Giovanni Di Guglielmo

Giovanni Di Guglielmo (22 September 1886 – 19 February 1961) was a Brazilian-born Italian hematologist, best known for the discovery of acute erythroid leukemia.

Life and career Di Guglielmo was born in São Paulo, the son of Italian immigrants from Andretta. His parents decided to move back to Italy when Giovanni was 6 years old. After completing his high school studies in Avellino, in 1911 he graduated in Medicine and Surgery at the University of Naples.

After being assistant of the haematologist Adolfo Ferrata, in 1916 Di Guglielmo got the university teaching qualification in medical special pathology. During the First World War he served as medical lieutenant, and during this time he started writing on erythroleukemia and other leukemic diseases. He got international recognition for the discovery of acute erythroid leukemia, also known as "Di Guglielmo syndrome" or "Di Guglielmo's disease". He was author of over 230 scientific publications.