Born: Copertino (Lecce), ITALY, September 9, 1954.
Citizenship: ITALY
Address: Department of Medicine, Nephrology, Dialysis and Transplantation Unit, University of Padova, Via Giustiniani 2, 35128, Padova, Italy. tel +39 (0) 49 8213071. E-mail: renzcalo[at]unipd.it
Education: 1978: M.D. University of Padova. 2005: Ph.D. University of Padova.
Certifications: 1981 Diplomate, Postgraduate School of Nephrology, University of Padova. 1986 Diplomate, Postgraduate School of Internal Medicine, University of Padova. 2003 European Hypertension Specialist by European Society of Hypertension. 2017 Associate Professor of Nephrology, University of Padova, Italy. 2019 Full Professor of Nephrology, University of Padova, Italy.
Appointments: 1986-1999 Assistant Professor, Institute of Internal Medicine, Division of Nephrology, University of Padova, Italy. 1999-2014 Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, Internal Medicine 4-Nephrology, University of Padova, Italy. 2014-2017 Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, Nephrology, University of Padova-University Hospital, Padova, Italy. 1987-current Professor at the Postgraduate Schools of Nephrology and Internal Medicine, University of Padova, Italy.
1989-current Visiting Professor at the School of Medicine, University of California, Davis, Davis, California, USA. 2009-2014 Hypertension Unit coordinator. 2017-2019 Associate Professor of Nephrology at the University of Padova, Italy. 2019-current Full Professor of Nephrology, University of Padova, Italy. 2017-current Head of the Nephrology, Dialysis and Transplantation Unit, Department of Medicine, University of Padova, Italy. 2017-current Director of the Postgraduate School of Nephrology, University of Padova, Italy.
Clinical and Scientific activities: Diagnosis, Management and Follow-up of genetic renal tubulopathies (Gitelman’s and Bartter’s syndromes), Autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease; Essential hypertension and genetic forms of hypertension. Pathophysiology of hypertension and vascular reactivity; Post-transplant hypertension; Oxidative stress in chronic renal failure, dialysis and hypertension; Chronic renal failure; Complications of diabetes;
Scientific editorial production (April 2020) 1) 313 Full Papers; 2) 28 Papers published on Proceedings of International Conferences; 3) 62 Papers published on National journal or Proceedings of National Conferences; 4) 16 Publications (chapters on books and monographies)