Department of Pediatrics
University of Genoa
IRCCS Giannina Gaslini Institute
Genoa, Italy
Natascia Di Iorgi has been Associate Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Genoa, Italy since 2010. She has 18 years’ experience in endocrinology, including one year (2007) working as a fellow at the Center of Imaging and Bone Research, Radiology Department, Children’s Hospital, Los Angeles, where she learned densitometric techniques (DXA and QCT). Her specific expertise is in the pediatric hypothalamus and pituitary gland and the metabolism of bones. Since 2019, Professor Di Iorgi has been responsible of the Center for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Osteoporosis and Metabolic Bone Diseases at the Giannina Gaslini Institute in Genoa, Italy. Her main research interests include the etiology, investigation and management of growth and bone disorders, and she has published more than 40 papers addressing growth and more than 12 on bone health in children from infancy to transition. Her clinical practice covers the spectrum of pediatric endocrinology, including all forms of growth hormone deficiency. She has extensive experience in the diagnosis and management of the long-term endocrine outcomes of pediatric cancer survivors and primary and secondary osteoporosis.