Dott.ssa Mularoni Alessandra

Dr. Mularoni is the Head of the Infectious Diseases and Infection Control Service at IRCCS ISMETT.

She earned her medical degree from Alma Mater Studiorum – University of Bologna in 2004, graduating with highest honors. During medical school, she attended international professional exchange programs organized by the International Federation of Medical Students’ Associations (IFMSA) in Sudan, Mexico, and Brazil.

She completed her residency in infectious diseases at the University of Genoa. During her residency, she participated in the Kento Mwana Project at Hôpital Régional des Armées (HRA) in Pointe-Noire, Republic of the Congo, which focused on preventing mother-to-child transmission of HIV. She became board-certified in infectious diseases in 2008 under the supervision of Professor Claudio Viscoli, completing her training with highest honors.

Dr. Mularoni worked as an infectious diseases consultant at Giannina Gaslini Pediatric Research Institute with Dr. Elio Castagnola. In 2010, she moved to Bilbao, Spain, after receiving a research fellowship from the Italian Society of Infectious and Tropical Diseases (SIMIT). At Cruces University Hospital, she conducted research on infections in extremely low-birth-weight infants. In Bilbao, she worked with Dr. Miguel Montejo, Director of Infectious Diseases and consultant to the kidney and liver transplant center at Cruces University Hospital.

Dr. Mularoni is a member of several national and international scientific societies, including SIMIT and the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ESCMID).

At IRCCS ISMETT, Dr. Mularoni serves as an infectious diseases consultant for adult and pediatric liver, kidney, pancreas, heart, and lung transplant programs. She is also actively involved in hospital epidemiology, with a particular focus on preventing and controlling infections caused by multidrug-resistant organisms.

Since 2016, she is Clinical Assistant Professor at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine.

Her current research focuses on the appropriate use of antimicrobial medications through antimicrobial stewardship programs, prevention of infections transmitted by solid-organ donors, management of post-transplant viral infections, and other infection prevention and control activities associated with transplantation.