Loreto Gesualdo
Full Professor of Nephrology University of Bari Aldo Moro
Head of the Nephrology, Dialysis and Transplantation Unit
Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria Consorziale Policlinico di Bari
Piazza Giulio Cesare, 11 - 70124 Bari, Italy
Prof. Loreto Gesualdo was born in Altamura (Ba) on December 27, 1960, he graduated in Medicine and Surgery at the University of Bari with 110/100 cum laude and Specialized in Nephrology at the University of Chieti. From September 1987 to August 1990, he carried out research activities at the Case Western Reserve University of Cleveland (USA) and, after, from September 1997 to December 1998, at the University of Pittsburgh (USA).
His research activity focuses on the pathogenetic aspects of glomerulonephritides (IgAN, MN, DKD) and renal fibrosis. His scientific activity is documented in PubMed by 599 publications. He has participated in more than 300 national and international scientific meetings; he has written 18 books. Its total impact factor is greater than 2000; his works have been cited in Google Scholar 28570 times and he has an H-score of 84 which lists him among the top 100 Italian scientists. He has filed 4 patents and participated in the establishment of an innovative start-up and a spin-off.
Winner as principal investigator of several international, european, national and regional projects. Since 2010 he is Full Professor of Nephrology at the University of Bari and Director of Nephrology, Dialysis and Transplantation Unit at the Bari Polyclinic, he is currently Regional Transplant Coordinator, Apulia Region. He is also the Director of the International Summer School of Renal Pathology (ISSRP) and collaborates with many colleagues from European and international countries (United States, Canada, France, Holland, Cyprus, Germany, Spain, Czech Republic, Sweden, United Kingdom, Uganda).
From 2016 to 2018, he was President of the Italian Society of Nephrology, councillor member of the European Renal Association (ERA-EDTA), he was on the Board of Directors of the Renal Pathology Society and Chairman of the Continuous Medical Education Committee of the European Society of Nephrology ERA-EDTA. From 2016 to 2021 he was Dean of the Bari School of Medicine. From 2018 to 2022, he was President of the Italian Kidney Foundation.
Currently he is President of Italian Foundation of scientific society (FISM) and he coordinates a humanitarian project for the construction of a Renal Immunopathology centre and dialysis unit with Telemedicine service in Mbarara, Uganda.