Prof. Gian Carlo Di Renzo

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Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Maternal Fetal Medicine, past Chair of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology and past Director  of  the Reproductive and Perinatal Medicine Research Center at the University of  Perugia ( 2004-2022) . Founder and Director of the Permanent International and European School of Perinatal and Reproductive Medicine (PREIS) in Florence ( www.preischool.eu ) ( 2012- )  . Dr Di Renzo  is also full Professor at the Dept of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the I.M. Sechenov First State University of Moscow (2019- )   and he is distinguished scholar of the PRB Unit of NIH-NICHD, Washington DC , USA ( 2021- ) . Since 2022, he is director  of  the Alliance for Global Women’s Medicine ( GLOWM , www.glowm.com ) the educational platform  of FIGO,  after being  General Secretary of  FIGO for two terms (2012-2018) . He was Secretary general and now  co-President  of the New European Surgical Academy (NESA, www.nesacademy.org ) since 2010. He holds multiple other positions including Founder Editor of the Journal of Maternal Fetal and Neonatal Medicine, corresponding Editor of the American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Hon Editor in Chief of the Chinese Journal (in English language) “Maternal Fetal-Medicine”. In 2024 he launched a new peer reviewed open access journal “ Maternal and Children’s Health” of which he is Editor in Chief. He was an Advisory Board Member for the March of Dimes Foundation based in New York ( 2012-2018) . Further, he is honorary member of 34 different Scientific  Societies among which  a Fellow ad eundem of RCOG and a Honorary Fellow of American ACOG and of Indian ICOG. Prof. Di Renzo is a Honorary Professor and Doctor Honoris Causa in Medicine and Surgery  at respectively 15 and 6  different Universities throughout Europe, Asia, South and North America. He is an Academic Member of the Romanian and Russian Academy of Sciences. Prof. Di Renzo has received eight awards for his work in human reproduction and maternal-infant’s health, scientific research, and teaching. In 2023 he was recipient of the Accademia dei Lincei award for Gynecology and Medicine, given by the President of Italian Republic. In 2024 he has been awarded the “ Baiocco d’oro” ( golden coin) given by the City of Perugia for his achievements. He has organized more than 600 international congresses and courses, some of these are held regularly (Diabetes in Pregnancy: DIP, Birth, World Congress of Maternal Fetal and Neonatal Medicine, TWINS). His scientific production comprises over 1,500 papers of which more than 490 have been published in peer reviewed international journals  ( HI 64; i10 index 251)  and more than 100 books. He has been an invited speaker in over 1,800 national and international congresses and meetings and in academic courses in over 125 countries.