Session 3: When to suspect an inherited platelet function disorder – differential diagnoses

Speakers: Paolo Gresele

Paolo Gresele 

Prof. Paolo Greseles, MD, PhD, graduated in Medicine at Perugia University (Italy) summa cum laude, where he also specialized in Internal Medicine, and received his PhD in Medical Sciences from the University of Leuven (Belgium) where he spent five years in the Centre directed by Marc Verstraete under the mentorship of Prof. Jos Vermylen. His research interests are mainly focused on hemostatic and thrombotic disorders, with special attention on the role of platelets in hemorrhagic, cardiovascular and inflammatory diseases.

He has been President of Italian Society on Hemostasis and Thrombosis, former chair of the Platelet Physiology Scientific and Standardization Committee of the International Society of Thrombosis and Haemostasis (ISTH), he is member of the panel of experts on ClinGen Hemostasis/Thrombosis Clinical Domain Working Group  and is the current Chair of the Specialized Working Group (SWG) on Thrombocytopenias and Platelet Function Disorders of the European Hematology Association (EHA-SWG).

He is author of more than 400 peer-reviewed articles (H-index 81 - Google Scholar). He has been editor of several books on platelets including "Platelets in Thrombotic and Non-thrombotic Disorders: Pathophysiology, Pharmacology and Therapeutics", Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 2002; "Platelets in Cardiovascular and Hematologic Disorders: a clinical handbook", Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 2008; "Antiplatelet Agents", Springer Verlag 2012;   "Platelets in thrombotic and non-thrombotic disorders 2nd Edition", Springer Verlag, Cham, 2017; "Platelets in Thrombotic and Non-Thrombotic Disorders" (vol 1 to 5), Springer Nature 2025.  Associate Editor of the Journal Haematologica and Editorial Board Member of Biochemical Pharmacology, Journal of Clinical Medicine, and Bleeding, Thrombosis and Vascular Biology.