Marco Rossato, MD, PhD, is a graduate of the Padova University Medical School. He specialized in endocrinology and metabolic diseases at the University of Padova. He has a Ph.D. in Endocrinological Sciences from the University of Padova. Marco Rossato is Associate Professor of Internal Medicine at the Padova University Medical School, Department of Medicine. He trained in endocrinology and internal medicine at the Padova University Hospital. Marco Rossato has been practicing since 1990 at the Padova University Hospital, for the last 12 years, on obesity and its complications. His research interests are mainly focused on the pathophysiology of adipose tissue in obesity and adipocyte functions in vitro in conditions mimicking diabetes and the metabolic syndrome. Recently, he explored the role of food ingredients in the activation of adipocyte lipolysis. He published 185 papers in peer-reviewed scientific journals. His h-index is 43 (Scopus).