Andrea Bacigalupo MD

Dr. Andrea Bacigalupo is the Head of the Division of Hematology and Stem Cell Transplants at Ospedale San Martino, Genova, Italy. He graduated in 1973 from the Genova Medical School, Italy, and started an allogeneic transplant program in 1976. He has conducted several clinical trials in patients with aplastic anemia and in patients undergoing allogeneic transplants.

His main interests are bone marrow failure, Graft-versus-Host-Disease (GvHD) and related complications, and graft versus leukemia reactions. He has also been interested in cytomegalovirus and Epstein–Barr virus infections, looking at early diagnosis and prospective studies on prophylaxis and pre-emptive therapy.

Dr. Andrea Bacigalupo has served as a board member of the European Group for Bone Marrow Transplantation (EBMT) for several years, as secretary, then Chairperson of the Aplastic Anemia Working Party, and then as President from 1998 to 2002. He served as President of the Italian Group of Bone Marrow Transplantation (GITMO) from 2002 to 2005. He has been a member of the Italian National Health Council for two terms (2000–2006). He has served on the Regimen Related Toxicity Working Group of the Center for International Blood and Marrow Transplant Research (CIBMTR).

Dr. Bacigalupo has published over 500 articles in peer-reviewed journals and he is a member of several national and international hematology societies. He is the Associate Editor of the journal Bone Marrow Transplantation and Biology of Blood and Marrow Transplantation. He serves on the Board of Haematologica and of the Journal of Clinical Oncology.