Prof. Moshe Phillip graduated (MD) from Ben Gurion University, Beer Sheba, Israel in 1983, specialized in Pediatrics at Soroka Medical Center in Beer Sheba, Israel and in pediatric endocrinology in 1989-1992 at the University of Maryland School of Medicine in Baltimore. Since 1997 he is the director of the Institute for Endocrinology and Diabetes, National Center for Childhood Diabetes at Schneider Children’s Medical Center, Petah Tikva and serves as Vice Dean for Research and Development as well as a Chair of the Irene and Nicholas Marsh Fund for Endocrinology and Diabetes at Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University. Previously (1992-1997) he served as division head in Pediatric Diagnostic and Therapeutic Center at Soroka Medical Center in Beer-Sheba. Prof. Phillip is active in both clinical and basic research in various endocrine issues, focusing on childhood diabetes as well as developing technologies for the treatment of diabetes, and the interaction between nutrition and growth. Prof. Phillip is an active member of national and international organizations such as the Israeli National Committee for Diabetes, International Society of Pediatric and Adolescent Diabetes (ISPAD), The European Society for Pediatric Endocrinology (ESPE), Pediatric Endocrine Society (PES), Endocrine Society, American Diabetes Association (ADA) and more. In the framework of these organizations, he has organized many seminars, schools and consensus meetings dealing with topics in endocrinology and diabetes. Prof. Phillip is co-chairman of the Annual International Conference for Advanced Technologies and Treatments of Diabetes (ATTD) and of the International conference on Nutrition and Growth (N&G). Prof. Phillip has published more than 400 manuscripts, as well as books (including the ATTD and N&G Yearbooks) and chapters in books.