Piero Luigi Ruggenenti

Dr. Piero Ruggenenti was born in Milan, Italy in 1958. He holds a MD from the University of Milan in 1983, he received specialty training in Cardiology and Nephrology (Cum Laude) at the University of Milan and in Pharmacological Research at the ‘Mario Negri’ Institute for Pharmacological Research in Bergamo. He completed his internship, clinical and research training at the Negri Bergamo Laboratories of 'Mario Negri' Institute, and at the Azienda Ospedaliera Ospedali Riuniti di Bergamo.

Dr. Piero Ruggenenti is an Assistant-Professor in the Division of Nephrology and Dialysis of the Azienda Ospedaliera Papa Giovanni XXIII, Bergamo, Italy and is Head of the Department of Renal Medicine at the Clinical Research Center for Rare Diseases “Aldo e Cele Daccò” of the Mario Negri Institute for Pharmacological Research in Bergamo.

Since 1984 he has been member of Organizing Secretariat of the International Registry of HUS. He is member of the Editorial Board of “Journal of Nephrology” and “Current Diabetes Reviews”.

Dr. Ruggenenti has authored or co-authored of more than 300 scientific articles, reviews and monographs, especially in the field of renal disease progression, renal vascular biology in uremia, the role of protein trafficking in renal disease progression and the understanding of the pathophysiology of hemolytic uremic syndrome.