Evangelia Charmandari, MD, MSc, PhD, MRCP(UK), CCST(UK), is a Professor of Pediatrics–Pediatric and Adolescent Endocrinology at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens Medical School, ‘Aghia Sophia’ Children’s Hospital, Athens, Greece. She is the Scientific Supervisor of the Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Center for Clinical, Experimental Surgery and Translational Research, Biomedical Research Foundation of the Academy of Athens, Athens, Greece. She is also the Director of the MSc Program on General Pediatrics and Pediatric Subspecialties. She was awarded the ‘Henning Andersen Prize’ of the European Society of Pediatric Endocrinology (basic research), as well as several awards from the Hellenic Endocrine Society, Hellenic Society of Adolescent Medicine, and Health Care Business Awards. She has been an invited speaker in more than 250 National and International Meetings.