Name: Marta Bondanelli
Date and place of birth: October 4th, 1962 in Ferrara (Italy)

Education:
1989: Degree in Medicine (cum laude), University of Ferrara
1994: Specialized in Endocrinology and Metabolic Diseases (cum laude), University of Ferrara
2002: Specialized in Clinical Pathology (cum laude), University of Ferrara
2014: National Scientific Qualification as Associate Professor MED13, sector 06/D2 (MIUR)

Experience:
1989-1994 Resident in Endocrinology at the Section of Endocrinology of the University of Ferrara- St Anna Hospital of Ferrara
Research Fellow at the Neuroendocrinology Laboratory of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Modena, for 6 months during the academic year 1990-01
Grants for scientific research from March 1993 to March 1994, from November 1994 to September 1995, and from November 1996 to April 1997.
1994-1997 Internship at the Section of Endocrinology of the University of Ferrara- St Anna Hospital of Ferrara.
Executive Physician at the Section of Endocrinology St Anna Hospital of Ferrara, in 1996 for 5 months and in 1999 for 7 months.
1997-2000 Resident in Clinical Pathology at the Section of Endocrinology of the University of Ferrara- St Anna Hospital of Ferrara
February 2000-present: Researcher in Endocrinology, University of Ferrara, and from April 2000 Executive Physician at the Section of Endocrinology St Anna Hospital of Ferrara.
Lecturer of Endocrinology with courses at the Medical School, Dentistry and Dental Hygienist School, Dieticians, and Obstetrics School
Lecturer at Research Doctorate in Biomedical Sciences and endocrinology, and then in Biomedical Sciences, University of Ferrara, and at the Specialization Schools in Endocrinology, Neurology, and Neurosurgery, University of Ferrara.
Tutor for the teaching practice for State Qualification to the profession of Physician and Surgeon, from 2004.

Membership and other:
Active member of the Italian Endocrine Society.
Invited speaker at national conferences
Referee for International Scientific Journals
Researcher in projects co-financed by the Ministry of University and Scientific Research, and Head of the Research Unit for the project "Recettori della somatostatina nelle neoplasie neuroendocrine: caratterizzazione biologica e funzionale e correlazioni cliniche (PRIN 2006067811_003)" co-financed by the Ministry of University and Scientific Research in 2006
Dr. Bondanelli participated to national and international meetings and post-graduate courses for Endocrinologists, contributed to scientific organization of formative events (ECM).

Publications:
Author of 63 papers (14 Reviews)published in peer-reviewed international journals (ISI) (H-index =24), 3 papers published in other international journals and 1 in national journal, 14 book chapters or monographies, 3 CD-rom, 2 online publicatons; several abstracts (>200) of presentations at national and international meetings.

Main fields of interest:
Clinical and translational researches on thyroid cancer, adrenal tumors and endocrine tumors (medullary thyroid carcinoma, pituitary adenoma, pheochromocytoma, carcinoid tumor).
Physiopathology of the sympatho-adrenomedullary system in humans. Neuropeptides, pituitary and adrenal function.
Neuroendocrine control of pituitary function. Clinical studies on diseases due to GH excess and deficit; cardiovascular system and GH-IGF-I axis. Acquired brain injury and pituitary function.