Felipe F. Casanueva is Full Professor of Medicine and Head of the Endocrine Division at the Department of Medicine, University Hospital (CHUS), Santiago de Compostela University, Spain. He is current President of the Spanish Society for Obesity (SEEDO) and Scientific Director of the Center for Biomedical Research on Obesity and Nutrition (CIBERobn). Dr. Casanueva is a past president of the Spanish Endocrine Society (SEEN), the European Federation of Endocrine Societies (now SEE), the International Society for Endocrinology (ISE), and The Pituitary Society. He holds three honorary doctorates from universities in Poland, Turkey, and Serbia. He has received various awards and honors, including the Xunta de Galicia Award for research (twice), the Spanish Society of Endocrinology’s highest award, the Rey Jaime I Award, and the International Geoffrey Harris Award in Neuroendocrinology. Dr. Casanueva has authored more than 600 papers in peer-reviewed international journals. Ezio Ghigo is Chairman of Endocrinology and Metabolic Disease at the Medical School, University of Turin, where he was appointed Full Professor of Endocrinology and Metabolism in 1999. He has in the past served as Chairman of the Department of Internal Medicine, Dean of the School of Medicine, and Vice Rector for Health Care at the university. Dr. Ghigo has previously been Editor in Chief of the Journal of Endocrinological Investigation (2001–9), Vice President of the European Society of Endocrinology (2005–9), President of the Italian Society of Endocrinology (2009–13), and President of the SIE Foundation (FORISIE) (2013–15). He has also been a member of the editorial boards for leading journals, including Endocrinology and the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism. Dr. Ghigo has received various awards and has served as chair of the program organizing committee for leading congresses in Europe and the United States. He has published more than 300 original papers, mainly as first or last author, in major international journals.
