PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCES

1979-1980: Medical Assistant at the Analysis Laboratory of the IRCCS Burlo Garofolo

1981-1984: Assistant Paediatrician at the Institute of Paediatrics of the IRCCS Burlo Garofolo specialising in Neonatal Medicine and managing the Maternal Service of the Trieste Province. Organiser and speaker at scientific conferences on these sectors. Writer of relevant scientific papers.

1993-1996: President – appointed by the Italian Ministry of Health – of the Working Group on Gaucher Disease at the Servizio Studi e Documentazione of the Italian Ministry of Health.

1996-2007: Director of the Metabolic Disease Unit and Laboratory of Rare Disorders at the I.R.C.C.S. Burlo Garofolo of Trieste, Italy. He develops and coordinates scientific research projects aimed at the therapeutic approach to lysosomal disorders and the cure for rare diseases. He actively participates in national and international scientific events and publishes scientific papers.

2002-to date: Regional Representative for Friuli-Venezia Giulia at the State-Regions Permanent Technical Conference on Rare Diseases.

2008-to date: Director of Regional Coordination Centre for Rare Diseases of the Friuli-Venezia Giulia Region, at the University Hospital “S. Maria della Misericordia” of Udine, Italy.

2012-to date: Scientific Coordinator of the University Hospital “Santa Maria della Misericordia” of Udine, Italy

2014-to date: Member of the Editorial Board of Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases.

Dr. Bembi directed/participated in more than 20 clinical research projects in GCP at national and international level. On 23rd April 2015 he received a GCP certificate.