Professor Maghnie is a professor of Pediatrics and PhD In Pediatric Endocrinology, Head of the Pediatric Clinic, Clinical Service in Pediatric Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism at the Giannina Gaslini Institute, and Director of the Department of Neuroscience, Rehabilitation, Ophtalmology, Genetics, Maternal and Child Health – DINOGMI, University of Genoa, Italy. He is currently a Director of the Pediatric Residency Program at the University of Genoa, Italy, and the supervisor of several postgraduate research students and postdoctoral fellows working in his research group. Professor Maghnie is a former President of the Italian Society for Pediatric Endocrinology and Diabetology (ISPED, 2011-2015), former Chair of the European Society for Pediatric Endocrinology (ESPE) SPE website (2004–2008), a co-author of Yearbook of Pediatric Endocrinology (2004–2009), and former member of the ESPE Summer School Steering Committee (2010–2013). Professor Maghnie is currently the President of the European Achondroplasia/EAF (Now International Achondroplasia Forum/IAF) Forum and the Coordinator of the Corporate Liaison Board of the ESPE 2023-2026.
Professor Maghnie received national and international award of excellence in Pediatric Endocrinology including “Rina Balducci” Award of the Italian Society of Pediatric Endocrinology and Diabetology, “Georgio Kalaitzoglou Award of Excellence in Pediatric Endocrinology” from the Hellenic Society For Pediatric and Adolescent Endocrinology, Athens 2019 and “Premio Cacciari” Award of Excellence in Pediatric Endocrinology” from the Italian Society of Pediatric Endocrinology and Diabetology SIEDP/ISPED, Bologna 2023. Professor Maghnie’s major research interests include growth disorders and their treatment and the management of pediatric pituitary disorders. He has authored over 325 original articles, textbook chapters and scholarly reviews in a number of high impact journals, as well as numerous book chapters.