Carlo Catassi

Carlo Catasi (born April 19, 1953) is an Italian gastroenterologist, epidemiologist and researcher, recognized for his international studies on the epidemiology of celiac disease.

He is currently the Head of the Department of Pediatrics at the Polytechnic University of the Marches in Ancona, Italy, and a Visiting Scientist at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, United States.

[1] He has conducted clinical trials aimed at clarifying the minimal amount of gluten needed to trigger the small intestinal damage in patients impacted by celiac disease.

These milestone studies formed the basis for fixing the maximum gluten contamination (20 ppm)[6] allowed in gluten-free food by regulatory International Agencies like Codex Alimentarius and US-FDA.

[8] Catasi and his co-workers have recently provided new insights into the age of gluten introduction for infants, along with the finding that breastfeeding does not appear to influence the risk of developing celiac disease in children.