Didac MauricioDidac Mauricio, MD, PhD, is currently Chief Physician and acting Head of the Department of Endocrinology & Nutrition, University Hospital Germans Trias i Pujol, affiliated with the Autonomous University in Barcelona. After receiving his medical degre with honors from the University of Barcelona, Dr. Mauricio completed his fellowship in Endocrinology & Nutrition at Hospital de Sant Pau, Autonomous University of Barcelona, Spain. In 1993, he presented his PhD thesis at the School of Medicine, Autonomous University of Barcelona. From 1994 to 1995, he was a post-doctoral research fellow for Professor J. Nerup at the Steno Diabetes Center & Hagedorn Research Institute in Gentofte, Denmark. Dr. Mauricio has delivered numerous invited lectures at major medical conferences, and has been principal investigator of several research projects funded by national and international agencies. He keeps a strong interest in current clinical issues in diabetes management, including randomized clinical trials, and is currently involved in projects dealing with the study of immune, metabolic, and genetic markers of autoimmune diabetes, and diabetic micro- and macroangiopathic complications. Dr. Mauricio has published more than 130 peer-reviewed articles and has contributed to multiple books, and is currently the Editor-in Chief of Endocrinologia y Nutricion, the official journal of the Spanish Society of Endocrinology & Nutrition. Read More Read Less