Francesco Fontana, MD, is currently terminating his training in Nephrology at University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy. In 2014 he attended an internship at the Instituto de Fisiologia Molecular, Instituto de Nutricion, Mexico City, Mexico. In 2015 he entered as a PhD student the Doctorate School of Clinical and Experimental Medicine at University of Modena and Reggio Emilia. His research interests focused on hemorheology in kidney transplantation and dialysis, acute kidney injury (AKI) models in rats and AKI – chronic kidney disease transition, biocompatibility and clinical aspects of miniaturized devices for chronic dialysis. Francesco Fontana, MD, is currently terminating his training in Nephrology at University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy. In 2014 he attended an internship at the Instituto de Fisiologia Molecular, Instituto de Nutricion, Mexico City, Mexico. In 2015 he entered as a PhD student the Doctorate School of Clinical and Experimental Medicine at University of Modena and Reggio Emilia. His research interests focused on hemorheology in kidney transplantation and dialysis, acute kidney injury (AKI) models in rats and AKI – chronic kidney disease transition, biocompatibility and clinical aspects of miniaturized devices for chronic dialysis.

Nephrology