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Pediatric Endocrinology

Scientific Director

Martin O. Savage

Martin O. Savage

Professor Emeritus of Pediatric Endocrinology William Harvey Research Institute Barts and the London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary, University of London, UK

Biography

Scientific Committee

for Pediatric Endocrinology

Marco Cappa

Professor of Pediatrics at “Tor Vergata” University of Rome, Italy and Professor of Endocrinology at “La Sapienza” University of Rome
Italy
Biography

Justin Davies

Honorary Professor of Paediatric Endocrinology at the University of Southampton, UK and Head of Department at the Regional Centre for Paediatric Endocrinology at Southampton Children’s Hospital
UK
Biography

Richard JM Ross

Professor of Endocrinology University of Sheffield
Sheffield, UK
Biography

· Martin O. Savage ·

Martin Savage is Emeritus Professor of Paediatric Endocrinology at William Harvey Research Institute, Barts and the London School of Medicine & Dentistry, Queen Mary, University of London. He was head of the Paediatric Endocrine Unit at Barts and the London School of Medicine from 1982 to 2007. He is a clinician with clinical and research interests in growth disorders, specifically those with abnormalities in the growth hormone-IGF-1 axis. His main research field has been the phenotype-  genotype relationships of GH-IGF-1 axis defects, notably GH resistance. He published the first human case of an IGF-1 gene defect in the New England Journal of Medicine in 1996.  His other clinical interests are Cushing’s syndrome and growth in chronic inflammatory diseases. He was General Secretary of the European Society for Paediatric Endocrinology (ESPE) from 1997 to 2004. Professor Savage has lectured in 60 countries world-wide and has published 470 original articles, reviews, textbook chapters and books. In 2007, he was awarded the ESPE Andrea Prader Prize for contributions to paediatric endocrinology and in 2018 he received a Visionary Award from the American Human Growth Foundation. He continues to lecture nationally and internationally.

· Marco Cappa ·

Marco Cappa is Head of the Endocrinology Unit of the Department of Pediatrics, Bambino Gesu Children’s Hospital, Rome and Palidoro, Professor of Pediatric Endocrinology and Pediatrics at the University La Sapienza, Rome and Professor of Pediatrics at the University Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy. Professor Cappa’s specialties include endocrinology, pediatrics and sports medicine. From 2011 to 2013 he was the President of Italian Society of Pediatric Endocrinology and Diabetology Society (ISPED). His main scientific areas of interest include, neuroendocrinology and genetics, growth hormone testing, adrenoleukodystrophy, Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia and Prader Willi syndrome, rare Thyroid disorders. He is a member of several organisations, including the Italian Pediatric Endocrinology and Diabetes Society, the European Society of Neuroendocrinology, The Endocrine Society, and the European Society for Pediatric Endocrinology. Professor Cappaserves on the editorial board of the Journal of Sports Medicine and Physical Fitness and the Italian Journal of Pediatrics, and he is a reviewer for the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism, the Journal of Endocrinology Investigation, the Italian Journal of Pediatrics, the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism, Clinical Endocrinology, the Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry and the Journal of Pediatrics.Author and co-author of more than 450 (345 with IF h-Index 44) in extenso publications in journals such as the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism, Lancet, Hormone Research, Journal of Pediatrics, American Journal of Medical Genetics, Neurology, and the Journal of Pediatric Endocrinology and Metabolism, heis also editor of 11 international books and authors of more than100 books chaptersandconducted more than 25 trials in pediatric endocrinology fields.

· Justin Davies ·

Justin Davies is a Consultant Paediatric Endocrinologistand Honorary Associate Professorat Southampton Children’s Hospital and the University of Southampton. He is theService Lead for paediatric endocrinology at Southamptonand also leads the Paediatric Metabolic Bone service with a multidisciplinary team dedicated to rare bone disease and childhood osteoporosis. His research interestsinclude secondary osteoporosis, impact of disease on body composition and imprinting disorders.Dr Davies was Chairman of the British Society of Paediatric Endocrinology and Diabetes 2016-2020. He is the service lead for the European Reference Centre -Southampton for Rare Bone Disease and Endocrinology (Growth disorders). His other national roles have included the Secretary of the British Paediatric and Adolescent Bone Group,Treasurer of the British Society of Paediatric Endocrinology and Diabetes.Dr Davies leads an international school for paediatric endocrinology -the European Society for Paediatric Endocrinology, Winter School.

· Richard JM Ross ·

Richard Ross trained in medicine at The Royal London Hospital (1974-1979) and in Endocrinology at St Bartholomew’s Hospital, London (1983-1988). He was appointed to Sheffield University in 1995 and wasHead of the Academic Unit of Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolismand is currently Theme Lead for Diabetes and Endocrinology. He retired from clinical practice in June 2020. Hisresearch and clinical interests are in pituitary and adrenal disease, transition endocrinology and the late effects of cancer. Professor Ross has served on the editorial boards of Clinical Endocrinology (1996-2000), Growth & Growth Factors (1986-2006), Hormones (2004-2018), and J Clin Endocrinol Metab (2010-2014). Council member for the Society of Endocrinology (1999-2002), Editor Endocrinologist (2001-2004), Chair of CaHASE (2002-2015), member of the Bioscientifica Board (2006-2010), Society for Endocrinology Public Engagement Committee (2008-2011) and Nominations Committee (2010-2012). Executive Committee of the European Society ofEndocrinology (2011-2015), Treasurer of the European Society of Endocrinology (2013-2015), The Growth Hormone Research Society Council (2011-2018), The Pituitary Society Board of Directors (2019-).He is currently Chief Scientific Officer and Director on the Board of Diurnal Group Plc.