Mohamad Maghnie

Professor Maghnie is Head of the Paediatric Clinic, Clinical Service in Paediatric Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism at the Giannina Gaslini Institute, University of Genoa, Italy. He was awarded his PhD in Paediatric Endocrinology by the University of Pavia in 1991.

Professor Maghnie’s major research interests include growth disorders and their treatment, and the management of paediatric pituitary disorders. He was the Co-Chair of the Education & Training Working Group on GnRH Deficiency: Elucidation of the neuroendocrine control of human reproduction. He is currently a Director of the Paediatric Residency Program at the University of Genoa, Italy. He is a former Director of the Paediatric Residency Program at the University of Genoa, Italy (2008–2014), and a former President of the Italian Society for Paediatric Endocrinology and Diabetology (ISPED, 2011-2015). He was Chair of the ESPE website from 2004–2008, a co-author of Yearbook of Paediatric Endocrinology from 2004–2009, and a member of ESPE. He is the supervisor of several postgraduate research students and postdoctoral fellows working in his research group and has authored over 250 original articles, textbook chapters and full papers in peer-reviewed journals.