Invited

LUCA PERSANI

Full Professor of Endocrinology at the Department of Medical Biotechnology & Translational Medicine (BIOMETRA).
Director of the Postgraduate School of Endocrinology and Metabolic Diseases, University of Milan.
Head of the Department of Endocrine and Metabolic Diseases & Lab of Endocrine and Metabolic Research, IRCCS Istituto Auxologico Italiano; Piazzale Brescia 20, Milano.
Research interests and skills: identification and characterization of the biological mechanisms and genes relevant for development and function of pituitary, thyroid and gonads. Characterization of molecular mechanisms accounting for several disease states, including central hypothyroidism or hyperthyroidism and congenital thyroid diseases, several task forces.
Ordinary member of ETA, Associazione Italiana della Tiroide (AIT), corresponding member of the ATA, European Society of Endocrinology, Endocrine Society USA. Editor in Chief of European Thyroid Journal.
Activities
19/06/2025
Room 7 – Aldo H. Coleoni (LATS President 2001-2003; Argentina)
16:20 to 17:20 - Hot Abstracts - Translational
Chair
20/06/2025
Room 3 – Marcos S. Abalovich (LATS President 2011-2013; Argentina)
16:00 to 17:30 - International Round Table - Global challenges in thyroid health
Chair
21/06/2025
Auditorium Geraldo A. Medeiros Neto (LATS President 1974–78; Brazil)
09:00 to 09:30 - Modeling human thyroid development and diseases using stem cell-derived organoids
Chair