Gian Carlo Di Renzo is currently Professor of Obstetrics, Maternal Fetal Medicine and Gynecology, past Chair of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology (2004 – 2021) and past Director of the Reproductive and Perinatal Medicine Research Center (2002-2022) at the University of Perugia. He is Founder and Director of the Permanent International and European School of Perinatal and Reproductive Medicine (PREIS) in Florence (2012) and full Professor at the Dept. of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Perinatology at the I.M. Sechenov First State University of Moscow since 2019.

After graduation cum laude at Medical School of the University of Padova (1975), he was a research fellow at the Universities of Verona, Messina and Modena. After training at CHUV in Lausanne (Switzerland), at UCH in London (UK), at the University of Texas in Dallas (USA), and at the Catholic University in Nijmegen (NL) (1977-1982), he became a senior researcher at the University of Perugia. From 2004 to 2022 he was Professor and Chairman of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the University or Perugia., Chairman of the Midwifery School in the years 2004 to 2016, of the Ob Gyn Resident’s program (2008-2021) and of the PhD Program in Translational Medicine (2012-2022).  He has been also full Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the Wayne State University Medical School in Detroit (USA) (2022-2023).  He was general Secretary of the Italian Society of Perinatal Medicine (1994-2010), President of the Italian Society of Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology (2002-2004), Secretary-Treasurer of the European Association of Perinatal Medicine (1996-2000), President (2000 – 2002) Executive Director and Chairman of the Educational Committee (2002-2008), Vice President of the World Association of Perinatal Medicine (2007-2013). He is founding member of the World Association of Perinatal Medicine (1991), of the International Society of Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology (1991), and of the International Academy of Perinatal Medicine (2005). He is honorary member of the Obstetrics and Gynecology Societies of Hungary, Cuba, Argentina, Ecuador, Romania, Russia, Tartastan, Armenia, Georgia, Czech Republic, Spain, Serbia and Montenegro, Italy, of the Perinatal Societies of Uruguay, Spain, Croatia, Serbia, Romania, Greece, Russia and Italy; the Croatian Society of Ultrasound in Medicine, the Spanish and the Ibero American Societies of Prenatal Diagnosis and the Romanian Academy of Sciences. Since 2011 he is fellow of the Russian Academy of Sciences. He has been awarded the Gold Medal of the Bangladesh Society of Ob/Gyn (1992), the Maratea Children Prize (1994), the prize of the Corradi Foundation for “Scientific Research” (1998), the Liley Medal from the “Fetus as a Patient” International Society (2006), the Allan Chang Visiting Professorship (Hong Kong, 2007) and the Maternity Prize of the European Association of Perinatal Medicine (2008).  

Prof. Di Renzo has received nine international 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. In 2025 the Ministry of Health of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam awarded him the Medal for People’s Health  for his work on improving maternal infant care.  He has been awarded six Doctor Honoris Causa in Medicine and Surgery from the Purkinje University of Prague (2002), from the University of Athens (2008), from the Iuliu Hatieganu University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Cluj-Napoca, Romania (2008) from the University of St Petersburg, Ott Institute, Russia (2013), from the Carol Davila University of Bucharest (2022) and from the Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina (2019).   He has been appointed Honorary Professor at the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Buenos Aires, Argentina (2010), the State IM Sechenov University of Moscow, the Siberian University of Tomsk, the Russian State Medical University (RSMU) of Moscow, Russia (2011) the University of  Omsk, Russia (2013) the International University of Dubrovnik (Croatia, 2011) the University of Moldovia in Chisinau (2012), the University of Serbia in Belgrade (2011) the Kuban State University of Krasnodar, Russia (2014), the Cornell University of New York (2010- 2014), the Kansas City University Medical Centre (2011-2020), the Catholic University of Porto Alegre (Brazil, 2015), the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, State University (2015-2020).  He was honorary consultant at the Hamad Women Hospital in Doha, Qatar, and at the Al-Adan Hospital in Kuwait City, Kuwait (2008-2012). He has been member of the Advisory Board of the Ian Donald School of Ultrasound (2008-2015).  

Since 2011 is Fellow ad eundem of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (London) (FRCOG); since 2012 is Honorary Fellow of the American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology (FACOG) and from 2016 Honorary Fellow of the Indian College of Obstetrics and Gynaecology (ICOG). From 2012 to 2018 he served as honorary Secretary General of FIGO (London). He is now director and publisher of the educational platform Global Alliance for Women’s Medicine (GLOWM 2019-) , until 2024 affiliated to FIGO, launching a new international project on Welfare of Women (www.glowm.com). In 2014-2019 he was member of the Advisory and Scientific Boards of the Foundation March of Dimes (USA). From 2017 to 2022 he has been nominated as a member of the WHO “Steering Committee on Maternal and Perinatal Health”. 

He is the Founder and President of the International Society on Cocoa and Chocolate in Medicine (ISCHOM, 2011-) (www.ischom.org) and Secretary of the New European Surgical Academy (NESA, 2010 – 2022) and co-President since 2023 (www.nesacademy.org). 

He is founder and medical director (2015-2025) of the 3DIFIC company devoted to 3D printing in medicine (www.edific.it) scientific director of the Onlus Foundation GEBISA (GEnitori and BAmbini SAni) located in Perugia (since 2000, www.gebisa.it) and founder of the innovative start-up “Millegiorni” (2020, Spoleto- Perugia, www.millegiorni.eu) dedicated to the ecology of maternal and child health.  He is founder and member of the Executive Board of the Consortium WIRhE (World Initiative for Rh Eradication) (www.wirhe.com) dedicated to the eradication of fetal-neonatal Rh disease in the world and based at the Cornell University in New York. From 2021 to 2025 he was coordinator of the WIRhE Academy founded in Florence as a European branch of the Consortium. 

He has organised more than 1000 national and international congresses and courses among which : XI European Congress of Perinatal Medicine (Rome, 1988), VII International Congress of ISSHP  (Perugia, 1989), 2nd World Congress of Perinatal Medicine (Rome, 1993), 74th National Congress of the Italian Society of Obstetrics and Gynecology (Perugia, 2002), International Forum on “Birth” organised with Prof. Roberto Romero from NIH-NICHD (Rome 2005, 2nd ed. Chicago, 2011, 3rd  ed. Fortaleza 2015, 4th ed. Beijing 2016, 5th ed. Venice, 2018, 6th virtual ed. 2020, 7th ed. Milan, 2022, 8th ed. Dubai, 2023; 9th Ed. Istanbul, 2024; 10th Ed Sao Paulo, 2025), the 8th World Congress of Perinatal Medicine  (Florence, 2007), the series of International Congresses on “Twins” (Venice 2009, Florence 2012, Budapest 2014, Madrid 2017, Beijing 2021, Budapest 2023, Assisi-Italy 2024, Colombo-Sri Lanka, 2025 ), the 22nd and the 24th  European Congresses of Perinatal Medicine (Granada, 2010, Florence 2014), the Expert tours of the  European- Chinese Perinatal and Reproductive Network (China, 7 editions:  2010-2011-2012-2013-2014-2016-2019), XXVII International Congress “Fetus as a Patient” (Taormina, 2011), the International Congresses of ISCHOM (Florence, 2014, Barcelona 2015, Modica 2019, Perugia 2024, Perugia 2025 ) the 10th World Congress on Maternal and Neonatal Health (WHO, Rome 2011). He is the organiser co-President of the “Venice Forums” on “Maternal Infant Health” (held in Florence, 2016, London, 2019, Venice virtual, 2021, Venice 2022, Athens, 2023, Madrid 2024, Florence 2025, London 2026). He organised the NESA Days “Excellence in Surgery” in Perugia in 2018 and the NESA webinars in 2023 and the international congress online in 2024. From 1983 to 1998 he was co-director (with E.V. Cosmi) of the International School of Perinatal Medicine at the Centro Ettore Majorana in Erice. From 1997 to 2006 he was co-director of the European School of Perinatal Medicine of the EAPM. He is co-founder and co-president (with Moshe Hod) of the Biennal International Congresses on “Diabetes & Pregnancy” (DIP, 10 editions, last ones in Barcelona 2017, Florence 2019, Thessaloniki, 2023, Italy 2026). Scientific President of the 10th World Congress of Perinatal Medicine (Moscow, Russia, 2013). He is Founder and Director of the International Permanent School of Perinatal and Reproductive Medicine (PREIS School), endorsed by the European Society of Perinatal Medicine, WHO, Emergency and other International Societies, based at Istituto degli Innocenti in Florence (2012- ) (www.preischool.com) and since 2025 also at the Meyer Health Campus in Firenze . He is chair of the Organising Committee of the World Congresses of Maternal Fetal and Neonatal Medicine (1st London, 2017, 2nd London 2019, 3rd virtual 2021, 4th Edition Barcelona, Spain 2027) and since 2019 he is President and Chairman of the Board of Directors of the International Foundation in Maternal Periconceptional, Perinatal and Neonatal Medicine (FIMPP). 

From 1996 to 2022 he was Founder and Editor-in-chief of the “Journal of Maternal Fetal and Neonatal Medicine”, for Taylor and Francis Pbl, UK, and since 1999 he is corresponding editor of the American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology. In 2018 he was invited by the Chinese Medical Association to act as honored Editor in Chief of the Chinese journal in English language “Maternal Fetal Medicine”. 

He is the Founder of the international peer reviewed open access journal “Maternal and Children’s Health” for Karger Pbl, Switzerland (2024- ). He is in the Editorial board of 12 international and 4 national peer reviewed journals. Besides, he is international reviewer for more than 20 international peer reviewed journals.

His scientific production comprises over 1600 papers of which more than 490 in referred international journals (h-index 71; i10 index 281) and more than 100 scientific books. He is author of the major Italian textbook of Obstetrics and Gynecology for Verduci Pbl., Rome, 2005 (2 vol, 2600 pages, 2nd edition 2009). He also coauthored with U. Simeoni the Atlas “The Neonate and Perinate” (Informa , Oxford, 2006), with S. Gerli the handbook on “Obstetrics and Gynecology on the road” (Verduci, Rome, 2012, translated in Spanish and Portuguese by Elsevier Pbl), with A. Malvasi the textbook-atlas on “Cesarean Delivery” (CRC Press, 2016, translated in Russian by V. Radzinsky, 2021), with A. Malvasi and A. Tinelli the series of textbooks on “Management and Therapy of Pregnancy Complications” (Springer Pbl, 2016-2017) the textbook on “Diabetes and Pregnancy” (with M. Hod, A. De Leiva, O. Langer for Informa, Oxford, at 4rd ed, 2024)  the textbook “Good and bad practice in labor and delivery” (with V. Berghella and A. Malvasi) for Edra Pbl, 2019 ( translated in Turkish and Spanish) , the Texbook on “Periconceptional Medicine” (Minerva, Turin, 2020, translated in portuguese by E. Fonseca, 2021) and the special issues on “Progesterone in Obstetrics and Gynaecology” and on “Environmental challenges in human reproduction” for Best Practice and Research in Clinical Obstetrics and Gynaecology, London, Elsevier, 2020 and 2023. He has recently published for Springer Nature: in 2022 “Essential writing, communication and narrative skills for medical scientists (before and after the COVID era)”, in 2023 “Prenatal diagnostic testing for genetic disorders”, and in 2025 the Textbook on “Obstetric and Gynecological Women’s Health: prevention and safeguard – The European textbook of Obstetrics and Gynecology” and “Twins Lifelong Health: from prenatal to adult life”.

He has been invited as speaker to more than 2000 international and national congresses, meetings and courses in more than 125 different countries. 

He writes and speaks English, Spanish and French fluently.

Other Activities

He performed the studies of pipe organ, composition and history of music at the Conservatory of Music “E. Dall’Abaco” in Verona. Under the guidance of Maestro Renzo Buja, he has published numerous musical essays, held concerts and conducted choirs (especially between 1968 and 1976) as the official organist and choir master of the Basilica of San Giorgio and of the church of Sant’ Eufemia in Verona.

During his professional career he has collected various types of nativities from different countries of the world and over time, he has become passionate about them to the point to create a personal collection consisting of more than 350 pieces from 32 countries. All collection has been donated to the Basilica of San Zeno in Verona where it is displayed in a well attended Christmas-time exhibition (since 2017). In 2019 a catalogue entitled “Nativity” was published. 

He has participated to numerous national literature competitions, winning prizes including the “Premio of poetry:  il Golfo” in 2007 and the “Premio Cultura Italia” in 2010. 

The National Association of Knights of Italy awarded him, in 2016, with the “Goodness Award” of the City of Perugia and, in 2019, he became an honorary member of the Association.

In 2024 he has been awarded the “Baiocco d’oro” (golden coin) honor from the City of Perugia for his high achievements in favour of the community. 

He is honorary citizen of Buenos Aires ( Argentina) , Cartagena ( Colombia) and Tindari-Furnari ( Sicily, Italy).

Books of a literary nature (16):

“The happy birth” (with Zap and Ida) Bologna, 1992 and 1994; “My patient is not yet born”, Di Renzo Editore, Rome, 2005; “The wings of the soul”, Di Renzo Editore, Rome, 2006; “The sunset of the moon”, Ibiskos, Pisa, 2007; “Sexual violence: a journey through myths, stereotypes and realities” (with G. Oscari), Aracne Ed, Rome 2007); “Smell and perfume between history, science and art” (with M. Marchi), Aracne Editore, Rome 2011); “The declinations of taste” (with M. Marchi), Aracne Editore, Rome 2014); “Doctor G’s travels”, Albeggi Editore, Rome, 2013; “The other physiognomy” (with M. Marchi and G. Malacarne), Franco Angeli Pbl, Milan, 2018); “Doctor G – Travel’s little tales”, Formichiere Pbl, Foligno, 2019; “Nativity” catalogue, Basilica of San Zeno, Verona, 2019; “Listen Listen! The deceptions of noise and sound ”(with M. Marchi), Franco Angeli Pbl, Milan, 2020; “The valent invitation”, Anthology and “Cards to meditate on”, 101 Pbl,  Perugia 2021; “The great book of chocolate: cocoa and health”  Formichiere Pbl, Foligno,  2022; “ The second great book of chocolate: science , art, literature and media”  Formichiere Pbl, 2024 “ Eye for an eye: beyond the sight..the language of the eyes” ( with M Marchi) Franco Angeli Pbl, Milan, 2023; “ The second great book of chocolate: art, literature and society” Formichiere Pbl, Perugia, 2024,; “ Touch: the art of touching” ( with M Marchi) Franco Angeli Pbl, Milan, 2026

IN SUMMARY

• Professor and Chairman of the Department of the Obstetrics and Gynecology of the University of Perugia and Director of the Perinatal and Reproductive Research Centre from 2004 to 2022.
• Six Honoris Causa Degrees in Medicine and Surgery in International Universities.
• Award the Accademia dei Lincei prize for Gynecology and Medicine in 2023
• Founder and Editor in chief of three international peer-reviewed journals.
• Member of the Editorial Board of 12 international and 4 national journals.
• Founder and Director of an International School based in Florence at the Istituto
  degl’Innocenti (PREIS School) and at the Meyer Health Campus.
• Founder and first President of five international and two national Scientific Societies.
• 27 Presidencies and / or Secretariats of national and international Societies.
• Founder of two innovative start-ups, a NGO and an international Consortium (WIRhE).
• Honorary professor in 15 different foreign Universities.
• Honorary member of 34 National and International Scientific Societies.
• Full professor in two international Universities

Tutor  of:

105  Thesis of Graduation in  Medicine and Surgery.

102 Specialization thesis of Residents in  Gynecology and Obstetrics (under my guidance more than one hundred specialists have been graduated, now chiefs  in various hospitals in Italy or established obgyn professionals) and many foreign doctors.

39   PhDs  (of which 10 in foreign Universities).

164 Degree Thesis in Midwifery

Research Interests

1. Prenatal diagnosis

3. Fetal lung maturation and prevention of RDS

5. Prostaglandins and parturition

7. Obstetric-gynecologic endocrinology

9. Maternal-fetal-neonatal transmission of AIDS

11. 3D printing in medicine

2. Perinatal organization

4. Preterm labour

6. Fetal Monitoring, US and Doppler technology

8. Monoclonal antibodies and gynecologic malignancies

10. Reproductive medicine and multiple pregnancies

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