A Tribute to Alberto Zanchetti

Moruzzi, the world famous neurophysiologist, and made major contributions before leaving to join Professor Cesare Bartorelli, Chief of the Institute of Internal Medicine in Sienna. Here he made his mark on the role of thiazide diuretics in the treatment of hypertension and then followed Bartorelli to Milan where his career bloomed and over time he rose to become the Director of the Centro di Fisiologia Clinica e Ipertensione, Ospedale Maggiore, Universita di Milano, and then some 20 years later, the Scientif ic Director of the Instituto Auxologico Italiano, Milano and Emeritus Professor of Internal Medicine at the University of Milan. One of his major legacies lies in all the students he mentored over many years.