Prof Tullio Ghi was born in Italy in 1973. Following his studies at the Medical School of the University of Bologna, he completed his residency in Ob-Gyn at the S.Orsola Hospital of Bologna. From 2000 until 2001 he was at King’s College Hospital for a fellowship in Fetal Medicine. He has a Ph.D. in fetal Medicine from the University of Milan (2002-2005). From 2003 to 2014 he served as a consultant of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the University Hospital of Bologna. Since 2014 he is an Associate Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the University Hospital of Parma where he is the Head of Obstetrics and Gynecology His main field of research is on obstetrics, ultrasound in labor, and prenatal diagnosis of congenital anomalies. He has published more than 200 articles and 3 books. He is a member of the Clinical Standard Committee of the International Society of Obstetrics and Gynecology. He is on the board of the Italian Society of Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology and is the president of the Italian Society of Preeclampsia.

In 2019 he has founded the ISLANDS group (International Society of Labor and Delivery Sonography). He is the Inventor of the app “Fetal brain tutor”, of IuSim (simulator for intrapartum ultrasound), and of the software for the Italian customized growth charts in singleton and twin pregnancy from 2019 he is the president-elect of the Midwifery School and the Director of the Residency School of Obstetrics and Gynecology of the University of Parma.