Hospital Santi Paolo e Carlo - ASST Milan
Italy

Contact Information for physicians and patients
- piermaria.battezzati(at)unimi.it
- stefania.casu(at)asst-santipaolocarlo.it
- andrea.crosignani(at)asst-santipaolocarlo.it
- val.corvaglia(at)gmail.com
Particular rare liver disease expertise of the centre
- Primary Biliary Cholangitis (PBC)
- Autoimmune Hepatitis (AIH)
- Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis (PSC)
- Wilsons Disease
- Hemochromatosis
ERN Representatives
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Prof. Pier Maria Battezzati, MD
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Andrea Luigi Crosignani, MD
ERN Team and Contact
- Prof. Pier Maria Battezzati, MD. Gastroenterology and Liver Unit, Head
- Andrea Crosignani, MD. Gastroenterology and Liver Unit at the San Paolo hospital
- Stefania casu, MD. Gastroenterology and Liver Unit at the San Carlo Borromeo hospital
- Valerio Corvaglia, PhD, Clinical study coordinator
Centre information
Gastroenterology and Liver Unit, ASST Santi Paolo e Carlo, Milan
ASST Santi Paolo e Carlo is a public health centre based upon two university hospitals: San Paolo (480 beds) and San Carlo Borromeo hospital (560 beds), both located in the South-Western area of Milan. Overall, the two hospitals serve a population of about 400,000 inhabitants. Clinical, teaching and research activities of the Gastroenterology and Liver Unit extend over both hospitals, with a specific interest to patients with chronic liver diseases. It 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 in the hepatology, gastrointestinal and internal medicine fields with the in-house network of specialists expert in endoscopy, diagnostic/interventional radiology, liver surgery, intensive-care, haematology and neurology. The Unit works in close cooperation with the liver transplant centres at the Niguarda hospital and the Istituto Nazionale Tumori in Milan.