Medico Specialista in Endocrinologia e Malattie del Metabolismo 70/70 e lode
Scuola di Specializzazione in Endocrinologia e Malattie del Metabolismo – Sapienza Università di Roma
Tesi di specializzazione: Ipotiroidismo subclinico versus biochimico in una coorte di 3000 pazienti obesi e superobesi.

Borsista in Ginecologia e Medicina della Riproduzione
Fondazione Cesare Serono
Progetto di ricerca “Status tiroideo in donne sottoposte a stimolazione ovarica controllata”.

Diploma Nazionale di Ecografia Clinica
SIUMB – Società Italiana di Ultrasonologia in Medicina e Biologia

Laurea specialistica in Medicina e Chirurgia 110/110 e lode
Prima Facoltà di Medicina e Chirurgia – Sapienza Università di Roma – Roma, Italia
Tesi di laurea specialistica sperimentale: Associazione fra carcinoma mammario e patologia tiroidea: ruolo delle terapie adiuvanti e neoadiuvanti.

Riconoscimenti e premi
▪ Borsa di Studio Fondazione Cesare Serono in Ginecologia e Medicina della Riproduzione (2009)
▪ Premio Tesi Maccaroni (2010)
▪ Bando Giovani Soci SIUMB (2012)
▪ European Thyroid Association Travel Grant (2012)
▪ European Society of Endocrinology Travel Grant (2013)
▪ European Thyroid Association Travel Award Grant (2014)
▪ Bando Giovani Soci SIUMB (2014)

Appartenenza a Società Scientifiche
▪ AACE – American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists
▪ AME – Associazione Medici Endocrinologi
▪ ATA – American Thyroid Association
▪ ESE – European Society of Endocrinology
▪ ETA – European Thyroid Association
▪ FMSI – Federazione Medico Sportiva Italiana
▪ SID – Società Italiana di Diabetologia
▪ SIE – Società Italiana di Endocrinologia
▪ SIUMB – Societa’ Italiana di Ultrasonologia in Medicina e Biologia
▪ The Endocrine Society

Pubblicazioni scientifiche

Lamartina L; Grani G; Durante C; Filetti S; Cooper DS, 2020. Screening for differentiated thyroid cancer in selected populations. &nbspLancet Diabetes Endocrinol 8(1):81-88

Mio C; Grani G; Durante C; Damante G, 2020. Molecular defects in thyroid dysgenesis. &nbspClin Genet 97(1):222-231

Mantovani A; Zusi C; Dalbeni A; Grani G; Buzzetti E, 2019. Risk of kidney dysfunction in NAFLD. &nbspCurr Pharm Des.

Grani G; Lamartina L; Montesano T; Ronga G; Maggisano V; Falcone R; Ramundo V; Giacomelli L; Durante C; Russo D; Maranghi M, 2019. Lack of association between obesity and aggressiveness of differentiated thyroid cancer. &nbspJ Endocrinol Invest 42(1):85-90

Durante C; Grani G, 2019. Clinically silent thyroid cancers: drop those needles and scalpels! &nbspJ Clin Endocrinol Metab.

Grani G; Lamartina L; Ascoli V; Bosco D; Biffoni M; Giacomelli L; Maranghi M; Falcone R; Ramundo V; Cantisani V; Filetti S; Durante C, 2019. Reducing the Number of Unnecessary Thyroid Biopsies While Improving Diagnostic Accuracy: Toward the "Right" TIRADS. &nbspJ Clin Endocrinol Metab 104(1):95-102

Ramundo V; Lamartina L; Falcone R; Ciotti L; Lomonaco C; Biffoni M; Giacomelli L; Maranghi M; Durante C; Grani G, 2019. Is thyroid nodule location associated with malignancy risk? &nbspUltrasonography 38(3):231-235

Rullo E; Minelli G; Bosco D; Nardi F; Grani G; Durante C; Ascoli V, 2019. Indeterminate thyroid nodules (TIR3A/TIR3B) according to the new Italian reporting system for thyroid cytology: A cytomorphological study. &nbspCytopathology 30(5):475-484

Cantisani V; David E; Grazhdani H; Rubini A; Radzina M; Dietrich CF; Durante C; Lamartina L; Grani G; Valeria A; Bosco D; Di Gioia C; Frattaroli FM; D'Andrea V; De Vito C; Fresilli D; D'Ambrosio F; Giacomelli L; Catalano C, 2019. Prospective Evaluation of Semiquantitative Strain Ratio and Quantitative 2D Ultrasound Shear Wave Elastography (SWE) in Association with TIRADS Classification for Thyroid Nodule Characterization. &nbspUltraschall Med 40(4):495-503

Grani G; Tumino D; Ramundo V; Ciotti L; Lomonaco C; Armillotta M; Falcone R; Lucia P; Maranghi M; Filetti S; Durante C, 2019. Changes in TSH levels in athyreotic patients with differentiated thyroid cancer during levothyroxine therapy: influence on dose adjustments. &nbspJ Endocrinol Invest 42(12):1485-1490

Grani G; Ramundo V; Falcone R; Lamartina L; Montesano T; Biffoni M; Giacomelli L; Sponziello M; Verrienti A; Schlumberger M; Filetti S; Durante C, 2019. Thyroid Cancer Patients With No Evidence of Disease: The Need for Repeat Neck Ultrasound. &nbspJ Clin Endocrinol Metab 104(11):4981-4989

Trimboli P; Palermo A; Deandrea M; Piccardo A; Campennì A; Valabrega S; Grani G; Santolamazza G; Bottoni G; Barnabei A; Ramundo V; Lauretta R; Monte L; Ferrarazzo G; Paone G; Crosetto C; Ruggeri RM; Baldari S; Chiefari A; Vottari S; Giarnieri E; Perrella E; Limone P; Durante C; Giovanella L; Appetecchia M; Crescenzi A, 2019. Prognosis of patients with differentiated thyroid carcinomas having a preoperative cytological report of indeterminate at low or high risk. A multicenter study. &nbspEndocrine 66(3):557-562

Verrienti A; Sponziello M; Durante C; Filetti S; Grani G, 2019. Comment on: BRAF mutation analysis by ARMS-PCR refines thyroid nodule management. &nbspClin Endocrinol (Oxf).

Grani G; Ramundo V; Verrienti A; Sponziello M; Durante C, 2019. Thyroid hormone therapy in differentiated thyroid cancer. &nbspEndocrine 66(1):43-50

Grani G; Lamartina L; Durante C; Filetti S; Cooper DS, 2018. Follicular thyroid cancer and Hürthle cell carcinoma: challenges in diagnosis, treatment, and clinical management. &nbspLancet Diabetes Endocrinol 6(6):500-514

Grani G; Lamartina L; Cantisani V; Maranghi M; Lucia P; Durante C, 2018. Interobserver agreement of various thyroid imaging reporting and data systems. &nbspEndocr Connect 7(1):1-7

Lamartina L; Grani G; Durante C; Filetti S, 2018. Recent advances in managing differentiated thyroid cancer. &nbspF1000Res 7:86

Durante C; Grani G; Lamartina L; Filetti S; Mandel SJ; Cooper DS, 2018. The Diagnosis and Management of Thyroid Nodules: A Review. &nbspJAMA 319(9):914-924

Lamartina L; Grani G; Arvat E; Nervo A; Zatelli MC; Rossi R; Puxeddu E; Morelli S; Torlontano M; Massa M; Bellantone R; Pontecorvi A; Montesano T; Pagano L; Daniele L; Fugazzola L; Ceresini G; Bruno R; Rossetto R; Tumino S; Centanni M; Meringolo D; Castagna MG; Salvatore D; Nicolucci A; Lucisano G; Filetti S; Durante C, 2018. 8th edition of the AJCC/TNM staging system of thyroid cancer: what to expect (ITCO#2). &nbspEndocr Relat Cancer 25(3):L7-L11

Mantovani A; Grani G, 2018. Thyroid Dysfunction and Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease: We Need New Larger and Well-Designed Longitudinal Studies. &nbspDig Dis Sci 63(7):1970-1976

Lamartina L; Grani G; Durante C; Borget I; Filetti S; Schlumberger M, 2018. Follow-up of differentiated thyroid cancer - what should (and what should not) be done. &nbspNat Rev Endocrinol 14(9):538-551

Grani G; Lamartina L; Biffoni M; Giacomelli L; Maranghi M; Falcone R; Ramundo V; Cantisani V; Filetti S; Durante C, 2018. Sonographically Estimated Risks of Malignancy for Thyroid Nodules Computed with Five Standard Classification Systems: Changes over Time and Their Relation to Malignancy. &nbspThyroid 28(9):1190-1197

Zatelli MC; Lamartina L; Meringolo D; Arvat E; Damiani L; Grani G; Nervo A; Durante C; Giacomelli L, 2018. Thyroid nodule recurrence following lobo-isthmectomy: incidence, patient's characteristics, and risk factors. &nbspJ Endocrinol Invest 41(12):1469-1475

Pecce V; Sponziello M; Damante G; Rosignolo F; Durante C; Lamartina L; Grani G; Russo D; di Gioia CR; Filetti S; Verrienti A, 2018. A synonymous RET substitution enhances the oncogenic effect of an in-cis missense mutation by increasing constitutive splicing efficiency. &nbspPLoS Genet 14(10):e1007678

Falcone R; Ramundo V; Lamartina L; Ascoli V; Bosco D; Di Gioia C; Montesano T; Biffoni M; Bononi M; Giacomelli L; Minni A; Segni M; Maranghi M; Cantisani V; Durante C; Grani G, 2018. Sonographic Presentation of Metastases to the Thyroid Gland: A Case Series. &nbspJ Endocr Soc 2(8):855-859

Rosignolo F; Sponziello M; Giacomelli L; Russo D; Pecce V; Biffoni M; Bellantone R; Lombardi CP; Lamartina L; Grani G; Durante C; Filetti S; Verrienti A, 2017. Identification of Thyroid-Associated Serum microRNA Profiles and Their Potential Use in Thyroid Cancer Follow-Up. &nbspJ Endocr Soc 1(1):3-13

Lamartina L; Durante C; Lucisano G; Grani G; Bellantone R; Lombardi CP; Pontecorvi A; Arvat E; Felicetti F; Zatelli MC; Rossi R; Puxeddu E; Morelli S; Torlontano M; Crocetti U; Montesano T; Giubbini R; Orlandi F; Aimaretti G; Monzani F; Attard M; Francese C; Antonelli A; Limone P; Rossetto R; Fugazzola L; Meringolo D; Bruno R; Tumino S; Ceresini G; Centanni M; Monti S; Salvatore D; Spiazzi G; Mian C; Persani L; Barbaro D; Nicolucci A; Filetti S, 2017. Are Evidence-Based Guidelines Reflected in Clinical Practice? An Analysis of Prospectively Collected Data of the Italian Thyroid Cancer Observatory. &nbspThyroid 27(12):1490-1497

Grani G; Bruno R; Lucisano G; Costante G; Meringolo D; Puxeddu E; Torlontano M; Tumino S; Attard M; Lamartina L; Nicolucci A; Cooper DS; Filetti S; Durante C, 2017. Temporal Changes in Thyroid Nodule Volume: Lack of Effect on Paranodular Thyroid Tissue Volume. &nbspThyroid 27(11):1378-1384

Rosignolo F; Memeo L; Monzani F; Colarossi C; Pecce V; Verrienti A; Durante C; Grani G; Lamartina L; Forte S; Martinetti D; Giuffrida D; Russo D; Basolo F; Filetti S; Sponziello M, 2017. MicroRNA-based molecular classification of papillary thyroid carcinoma. &nbspInt J Oncol 50(5):1767-1777

Grani G; Lamartina L; Ascoli V; Bosco D; Nardi F; D'Ambrosio F; Rubini A; Giacomelli L; Biffoni M; Filetti S; Durante C; Cantisani V, 2017. Ultrasonography scoring systems can rule out malignancy in cytologically indeterminate thyroid nodules. &nbspEndocrine 57(2):256-261

Mantovani A; Grani G; Chioma L; Vancieri G; Giordani I; Rendina R; Rinaldi ME; Andreadi A; Coccaro C; Boccardo C; Fraenza C; Bertazzoni G; Bellia A; Zoppini G; Targher G; Baroni MG; Lauro D; D'Armiento M; Bonora E, 2016. Severe hypoglycemia in patients with known diabetes requiring emergency department care: A report from an Italian multicenter study. &nbspJ Clin Transl Endocrinol 5:46-52

Lamartina L; Grani G; Biffoni M; Giacomelli L; Costante G; Lupo S; Maranghi M; Plasmati K; Sponziello M; Trulli F; Verrienti A; Filetti S; Durante C, 2016. Risk Stratification of Neck Lesions Detected Sonographically During the Follow-Up of Differentiated Thyroid Cancer. &nbspJ Clin Endocrinol Metab 101(8):3036-44

Grani G; Carbotta G; Nesca A; D'Alessandri M; Vitale M; Del Sordo M; Fumarola A, 2015. A comprehensive score to diagnose Hashimoto's thyroiditis: a proposal. &nbspEndocrine 49(2):361-5

Grani G; Calvanese A; Carbotta G; D'Alessandri M; Nesca A; Bianchini M; Del Sordo M; Vitale M; Fumarola A, 2015. Thyroid autoimmunity and risk of malignancy in thyroid nodules submitted to fine-needle aspiration cytology. &nbspHead Neck 37(2):260-4

Prinzi N; Sorrenti S; Baldini E; De Vito C; Tuccilli C; Catania A; Coccaro C; Bianchini M; Nesca A; Grani G; Mocini R; De Antoni E; D'Armiento M; Ulisse S, 2015. Association of thyroid diseases with primary extra-thyroidal malignancies in women: results of a cross-sectional study of 6,386 patients. &nbspPLoS One 10(3):e0122958

Grani G; D'Alessandri M; Del Sordo M; Carbotta G; Vitale M; Fumarola A, 2015. Influence of thyrotropin and thyroid volume on basal serum calcitonin. &nbspExp Clin Endocrinol Diabetes 123(1):44-7

Grani G; D'Alessandri M; Carbotta G; Nesca A; Del Sordo M; Alessandrini S; Coccaro C; Rendina R; Bianchini M; Prinzi N; Fumarola A, 2015. Grey-Scale Analysis Improves the Ultrasonographic Evaluation of Thyroid Nodules. &nbspMedicine (Baltimore) 94(27):e1129

Grani G; Fumarola A, 2014. Thyroglobulin in lymph node fine-needle aspiration washout: a systematic review and meta-analysis of diagnostic accuracy. &nbspJ Clin Endocrinol Metab 99(6):1970-82

Catania A; Guaitoli E; Carbotta G; Bianchini M; Di Matteo FM; Carbotta S; Nardi M; Fabiani E; Grani G; D'Andrea V; Fumarola A, 2013. Total thyroidectomy for Graves' disease treatment. &nbspClin Ter 164(3):193-6

Fumarola A; Grani G; Romanzi D; Del Sordo M; Bianchini M; Aragona A; Tranquilli D; Aragona C, 2013. Thyroid function in infertile patients undergoing assisted reproduction. &nbspAm J Reprod Immunol 70(4):336-41

Grani G; Calvanese A; Carbotta G; D'Alessandri M; Nesca A; Bianchini M; Del Sordo M; Fumarola A, 2013. Intrinsic factors affecting adequacy of thyroid nodule fine-needle aspiration cytology. &nbspClin Endocrinol (Oxf) 78(1):141-4

Grani G; Dicorato P; Dainelli M; Coletta I; Calvanese A; Del Sordo M; De Cesare A; Di Matteo FM; D'Andrea V; Fumarola A, 2012. Thyroid diseases in women with breast cancer. &nbspClin Ter 163(6):e401-4

Grani G; Nesca A; Del Sordo M; Calvanese A; Carbotta G; Bianchini M; Fumarola A, 2012. Interpretation of serum calcitonin in patients with chronic autoimmune thyroiditis. &nbspEndocr Relat Cancer 19(3):345-9

Grani G; Carbotta G; D'Andrea V; Fumarola A, 2011. Knowledge of iodoprophylaxis and iodized salt consumption among medical students in Italy. &nbspClin Ter 162(5):409-11

Fumarola A; Di Fiore A; Dainelli M; Grani G; Carbotta G; Calvanese A, 2011. Therapy of hyperthyroidism in pregnancy and breastfeeding. &nbspObstet Gynecol Surv 66(6):378-85

Fumarola A; Di Fiore A; Dainelli M; Grani G; Calvanese A, 2010. Medical treatment of hyperthyroidism: state of the art. &nbspExp Clin Endocrinol Diabetes 118(10):678-84

Fumarola A; D'Alessandri M; Dicorato P; Grani G; Maiuolo A; Ruggieri M; Calvanese A, 2010. Diagnostic accuracy of rhTSH test with neck ultrasonography in differentiated thyroid cancer follow-up. &nbspExp Clin Endocrinol Diabetes 118(8):554-6

Dicorato P; Calvanese A; Maiuolo A; D'Alessandri M; Grani G; Ruggieri M; Fumarola A, 2009. Medullary thyroid carcinoma and tuberous sclerosis. &nbspEndocr Pathol 20(2):141-4

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