Associate Professor
Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences (DIMEC)
Scientific-disciplinary sector: MED/35 Skin and Venereal Diseases
Born in Senigallia on 17/08/1978
Scientific High School Diploma from E. Fermi High School, 1997
Degree in Medicine and Surgery on 21/10/2003 with a score of 110/110 cum laude, from the University of Bologna.
Specialization in Dermatology and Venereology on 25/11/2008 with a score of 70/70 cum laude, at the Dermatology Unit, University of Bologna, thesis: "New markers in mycosis fungoides".
PhD from 2009-2011, during which, with the Marco Polo Project, as a guest scientist, at the Department of Dermatology, University of Graz, Austria, Tutor Prof. L. Cerroni from 05/05/2010 to 28/07/2010 (contact person Prof. L. Cerroni), where he carried out his research activity at the Dermatopathology Unit.
PhD from 17/04/12 (XXIV cycle) with assistance (from 20/03/09 to 31/12/11) at the Dermatology Unit, Policlinico S. Orsola, Bologna, with a PhD in Surgical Sciences: Project no. 3 "Dermatological Sciences", thesis “Expression of vascular endothelium growth factor (VEGF) in mycosis fungoides”.
From 01/03/2012 to 28/02/2013 Research Fellow, at the University of Bologna, with assistance (from 03/03/12 to 28/02/13) at the Dermatology Unit, Policlinico S. Orsola, Bologna, Department of Internal Medicine, Aging, and Nephrological Diseases [http://www.aosp.bo.it/content/dipartimento-medicina-interna-dellinvecchiamento-e-malattie-nefrologiche ], Policlinico S. Orsola-Malpighi.
From 01/05/2013 to 30/04/2018 Research Fellow at the Dermatology Unit, Department of Translational Surgery and Medicine (DCMT), at the University of Florence, with a Research Grant titled: Immunobiological bases of the different clinical behavior of "thin" vs "thick" melanomas. For this reason, he carried out a fellowship from 8 to 25 July 2013 at the Department of Dermatology, University of Graz, Austria, Tutor Prof. L. Cerroni.
From 01/01/2013 to 31/12/2016 and from 20/2/17 to 31/12/2017, Contractor, with a freelance contract of 14 hours, at the Dermatology Unit, Policlinico S. Orsola-Malpighi.
From 01/01/2018 to 04/10/2018, Contractor, with a freelance contract of 12 hours, at the Dermatology Unit, Policlinico S. Orsola-Malpighi.
From 01/07/2018 to 30/09/2018 Scholarship holder at the Dermatology Unit, Department of Translational Surgery and Medicine (DCMT), at the University of Florence, with a scholarship titled “ROLE OF THE MICROENVIRONMENT IN THE PROGRESSION OF MYCOSIS FUNGOIDES (CUTANEOUS T-CELL LYMPHOMA)”.
From 05/10/2018 to 27/11/2019 Fixed-term Researcher type a), at the Department of Specialized, Diagnostic and Experimental Medicine, University of Bologna.
Since 2009, Visitor at the Oncological Physiotherapy Clinic (Head Prof. Pimpinelli) of the Dermatology Unit, University of Florence, Director Prof. N. Pimpinelli.
Since 2010, Head of the Cutaneous Lymphomas Clinic of the Dermatology Unit, Policlinico S. Orsola, Bologna.
Founding Ordinary Member of the Cutaneous Lymphomas Commission of the FIL (Italian Lymphoma Foundation) and former Member of the Italian Group of Cutaneous Lymphomas.
Member of the European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer, Cutaneous Lymphoma Task Force (EORTC-CLTF) and participant in the Early Career Investigator Group of the Cutaneous Lymphoma of the EORTC-CLTF.
Member of the International Society for Cutaneous Lymphoma (ISCL) since October 2016.
Member of the European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer, Cutaneous Lymphoma Task Force (EORTC-CLTF) and participant in the Early Career Investigator Group of the Cutaneous Lymphoma of the EORTC-CLTF from October 2016 to present.
Member of the International Society for Cutaneous Lymphoma (ISCL) from October 2016 to present.
Member of the Italian Group of Cutaneous Lymphomas (GILC) from 2009 to 2014.
Founding Ordinary Member of the Cutaneous Lymphomas Commission of the FIL (Italian Lymphoma Foundation) from 2015 to present.
Since 24.5.24 Member of the Board of the Cutaneous Lymphomas Commission of the FIL.
Member of the Editorial Board of the journal Cancers (IF 5.2).
Member of the Italian Society of Medical, Surgical, Aesthetic Dermatology, and Sexually Transmitted Diseases (SIDEMAST).
PI for the retrospective and prospective study on the epidemiology of primary cutaneous lymphomas.
PI for the PROSPER study on the quality of life of patients with primary cutaneous T-cell lymphoma treated with Mogamulizumab at the Bologna Center.
PI for the TRANQILLO B7981040 study on the use of JAK inhibitors in patients with vitiligo.
Participant in the EORTC-EADV Project Proposal no. PPRC-2023-0035, Plaque characterization in Mycosis Fungoides: towards a standardized definition of clinical, histological, and molecular features.
Co-author of the chapter on primary cutaneous follicle center B-cell lymphomas in “The 5th edition of The World Health Organization Classification of Haematolymphoid Tumours: Lymphoid Neoplasms”.
Since 13.10.21 Coordinator of internships at the Dermatology Unit for fourth-year students of the Medicine and Surgery degree course (fourth-year elective clinical internship in Skin and Venereal Diseases), for fifth-year students of the Medicine and Surgery degree course (fifth-year elective clinical internship in Skin and Venereal Diseases), for fifth-year students of the Medicine and Surgery degree course (second fifth-year elective clinical internship in Skin and Venereal Diseases), for sixth-year students of the Medicine and Surgery degree course (sixth-year elective clinical internship in Skin and Venereal Diseases I), for sixth-year students of the Medicine and Surgery degree course (sixth-year elective clinical internship in Skin and Venereal Diseases II), for sixth-year students of the Medicine and Surgery degree course, enrolled in the Practical Evaluation Internship (TPV surgical area), for students enrolled in Medicine and Surgery (degree course) elective clinical clerkship, year IV- skin and sexually transmitted diseases.
