Elena Valassi is an Associate Professor of Endocrinology at the International University of Catalonia (UIC), PI of competitive grants focused on pituitary diseases, and Coordinator of the Pituitary and Adrenal Clinic at the Germans Trias i Pujol Hospital and Research Institute in Barcelona, (Spain). She is responsible for data quality of the European Registry on Cushing’s syndrome (ERCUSYN).
After obtaining her medical degree at the University of Pavia (Italy) and specialisation at the University of Modena (Italy) she earned her PhD in Endocrinology from the University of Milan (Italy) and completed her formation at the Reproductive Endocrine and Neuroendocrine Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston (USA). Subsequently, she joined the Research Centre for Pituitary Diseases at the Hospital Sant Pau, Barcelona (Spain).
Her major research interests include long-term physical/psychological consequences of pituitary hormone excess, patient-reported outcomes, medical therapy in Cushing’s syndrome and management of pregnancy in patients with pituitary adenomas.
Elena Valassi has authored eighty-two articles on indexed journals and received national and international awards, including the 2023 “Spanish Society of Endocrinology Adrenal Diseases Award” and the “2022 European Journal of Endocrinology Rising Star Award”. She is a member of the medical advisory board of national and international associations of patients with pituitary diseases.
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