Salvatore Sciacchitano graduated with a degree in Medicine and Surgery in 1982. He obtained a degree in Medicine and Surgery from the University of Murcia, Spain in 1985, a specialization degree in Endocrinology from the Tor Vergata University of Rome, Italy in 1987, and a Doctorate in Endocrinology and Metabolism from the Sapienza University of Rome, Italy in 1993. He was a Fogarty Visiting Fellowship at the Diabetes Branch, NIDDK, NIH Bethesda, MD, USA (1994–1997) and the Chief Secretary of the State Undersecretary in the Italian Ministry of Health, Rome, Italy (2018–2019). He is an Associate Professor at the Department of Life Sciences, Health and Health Professions, Link Campus University of Rome, Italy (2023–present). He is a member of the Società Italiana di Endocrinologia (SIE) and the European Society of Endocrinology (ESE). He was awarded the best poster at the ESE Meeting 2021, Milan, Italy. His current and previous research interests are diabetes and insulin signaling, thyroid cancer diagnosis, fine needle aspiration biopsy, COVID-19 and nonthyroidal illness syndrome. He has 85 papers publications with 2973 citations and an h-index of 28 (Scopus, 21 November 2023) in these areas.