Massimo Pinzani is a clinical hepatologist with a long-standing interest in the research of cellular and molecular mechanisms of hepatic fibrogenesis and relative diagnostic and therapeutic approaches. He is currently Professor of Medicine in the Department of Medicine-Centre for Research, High Education and Transfer of the University of Florence School of Medicine, Florence, Italy where he teaches Pathophysiology, Hepatology and Applied Biotechnology. Professor Pinzani has served for more than ten years as associate editor for major hepatology and gastroenterology international journals.