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Prof. Salvatore Badalamenti is the Nephrology and Dialysis Unit Director in Humanitas Research Hospital. He has graduated at the Università degli Studi of Milan and is specialised in Medical Nephrology, Liver Diseases and Replacement.
Medical areas of interest:
- clinical nephrology and dialysis, chronic renal failure and its complications (anemia, osteodystrophy)
- preparation of vascular access for hemodialysis
- acid-base balance disorders. continuous renal replacement therapy in intensive care (CRRT)
- hepatorenal syndrome
- emergency medicine
Previous experience:
1990-1995 Polyclinic Hospital, Milan, Italy
He was a Staff grade specialist. Focused on infectious complications in dialysis treatments, particularly hepatitis C and anaemia, and nephrological and dialysis emergencies.
1986-1990 Provincial Hospital Clinic , Barcelona, Spain
He completed his PhD in Renal and Hepatic pathophysiology. Especially focused on the study of renal complications in patients with liver disease.
Research areas of interest:
- clinical nephrology
- anemia and erythropoietin in renal failure and dialysis
- continuous renal replacement therapy in intensive care (crrt)
- hepatorenal syndrome.
- phgosis and pentraxine in renal failure
He is a member of the Board of Directors of the Italian Society of Nephrology (SIN)
Teaching experience:
He is Professor of Internal Medicine and Emergency medicine and Professor of Nephrology at Università degli Studi of Milan.
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After receiving his Medical Degree, Board Certification in Allergy and Clinical Immunology, and PhD in Basic and Applied Immunology, Dr. Della Torre worked for 3 years in the United States at the “Ragon Institute of Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH), Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), and Harvard Medical School” in Boston. Thanks to a Cariplo Foundation research grant, Dr. Della Torre returned to Italy in 2018 and established his lab within the Division of Genetic and Cell Biology of San Raffale Hospital (Milan, Italy).
Dr. Della Torre is now Assistant Professor of Rheumatology at Vita-Salute San Raffaele University and Senior Consultant at the Unit of Immunology, Rheumatology, Allergy, and Rare Disease (UnIRAR) of San Raffaele Hospital.
Dr. Della Torre authored more than 100 scientific publications on international peer-reviewed journals and achieved prestigious awards such as the Collegio Ghislieri and the Cariplo Foundation awards for young researchers, the TRIDEO award, the MyFirst AIRC research grant, and the Career Research Grant Award from the FOREUM Foundation.
With his seminal works Dr. Della Torre contributed to the characterization of a novel autoimmune disease known as “IgG4-related disease” and is currently considered “World Expert of IgG4-related disease” by the prestigious Expertscape platform.
Dr. Della Torre is the Disease Coordinator of the IgG4-related disease European working group of the European Reference Network (ERN) on Rare Connective Tissue and Musculoskeletal Diseases (ReCONNET).
Up to September 2022, his scientific publications received more than 6000 citations with an H-index of 35.
Dr. Della Torre presented his studies in different national and international immune-rheumatologic congresses, organized a number of scientific meetings, and co-authored 10 medical books. He presently serves as reviewer for more than 50 peer-reviewed journals and as associated editor for three international scientific journals. Dr. Della Torre is a Head of the:
- IgG4-Related Disease Clinic
- Autoimmune pancreatitis Clinic
- Retroperitoneal Fibrosis Clinic at San Raffaele Hospital (Milan, Italy)