Sandro Loche is former Head of the Pediatric Endocrinology Unit at the Pediatric Hospital Microcitemico in Cagliari (Italy). He received his medical degree at the University of Cagliari in 1979, training in Pediatrics and Endocrinology at the University of Cagliari and in Pediatric Endocrinology at the Cornell University Medical College, New York. His main areas of scientific interest include growth and growth disorders, neuroendocrine regulation of GH secretion, diagnosis and treatment of GH deficiency, childhood obesity. He has published over 200 articles, reviews and books. He has served as Editor of the Journal of Endocrinological Investigation and is currently associate editor of Frontiers in Endocrinology. He received the 2015 Cacciari Prize of the Italian Society for Pediatric Endocrinology and Diabetes (SIEDP/ISPED) for excellence in Pediatric Endocrinology. Sandro Loche is a member of many national and international pediatric and endocrine societies including the American Endocrine Society and the European Society for Pediatric Endocrinology and has served in many societies’ committees over the years. He has been an invited speaker to numerous national and international meetings. He is currently a senior researcher at the Bambino Gesù Children Hospital. IRCCS, Rome, Italy.
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