Specialist in Clinical Pharmacology, University of Pisa, Italy Specialist in Internal Medicine, University of Pisa, Italy Associate Professor of Internal Medicine, Dept of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Pisa, Italy. Director of Medicine 2 Unit, of the Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Pisana. Membership of the Italian Society for Hypertension and the European Society of Hypertension International Editorial Board Member of European Heart Journal, Hypertension Research interest: local neuro-humoral control of peripheral vessels in primary and secondary forms of hypertension, and other CV risk factors, either in animal and human models, with emphasis on the endothelium and the RAAS. Expert of vascular tests (micromyography, forearm plethysmography) in peripheral microcirculation. Author of 220 pubblications on peer reviewed journals with a total impact factor (“JCR”, 2018) of 1281 and h-index (Web of Science) of 57.