MARIA LUISA MELZI, MD, PhD
Curriculum vitae

Present position: Paediatrician (I Level Medical Officer), Department of Paediatrics, Ospedali Riuniti, Bergamo, Italy, with prevalent activity at the Liver Transplant Unit
Address: via Tommaso Masaccio, 16 20052  Monza (MI) - Italy
Tel.: +39-039-2840688
Professional address: Largo Barozzi, 1 Bergamo - Italy
Tel.: +39-035-269796
e-mail: ctfpediatr@ospedaliriuniti.bergamo.it
Personal: Born on July 5th, 1961 in Monza (MI), Italy. Married, three children
Education
1980-1986: Università degli Studi di Milano, School of Medicine and Surgery; Doctor of Medicine and Surgery cum laude
1986-1989: Università degli Studi di Milano, School of Paediatrics, Specialization in Paediatrics cum laude
1989-1993: Università degli Studi di Milano, Research Doctorate, Research Fellow (Italian PhD)
1998: Basic Life Support Course (Istituti Clinici di Perfezionamento, Milano)
1998: Paediatric Basic Life Support Course (Istituti Clinici di Perfezionamento, Milano)
Professional organizations
1990 to now: Member, Società Italiana di Nefrologia Pediatrica
1991 to now: Member, European Society of Pediatric Nephrology
1992 to now: Member, International Pediatric Nephrology Association
1992 Scientific Secretariat of the IV Workshop on Developmental Renal Phisiology, August, Tremezzo, Italy
Professional experience
1987-1988: Fellowship, Pediatric Nephrology Department Karolinska Institute (Prof. A. Aperia, director), Stockholm, Sweden
1988-1993: Research fellow, Università degli Studi di Milano
1993-1999: Paediatrician (I Level Medical Officer), Department of Paediatrics, Istituti Clinici di Perfezionamento, Milan at: liver disease service; AIDS service; haematologic service; Regional Cystic Fibrosis Center
1999 to now: Paediatrician (I Level Medical Officer), Department of Paediatrics, Ospedali Riuniti, Bergamo, Italy
Scientific activity
1985-1986: Neural cathecolaminic receptors in a sperimental model of essential hypertension
1987-1991: Renal Na-K ATPase activity in a rat model of essential hypertension
1992-1994: Prenatal renal damage in primary vesicoureteral reflux; Metabolic imbalance in obstructive uropathy
1995-1999: Bone mineral density in CF patients: diagnosis and therapy;  Liver transplantation in CF patients
1999 to now: Renal function in pediatric liver transplant patients. Growth after liver transplant in pediatric transplant.