Rigotti Paolo DocenteMedicineMED/18 Straordinario

Born: Padova, Italy, February 16, 1954

Education:

Medical School, University of Padua, Italy

M.D. “Magna cum Laude”, 1972-78

ORCID ID: 0000-002-8895-935X

 

Post-graduate Training:

Board Certified in General Surgery, Univ. of Padua, Italy, 1983

ECFMG Certificate (n. 3606480), 1983

Research  Fellow, Dept. of Surgery, Univ. of Cincinnati, 1982-84

Clinical Transplantation Fellow, Univ. of Texas at Houston, 1984-85

 

University Position:

Assistant Professor of Surgery, Institute Chirurgia Generale II, Univ. of Padua, 1988 – 2000

Associate Professor of Surgery, Clinica Chirurgica I, Department of Surgery and Organ Transplantation,University Hospital of Padua, 2000-2011

Full Professor of Surgery University of Padua. 2011- 2023

Director of the General Surgery Residency Program University of Padua, 2013-2020

 

Clinical activity:

Director of the Kidney-Pancreas Transplantation program at the  University Hospital of Padua with more than 3000 kidney transplants performed

Director of the Department Organ Transplantation

 

Research activity:

Clinical and experimental research in the field of organ transplantation, particularly on renal ischemic damage, xenotransplantation, dual kidney transplantation, immunosuppressive therapy

Author of 201 scientific publications indexed in Pubmed

 

Honors and Awards:

Prize of the European Society for Surgical Research, 1980

Prize of the Academy of Lincei for hepato-pancreatic surgery, 1981

Ajinomoto Fellowship of the European Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition, 1983

Visiting Professor Trauma Center Hermann Hospital University of Texas at Houston, 1994

President of the North Italy Transplant program

Vice President of the Italian Society for Organ Transplantation

 

Memberships:

European Society for Organ Transplantation

European Surgical Association

International Transplantation Society

International Pancreas and Islet Transplant Association

Società Italiana di Chirurgia

Società Italiana Trapianto d’Organi

1. Furian L, Nicolò A, Di Bella C, Cardillo M, Cozzi E, Rigotti P. Kidney. exchange strategies: new aspects and applications with a focus on deceased donor-initiated chains. Transpl Int. 2020 Oct;33(10):1177-1184. doi: 10.1111/tri.13712. Epub 2020 Sep 4. PMID: 32772429.
2. Glotz D, Russ G, Rostaing L, Legendre C, Tufveson G, Chadban S, Grinyó J, Mamode N, Rigotti P, Couzi L, Büchler M, Sandrini S, Dain B, Garfield M, Ogawa M, Richard T, Marks WH; C10-002 Study Group. Safety and efficacy of eculizumab for the prevention of antibody-mediated rejection after deceased-donor kidney transplantation in patients with preformed donor-specific antibodies. Am J Transplant. 2019 Oct;19(10):2865-2875. doi: 10.1111/ajt.15397. Epub 2019 May 24. PMID: 31012541; PMCID: PMC9328661.
3. Furian L, Cornelio C, Silvestre C, Neri F, Rossi F, Rigotti P, Cozzi E, Nicolò A. Deceased Donor-initiated Chains: First Report of a Successful Deliberate Case and Its Ethical Implications. Transplantation. 2019 Oct;103(10):2196-2200. doi: 10.1097/TP.0000000000002645. PMID: 31008919.
4. Calò LA, Ravarotto V, Simioni F, Naso E, Marchini F, Bonfante L, Furian L, Rigotti P. Pathophysiology of Post Transplant Hypertension in Kidney Transplant: Focus on Calcineurin Inhibitors Induced Oxidative Stress and Renal Sodium Retention and Implications with RhoA/Rho Kinase Pathway. Kidney Blood Press Res. 2017;42(4):676-685. doi: 10.1159/000483023. Epub 2017 Oct 16. PMID: 29131070.
5. Ruggenenti P, Silvestre C, Boschiero L, Rota G, Furian L, Perna A, Rossini G, Remuzzi G, Rigotti P. Long-term outcome of renal transplantation from octogenarian donors: A multicenter controlled study. Am J Transplant. 2017 Dec;17(12):3159-3171. doi: 10.1111/ajt.14459. Epub 2017 Sep 15. PMID: 28792681.
6. Neri F, Furian L, Cavallin F, Ravaioli M, Silvestre C, Donato P, La Manna G, Pinna AD, Rigotti P. How does age affect the outcome of kidney transplantation in elderly recipients? Clin Transplant. 2017 Oct;31(10). doi: 10.1111/ctr.13036. Epub 2017 Aug 20. PMID: 28640530.
7. Tona F, Silvestre C, Rigato M, Famoso G, Marchini F, Bonfante L, Neri F, Furian L, Crepaldi C, Iliceto S, Rigotti P. Coronary Microvascular Dysfunction Predicts Long-Term Outcome in Simultaneous Pancreas-Kidney Transplantation. Transplant Proc. 2016 Mar;48(2):344-8. doi: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2015.12.048. PMID: 27109952.
8. Burra P, Rodríguez-Castro KI, Rigotti P. The era of the new directly acting antivirals: Has the time come for kidney transplant only in compensated cirrhosis? Transpl Int. 2015 May;28(5):620-1. doi: 10.1111/tri.12501. PMID: 25488696.
9. Rigotti P, Capovilla G, Di Bella C, Silvestre C, Donato P, Baldan N, Furian L. A single-center experience with 200 dual kidney transplantations. Clin Transplant. 2014 Dec;28(12):1433-40. doi: 10.1111/ctr.12475. Epub 2014 Nov 4. PMID: 25297945.
10. Pierobon ES, Sandrini S, De Fazio N, Rossini G, Fontana I, Boschiero L, Gropuzzo M, Gotti E, Donati D, Minetti E, Gandolfo MT, Brunello A, Libetta C, Secchi A, Chiaramonte S, Rigotti P. Optimizing utilization of kidneys from deceased donors over 60 years: five-year outcomes after implementation of a combined clinical and histological allocation algorithm. Transpl Int. 2013 Aug;26(8):833-41. doi: 10.1111/tri.12135. Epub 2013 Jun 19. Erratum in: Transpl Int. 2013 Nov;26(11):e109. [multiple author names corrected]. PMID: 23782175.
11. Rostaing L, Charpentier B, Glyda M, Rigotti P, Hettich F, Franks B, Houbiers JG, First R, Holman JM. Alefacept combined with tacrolimus, mycophenolate mofetil and steroids in de novo kidney transplantation: a randomized controlled trial. Am J Transplant. 2013 Jul;13(7):1724-33. doi: 10.1111/ajt.12303. Epub 2013 Jun 3. PMID: 23730730.
12. Furian L, Rigotti P. Transplantation: Optimizing outcomes in elderly kidney transplant recipients. Nat Rev Nephrol. 2013 Jul;9(7):382-4. doi: 10.1038/nrneph.2013.105. Epub 2013 May 28. PMID: 23712047.
13. Ekser B, Furian L, Broggiato A, Silvestre C, Pierobon ES, Baldan N, Rigotti P. Technical aspects of unilateral dual kidney transplantation from expanded criteria donors: experience of 100 patients. Am J Transplant. 2010 Sep;10(9):2000-7. doi: 10.1111/j.1600-6143.2010.03188.x. Epub 2010 Jul 15. PMID: 20636454.
14. Ekser B, Rigotti P. Images in clinical medicine. Autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease. N Engl J Med. 2010 Jul 1;363(1):71. doi: 10.1056/NEJMicm0905399. PMID: 20592299.
15. Ekser B, Rigotti P. Transplantation: can a single criterion determine the use of ECD kidneys? Nat Rev Nephrol. 2010 Feb;6(2):68-70. doi: 10.1038/nrneph.2009.226. PMID: 20111046.
16. Rigotti P, Kahan BD. Sirolimus-based therapy for kidney transplantation from expanded criteria donors. Transplantation. 2009 Apr 27;87(8 Suppl):S11-3. doi: 10.1097/TP 0b013e3181a058a1. PMID: 19384180.
17. Rigotti P, Ekser B, Furian L, Baldan N, Valente ML, Boschiero L, Motterlini N, Perna A, Remuzzi G, Ruggenenti P. Outcome of renal transplantation from very old donors. N Engl J Med. 2009 Apr 2;360(14):1464-5. doi: 10.1056/NEJMc0900169. PMID: 19339731.
18. Ekser B, Furian L, Baldan N, Amico A, Fabris L, Lazzarin M, Marchini F, Rigotti P. Dual kidney transplantation after liver transplantation: a good option to rescue a patient from dialysis. Clin Transplant. 2009 Jan-Feb;23(1):124-8. doi: 10.1111/j.1399-0012.2008.00903.x. PMID: 19200224.
19. Ekser B, Rigotti P, Gridelli B, Cooper DK. Xenotransplantation of solid organs in the pig-to-primate model. Transpl Immunol. 2009 Jun;21(2):87-92. doi: 10.1016/j.trim.2008.10.005. Epub 2008 Oct 26. PMID: 18955143.
20. Ekser B, Furian L, Rigotti P. Ipsilateral placement in double-kidney transplantation: an old technique in a new fashion. Transplantation. 2008 May 27;85(10):1508; author reply 1508-9. doi: 10.1097/TP.0b013e318171019c. PMID: 1849.