Dr. Alice Bertaina

Bio

Dr. Alice Bertaina completed her MD degree at the University of Pavia in Italy, her fellowship in hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) at the Bambino Gesù Children’s Hospital in Rome, and her PhD degree in Immunology and Biotechnology at Tor Vergata University in Rome. Until joining Stanford University in 2017, she was Head of the Stem Cell Transplant Unit in the Department of Hematology and Oncology at the Bambino Gesù Children’s Hospital in Rome (this institution currently has the largest number of children transplanted with hematopoietic progenitors/stem cells in Europe).

Dr. Bertaina is an expert in the field of allogeneic HSCT in pediatric patients affected by hematological malignancies or nonmalignant disorders. In particular, she has pioneered the novel approach of graft manipulation based on the physical elimination of alfa/beta T cells and B cells. Dr. Bertaina has excellent clinical and biological expertise, as demonstrated by her publications in the field of pediatric hematology and oncology. Moreover, she is expert in different aspects of immunological reconstitution of children given an allograft of hematopoietic stem cell, paying particular attention to innate immunity.

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Clinical Focus

• Pediatric Hematology-Oncology

Academic Appointments

• Associate Professor - Med Center Line, Pediatrics - Stem Cell Transplantation

• Member, Bio-X

• Member, Maternal & Child Health Research Institute (MCHRI)

Administrative Appointments

• Head of Stem Cell Transplant Unit, Department of Hematology and Oncology, Bambino Gesù Children’s Hospital Rome, Italy (2013 - 2017)

• Physician Assistant and Researcher, Department of Hematology and Oncology, Bambino Gesù Children’s Hospital, Rome, Italy (2010 - 2013)

• Residency in Pediatrics, Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo, Pavia, Italy (2008 - 2010)

• Medical and Research Fellowship, Department of Pediatrics, Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo, Pavia, Italy (2004 - 2008)

• Medical Assistant, Ergonometric Service, Division of Cardiology, Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo, Pavia (2002 - 2003)

Honors & Awards

• Press release 'alfa/beta T-cell depleted haplo-transplant in children with acute leukemia', 55th ASH Meeting, Engineering Cell Therapies Press Program, New Orleans (December 2013)

• Abstract Travel Award 'Identification of deregulated microRNAs in JMML', 2016 International JMML Symposium, San Diego (December 2016)

• Invited to participate in the Annual National Ceremony for Cancer Research, Palazzo del Quirinale, By Invitation from the President of the Italian Republic (October 2015)

Boards, Advisory Committees, Professional Organizations

• Member, Child Health Research Institute Stanford (CHRI) (2017 - Present)

• Peer Reviewed Journal Reviewer, Frontiers in Immunology Bone Marrow Transplantation (2016 - Present)

• Member, American Society of Hematology (2013 - Present)

• Member, European Society for Blood and Marrow Transplantation (2010 - Present)

• Member, Comitato per il Controllo delle Infezioni Ospedalerie (CCIO) at the OPBG, Rome (2011 - 2017)

• Board Member, EBMT PDWP (European Society for Blood and Marrow Transplantation Pediatric Disease Working Party) (2014 - 2017)

• Peer Reviewed Journal Reviewer, Bone Marrow Transplantation (2015 - Present)

• Member, Associazione Italiana di Ematologia ed Oncaologia Pediatrics (2010 - Present)

• Head, HSCT Working Party Group of AIEOP (Italian Association of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology) (2015 - 2017)

• Member, Inborn Errors Working Group, EBMT. (2016 - Present)

• Chair, Paediatric transplantation Session, EBMT 43 rd Annual Meeting, Marseille, France, March 26-29, 2017 (2017 - 2017)

• Member, GITMO project entitled ‘3 Steps’, aiming at defining strategies of prophylaxis and treatment of veno-occlusive disease in transplant recipients (2016 - Present)

• Member, Italian Group for Bone Marrow Transplantation (2017 - Present)

   

Professional Education

• Board Certification: Medicine, Provincial Association of Surgeons and Dentists of Turin (2006)

• Fellowship:Ospedale Bambino Gesu' (2013) Italy

• Residency:University of Pavia (2010) Italy

• Medical Education:University of Pavia (2005) Italy

• PhD, Tor Vergata University, Immunology and Biotechnology (2013)

• Residency in Pediatrics, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy, Thesis title: “NK-alloreactivity and outcome of pediatric patients with acute leukemia given an HLA-haploidentical stem cell transplantation” under Prof. Franco Locatelli supervision (2010)

• Post-graduate fellowship, Bambino Gesù Children’s Hospital, Rome, Italy, Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation (basic and applied research) (2010)

• Medical Degree, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy, Thesis title: “Human Metapneumovirus II in acute pediatric respiratory infection: epidemiology, clinical picture and diagnosis” (2005)