Biography: Gian Carlo Di Renzo
Case studies of unresolved issues in preterm birth: normal pregnancy &
spontaneous preterm labour at 32 weeks
Gian Carlo Di Renzo, MD, PhD
Centre of Perinatal & Reproductive Medicine
Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology
University of Perugia
Perugia, Italy
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Biography
Gian Carlo Di Renzo was born on June 13, 1951 in Verona, Italy. After
graduation cum laude at Medical School of the University of Padova, 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.
Since 1992 he has been professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology; Prenatal Medicine and
head of the Perinatal and Reproductive Centre at the Department of Gynaecology,
Obstetrics and Paediatrics at the University of Perugia. He is also member of the
Bioethical Committee of this University.
His research interests have been focused on: prostaglandins and parturition,
amniotic fluid, foetal lung maturity, childbirth organization, foetal monitoring,
preterm labour, gynaecologic endocrinology and menopause. He is principal
investigator of several research projects for the National Research Council and
for the Ministries of University and Health of Italy and the European Union
Research Projects (EUROPOP, EUROPET, FECG etc.).
From 1983 to 1989 he was general secretary of the Italian Society of Perinatal
Medicine. Between 1988 and 2000 he has been the permanent secretary-treasurer of
the European Association of Perinatal Medicine, being then president between
2000 and 2002, while since 2002 he is the chairman of the Educational Committee
of the Association.. He was a member of the Executive Board of the European
Association of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (1989-1992) and is currently
member of the Executive Board of the European Board and College of Obstetrics
and Gynaecology (2000-).He is in the Scientific Board of the “SIADTP. He has
been secretary of the International Federation of Gynaecologists and
Obstetricians (FIGO) Study Group on "Assessment of New Technologies" and member
of the FIGO Standing Committee on "Perinatal Health" (1988-1997). He is member
of the FIGO panel of experts on “Maternal and Perinatal Health” (1997-).
Former editor (1990-1998) of the Journal of Perinatal Medicine (Berlin) and
corresponding editor (1990-) of the Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology
(London), from 1996 he is editor-in-chief of the Journal of Maternal, Foetal and
Neonatal Medicine, for Parthenon Publishing (London, UK), and since 1999 he is
corresponding editor of the American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology. He
further is in the Editorial Board of many other international journals.
He is member of several professional Societies, among which the Royal Society of
Medicine (London, 1985-), the Society of Gynaecologic Investigation (USA, 1985-),
the Society of Maternal-Fetal Medicine (USA, 1986-), the New York Academy of
Sciences (1992-), the American Society of Psychosomatic Obstetrics and
Gynecology (USA, 1985-), the Societé Francaise de Ginecologie et Obstetrique
(1981-) and founding member of the World Association of Perinatal Medicine
(1991-) and of the International Society of Ultrasound in Obstetrics and
Gynecology (1991-). Moreover, he is honorary member of the Obstetrics and
Gynecology Societies of Hungary, Argentina, Ecuador, Romania, Czech Republic,
the Croatian and Spanish Societies of Ultrasound in Medicine, the Spanish and
the Ibero American Societies of Prenatal Diagnosis. Since 1999 is an invited
member of the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine. He has been awarded
the Gold Medal of the Bangladesh Society of Ob/Gyn, the Maratea Children Prize
(1994) and the Foundation Corradi Prize for “Scientific Research” (1998).
He has organized several international congresses and courses among which the
11th European Congress of Perinatal Medicine (Rome 1988), the 7th World Congress
of Hypertension in Pregnancy (Perugia 1990), the 2nd World Congress of Perinatal
Medicine (Rome 1993), the 12th International Workshop on “Multiple Pregnancy”
(Assisi 1999), the 16th International Congress ‘The Fetus as a Patient’ (Rome
2000), and the Third World Congress on “Diabetes and Pregnancy” (Assisi, 2003).
From 1984 to 1996, he has organized the International School on "Perinatal
Medicine" at the Ettore Majorana Centre, Erice, Italy, and since 1998 he is
director of the European School of Perinatal Medicine and Adv, Board member of
the International Courses of the Fetal Medicine Foundation (London, UK).
His scientific production comprehends over 950 papers of which more than 220 in
referred international journals and 55 books.
He has been invited as speaker to more than 550 international and national
congresses, meetings and courses.
He speaks English, Spanish and French fluently.
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