Dr. Giovambattista Virga

Specialist in Nephrology

Doctor on night-time internal medical duty at the Nephrology-Dialysis-Transplant Center Division of the Treviso Hospital (01/04/89-12/12/93) for a total of 402 shifts of 12 hours each (4824 hours).
Doctor on call, ULSS 21 of the Veneto Region, (1-30/06/93).
Doctor in charge of the tourist hemodialysis service in Bibione (VE), (04/07/93-20/09/93).
Permanent medical assistant (20/01/94-30/11/96) in Nephrology and Dialysis at the Nephrology and Dialysis Service of the Alba hospital (CN).
1st level Medical Director in Nephrology and Dialysis (1/12/96-05/07/19) at the Nephrology Service and
Dialysis at Camposampiero Hospital (PD).

Degree in Medicine and Surgery from the University of Padua on 07/14/86 with 110/110.
Specialization in Nephrology at the University of Padua on 07/11/90 with 70/70 cum laude.
Internship at the Department of Nephrology (Clinique Nephrologique) of the Necker Hospital in Paris (Director: Prof. J.P. Grunfeld) (03/06/91-15/06/91).
Internship at the Department of Surgery/Internal Medicine at Yale University School of Medicine (06/28/99-07/01/99).
National Diploma in Clinical Ultrasound (Rome, 03/20/12).

Dr. Virga has published over 100 papers. Here the most recent:

“Ionic conductivity of peritoneal dialysate: a new, easy and fast method of assessing peritoneal membrane function in patients undergoing peritoneal dialysis”.
La Milia V, Pontoriero G, Virga G, Locatelli F.
Nephrol Dial Transplant 2015 ;30:1741-6.

“Peritoneal equilibration test reference values ​​using a 3.86% glucose solution during the first year of peritoneal dialysis: results of a multicenter study of a large patient population”.
La Milia V, Cabiddu G, Virga G, Vizzardi V, Giuliani A, Finato V, Feriani M, Filippini A, Neri L, Lisi L; Ultrafiltration Failure Assessment (UFFA) Study of the Italian Society of Nephrology Peritoneal Dialysis Study Group.
Perit Dial Int 2017;37(6):633-638.