Felice Petraglia, Italy
University of Siena

Prof. Felice Petraglia is Professor and Chairman of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Director of the Residency Program in Obstetrics and Gynecology and of PhD Program in Molecular Medicine at the University of Siena (Siena, Italy).
EDUCATION AND TRAINING:
He earned his MD degree at the University of Siena in 1980. From 1985-1988 he trained at the Salk Institute (La Jolla, CA). He served the University of Modena as Associate Professor from 1992. In 1997 he was appointed Chairman of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the University of Udine (Udine, Italy) and moved to his present position in Siena in 2000. Since 2004 he is an Adjunct Professor of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at University of Toronto (Toronto, Canada).
PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS:
He is Fellow ad Eundem of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (RCOG), Correspondent Member of the Pontificial Academy for Life (PAL). He was President of the Society for Gynecologic Investigation (SGI) and member in the Membership Committee of the Endocrine Society, member of the Executive Board of the International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics (FIGO), member of the Scientific Committee of the European Association of Gynaecology and Obstetrics, of the Council of the European Board and College of Obstetrics and Gynecology (EBCOG), Deputy of the ESHRE Special Interest Group on Reproductive Endocrinology (2003-2007), expert in Obstetrics and Gynecology in the Italian Drug Agency (AIFA) and in the group of expert of the Ministry of University, President of the Italian Society of the Reproduction (SIdR).