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Loreto Gesualdo

Personal Data                                   
Date of Birth:  December 27th 1960                 
Place of Birth:  Altamura (Italy)   Nationality: Italian
Married, 3 children                            

Career/Employment
1986-1987 Internship, Chair of Medical Therapy, University of Bari, Italy
1987-1990 Research Associate, Institute of Pathology, CWRU, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
1991-2000 Professor of Clinical Pathology, D. U. per TLB, School of Medicine, University of Bari
1994-2000 Staff physician, Institute of Nephrology, University of Bari
1997-1998 Visiting Professor, Department of Surgery, University of Pittsburgh
2000-2001 Associate Professor of Nephrology, University of Bari and Renal Division Chief,
“Umberto I” Hospital, Altamura
2001-2003 Associate Professor of Nephrology, Chief of the Renal, Dialysis and Transplantation  Unit, University Hospital of Foggia
2004-2007 Director of the Centre of Excellence “BIOAGROMED” for the application of
Biotechnologies to Medicine and Food Quality
2003-2010 Full Professor of Nephrology, Chief of the Renal, Dialysis and Transplantation
Unit, University Hospital of Foggia
2003-2010 Coordinator of the PhD Program “Molecular Medicine”, School of Medicine, University of Foggia 
2005-2010 Director of the Nephrology Resident Program, School of Medicine, University of Foggia
2007-2010 Director, Department of Nephrology, Dialysis and Tranplantation, Daunia Area (DIAN)
2007-2010 Council member, Italian Society of Nephrology
2010-pres Member, Steering Committee of Immunonephrology Working Group, ERA-EDTA
2010-pres Full Professor of Nephrology, Chief of the Renal, Dialysis and Transplantation
Unit, University Hospital “Policlinico” of Bari; Director of the Nephrology Resident  Program, School of Medicine, University of Bari
2012-pres Council member, ERA-EDTA

Honors, Awards and Grants
Cum Laude Medical School Diploma, 1986; R.H. "Mike" Mohrman Research Fellowship, Kidney Foundation of Ohio, 1988-89; Italian Ministry of Public Education, Award 1988-1991; American Heart Association  -  Northeast Ohio Affiliate, Research Fellowship 1989-90; Kidney Foundation of Ohio, Research Grant 1989-90; "Young Investigator Scholarship" 22 July 1990, Tokyo, Japan; EDTA-ERA travel grant 1991, 1993, 1995; Gambro Fellowship, Lund, Sweden 1991-92; EDTA-ERA Junior Award 1992; CNR-NATO Fellowship 1997; NATO Collaborative Research grant; Baxter Extramural Grant, 1997-2000; Cassa di Risparmio di Puglia Foundation, Research Grant 2004-2005; Ministry of Health, Research Grant 2002-2015; PRIN MIUR, Research Grant 2002-2005; FIRB MIUR, Research Grant 2004-2008-2016;

Membership: Italian Society of Nephrology; International Society of Nephrology; European Dialysis and Transplant Association; American Society of Nephrology; New York Academy of Sciences; European Macrophage & Dendritic Cell Society; Renal Pathology Society.

Publications: papers in PubMed more than 250 (Kidney International, New England Journal of Medicine, Journal of American Society of Nephrology, Journal Clinical Investigation, Journal of Immunology, Blood, Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol., Transplantation, Laboratory Investigation, Journal of Pathology, Journal of Experimental Medicine, American Journal of Kidney Diseases, Journal of Nephrology);  number of communications to scientific meetings: 200; Books: 16. Total Impact Factor: more than 1100; Google Scholar: Total Citations: more than 7000. H-score: 45. Web of Sciences: Total Citations: more than 5449 H-score: 39