Andrea Garolla is Associate Professor in Endocrinology at the Department of Medicine in the University of Padova. Coordinator of the Regional Reference Center for Gender Incongruence (CRRIG) of the Veneto Region. He works as endocrinologist and andrologist at the Unit of Andrology and Reproductive Medicine of the University Hospital of Padova. He is co-author of more than 200 peer-reviewed scientific papers, 21 books, many book chapters, invited reviews in the field of endocrinology or reproductive medicine co-editor of 10 books and author of three books. He is member of the Editorial Board of many scientific journals. Organizer of many scientific Congresses. Head of the University Master “Andrology, Reproduction and Sexuality” (ARS) at the University of Padova. Member of the Directive Board of the Italian Society of Gender, Identity and Health (SIGIS). Coordinator of the Scientific Board Directive Board of the Italian Society of Medical Andrology and Sexual Medicine (SIAMS). In 2016 he gained the National Scientific Degree as Full Professor of Endocrinology.