Dr. Guido E. Moro is a renowned expert on
donor milk and current president of the Italian
Association of Donated Human Milk Banks
(AIBLUD), which coordinates activity of all
35 milk banks in Italy. He was a Professor of
Neonatology at the Postgraduate School
of Paediatrics, University of Milan, as well as
the former Director of the Centre for Infant
Nutrition to Prevent Illnesses in Adult Life and
Director of the Department of Neonatal
Pathology of the Macedonio Melloni Maternity
Hospital in Milan.
Dr. Moro’s main field of research is infant
nutrition, with particular areas of interest in
feeding low birth weight infants, human milk,
and human milk banks. In 1985, he founded
the Human Milk Bank of Milan, the most
technologically advanced human milk bank
in Italy. This bank has collected more than
15,000 liters of human milk over the last 10
years. Dr. Moro was the first President of the
European Milk Bank Association (EMBA) and
since 2013 has been cooperating with the
Italian Ministry of Health as a scientific advisor
and member of the Working Group, which
prepared and published the Italian Regulations
for the organization and management of
Human Milk Banks. Dr. Moro is well recognized
in his field; he has authored more than 250
articles and regularly presents at international
meetings. In 2005, he received the “Gold
Medal” from the City of Milan (the highest
honor for people working in this city) for his
scientific achievements and his interest and
involvement in the social field. Since 2004, Dr.
Moro has been President of the Association
“The Stair of the Life,” which organizes and
promotes performances and activities for and
with hospitalized children.