ERKNet Reference Center

Institution

Florence, Meyer Children’s Hospital IRCCS

Center

Nephrology and dialysis unit

Description

The Pediatric Nephrology and Dialysis Unit provides care for pediatric patients affected by kidney diseases, including rare renal diseases, for a total of more than 1800 inpatients and 2000 outpatients per year. It is composed of a multidisciplinary team that includes consultants in nephrology and pediatrics, specialized nurses and biologists, offering full medical and psychosocial services for children of all ages, as well as a prenatal consultation clinic. Additionally, the staff guarantees the expertise of numerous specialists, such as pediatric radiologists, urologists and geneticians. Of note, patients affected by nephrourologic disorders are followed through an integrated healthcare pathway, jointly evaluated by both the nephrologist and the urologist, and directed to surgical or medical treatment. Our tight collaboration with the Genetic Unit of the hospital, allows us to provide patients with the most advanced genetic screenings (target resequencing, whole-exome sequencing). This expertise allows us to rapidly and efficiently obtain molecular diagnosis for almost all rare renal diseases, that are critical in solving clinical issues. The clinical service is complemented by a wide range of both clinical and basic research activities, which include genetic and experimental research in a dedicated laboratory

Team

Senior clinician experts
	Paola Romagnani (HCP Lead) [e-mail]
	Francesca Becherucci (HCP Deputy Lead) [e-mail]
	Augusto Vaglio [e-mail]
Junior clinician experts
no image	Luigi Cirillo [e-mail]
Clinicians in training
no image	Federica Allegretta [e-mail]
no image	Sarah Ercoletti [e-mail]
no image	Cecilia Finocchi [e-mail]
no image	Samantha Innocenti [e-mail]
no image	Andrea La Tessa [e-mail]
no image	Gianmarco Lugli [e-mail]
no image	Tommaso Mazzierli [e-mail]
no image	Marco Moscato [e-mail]
no image	Ludovica Odone [e-mail]
no image	Antonella Olivieri [e-mail]
no image	Giulia Palazzini [e-mail]
no image	Lohengrin Stefania Pirillo [e-mail]
no image	Valentina Querin [e-mail]
no image	Valentina Raglianti [e-mail]
no image	Francesca Semeraro [e-mail]
no image	Giulia Sossai [e-mail]
Clinical geneticists
no image	Samuela Landini [e-mail]
no image	Viviana Palazzo [e-mail]