Stefano A Pileri

Name: Stefano A. Pileri

Position: Research Leader of the Haematopathology Division of the European Institute of Oncology IRCCS. Former Full-Professor of Pathology at Bologna University. Member of the Scientific Committee of the IRCCS Saint Orsola Polyclinic in Bologna. President of the Scientific Board of Diatech Pharmacogenetics.

Date of Birth: April 30, 1947

Doctoral Degree: Medicine and Surgery

Married with Mariella Barocci. One Son, Alessandro Pileri, Associate Professor of Dermatology of Bologna University, with the habilitation as Full-Professor of Dermatology.

EDUCATION AND TRAINING:

Bologna University/Summa cum Laude/1976/Medicine and Surgery

Kiel University/Post-doctoral/1980/Haematopathology

Rome University/Professorship/1986/Pathologic Anatomy

Siena University/Full Professorship/2000/Pathologic Anatomy

RESEARCH AND PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Academic Career:

University Assistant from November 1976 to May 1981 at the Institute of Pathologic Anatomy of Bologna University.

Researcher at the Institute of Pathologic Anatomy of Bologna University from June 1981 to December 1986.

Associate Professor of Pathologic Anatomy at Bologna University from December 1986 until September 2001.

Chief of the Unit of Haematopathology at the Institute of Haematology “L. & A. Seràgnoli” of Bologna University (November 1987 – December 2002).

Director of the 2nd Service of Pathologic Anatomy and Histopathology of Bologna University (June 1995 – December 2002).

Appointed Full-Professor of Pathologic Anatomy at Bologna University in May 2001 (on duty from October 1st, 2001 to January 31st, 2015).

Director of the Complex Unit of Haematopathology – Bologna University (January 2003 – January 2015)

Guest Scientist at Christian-Albrechts Kiel University in 2009.

Alma Mater Professor of Pathology, Bologna University since February 1st, 2015.

Director of the Division of Haematopathology of the European Institute of Oncology IRCCS (February 1st, 2015 – July 31st, 2022).

Research Leader – Division of Haematopathology – European Institute of Oncology IRCCS (August 2022 at present).

President of the Scientific Board of Diatech Pharmacogenetics (January 2023 at present).

Member of the Scientific Committee – Saint Orsola Polyclinic IRCCS, Bologna University (April 2023 at present)

Professional experience, scientific background and acknowledgements:

About 10,000 diagnoses signed per year from 1980 until July 2022.

Development and validation of innovative techniques and reagents for Haematopathology and Oncology.

Past-President of the European Association for Haematopathology.

Among the founders of the International Lymphoma Study Group (April 30, 1991).

Member of the WHO Clinical Advisory Committee for the tumours of haematopoietic and lymphoid tissues (May 1994 – June 2001).

Co-ordinator of Research projects sponsored by AIRC, AIL, Italian Ministry of University, Bologna University, CNR, Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio in Bologna, Fondazione della Banca del Monte e Ravenna, ABSTE, and Associazione SPES Onlus, since 1983.

Ranked 30th among the most important Italian Scientists of the last Century in the field of Medicine.

Honoris Causa in Medicine at Athens University (November 10th, 2011).

Ranked 1st Scientist of Bologna University by the Italian Ministry of University in 2013.

Karl Lennert Lecturer in 2024.

Ferrata Lecturer in 2025.

Christopher Flectcher Lecturer 2025.

Honorary Citizenship of Jesi (February 26th, 2026)

H-index: 142

Author of 1,228 scientific reports (751 quoted in PubMed or in press on International Journals with a total IF of 6,567.649) (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=Pileri+S) and regular invited speaker at International Meetings.

Co-author of the Revised European American Lymphoma Classification (September 1994) and the WHO Blue Book published in 2001. Co-editor and Co-author of the IV edition of the WHO Classification of Tumours of Haematopoietic and Lymphoid Tissue in 2008. Co-editor and Co-author of the Revised WHO Classification of Tumours of Haematopoietic and Lymphoid Tissues in 2017. Coauthor of the International Consensus Classification (2022).

Extra-professional interests:

Grown in a cosmopolitan environment, Stefano Pileri has developed many different interests: from sports (especially car-racing and tennis) to arts. Short story writer. Member and past-president of the Rotary Club Bologna 1927 and founder of no-profit organizations to support young talents in the field of Pathology.