NEFROCURE SAGL

DR. C. SOLCÀ

Born in Viganello on February 20, 1974. After graduating in medicine from the University of Basel, he began his clinical training in Ticino, followed by several years of clinical and scientific work in internal medicine and nephrology at the University Hospital in Bern (Inselspital). Not to mention a long stay in the United States as a medical researcher. Currently, in addition to being medical director of the Nefrocure Dialysis Center, he is the owner of the medical practice at Via Soldino 7 in Lugano. He is an accredited physician in internal medicine and a consultant in nephrology at the Moncucco Clinic.

Languages: Italian, French, German, English

 

Education

• Specialization in nephrology, University of Bern, 2011
• FMH specialization in internal medicine, 2008
• Doctorate in medicine in the field of infectious diseases, University of Basel, 1999
• Medical degree, University of Basel, 1999
• Scientific baccalaureate, Mendrisio Cantonal High School, 1993

 

Professional activity

• Director and specialist in nephrology and general internal medicine, Nefrocure Sagl and Nefrocure Sagl Dialysis Center, since October 2018
• Medical practice of Dr. med. Curzio Solcà, January 2012 - September 2018
• Specialist in nephrology at the nephrology clinic and dialysis center Dr. Med. Claudia Ferrier, April 2011-September 2018
• Researcher, University of Bern and Inselspital, June 2006 - March 2011
• Assistant physician, Department of General Internal Medicine and Department of Nephrology and Hypertension, Inselspital, Bern, June 2006 - March 2011
• Researcher, Medical College of Wisconsin, Wauwatosa (MCW), Wisconsin, USA, June 2005–May 2006
• Researcher, Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC), Charleston, South Carolina, March 2004 - June 2005
• Assistant Physician, Department of General Internal Medicine, Inselspital, Bern, January 2003 – March 2004
• Medical officer, medical recruit school, 266/6 Monte Ceneri/Tesserete, July 2002 – October 2002
• Assistant Physician, Department of Internal Medicine, Bellinzona and Valleys Regional Hospital, Bellinzona, March 2000 – June 2002

 

Teaching and scientific activities

• Effect of Cyp27A1 gene dosage on atherosclerosis development in ApoE-knockout mice, Faseb J, March 2014
• Dietary xenosterols lead to infertility in loss of abdominal adipose tissue in sterolin-deficient mice, J Lipd Res. 2012 (Epub ahead of print), November 2012
• Dialysis in the over-80s? Tribuna medica Ticinese, December 2011
• Hereditary nephrogenetic diabetes insipidus—case report and discussion, November 2009
• Loss of apolipoprotein E exacerbates the neonatal lethality of the Smith-Lemlio-Optiz syndrome mouse, May 2007

 

Other activities and representations

• Member of the following societies
• European Society of Hypertension (ESH)
• Swiss Society of Nephrology - SSN/SGN
• Swiss Society of Internal Medicine (SSGIM)
• Swiss Society of Hypertension (SSH)
• European Renal Association - European Dialysis and Transplant Society
• Medical Association of the Canton of Ticino
• FMH – Swiss Institute for Medical Education