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Editorial Board

Editor-in-Chief
Professor Giovanni Corsello, PhD, MD, Full Professor of Pediatrics, Università di PalermoPalermo, Italy

Editors Emeriti
Professor Sergio Bernasconi, MD, University of Parma, Parma, Italy [retired, 2014]
Professor Mario De Curtis, MD, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy

Senior Editors
Professor Carlo Caffarelli, MD, Professor in Pediatrics, Clinica Pediatrica, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria, Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Parma, Palma, Italy
Professor Francesca Santamaria, MD, Federico II University, Naples, Italy

Associate Editors (Sections)
Allergology and Immunology:
Professor Carlo Caffarelli, MD, Professor in Pediatrics, Clinica Pediatrica, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria, Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Parma, Parma, Italy
Clinical Genetics: 
Professor Angelo Selicorni, MD, UOC Pediatria ASST Lariana, Centro Fondazione Mariani per il Bambino Fragile, Como Italy
Emergency in Pediatrics: 
Professor Luigi Titomanlio, MD, PhD, Paris Cité University - Robert Debré Hospital APHP, Paris, France
Infectious Diseases and Vaccinology:
Elena Bozzola, MD, Bambino Gesù Children's Hospital, IRCCS, Rome, Italy
Neonatology – Italian Society of Neonatology (SIN):
Professor Carlo Dani, MD, Division of Neonatology, Careggi University Hospital of Florence, and Department of Neurosciences, Psychology, Drug Research and Child HealthUniversity of Florence, Florence, Italy
Pediatric Endocrinology and Diabetology:
Professor Claudio Maffeis, MD, University and Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Integrata of Verona, Verona, Italy
Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition:
Professor Caterina Strisciuglio, Pediatric Gastroenterologist, Luigi Vanvitelli Campania University, Naples, Italy
Pediatric Neurology:
Raffaele Falsaperla, PhD, MD, General Pediatrics and Pediatric Acute and Emergency Unit,Neonatal Intensive Care Unit and Neonatal Accompaniment Unit, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Policlinico-San Marco, San Marco Hospital, University of Catania, Catania, Italy
Pediatric Oncology:
Giorgio Perilongo, MD, University of Padua, Padua, Italy
Early Career Researchers P:
Laura Petrarca, MD, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
Early Career Researchers S:
Gregorio Serra, MD, Università degli Studi di Palermo, Italy 

Editorial Board
Carlo Agostoni, MD, University of Milan, Milan, Italy
Jean-Claude Carel, MD, CHU Robert Debré, Paris, France
Professor Waldemar A. Carlo, MD, University of Alabama, Birmingham, AL, USA
Professor Francesco Chiarelli, Professor of Pediatrics, MD, PhD, Department of Pediatrics, University of Chieti, Chieti, Italy
Renato Cutrera, MD. PhD, Bambino Gesù Children's Hospital, Rome, Italy
Peter Dargaville, MB, BS, FRACP, MD, Royal Hobart Hospital, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
Professor Allan De Caen, MD, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada
Carlo Di Lorenzo, MD, Children's Hospital in Columbus, Columbus, USA
Deniz Ertem, MD, Marmara University School of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey
Alain Fischer, MD, Hopital Necker Enfants Malades, Paris, France
Professor Dr. med. Wolfgang Goepel, Department of Pediatrics, University of Lübeck, Lübeck, Germany
Alfredo Guarino, MD, University Federico II, Naples, Italy
Hiroyuki Kitajima, MD, PhD, Osaka Medical Center and Research Institute for Maternal and Child Health, Osaka, Japan
Professor Marcello Lanari, MD, PhD, IRCCS Policlinico universitario di Bologna, Bologna Italy
Professor Xiaoping Luo, PhD, Department of Pediatrics, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
Fernando Martinez, MD, Asthma & Airway Disease Research Center, University of Arizona Tucson, Tucson, USA
Professor Alberto Martini, MD, University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy
Vincenzo Nigro, MD, Luigi Vanvitelli Campania University, Naples, Italy
Professor Luigi Daniele Notarangelo, MD, Laboratory of Clinical Immunology and Microbiology, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases​​​​​​​, Bethesda, MD, USA
Professor Silverio Perrotta, MD, Dipartimento della Donna, del Bambino e di Chirurgia Generale e Specialistica, Università della Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli", Napoli, Italy
Giovanni Piedimonte, MD, FAAP, FCCXP, Department of Pediatrics, Tulane School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA, USA
Professor Ettore Piro, MD, Department of Health Promotion, Mother and Child Care, Internal Medicine and Medical Specialties. University of Palermo, Italy
Professor Rangasamy Ramanathan, MBBS, DCH, MD,University of Southern California, Los Angeles, USA
Feliciano Ramos, MD, PhD, Universidad de Zaragoza, Zaragoza, Spain
Professor Claudio Romano, MD, PhD, Professor of Pediatrics, University of Messina, Messina, Italy
Jean-Christophe Rozé, MD, CHU de Nantes, Nantes, France
Martino Ruggieri, PhD, University of Catania, Catania, Italy
Professor Raanan Shamir, MD, Schneider Children's Medical Center of Israel, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Israel
Umberto Simeoni, PhD, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
Olugbemiro Sodeinde, MD, Department of Paediatrics, College of Medicine, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria and Department of Paediatrics, University College Hospital, Ibadan, Nigeria
Mauro Stronati, MD, Policlinico San Matteo Pavia Fondazione IRCCS, Pavia, Italy
Ben Stenson, MD, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
Professor Luigi Tarani, MD, Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Mother and Child department, La Sapienza University, Rome, Italy
Arjan te Pas, MD, PhD, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
Alberto Villani, MD, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Systems Medicine, Tor Vergata University of Rome and Institute of the Child and Adolescent, Bambino Gesù Children's Hospital, Rome, Italy
Anju Virmani, MBBS (AIIMS, Delhi), MD Pediatrics, DNB Endocrinology, Pediatric Endocrinology, Max Smart Super Specialty Hospital, Saket, New Delhi, India & Madhukar Rainbow Children's Hospital, Malaviya Nagar, New Delhi, India
Professor Weiping Wang, PhD, Children's Hospital of Fudan University, Fudan, China
Alan Weindling, BSc, MA, MD, FRCP, FRCPCH, Hon FRCA, Institute of Life Course and Medical Sciences, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK

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