Nephrology

Nephrology

Head of Unit

Barbara Buscemi

Nephrology is primarily focused on outpatient care, inpatient care, and dialysis.
IRCCS ISMETT’s Nephrology Outpatient provides care for:

  • Patients with advanced chronic kidney failure for kidney transplant eligibility (from a deceased or living donor).
  • Potential kidney donors.
  • Patients on the kidney transplant waiting list requiring periodic clinical reassessment.
  • Kidney transplant recipients, including patients from other centers, requiring post-transplant follow-up.
  • Patients from other IRCCS ISMETT units with kidney diseases of varying severity, such as liver or heart transplant recipients with kidney failure.

Staff

  • Barbara Buscemi
  • Antonia Chiara Caccamo
  • Francesco D'Ignoto
  • Chiara Nardi
  • Paola Salis