ERKNet Reference Center

Institution

Naples, UOC Nephrology and Dialysis - Università della Campania

Center

UOC Nephrology and Dialysis - Naples Università della Campania

Description

The Centre for Rare Renal Diseases at the Hospital of the Vanvitelli University (Naples) is composed by the Adult Nephrology-Dialysis Unit and the Pediatric Nephrology Unit of the Department of Pediatrics. The hospital serves a large part of the population of the Campania region with a large network of satellite centres (mainly haemodialysis units and peripheral hospitals) according to the hub and spoke model. The patients are assisted all along the evolution of the renal failure, from the pre-dialysis to the replacement techniques at the ESRD. Finally, we are leading centre for the South part of Italy for renal rare diseases particularly for tubulopathies and ciliopathies. Patients physiological characterisation associated to fast and high throughput gene screening through NGS allow us a complete in house phenotypization of the patients with rare diseases. This clinical activity matches with an intense research basic activity on experimental model of disease. All this features together make our centre attractive for many patients with rare renal disease.

Team

Senior clinician experts
	Giovambattista Capasso (HCP Lead) [e-mail]
no image	Renata Di Pietro [e-mail]
Junior clinician experts
	Francesco Trepiccione (HCP Deputy Lead) [e-mail]
	Guiseppe Orefice [e-mail]
	Mariadelina Simeoni [e-mail]
	Miriam Zacchia [e-mail]
no image	Giovanna Capolongo [e-mail]
no image	Alessandro Cerrone [e-mail]
Clinicians in training
no image	Francesca Barone [e-mail]
no image	Francesca Caprio
no image	Sonia Celentano
no image	Angela Cervesato [e-mail]
no image	Martina Ciccone [e-mail]
no image	Rosaria De Santis [e-mail]
no image	Filippo De Stefano [e-mail]
no image	Michele Della Corte [e-mail]
no image	Lucia Di-Nuzzo [e-mail]
no image	Annarita Di-Tella [e-mail]
no image	Giulia Florio [e-mail]
no image	Sofia Giuliana [e-mail]
no image	Anna Iandolo [e-mail]
no image	Nakimera-Pearl Masembe [e-mail]
no image	Andrea Melluso [e-mail]
no image	Giuseppe Panella Pietra Della [e-mail]
no image	Alessandro Perna [e-mail]
no image	Raffaele Pizzano [e-mail]
no image	Roberta Ranieri [e-mail]
no image	Concetta Rianna [e-mail]
no image	Carolina Ruosi [e-mail]
no image	Rita Santarsiere [e-mail]
no image	Raffaella Scoppa [e-mail]
no image	Floriana Secondulfo [e-mail]
no image	Paola Torre [e-mail]
no image	Caterina Vitagliano [e-mail]
Nephropathologists
	Raffaele Raucci [e-mail]