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Maria Luisa Brandi is born in Viterbo
in 1953. She graduated summa cum laude from the Faculty of Medicine
of Florence in 1977. She has been entitled to the Specialty in Endocrinology
and Metabolic Diseases at the School of Prof. Giorgio Giusti in 1980.
Between 1980 and 1984 she has been working in the area of thyroid
diseases at the University of Florence Medical School. The four years
(1984-1988) spent at the National Institutes of Health, Bethesda,
MD, USA under the mentorship of Dr. Gerarld D. Aurbach have been fundamental
for the future developments of her basic and clinical research in
the area of Mineral Metabolism. Associate Professor of Endocrinology
at the University of Florence since 1992 she has been establishing
a group working in the area of Mineral Metabolism with a focus on
Parathyroid Diseases. Head of the Center for Hereditary Tumors of
the Tuscany Region since 1999, she became Full Professor of Endocrinology
of the University of Florence in 2000. Member of several National
and International Scientific Societies, she is Author and Co-author
of more than 400 papers and Editor of numerous books and monographies,
all regarding various fields of Mineral Metabolism. She has also been
honored with several recognitions in Italy and abroad. Eight patents
were generated through basic research carried out under her tutorship.
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