Birthplace: Milano, Italy
Birthday: December 11,1942
Nationality: Italian
Marital status: Married since 1968; wife: Ms Maria Bruna Lorini
3 children (born 1969, 1976, 1983)
Fiscal Code: ZNLLRT42T11F205X
Home address: Via A. Martini, 8
20142 Milano (Italy)
Phone: (39)-02-89309427
Work address: Division of Hematology
Fondazione IRCCS Ca’ Granda, Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico
v. F. Sforza, 35 20122 Milano (Italy)
Phone: (39)-02-55033426 mobile : +39 3355332037
E-mail: alberto.zanella@policlinico.mi.it
E-mail: alb.zanella@gmail.com
Work experience
1994 – 2010 Head, Division of Hematology – Fondazione “ Ca Granda” Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico IRCCS Milan
2010-present Hematology Consultant – Fondazione “ Ca Granda” Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico IRCCS Milan
2002 – 2009 Deputy Scientific Director – Fondazione “ Ca Granda” Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico IRCCS Milan
1976 to date Founder and President of STEM Association for the Study and Treatment of Hematological Patients
1974 – 1994 Deputy Director – Transplantation Immunology and Blood Transfusion Center
Fondazione “ Ca Granda” Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico IRCCS Milan
1967 – 1974 – Assistant Professor, Institute of Medical Pathology and Institute of Medical Clinics, University of Milan
Education and training
1976 – Visiting fellow – Biomembrane Research Laboratory, Hadassah Medical School, Jerusalem
1974 – Specialization in Haematology (honour)- University of Milano
1970 – Specialization in Immunohematology (honour) – University of Pisa
1970 – Visiting fellow – Department of Haematology, Postgraduate Medical School, Hammersmith Hospital, London
1967 – Degree in Medicine (honour) – University of Milan
Professional Society Membership
American Society of Haematology
American Association of Blood Banks
European Haematology Association
International Society of Blood Transfusion
Italian Society of Haematology
Italian Society of Experimental Haematology
Italian Society of Transfusion Medicine
Italian Society for Apheresis and Cell Manipulation
Other Professional Activities
1983-1998 Member of the “Working Party on Automation in Blood Banks” of the International Society of Blood Transfusion,
1984-1998 Member of the Steering Committee of the COOLEYCARE International Study Group
1987-1989 Member of the Italian Subcommittee of ASTM for Laboratory Nomenclature Standards
1990-1994 Treasurer of the International Society for the Use of Resealed Erythrocytes as Carriers of Drugs
1997-1999 President of the Italian Society of Hemapheresis and Cell Manipulation
1997- 2006 Councillor of the World Apheresis Association
1997- 2024 Founder and President of STEM (Ass. for Study and Treatment of Haematol. Patient)
1998-2003 Section Editor, The International Journal of Artificial Organs
2000-2018 President of Mafalda and Gaetano Luce Center for Pervasive and Developmental Disorders
2001- 2010 Member of the Editorial Board of Transfusion and Apheresis Science
2010-present Member of the Steering Committee of Blood Transfusion Network
2007-present Associate Editor of Blood Transfusion
2013-2022 Member of the Board of Directors of “Campus Biomedico University” of Rome
2020-present President of the Lombard Institute of European Cultural Cooperation (ILCE)
2022-present Honorary President of the Italian Society of Hemapheresis and Cell Manipulation
Awards
2010 Gold Medal of the Italian Minister of Health
1971 Ganassini International Award for Medical Research
1970 Research Award of Italian Ministry of Health
1968 Research Award of Italian Ministry of Health
1969 Research Award of Milano University
Publications
316 full papers in national and international journals; of whom 206 in peer reviewed journals (PubMed quoted, see attached file)