Andrea Pontara

Specialty:

Biology, nutrition science and dietetics Internal Medicine

Profession:

Dietician

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Biography

Dr. Andrea Pontara holds the position of Clinical Operations Manager in the Clinical Nutrition Area at San Raffaele Hospital in Milan (Medical Management - Clinical Nutrition Coordination Area).

He also serves as a Consultant for the Transplant Program at the Hematology Unit, directed by Prof. Fabio Ciceri.

In 2013, he graduated with honors in Medicine and Surgery from Vita-Salute San Raffaele University in Milan. In 2018, he completed his specialization with honors in Internal Medicine at the same university, and in 2022, he earned a second specialization, with honors, in Food Science from the University of Modena-Reggio Emilia.

Currently, he provides dietary consultations in various hospital departments, with a particular focus on artificial nutrition. His outpatient work is centered on home artificial nutrition (HAN) and second-level medical outpatient services (diagnostic-therapeutic nutritional assessments for complex patients with multiple comorbidities, severely malnourished patients, and those at high risk of malnutrition, as well as morbid obesity).

Publications

Latest publications

Improvement in clinical symptoms of scleredema diabeticorum by frequency-modulated electromagnetic neural stimulation: a case report

Diabetes Care. 2014 Nov; 37(11):e233-4.

Gandolfi A, Pontara A, Di Terlizzi G, Rizzo N, Nicoletti R, Scavini M, Galimberti G, Bosi E.

Immunohistochemical evaluation and clinicopathological correlation of Mer and Axl tyrosine ki-nase Tam receptors in cutaneous melanoma

Dermatol Pract Concept. 2020 Apr 3;10(2):e2020029. doi: 10.5826/dpc.1002a29

Pontara A, Mercuri SR, Paolino G, Gregorc V, Bulotta A, Bearzi P, Doglioni C, Rizzo N.

Vipera Snakebite in Europe: A Systematic Review of a Neglected Di-sease

J Eur Acad Dermatol Venereol. 2020 Jun 12. doi: 10.1111/jdv.16722.

G Paolino, M R Di Nicola, A Pontara, D Didona, E Moliterni, S R Mercuri, M Grano, N Bor-gianni, R Kumar, R Pampena.

Vipers of Major clinical relevance in Europe: Taxonomy, venom com-position, toxicology and clinical management of human bites

Toxicology 2021 Apr 15;453:152724. doi: 10.1016/j.tox.2021.152724.

Matteo R Di Nicola, A Pontara, G E N Kass, N I Kramer, I Avella, R Pampena, S R Mercuri, J Lou C M Dorne, G Paolino.