Laura De Girolamo

Laura de Girolamo received her MSc in Biology and Ph.D in Pharmacology from the University of Milan. She got her post-doctoral training between the Galeazzi Orthopaedic Institute and other international centers. She is currently the Director of the Orthopaedic Biotechnology Laboratory of the Galeazzi Sant’Ambrogio Hospital in Milan and of the RE.GA.IN® (Regenerative Galeazzi Institute). The goal of Dr. de Girolamo’s laboratory is to derive biological solutions aimed to promote cartilage, tendon and bone regeneration by improving activity and clinical therapeutic potential of mesenchymal stem cells and other biologics. She served as PI or co-PI in several research projects collaborating with national and international research centers. She is author of more than 150 peer-reviewed papers and 10 book chapters. She has been invited speaker at more than 100 national and international congresses.

She is currently co-leading the ESSKA Orthobiologics Initiative as well as serving as Board Member of the same Society (Vice-Educational Secretary). She is also Vice-President of the ON Foundation, as well as co-founder of the Italian Mesenchymal Stem Cell Group (GISM) and currently member of the Executive Committee. She is Associate Editors of Journal of Experimental Orthopaedics (JEO) and Editorial Board Member of Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy (KSSTA)