Alessandro Maria Vannucchi MD

Alessandro Vannucchi, MD, is a Professor of Hematology and Director of the Hematology Department at the University of Florence, Florence, Italy. Alongside this, he is the Head of the Center for Research and Innovation in Myeloproliferative Neoplasms (CRIMM), Chair of the WP on Myeloproliferative Neoplasms of GIMEMA, Board Member of the International Working Group for Myelofibrosis Research and Treatment (IWG-MRT), National Coordinator of the Italian MINERVA project, and a member of the Board of Directors of the Italian Society of Hematology.

After completing his medical degree at the University of Florence, Italy in 1980, Prof. Vannucchi worked in the Bone Marrow Transplant Unit in Florence, before joining the University of Florence in 2002. Prof. Vannucchi is currently on the Editorial Board of Blood for Haematologica and has previously been an Editor for the Blood Cancer Journal and the New England Journal of Medicine. He is an active member of the Italian Society of Hematology, the Italian Society of Experimental Hematology, the American Society of Hematology, and the European Hematology Association.