Hospital Santi Paolo e Carlo - ASST Milan

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The University hospital San Paolo (480 beds) is a public health centre included in the Azienda Sociosanitaria Territoriale (ASST) Santi Paolo e Carlo. It is located in the South-Western area of Milan and serves a population of about 400,000 inhabitants. Main clinical, teaching and research activities of the Division of Medicine and Liver/gastroenterology Unit at the hospital are focused on patients with chronic liver disease and those with inflammatory bowel diseases. 

The Division operates as a tertiary referral centre for patients with autoimmune hepatitis, chronic cholestatic diseases of autoimmune origin, and Wilson’s disease. Patient care is oriented towards a multidisciplinary approach, with strong commitment to integrate the team’s expertise with the in-house network of specialists expert in endoscopy, diagnostic/interventional radiology, liver surgery, intensive-care, haematology and neurology. The hospital includes a paediatrics ward offering integrated care to patients in the paediatric age who are affected by the diseases which the division is focused on. The division works in close cooperation with the Milan liver transplant centres, especially with those at the Niguarda hospital and the Istituto Nazionale Tumori.