Born on March 3, 1958 Graduated in Medicine cum Laude in 1983, University of Rome “La Sapienza” Medical Officer of the Italian Air Forces 1984-1985. Specialization in Pediatrics cum laude in 1987, University of Rome “La Sapienza” Research fellow of the Department of Paediatric Gastroenterology , St Bartholomew’s Hospital, London (UK) (Prof JA Walker Smith, Prof TT MacDonald) 1991-1992 Winner of "John Harris” prize for the best presentation at the Annual Meeting of the European Society of Pediatric Gastroenterology Hepatology and Nutrition (ESPGHAN) 1992 PhD (Dottorato di Ricerca) in Paediatric Gastoenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition in 1993 ESPGHAN member since 1992 Assistant Professor of Paediatrics, University of Florence, Meyer children Hospital from 1994-2004 Member of the council of the Italian Society of Paediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition (SIGENP) (1999-2001) Coordinator of the IBD-SIGENP working group 2003-2005 Member of the (ESPGHAN) Inflammatory Bowel Disease Working Group Associate Professor of Pediatrics, University of Florence, and Head of the Paediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition Unit at Meyer Children Hospital, Florence from Dec 2004. Director of the School for Dietitians, University of Florence 2008-2016. From 2012 to 2018 member of GI Committee of the European Society for Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition (ESPGHAN). From 2015 to 2018 member of the Steering Committee of the Porto ESPGHAN IBD working group. Ordinary Professor of Paediatrics, University of Florence since 2019 Responsible of the international cooperation project “Support to the Pediatric Unit” St Camille Hospital, Nanoro, Burkina Faso since 2008 – Region of Tuscany, Italy President of Italian Society of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition 2019-2022 Main fields of interest: paediatric IBD, coeliac disease, mucosal immunology, GI insufficiency, clinical nutrition, children malnutrition in developing countries, gut microbiota in children living in different environments. - Total Citations: 15.826 - Citations from 2018: 8.813 - H index by Scopus: 44 - H index by Google Scholar: 49