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Guglielmo Albertini Petroni
Biography
Dr. Guglielmo Albertini Petroni is a gastroenterologist and endoscopist working at the Unit of Gastroenterology and Digestive Endoscopy at IRCCS Policlinico San Donato.
He graduated in Medicine and Surgery from the University "La Sapienza" in Rome in 2018 and later specialized in Digestive System Diseases at the University of Milan in 2023.
Dr. Albertini Petroni performs diagnostic and therapeutic endoscopic procedures, including endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) and endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP), for the upper and lower digestive tract, pancreas, and bile ducts, both electively and in emergencies.
Additionally, he conducts outpatient consultations for gastrointestinal issues and performs diagnostic ultrasounds, with a particular focus on the abdomen and intestinal loops.
He treats a wide range of gastrointestinal conditions, with a special interest in:
- Chronic inflammatory bowel diseases
- Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD)
- Dyspepsia
- Chronic gastritis
- Helicobacter pylori infection
- Gastroparesis
- Celiac disease
- Diarrhea
- Irritable bowel syndrome
- Colon polyps
- Diverticular disease
- Acute and chronic pancreatitis
- Microscopic colitis
From a scientific perspective, Dr. Albertini Petroni focuses his research on Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis.
He is the author and co-author of numerous scientific articles published in specialized journals and actively participates in national and international conferences and congresses.
He is a member of several scientific societies, including the Italian Society of Digestive Endoscopy (SIED), the Italian Society of Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology (SIUMB), the Italian Group for the Study of Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IG-IBD), the Association of Young Italian Gastroenterologists and Endoscopists (AGGEI), and the Italian Society of Gastroenterology (SIGE).