Francesco Rodeghiero MD

Francesco Rodeghiero is the Director of the Department of Cellular Therapy and Haematology at the Regional San Bortolo Hospital in Vicenza. He is also a Professor in the Post-graduate School of Haematology at Verona University, where he holds a course on the clinical aspects of haemorrhagic and thrombotic disorders. Dr Rodeghiero has been conducting clinical research in the field of haematology since the early 1970s. He has published more than 300 papers, many in high-impact journals. His main fields of interest are haemophilia, von Willebrand disease, thrombophilia, acute promyelocytic leukaemia, myeloma, polycythemia vera, thrombocythemia and the epidemiological aspects of haematological diseases. Dr Rodeghiero is active within the European Haematology Association (EHA), where he assisted with the creation of a scientific working group on thrombocytopenias and is conducting institutional and multicentre research projects.