Anna Falanga, MD, is professor of Hematology at University of Milan Bicocca and Consultant of Thrombosis and Hemostasis at Hospital Papa Giovanni XXIII, in Bergamo, Italy. She has authored more than 320 publications and is guest editor of 23 volumes. She is an expert in the field of cancer and thrombosis and for her experience is a panel member and co-chair of the Guidelines on prophylaxis and treatment of venous thromboembolism in patients with cancer for the Italian Society of Medical Oncology, the American Society of Clinical Oncology, and the European Society of Medical Oncology.

Anna Falanga has an active role in several professional societies, including the International Society of Thrombosis and Haemostasis (ISTH), the European Hematology Association (EHA), the Italian Society of Thrombosis and Hemostasis (SISET), the Italian Society of Hematology (SIE).

She received the BACH Investigator Award of the ISTH (2009), and the “Harold R. Roberts Medal 2015” of the SSC of ISTH (2015).

Anna Falanga is the organizer of 12 editions of the biennial International Conferences on “Thrombosis and Hemostasis Issues in Cancer” (ICTHIC), in Bergamo, Italy, and is co-editor-in-chief of the online ICTHIC magazine.