Antonino Uncini is full professor of Neurology at the University “G. d’Annunzio” of Chieti-Pescara, Italy. His interest in peripheral neuropathies initiated in the 1980’ working in the Peripheral Nerve Laboratory of the Pennsylvania University, directed by prof. Austin Sumner, and then as assistant professor at the Neurological institute of Columbia University collaborating with prof. Norman Latov. After his return to Italy, prof. Uncini served as Coordinator of the Peripheral Nerve Study Group of the Italian Society of Neurology and President of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology. Prof. Uncini has published more than 200 papers, mostly on peripheral neuropathies, and is frequently invited to lecture on this topic worldwide.