Acute kidney injury in decompensated cirrhosis

Associate Professor and Consultant in Internal Medicine and Hepatology at University Hospital of Padova (Italy)

Salvatore Piano is Associate Professor of Medicine and Consultant Hepatologist at the University and Hospital of Padova, Italy.
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.
His research has been supported by European Commission, Italian Ministry of Health, Italian Ministry of University and Research and EASL.

He is recipient of EASL emerging leader award and UEG rising star award.
He is Associate Editor of JHEP Reports, Liver Transplantation and Clinical and Molecular Hepatology and Editorial Board member of Journal of Hepatology.