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Principal InvestigatorsSenior Research AffiliatesResearch AssociatesEmeritus

Paolo Angeli, MD, PhD

The problem

My research activity, while also involving other areas of hepatology, has been mainly focused on the management of the main complications of advanced liver disease (i.e., ascites, hyponatremia, acute kidney injury (AKI), hepatorenal syndrome (HRS), acute-on-chronic liver failure (ACLF), variceal bleeding and hepatic encephalopathy), and liver transplantation.

The approach

My research group works on the pathophysiology and complication of chronic and acute-on-chronic liver diseases both on experimental and clinical ground, and collaborates with several Italian and foreign research centres.

Main discoveries and innovations

  • Contribution to the guidelines and/or position papers on the management of ascites, bacterial infections and AKI and ACLF in patients with cirrhosis for the European Association for the Study of the Liver (EASL)
  • New diagnostic criteria for AKI and HRS in patients with cirrhosis as a result of a consensus process with almost all the international experts in this field 
  • Development of the treatment of HRS–AKI with terlipressin and albumin
  • Development of a new approach in the antibiotic treatment of bacterial infections in patients with cirrhosis
  • Definition and diagnostic criteria of acute decompensation, non-acute decompensation and ACLF in patients with cirrhosis

Projects

Biomarkers of renal tubular damage in predicting response to terlipressin and albumin in patients with hepatorenal syndrome

PRECIOSA

Appointments at EF CLIF

EASL-CLIF Consortium Steering Committee
Chair (2018–present)

Affiliations

University Hospital of Padova, Italy
Scientific Director

University Hospital of Padova, Italy
Head of the Unit of Internal Medicine and Hepatology

Journal of Hepatology
Editor-in-Chief (2019–present)

European Association for the Study of the Liver (EASL)
Member

American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD)
Member

Asian Pacific Association for the Study of the Liver (APASL)
Member

Associazione Italiana Studio del Fegato (AISF)
Member

Slovak Society of Hepatology
Honorary member (2016)

Awards & Honors

International Distinguished Mentor Award, Liver Health Consortium in China (CHESS)
2021, Shanghai, China

Award for the best international publication in hepatology, Associazione Italiana Studio del Fegato (AISF)
2014

Honorary Diploma of Transplant Hepatologist, Associazione Italiana Studio del Fegato (AISF)
2013

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European Foundation for the Study of
Chronic Liver Failure
Travessera de Gràcia 11, 7th floor
08021 Barcelona, Spain

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