Riccardo Perfetti, M.D., PhD – Speaker

VP Medical Affiars- Global Diabetes Division, Sanofi-Aventis

Dr. Riccardo Perfetti is currently the VP Medical Affairs of the Global Diabetes Division team, in the Paris Global Headquarter.

Dr. Riccardo Perfetti M.D. Ph.D., received his medical training in University "La Sapienza," Rome, Italy in 1985 and completed his Endocrinology training in 1989 with his thesis looking at “Identification of an insulin-like growth factor-binding protein synthesized by mouse glomerular mesangial cells in culture”. He continued his training achieving a PhD in Molecular Endocrinology in 1995 from La Sapienza and The Johns Hopkins University.  

Prior to joining sanofi-aventis in autumn 2007, Dr. Perfetti held a variety of positions in Amgen Inc over a 3 year period, including Director, Department of Medical Sciences; Global Development Leader responsible for designing and executing from phase 2a- to registration clinical studies for type 2 diabetes, obesity, metabolism, and endocrinology programmes; and Biomarker Development Team Member for first-in-class; Diabetes, Metabolism and Endocrine Group.    

Between 1997 and 2004, Dr. Perfetti held a number of teaching and research positions at the prestigious Cedars-Sinai Medical Centre in California including Director, Islet Transplantation Program (2003/2004); Director of Diabetes Research Laboratory (1997-2004); Director, Outpatient Diabetes & Obesity Program (1999-2004), and Director, Endocrine Fellowship Training Program, Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism (1999-2004). He joined Cedars-Sinai Medical Centre after a ten year period at the National Institutes of Health, Baltimore, Maryland, USA where he worked primarily in the research field in posts such as Senior Research Fellow and Senior Staff Scientist.

Dr. Perfetti has served as a reviewer for the top peer-reviewed journals over the years including The Journal of Molecular Endocrinology, The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism, The Journal of Clinical Investigation, Diabetes and Diabetologia; is himself widely published in peer-reviewed journals and has received a number of fellowships and research grants in the endocrinology and metabolism field of research.