Bambino Gesù Children’s Hospital
Division of Nephrology and Dialysis, Department of Pediatric Subspecialties
Piazza Sant’Onofrio 4, 00165, Rome, Italy
psp.nefrologia@opbg.net , stefania.trabucchi@opbg.net
The Department
The Bambino Gesù Children’s Hospital is a research institute that is part of the Italian IRCCS network, comprising 48 institutes dedicated to clinical and translational research. The Pediatric Nephrology Unit is the largest in Italy, with a permanent staff of 12 nephrologists. The unit activities include >900 inpatient admissions/year, >6000 outpatient visits/year and approximately 25 isolated or combined kidney transplantations/year. The team covers all aspects of pediatric nephrology, including rare renal diseases, chronic renal failure, dialysis and transplantation. It also has particular expertise in the treatment of acute renal failure and of metabolic conditions requiring renal care. The genetic and metabolic facilities of the hospital offer diagnostic tests for most rare disease affecting the kidneys. Members of the team have leading position in scientific societies, research committees and registries. The scientific activities are supported by a research laboratory dedicated to the study of renal diseases in children, in particular genetic diseases and nephrotic syndrome.
Public link: https://www.ospedalebambinogesu.it
The Team
Isabella Guzzo MD, PhD
Principal Investigator of EurAKID Registry
Chief of the dialysis division with specific interest in AKI, CKD and dialysis
Francesco Emma, MD
Division Chief with specific interest in rare kidney diseases, tubulopathies and nephrotic syndrome
Marcello Chinali, MD, PhD
Cardiologist, with specific interest in cardiovascular complications of renal diseases
Laura Massella, MD
Nephrologist, with specific interest in cystic kidney diseases and nephrotic syndrome
Bambino Gesù Children’s Hospital is involved in the following projects of the ESCAPE Network:
