Biography
Born in Florence in 1942, he attained his M.D. from Siena University in 1966 cum laude.
He completed his residences in Gynecology & Obstetrics, & in Endocrinology & Metabolism Disorders.
- In 1972, he received the PhD at the Division de Biochimie Clinique, Clinique Médicale at Lausanne University.
In 1969 he become Deputy Assistant & from 1970 Full Assistant at the University of Siena.
From 1972 he relocated to the Division of Gynecology & Obstetrics, University in Cagliari.
From 1977 he relocated to the University of Siena as Associate Professor of Obstetrics & Gynecology.
- In 1980 Full Professor & Director, Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, University of Cagliari.
- From 1° November 1982 Director of the Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, University of Modena
- since 1994 up to 15/02/2012 Director of the Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, University of Pisa.
- In 1994 he was awarded with the Honoris Causa Laurea by the University of Wroclaw in Polonia,
- in 2005 he was awarded with the Honoris Causa Laurea by the University “Ovidius” of Costanta in Romania,
- in May 2007 he was awarded with the Honoris Causa Laurea by the University of Bucharest in Romania &
- in February 2009 he was awarded with the Honoris Causa Laurea by the University of Athens in Greece.
Experience
President of the International Society of Gynecological Endocrinology
President of the European Society of Gynecology
Past President of the International Menopause Society
General Secretary of the International Academy of Human Reproduction
Fellow ad eundem of the Royal College of Obstetricians & Gynaecologists
Research & Education
Reviewer of articles appearing in the:
Journal Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism Clinical Endocrinology, European Journal of Endocrinology Neuroendocrinology, Journal of Endocrinological Investigation Climacteric, Gynecologic & Obstetrics Investigation Circulation, Neurosciences Letters Maturitas, American Journal of Obstetric & Gynecology Human Reproduction, American Journal of Cardiology, Fertility & Sterility, Journal of Neuroendocrinology Journal of Hypertension, Italian Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology BJOG, International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics Journal of Molecular Endocrinology, ACTA Endocrinologica European Menopausal Journal
Editor-in-Chief of Gynecological Endocrinology since 1987, Assistant Editor of the European Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology & Reproductive Biology from 2000 to 2003, Editor of Maturitas from 2003 to 2009
Author of more than 742 papers in peer revie) wed journals. Editor of more than 42 books, Editor of A.P.O.G. (Permanent Update in Gynecology & Obstetrics)
