Prof. Luigi Bartalena

Prof. Luigi Bartalena MD University of Insubria, Varese, Italy

Present position

Full Professor of Endocrinology, Director, Post-Graduate School of Endocrinology and Metabolism, University of Insubria, Varese, Italy; Head, Endocrine Unit, Ospedale di Circolo, Varese, Italy

Education

Baccalaureate ("Maturita Classica"), Liceo Classico G. Galilei, Pisa, 1969
M. D. degree (magna cum laude), University of Pisa Medical School, 1975
Postgraduate degree in Endocrinology (magna cum laude), University of Pisa Postgraduate School of Endocrinology, 1978

Medical Licensure

Pisa, 1976

Specialty certification

Endocrinology, University of Pisa, 1978

Research training and experience in foreign institutions

Visiting Fellow, Clinical Endocrinology Branch (CEB), National Institute of Arthritis, Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIADDK), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, USA, November 1981-April 1983
Visiting Associate, CEB, NIADDK, NIH, Bethesda, USA, April 1983- November 1983
Guest Worker, CEB, NIADDK, NIH, Bethesda, USA, April 1985 (one month)
Guest Worker, CEB, National Institute of Diabetes, Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), NIH, Bethesda, USA, December 1986 (one month)
Visiting Scientist, Genetics and Biochemistry Branch, NIDDK, NIH, Bethesda, USA, September 1990-September 1991.

Fellowships

Fellowship of the National Research Council (C.N.R.), Rome, Italy, at the University of Pisa, 1976-1981
Fellowship of the United States Public Health Service at the CEB, NIADDK, NIH, Bethesda, USA, under the supervision of Dr. Jacob Robbins, November 1981- April 1983

Awards

Schering Prize of the Italian Society of Endocrinology, Verona, 1988.
Harington-De Visscher Prize of the European Thyroid Association, Dublin, 1992.
Fondazione SIE Award of the Italian Society of Endocrinology, Turin, 1999.
Bernard Pimstone Memorial Lecture, Society for Endocrinology, Metabolism, Diabetes of South Africa, Cape Town, 2008
Aldo Pinchera Lecture Prize of the European Thyroid Association, Leiden, 2013
Plenary Lecture, 15th International Thyroid Congress, Orlando, October 18-23, 2015

Grants

Grant from the C.N.R. for International Collaboration with NIH, USA, 1984
Grant from the C.N.R. for International Collaboration with NIH, USA, 1986-1989
Grants from the University of Pisa, 1984-2000
Grants from the Italian Public Education Ministry (40%) 1993-1998
Grants from the University of Insubria, 2001-
Grants from the Ministry of Education, University and Research (MIUR, Rome) 2002-2004
Grants from the Ministry of Education, University and Research (MIUR, Rome) 2004-2006
Grants from the Ministry of Education, University and Research (MIUR, Rome) 2007-2009
Grants from the Ministry of Education, University and Research (MIUR, Rome) 2012-

Memeberships and positions

Italian Society of Endocrinology, Ordinary Member from 1977
Italian Thyroid Association (AIT), Co-founder and Member from 2007
Associazione Medici Endocrinologi (AME), Member from 2010
European Thyroid Association, Ordinary Member from 1981
American Thyroid Association, Corresponding Member from 1983
Endocrine Society, Corresponding Member from 1984
British Society for Endocrinology, Ordinary Member from 1999
European Society of Endocrinology, Ordinary Member from 2006
European Group On Graves’ Orbitopathy (EUGOGO), Member from 2005
Secretary-elect of the European Thyroid Association 2007-2008
Secretary of the European Thyroid Association 2008-2013
Member of the Committee for Clinical Affairs of the American Thyroid Association 2007-2009

Editorial activities

Editorial Board, Terapia Medica Moderna (L. Baschieri ed.), 1980
Assistant Editor, Journal of Endocrinological Investigation, 1983-1999
Associate Editor, Journal of Endocrinological Investigation, 2002-2004
Editor for Clinical Endocrinology, Journal of Endocrinological Investigation, 2004-2009
Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Endocrinological Investigation, 2010-
Member of the Editorial Board: Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism, 2011-2014
Member of the Editorial Board: European Thyroid Journal, 2012-
Member of the Editorial Board: Thyroid Research, 2008-
Member of the Editorial Board: Endocrine, 2012-2014
Member of the Editorial Board: Minerva Endocrinologica, 2010-2014
Referee for the major endocrine and internal medicine journals

Main collaboriations on international textbooks

The Thyroid Gland (M. De Visscher ed.), 1980
Special Topics in Endocrinology and Metabolism, vol. 2 (M.P. Cohen & P.P. Foa eds.), 1981
The Eye and Orbit in Thyroid Disease (C.A. Gorman, R.R. Waller, J.A. Dyer eds.), 1984
Thyroid Hormone Metabolism (G. Hennemann ed.), 1986
Handbook of Experimental Pharmacology, vol. 82 (C. Patrono & B.A. Peskar ed), 1987
Clinics in Laboratory Medicine: Pathophysiology of Thyroid Disease (G.G. Klee ed.), 1993
Werner's and Ingbar's The Thyroid (Braverman LE, Utiger RD, eds.), 7th Edition, 1996.
Werner's and Ingbar's The Thyroid (Braverman LE, Utiger RD, eds.), 8th Edition, 2000.
Endocrinology and Metabolism (Pinchera A, ed), 2001.
Encyclopedia of Endocrine Diseases (Martini L, ed), 2004.
Thyroid Disease Manager (DeGroot LJ Ed), textbook online, 2007, revised 2010, revised 2014
Oxford Textbook of Endocrinology and Diabetes (Wass JA, Stewart PM Eds.), 2nd Edition, 2011
Thyroid Diseases (Monaco F Ed), 2012
Graves’ Disease (Bahn RS, Ed), Springer, 2015

Invited talks

58 National Meetings
85International Meetings

Foreign languages

Fluent knowledge of English language.

Publications

771 publications, including 284 full papers on peer-reviewed International Journals (cumulative IF: >1250) and 172 book chapters or monographs.
H-index: Google Scholar: 63; WEB of Science (ISI): 49; Scopus: 44