Dr. Stefano Ballestri has a position as an internal medicine consultant and currently works at the Department of Internal Medicine, Pavullo Hospital, Azienda Unità Sanitaria Locale Modena, Modena, Italy (December 2012–present). He was a visiting researcher at the Institute of Cellular Medicine, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK (August 2010–February 2011). He performs research in internal medicine (general medicine) and hepatology. His skills and expertise are in liver diseases, metabolic syndrome, cirrhosis, hepatocellular carcinoma, metabolism, lipid metabolism, atherosclerosis, the liver, cardiovascular disease, and biliary tract diseases. He has 96 paper publications with 6003 citations and 13,754 reads (ResearchGate, 15 December 2023) in these areas.