United Kingdom)
• From 2015 to 2017: Chairman of SIOS.E – Italian Society for Sterility and Embryology
• From 2016 to 2021: Coordinator of the ESHRE Art Centre Certification
• Since 2017: Member of the Board of Directors of the Fondazione PMA.Italia (Vice-President)
• From March 2020 to July 2022: Member of the ESHRE COVID-19 Working Group
• Since 2020: Temporary advisor to the WHO – Guideline Development Group WHO Guidelines for the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of infertility
• Since 2021: Director of Global Educational Programs of IFFS
• Since 2022: Member of the Board of Consultants of the Italian Ministry of Health for prevention and treatment of infertility

• From 1978 to 1981: University teacher – Anatomy and Human Physiology. I Clinic of Obstetrics and Gynaecology – Bologna University (Sant’Orsola Hospital)
• From 1980 to 1984: Research Fellow. II Institute of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Clinic – Bologna University
• From 1984 to 1989: Researcher, permanent position. Clinical Institute of Obstetrics and Gynaecology – Bologna University
• From 1989 to 1992: Senior assistant (Maitre assistant) of the Chair of Gynecological Endocrinology and Sterility Clinic, Geneva University, Switzerland
• From 1993 to 1994: University professor of “Assisted Reproduction Techniques” within the degree course in Physiopatholgy  of Reproduction Postgraduate School of Obstetrics and Gynaecology – University of Rome “Tor Vergata”
• 1999: University Professor within the Master in “Biotechnologies of Reproduction”, Teramo University
• From 2000 to 2002: University Professor within the Master in “Biotechnologies of Reproduction”, Teramo University
• From 2000 to 2005:  University Professor (Andrology;  3^rd-year course) Postgraduate school of Urology – University of Trieste
• From 2004 to 2016: University Professor – Degree course in Biotechnologies of Reproduction, Teramo University
• Since 2014: Certified Ordinary Professor
• From 2014 to 2022: Honorary Professor at the School of Biosciences – University of Kent

• From 1979 to 1981: researcher at the Reproductive Medicine Unit of Bologna University
• From 1982 to 1983: Researcher at the Department  of Obstetrics and Gynaecology – Monash University, Melbourne, Australia
• From 1987 to 1997: Associated researcher  at the “Center for Early Human Development”, Monash Medical Center, Clayton, Victoria, Australia
• From 1993 to 1995: Director of the Reproductive Medicine Unit at Private Hospital Villa Regina, Bologna
• From 1995 to 2005: Scientific Director at SISMeR
• Since 2009: Scientific Director at IIARG – International Institutes for Advanced Reproduction and Genetics
• Since 2012: Scientific Director at SISMeR