The ALN content was developed by albumin experts Dr. Salvatore Piano of the University and Hospital of Padova, Italy, and Dr. Giacomo Zaccherini of the University of Bologna, Italy.
University and Hospital of Padova, Italy
Primary Content Expert
Area of Expertise:
Complications of cirrhosis and liver transplantation
Salvatore Piano is Assistant Professor of Medicine and Consultant Hepatologist at the University Hospital of Padova, Italy. He trained at Catholic University of Rome (MD), University of Padova (residency, PhD) and Hospital Clinic of Barcelona, Spain (Fellowship).
His main research interests are pathophysiology and treatment of complications of cirrhosis: ascites, acute kidney injury, hepatorenal syndrome, bacterial infections and acute-on-chronic liver failure.
University of Bologna, Italy
Primary Content Expert
Area of Expertise:
Hepatology, management of decompensated cirrhosis and its complications, and liver transplantation
Dr. Giacomo Zaccherini is a Post-Doctoral Research Fellow of the Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences of the University of Bologna, Italy. He is involved in the conduction of several clinical trials on patients with decompensated cirrhosis, as partner of international networks, such as the EASL-CLIF, the LIVERHOPE, and the DECISION consortia. He was a member of the ANSWER trial Study Management Group.
Since 2017, he carries out his clinical activity as Hepatologist in the Outpatient Clinic for patients with decompensated cirrhosis and waitlisted for liver transplantation of the Unit of Semeiotics, Liver and Alcohol-related Diseases of the Sant’Orsola-Malpighi University Hospital, in Bologna, Italy.