Prof. Dr. Stefano Del PRATO

Prof. Dr. Stefano Del PRATO

Professor of Endocrinology and Metabolism at the University of Pisa School of Medicine and Chief of the Section of Diabetes, University of Pisa

Italy

Stefano Del Prato, MD is Professor of Endocrinology and Metabolism at the University of Pisa School of Medicine and Chief of the Section of Diabetes, University of Pisa, Italy. He graduated MD cum laude from the University of Padova and undertook post graduate specialization in both Endocrinology and Internal Medicine. From 1988 through 1990 he was Associate Professor at the University of Texas, Health Science Center, San Antonio, TX, USA. Dr. Del Prato's research interests have always been focused on diabetes and in particular the physiopathology and therapy of type 2 diabetes and insulin resistance syndrome. He is a member of many societies and associations including the European Association for the Study of Diabetes, the American Diabetes Association, the Mediterranean Group for the Study of Diabetes, the International Diabetes Federation. He is past-President and now Honorary President of the Italian Society of Diabetology, past-Vice President of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD), and Chairman of the European Foundation for the Study of Diabetes. Currently he is President of the EASD. He has served as Chairman of the Scientific Committee of the World Diabetes Congress in Dubai 2011. He acts as a referee for numerous major journals. Furthermore, Dr. Del Prato has served on the Editorial Boards for the Journal of Endocrinological Investigation, Diabetes, Nutrition, and Metabolism, the European Journal of Clinical Investigation (Diabetes and Metabolism section) Diabetes/Metabolism Research & Reviews, Diabetes et Metabolism, Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism, Journal of Diabetes and its Complications and Diabetes Care and, presently, for Acta Diabetologica, Diabetes & Vascular Disease Research, Journal of Endocrinology, and Endocrine Connection. Dr. Del Prato has published over 450 articles on national and international journals and has been awarded several honors, including the Prize of the Italian Society of Diabetology for outstanding scientific activity, and the Honorary Professorship at the Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredya in Lima. He has been recently bestowed the Celsus Prize of the Italian Society of Diabetes for his scientific carer and contribution to diabetes research