Massimo Pinzani is currently Scientific Director UPMC ISMETT Palermo, Italy and Emeritus Professor of Medicine University College London, UK.
Professor Pinzani has been Professor of Internal Medicine (2000-2010) and of Gastroenterology (2010-2012) at the University of Florence, in Italy. He received research and clinical training at the University of California Los Angeles (1984-1987) and at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio, USA (1988-1991). Professor Pinzani holds a PhD degree in Liver Pathophysiology. He has been awarded fellowships from the Royal College of Physicians (FRCP) and from the American Association for the Study of Liver Disease (FAASLD). He is currently adjunct Professor of Hepatology in the Division of Gastroenterology of Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, and Visiting Professor of Medicine in the Division of Hepatology Osaka City University Medical School, Osaka, Japan.
Professor Pinzani has served in the scientific board of several international societies and as Associate Editor for Journal of Hepatology and Gut.
Major research interests include mechanisms and clinical management of fibrogenic liver diseases, pathophysiology and clinical staging of cirrhosis, digestive regenerative medicine with particular focus on the liver and the pancreas.