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The University of Insubria CV The University of Insubria CV Maria Laura Piera Tanda, M.D.
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Contact data

Assistant Professor of Endocrinology
Department of Clinical and Biological Sciences
E-mail: marialaura.tanda@uninsubria.it | maria.tanda@uninsubria.it

 

Biography

Place and date of birth
Sassari, September 14, 1963.

Present position
Research Fellow of Endocrinology; Doctor, Division of Endocrinology, Ospedale di Circolo, Varese.

Education

  • Baccalaureate (“Maturità Classica”), Liceo Classico D.A.Azuni, Sassari, 1982;
  • M.D. Degree (110/110), University of Pisa, 1992;
  • Specialty Degree (magna cum laude), University of Pisa Postdoctoral School of Endocrinology, 1998

Memberships
Italian Society of Endocrinology (2001)

Publications
65 publications, including 27 full papers on peer-reviewed international journals and 3 book chapters or monographs.

 

Research interests

  • Graves’ Ophthalmopathy
  • Graves’ hyperthyroidism
  • Thyroid autoimmunity
  • Iodine-induced thyroid disorders
 

Representative  publications

1. Bartalena L, Bogazzi F, Tanda ML, Manetti L, Dell’Unto E, Martino E:Cigarette smoking and the thyroid. Eur J Endocrinol 133: 507, 1995

2. Bartalena L, Marcocci C, Bogazzi F, Manetti L, Tanda ML, Dell’Unto E, Bruno-Bossio G, Nardi M, Bartolomei MP, Lepri A, Rossi G, Martino E, Pinchera A: Relation between therapy for hyperthyroidism and the course of Graves’ ophthalmopathy.N Engl J Med 338 (2) : 73-78,1998

3. Bartalena L, Marcocci C, Tanda ML, Manetti L, Dell’Unto E, Bartolomei MP, Nardi M, Martino E, Pinchera A:Cigarette smoking and treatment outcomes in Graves’ ophthalmopathy.Ann Intern Med 129 (8): 632-635,1998

4. Marcocci C, Bartalena L, Tanda ML, Manetti L, Dell’Unto E, Rocchi R, Barbesino G, Mazzi B, Bartolomei MP, Lepri P, Cartei F, Nardi M, Pinchera A: Comparison of effectiveness and tolerability of intravenous or oral glucocorticoids associated with orbital radiotherapy in the management of severe Graves’ ophthalmopathy: results of a prospective, single-blind, randomized study: J Clin Endocr Metab 86 (8): 3562-3567, 2001

5. Bogazzi F, Aghini-Lombardi F, Cosci C, Lupi I, Santini F, Tanda ML, Miccoli P, Basolo F, Pinchera A, Bartalena L, Braverman LE, Martino E: Iopanoic acid rapidly controls Type I amiodarone-induced thyrotoxicosis prior thyroidectomy. J Endocrinol Invest 25, 176-180, 2002

6. Bartalena L, Marcocci C, Tanda ML, Pinchera A: Management of thyroid eye disease: Eur J Nucl Med , 29(suppl.2):S458-S465, 2002

7. Bartalena L, Tanda ML, Piantanida E, Lai A: Oxidative stress and Graves’ ophthalmopathy: in vitro studies and therapeutic implications. Biofactors 19: 155, 2003.

8. Bartalena L, Tanda ML, Piantanida E, Lai A: The role of somatostatin analogs in the management of Graves’ ophthalmopathy. J Endocrinol Invest 26: 109, 2003.

9. Bartalena L, Tanda ML, Piantanida E, Lai A, Pinchera A: Relationship between management of hyperthyroidism and course of ophthalmopathy. J Endocrinol Invest 27: 288, 2004.

10. Bartalena L, Wiersinga WM, Tanda ML, Bogazzi F, Piantanida E, Lai A, Martino E: Diagnosis and management of amiodarone-induced thyrotoxicosis in Europe: results of an international survey among members of the European Thyroid Association. Clin Endocrinol 61: 494, 2004.

11. Bartalena L, Tanda ML, Bogazzi F, Piantanida E, Lai A, Martino E: An uptade on the pharmacological management of hyperthyroidism due to Graves’ disease. Exp Opin Pharmacother 6: 851, 2005.

12. Bartalena L, Tanda ML, Piantanida E, Lai A: Glucocorticoids and outcome of radioiodine therapy for Graves’ hyperthyroidism. Eur J Endocrinol 153: 13, 2005.

13. Dionigi GL, Bacuzzi A, Boni L, Rovera F, Piantanida E, Tanda ML, Diurni M, Carcano G, Bartalena L, Cuffari S, Dionigi R: Influence of new technologies on thyroid surgery: state of the art. Expert Rev Med Devices 2: 547, 2005.

 

Clinical interests

1. Physiology and pathophysiology of the thyroid gland, with particular reference to Graves’ ophtyhalmopathy and Graves’hyperthyroidism, iodine-induced thyroid disorders, hypothyroidism and thyroid autoimmunity, thyroid nodular disorders and neoplasms

2. Disease of the pituitary gland, with particular reference to pituitary adenomas

 

 
   
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