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Prof. Massimo Mannelli is Full Professor of Endocrinology in the Department of Experimental and Clinical Biomedical Sciences ‘Mario Serio’, University of Florence. He is Senior Lecturer in Endocrinology at the Postgraduate School of Endocrinology, University of Florence. He is Director of the Post-graduate School of Endocrinology and Metabolism.

He is member of the Italian Society of Endocrinology, the European Society of Endocrinology, the Endocrine Society, the European NeuroEndocrine Association. In the period 2002–2005 he was the coordinator of the Scientific Committee of the Italian Society of Endocrinology. He is reviewer of many international journals in the field of Endocrinology and Hypertension.

Prof. Mannelli has a wide experience in clinical endocrinology in view of his responsibility in the In-patient Clinic and Day Hospital Service of the Endocrinology Unit of the University of Florence. His main research field encompasses the pathophysiology of the sympathetic-adrenal system as well as of the adrenal cortex and the endocrine hypertension.

Prof. Mannelli has been founding member of the ENS@T (European Network for the Study of Adrenal Tumors).

He published more than 50 book chapters (mostly on physiology and pathology of the adrenal gland) and more than 200 original papers in peer-reviewed international journals (among which Lancet, JAMA, Nature Genetics, NEJM etc) for a total impact factor greater than 1000.