Professor Emeritus
University of Milano-Bicocca
Milan, Italy
Giuseppe Mancia is Professor Emeritus at the University Milano-Bicocca, Milan, Italy and Chairman of the European Society of Hypertension (ESH) Foundation and the Hypertension Center at the Monza Polyclinic, after serving as Chairman of the Department of Internal Medicine of Milano and Milano-Bicocca University, Monza for 20 years. He was Chairman of the Organizing Committee of ESH meetings for 20 years, and is a past President of the International Society of Hypertension (ISH), European Society of Clinical Investigation, and Italian Society of Hypertension. He has been Chairman of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) Working Group on Hypertension and the Heart and chaired the ESH/ESC Hypertension Guidelines Task Force in 2003, 2007, 2009, 2013 and 2018. Professor Mancia is an honorary member of several hypertension and cardiovascular societies and has received many international awards and degrees honoris causa for his scientific activity. He is the Editor of the Journal of Hypertension. Professor Mancia’s research focuses on several basic and clinical aspects of hypertension and cardiovascular disease. He has published more than 2000 articles in peer review journals, and his articles have received more than 200,000 citations (Microsoft Academics), for which he is listed as a highly cited scientist.