Claudio Ronco
Professor Claudio Ronco, MD
Director
Department of Nephrology,Dialysis and Transplantation
International Renal Research Institute
St Bortolo Hospital, Vicenza, Italy
Graduated in medicine at the University of Padua, Italy, in 1976. Specialized in nephrology at the University of Padua in 1979, and in paediatric nephrology at the University of Naples in 1989.
1977-1998 Assistant and Associate professor at the Division of Nephrology in Vicenza.
1999 – 2001 Director of the Renal Laboratory at the Renal Research Institute and Professor of Medicine at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine and Beth Israel Medical Centre of New York.
2002-present, Director of Department of Nephrology at St. Bortolo Hospital, Vicenza, Italy. He has co-authored 994 papers, 85 book chapters and 62 books, and he has delivered more than 650 lectures at international meetings and universities. He is a council member of several scientific societies and editor emeritus of the International Journal of Artificial Organs. He is also Editor-in-Chief of Blood Purification and Contributions to Nephrology.
Professor Ronco has received numerous honours and awards including, in 2004, the lifetime achievement award and honorary membership in the Spanish Society of Nephrology, the National Kidney Foundation International Medal of Excellence and in 2009, the ISN Bywaters Award for Acute Renal Failure.
Sunday, 26 April 2015 13:57
Hemodiafiltration and hemodialysis: clinical, financial and geographical issues
This presentation was given by Claudio Ronco from the International Renal Research Institute in Italy. It was presented at the World Congress of Nephrology 2013 in Hong Kong under Session 9: Hemodialysis.
This presentation was given by Claudio Ronco from the International Renal Research Institute in Italy. It was given during the ISN Nexus Symposium 2014 held in Bergamo, Italy on April 3-6, 2014. The focus this year was on the New era of drug discovery and clinical trials in kidney disease.
The first world treatment of multiple organ failure in a neonatal patient of 3 Kg was carried out in Vicenza Italy, with an innovative equipment called CARPEDIEM (Cardio Renal Pediatric Dialysis Emergency machine).