Dr. Edoardo La Porta is a Nephrologist in charge at the Gaslini Children Hospital in Genoa Italy. He received his M.D. degree at the University of Pavia in 2011. He performed his specialization also at the University of Pavia in 2018 and collaborated with the laboratory of Nephrology of the Department of Internal Medicine in Genoa where he obtained his PhD in 2022.

His research interests include pathophysiology and biomolecular pathways of chronic kidney disease and acute kidney injury, proteomic analysis in kidney disease and dialysis, application of AI to perform predictive models in various clinical settings (AKI, pediatric intensive care), and toxicity of micro and nanoplastics in microrenal environment.

Dr. Edoardo La Porta dedicated his career to basic research on kidney diseases with a special focus on chronic kidney disease, proteomic analysis and investigation of microplastic toxicity.
Moreover, he spent various years in the development of medical devices and the application of AI to clinical research. He also coordinate together with Dr. E. Verrina the Italian Registry of Pediatric Dialysis. He is the author of various scientific papers, patents and a book chapter in pediatric nephrology (H-index 8)