Alessandro Mugelli

Alessandro Mugelli, MD, EFESC, is Emeritus Professor of Pharmacology at the University of Florence and Adjunct Professor of Pharmacology at LUM University in Casamassima (Bari), Italy. His main fields of interest are cardiac pharmacology and electrophysiology, pharmacoepidemiology and the safety of drugs, natural substances and medical devices.

His academic and institutional contributions are extensive, including:

• Academic leadership: He was Dean of the Medical School of the University of Florence and directed its Department of Preclinical and Clinical Pharmacology and its Department of Neurosciences, Drug Research and Child Health.
• Ethics and regulation: He is Vice-Chair of the National Ethics Committee for Clinical Research in Paediatrics and has advised the European Commission on medical devices since 2020.
• Scientific societies and journals: He chaired the ESC Working Group on Cardiac Cellular Electrophysiology, was President of the Italian Society of Pharmacology and is Specialty Chief Editor of Frontiers in Drug Safety and Regulation.

Professor Mugelli has co-authored about 300 peer-reviewed publications. As President of the Scuola di Musica di Fiesole, he promoted a project bringing classical music to the delivery rooms and wards of Careggi Hospital.