Full Professor of Internal Medicine, “Sapienza” University of Rome. Medical Degree and Specialization in Internal Medicine at “Sapienza” University of Rome; Visiting Doctorat the National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA; Past president of the ltalian Society of Osteoporosis, Mineral Metabolism and Skeletal Diseases (SIOMMMS) (2009-2011 ); Member of the Professional Practice Committee of the ASBMR (2009-2011 ); Member of the Executive Committee of the ltalian Society of Internal Medicine (2014-2018); Associate Editor of the Journal of Endocrinological Investigation; Member of Editorial Board of Aging Clinical and Experimental Research, Calcified Tissue International, Osteoporosis International and Bone Research; Author or co-author of more than 325 articles in peer-reviewed journals and book chapters, H-index: 56 (Google Scholar); Reviewer for more than 50 Journals; Head/Chief physician of inpatients and outpatients services at the Department of Internal Medicine and Medical Disciplines, University Hospital “Policlinico Umberto I”, Rome. Principal investigator of international trials especially related to experimental new drugs in the field of osteoporosis.