DR. C. SOLCÀ

Born in Viganello on 02/20/1974. After graduating in medicine from the University of Basel, he began clinical training in Ticino, followed by several years of clinical and scientific work in internal medicine and nephrology at the University Hospital and 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 owns the medical practice at 7 Soldino Street in Lugano. He is an accredited physician in internal medicine and consultant in nephrology at the Moncucco Clinic.

Languages: Italian, French, German, English

Training

• Specialization in nephrology, University of Bern, 2011
• Specialization FMH in internal medicine, 2008
• PhD in medicine in the field of infectious disease, University of Basel, 1999
• Graduation in medicine, University of Basel, 1999
• Scientific high school Liceo cantonale Mendrisio, 1993

Professional activities

• Director and medical specialist in nephrology and general internal medicine, Nefrocure Sagl and Nefrocure Sagl Dialysis Center, since October 2018
• Doctor's office Dr. med. Curzio Solcà, January 2012 - September 2018
• Nephrology specialist at the outpatient nephrology 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, health recruit school, 266/6 Monte Ceneri/Tesserete, July 2002 - October 2002
• Assistant physician department of internal medicine, Bellinzona and Valleys Regional Hospital, Bellinzona site, 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?Ticinese Medical Tribune, 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 companies
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• European Hypertension Society-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