The leading Italian hospital group

MAIN CLINICAL ACTIVITIES

High - specialisation

Our clinical excellence is based on the transverse nature of our specialization.

The areas of excellence are tailored to the age of the patient and his/her clinical pathway.

Every specialist can consult the scientific community to assess specific cases.

CLINICAL HIGHLIGHTS

We feature all the clinical activities recognized by Italian Ministry of Health both for
inpatients and outpatients, here you can find some of our clinical highlights.

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ONCOLOGY

14.619 patients per year

The Group staff works very closely to create a well-integrated multidisciplinary team (Surgery, Oncology, Diagnostic Radiology, Radiotherapy, Nuclear Medicine, Pathology, Oncological Psychology, Plastic/ Reconstructive Surgery). At San Raffaele, which is our biggest facility, there are approximately 9000 hospitalizations for tumors each year (approx. 17.2%), with 6000 tumor surgeries (approx. 30%). Every week, a multi-specialty team meets to set up a diagnostic and therapeutic pathway for every patient.

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ARRHYTHMIA & ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY

22.992 patients per year

Center of excellence on the international scene for the treatment of all main diseases affecting the cardiovascular system and the only one in the world for the treatment of Brugada syndrome.

TREATING BRUGADA SYNDROME: Brugada syndrome causes approximately 15-20% of sudden death cases in patients with less than 40 years. Professor Pappone developed the first technique that “switches off” Brugada syndrome.

This new technique uses ablation. Professor Pappone and his team have treated over 200 Brugada patients since 2015.

07
OPHTALMOLOGY

25.224 patients per year

The Unit of Ophthalmology (Ospedale San Raffaele) is a renowned center for the study and treatment of cornea and eye surface diseases. Professor Rama developed innovative stem cell therapies to regenerate the cornea. This treatment has been designed after the procedure to repair skin after which already proved to be effective. Every year we perform 350 corneal transplants. Today, over 120 patients have undergone stem cell infusion to regenerate the cornea.

02
CARDIAC SURGERY

3.604 patients per year

Our cardiac surgery centre has the largest volume of activity in Italy (34% of heart surgery admissions in Lombardy).

05
DIABETES

34.561 patients per year

San Raffaele Diabetes Research Institute (DRI) has been the first center in the world (in 1990) to perform pancreatic islet transplantation to treat patients with type 1 diabetes.

Today, with a history of more than 200 patients and 400 cell infusions, the Diabetes Research Institute is a leading center worldwide for the implementation and enhancement of this experimental treatment, which aims at recreating the function of insulin-producing cells in a host organ like the liver.

The main objectives of DRI researchers working on islet transplantation are improving the procedure to guarantee cells engraftment, finding new and a affordable beta cells sources (using stem cells) and controlling immune response after transplant to avoid degeneration of the newly transplanted cells.

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REPRODUCTIVE MEDICINE

12.846 patients per year

Reference centre in Europe that uses innovative techniques in the field of medically assisted procreation.

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ANTI AGING PLASTIC DERMATOLOGY

Our centre offers specialized treatment for the protection, nutrition and regeneration of the skin.

03
PEDIATRIC & ADULTS CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE

1.386 procedures in 2016 1.022
on pediatric patients 364 on adult patients

Our cardiology and cardiac surgery department is the most important in Italy and one of the most highly experienced centre in Europe specialized in congenital heart disease.

We take care of patients affected by complex heart defects from birth to adulthood, providing them the most innovative techniques of cardiac surgery and interventional cardiology.

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ORTHOPAEDICS

129.311 patients per year

Our centre has the largest number of orthopedic admissions in Lombardy. With its 13,209 hip and knee prosthesis operations per year and 3,693 spine operations per year, it is a reference centre for locomotor system diseases.

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BARIATRIC SURGERY

4.055 patients per year

Reference centre in Italy for the diagnosis and multidisciplinary treatment of obesity.

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GENE THERAPY - STRIMVELIS

Ospedale San Raffaele is the only hospital in the world which currently can treat with gene therapy adenosine deaminase-deficient severe combined immune deficiency (ADA SCID), better known as ‘bubble babies’ syndrome. Strimvelis is the first life-saving treatment in the world using ex vivo gene therapy for ADA SCID.