George J Kahaly, M.D., Ph.D. holds the rank of Professor of Medicine and Endocri-nology / Metabolism at the Johannes Gutenberg University (JGU) Medical Center, Mainz, Germany. As senior physician, Dr. Kahaly directs the endocrine autoimmunity outpatient clinic and chairs the referral expert ORPHAN center for Graves’ orbitopathy & autoimmune polyendocrinopathy. Dr. Kahaly directs the referral accredited & certified academic Thyroid Laboratory and has authored 424 original papers, reviews, book chapters and books covering clinical, experimental, and immune genetic aspects of endocrine autoimmunity, as well as car-diovascular involvement of metabolic disorders. Research articles and reviews have been published in the New England Journal of Medicine, Lancet, JAMA, Annals of Internal Medicine, the Journal of Clinical Investigation, Nature Communications, Clini-cal Chemistry, the Journal of Autoimmunity, the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism, the Journal of Nuclear Medicine, Endocrinology, Thyroid, Endocrine Re-views, Nature Reviews and Autoimmunity Reviews (H-index 81, 26,404 citations). Dr. Kahaly is the 2024 recipient of the European Thyroid Association (ETA) “Aldo Pinchera” Award. Further, he is the 2022 recipient of the “Jacques Genest” Award of the Canadian Society of Endocrinology & Metabolism. Dr. Kahaly also is the 2019 re-cipient of the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists / American College of Endocrinology (AACE/ACE) International Endocrinology Award. He also is the 2019 recipient of the British Thyroid Association “George Murray Award”. Dr. Kahaly has received several further awards: British Medical Association Book Award (2018); Best Reviewer Award, European Thyroid Journal (2018); Poster prize, German Endocrine Society (2006, 2008, and 2009); Poster prize, German Society of Internal Medicine (2006 & 2008), and Best Poster Prize, international thyroid eye disease congress, Lon-don 2025. Dr. Kahaly is Editor of the textbook DeGroots’ Endocrinology (8th & 9th Ed.). He served 2015-2019 as Editor of the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism, official or-gan of the American Endocrine Society. In the years 2009-2012, he was Associate Editor of the journal Thyroid, official journal of the American Thyroid Association (ATA). Dr. Kahaly is also member of the Editorial Board of the European Thyroid Journal, official journal of the European Thyroid Association (ETA). Further, he was member of the scientific program-organizing committees of the 2020 International Thyroid Con-gress, Xian, China as well as of the 2020 spring meeting of the ATA. Finally, Dr. Kahaly was member of the Publication Core Committee of the American Endocrine Society (2020-2023). Dr. Kahaly served as Treasurer and principal officer of the Executive Committee of the ETA between 2007 and 2016. Since 2000, he has also served on numerous ATA Com-mittees (Laboratory Services Committee 2018-2022, Public Health 2015-2018, Re-search 2012-2015, Finance and Audit 2007-2011, as well as Membership and Publi-cation Committees 2000-2006). Further, Dr. Kahaly served for 17 consecutive years as Treasurer and principal officer of the Executive Committee of the European Group on Graves’ orbitopathy (EUGOGO) 2004-2021. In the years 2005-2011, he was mem-ber of the Executive Committee of the German Thyroid Board.