Ghia Paolo Prospero Professore OrdinarioMedicineSSD MED/06 – Oncologia medica; SC 06/D3 – Malattie del sangue, oncologia e reumatologia; MSC 06/D – Clinica medica specialistica

Professor, Medical Oncology, Università Vita-Salute San Raffaele di Milano

Deputy-director, Division of Experimental Oncology, IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele

Director, Strategic Research Program on Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia, Division of Experimental Oncology, IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele

Head, Research Unit on B Cell Neoplasia, Division of Experimental Oncology, IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele

SCIENTIFIC EDUCATION
1984-1990 Medical School at the University of Torino, Italy. Summa cum laude Medical Degree M.D. Thesis “Study of the cytokines involved in the progression of multiple myeloma and Waldenstoem’s macroglobulinemia” (Tutor: Prof. Felice Gavosto)
1991-1994 Ph.D. program in “Human Oncology” at the University of Torino, Italy. Ph.D. Thesis: “B cell development: selecting events in the bone marrow” (Tutor: Prof Federico Caligaris-Cappio)
1998-2003 Internal Medicine Residency program, “San Luigi Gonzaga” University, Orbassano, Italy. Final Thesis: “Role of phenotypic and molecular markers in the prognosis of chronic lymphocytic leukemia (Tutor: Prof. Alberto Angeli)

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
1991-1993 PhD student (Human Oncology). Department of Biomedical Sciences and Human Oncology, University of Torino, Italy
1993-1996: Scientific Member Basel Institute for Immunology, Basel, Switzerland
1996-1998 Research Associate Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Department of Adult Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute e Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, USA
1998-2004 Assistant Professor in Internal Medicine Department of Oncological Sciences, University of Torino; Laboratory of Cancer Immunology, Institute for Cancer Research and Treatment, Candiolo, Italy
2005-2010 Assistant Professor in  Internal Medicine, Università Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Milano, Italy.
2010 – 2018 Associate Professor, Internal Medicine, Università Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Milano; Strategic Research Program on CLL, B Cell Neoplasia Unit, Division of Experimental Oncology, IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele.

2018-2019 Professor, Internal Medicine, Università Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Milano; Strategic Research Program on CLL, B Cell Neoplasia Unit, Division of Experimental Oncology, IRCCS Ospedale San Raffele, Milano.

2019-today Professor, Medical Oncology, Università Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Milano; Strategic Research Program on CLL, B Cell Neoplasia Unit, Division of Experimental Oncology, IRCCS Ospedale San Raffele, Milano.

TEACHING EXPERIENCE
1995 Tutor at the EMBO Practical Course: “Lymphocyte development” – Institute for Immunology, Basel, Switzerland
1996–1998 Tutor of College students (Major: Biology), Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA
1999 Professor at the Advanced Courses in Molecular Medicine: “Novel Therapies for Human Cancer: the Future is Now” – Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal
1999–2004 Professor of Allergology and Clinical Immunology, Biotechnology Course, University of Torino Medical School
1999 – 2004 Professor of Allergology and Clinical Immunology, Resident program in Allergology and Clinical Immunology, University of Torino Medical School
2000 – 2004 Professor at the PhD program in Human Oncology, Department of Oncological Sciences, University of Torino
2003 Professor, International PhD program in Molecular Medicine, Università Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Milano
2004 – 2015 Professor, Molecular Oncology, Biotechnology Course, Università Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Milano
2006 – 2019 Professor, Internal Medicine, Nursing School, Università Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Milano
2007 – 2015 Professor, Lymphoproliferative disorders Course, Medical School, Università Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Milano
2005 – today Professor, Internal Medicine and Pneumology Residency Program, Medical School, Università Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Milano
2008 – 2014 Professor, PhD program in Translational and Molecular Medicine, DIMET, Università degli Studi di Milano Bicocca
2009 – today Co-Coordinator, PhD program in molecular Medicine, Basic and Applied Immunology and Oncology, Università Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Milano
2014 – 2019 Professor, Internal Medicine Course, International MD Program, Università Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Milano
2016 – today Professor, Oncology course, Italian MD program and Nursing Program, Università Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Milano

CLINICAL EXPERIENCE
1998-2003 Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine: Attending physician at the Clinical Immunology and Allergology University Division, Ospedale Mauriziano “Umberto I”, Torino
2003-2004 Assistant Professor in Internal Medicine: Head of the Cancer Immunology University Unit, Institute for Cancer Research and Treatment, Candiolo, Italy. Clinical interest: molecular and phenotypic diagnosis of hematologic malignancies
2005-2015 Scientific coordinator: Lymphoid Malignancies Unit, Department of Oncology, IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele, Milano
2016 – today Director, Strategic Research Program on CLL, Division of Experimental Oncology, IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele, Milano

HONORS AND MEMBERSHIPS IN PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES
1997 – present American Society of Hematology, member
1997 – present American Association of Immunologists, member
2002 – present European Hematology Association, member
2002 – present Società Italiana di Immunologia, Immunologia Clinica e Allergologia, member
2006 – present Henry Kunkel Society, member
2006 – 2009 co-chairman of the Basic and Translational Research Committee of the European Research Initiative on CLL (ERIC)
2007 – today Società Italiana di Ematologia Sperimentale (SIES), member
2007 – 2009 Member of the Scientific Program Committee – Advisory Board (SPC-AB) of the European Hematology Association (EHA)
2007 – 2008 Co-organizer, II and III edition, “Young CLL Investigators Meeting” (London 2007; Cologne 2008)
2007 – today Member, Organizing and Scientific Committee of the Annual “Educational Workshop of Immunoglobulin Genes analysis in Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia” (Uppsala, 2007; Paris, 2008; Thessaloniki 2009), www.igcll.com
2008 – 2013 Member, Technical and Scientific Committee, Italian Association for Cancer Research (AIRC)
2009 – 2011 Member, Scientific Program Committee (SPC), European Hematology Association (EHA)
2009 – today Member, Executive Committee, European Research Initiative on CLL (ERIC), www.ericll.org
2014 – today Member, WHO Clinical Advisory Committee for Lymphocytic and Histiocytic Malignancies (area: Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia, MBL and PLL)
2015 – today President, European Research Initiative on CLL (ERIC)

REFEREE FOR INTERNATIONAL JOURNALS OR SOCIETIES
2005 – 2013 Member of the editorial board of Leukemia
2008 – 2017 Member of the editorial board of Haematologica/The Hematology Journal
2009 – 2013 Section Editor (CLL and B cell disorders), Leukemia
2010 – 2013 Deputy Editor (Lymphomas and Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia), Blood Cancer Journal (ISSN 2044-5385)
2014 – 2017 Section Editor (Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia), Haematologica/The Hematology Journal (ISSN 0390-6078)
2018 – today Section Editor (Leucemia Linfatica Cronica), Hemasphere, the Official journal of the EHA (ISSN 2572-9241)

Reviewer for Acta Hematolologica, Blood, Hematologica/The Hematology Journal, Hematological Oncology, Journal of Leukocyte biology, Leukemia & Lymphoma
Abstract reviewer for EHA, ASH, iwCLL (International Workshop on CLL), ECI (European Congress of Immunology) meetings