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POSITION TITLE
Assistant Professor, Nephrology, Dialysis and Transplantation Unit;
EDUCATION/TRAINING
1993-2000 - M.D., University of Bari, Bari, Italy
2001-2004 - PhD, European Doctorate Applied to Organ and Tissue Transplantation, Department of Nephrology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands
2004-2009 - Nephrologist, School of Nephrology, University of Bari “Aldo Moro”, Bari, Italy
Professional Experience
1998-2000 - Internship, Renal Unit, Department of Emergency and Organ Transplantation, University of Bari, Italy
2001-2004 - PhD student, Department of Nephrology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands
2003-2004 - Marie Curie Fellowship, Department of Nephrology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands
2004-pres - Chief of the Laboratory “Banca delle Cellule e dei Tessuti”
2004-pres - Resident, Center for Rare Diseases, Azienda Ospedaliera Policlinco, Bari, Italy
2008 - Transplant Procurement Management. Vibo Valentia, Reggio Calabria, Italy
2010-2012 - Resident, Azienda Ospedaliera Policlinico, Coordinamento Interregionale Trapianti, Bari, Italy
2012-pres - Assistant Professor, Nephrology, Dialysis and Transplantation Unit; Department of Emergency and Organ Tranaplantation; University of Bari “Aldo Moro”, Bari, Italy
Honors, Awards and Grants
1998 - European Complement Network, junior travel grant
2004 - International Complement Society, junior travel grant
2004 - Società Appulo-Lucana di Nefrologia, Young Investigator award “Domenico Cotugno”
2004 - Marie Curie Fellowship: Eurogendis. The genetic basis of the diseases.
2005 - Italian Society of Nephrology, National Congress 2005, best abstract “basic science”
2005 - Italian National Health Ministry: New biomarkers in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
2007 - Italian Society of Nephrology, National Congress 2007, best abstract “dialysis”
2008 - PHARMING B.V., Leiden, The Netherlands. Role of C1 inhibitor in preventing
Ischemia/Reperfusion Injury in kidney transplantation.
2008-2010 - Telethon Grant: Gene regulation in the pathogenesis of angioedema due to inherited C1
inhibitor deficiency (Hereditary angioedema)”
2009-pres – Grant “GIOVANI RICERCATORI” ; Italian National Health Ministry; “Therapeutic Inhibition of Classical and Lectin Pathways of Complement to Prevent Local and Systemic effects of Renal Ischemia Reperfusion Injury” GR-2009-1608662
Scientific Societies
-International Complement Society
-European Complement Network
-Italian Society of Nephrology
-Italian Society of Organ Transplantation
-European Dialysis and Transplant Association (EDTA)
Editorial activity
"Ad hoc reviewer" for:
-Journal of the American Society of Nephrology
-Kidney International
-The Journal of Immunology
-Blood
-The European Journal of Immunology
-Molecular Immunology
-Clinical and Experimental Immunology
-Journal of Leukocyte Biology
-Nephrology, Dialysis and Transplantation
Editorial Board
- Giornale Italiano di Nefrologia
- Giornale di Tecniche Nefrologiche & Dialitiche
PATENT
2010 – International Patent: Castellano Giuseppe, Francesco Paolo Schena. Title: “Impiego di composti noti per il trattamento dell’Insufficienza Renale Cronica”. MI2010 A000828