AZIENDA OSPEDALIERA UNIVERSITARIA
INTEGRATA DI VERONA
University Hospital of Verona
Doctors and health professionals operating in University Hospital of Verona (AOUI) pride themselves in their work of
improving health guaranteeing complete respect of the patient. The focus is on:
• specialized and top quality health care;
• research in the medical field and in the organization and management of care services;
• sharing of culture and scientific knowledge regarding diagnosis and treatment, as well as with rehabilitation and
prevention.
HEALTH CARE
RESEARCH
TEACHING
Our avant-garde hospital facilities are organized according to the level of
intensity of care. This care is always patient-centred and carefully integrated with
the urban context, offering our clients accomodation of a high standard.
HEALTHCARE ACTIVITIES
ORDINARY HOSPITAL BEDS:
1.384
DAY HOSPITAL BEDS:
138
The University Hospital of Verona is the second largest hospital
trust in Italy in terms of the number of hospital beds, and the fifth
largest in term of admission. All the “high specialties” are to be
found in the University Hospital of Verona, from heart surgery to
organ transplant, from paediatric oncohaematology to the serious
burns unit to IORT (intraoperatory radiotherapy). All of them
guarantee diagnosis, therapy and care of a very high standard,
achieved also through the use of an interdisciplinary approach.
STAFF:
6.081
OPERATIVE UNITS:
84 Complex Operative Units (U.O.C.) responsible to the Health Director
of which 78 have ISO certification 9001:2008
16 Complex Services responsible to the General and Administrative Directors
of which 14 have ISO certification 9001:2008
DAILY ACTIVITIES:
1.150 patients hospitalized as ordinary patients;
100 surgical operations;
280 Day Hospital admission;
400 Emergency Room admission;
3.000 Outpatient treatments;
10 births
Organ Transplants in 2010: 194 (heart, kidney, liver, bone marrow)
3/51
NEUROSURGERY
A highly specialized centre dedicated to the diagnosis
and surgical treatment, including minimally invasive
treatment,
of diseases of the nervous system.
Particularly prominent both nationally and internationally
are the services in neuro-oncology, vascular
neurosurgery,
radiosurgery
and
stereotactic
neurosurgery using new generation apparatus (GammaKnife and Perfexion).
TRANSPLANT PROGRAMME
The kidney transplant programme has passed the milestone of 40
years of uninterrupted activity and constitutes one of the most
important transplant centres in Italy and in Europe. The liver
transplant activities have also a primary importance.
EXCELLENCE HEALTH CARE ACTIVITIES
SPECIALIZED REGIONAL CENTRE FOR SURGICAL AND BIONIC
AURAL REHABILITATION
The specialized regional center for surgical and bionic aural
rehabilitation deals with otoneurological pathologies, and promotes the
development of all those instruments which preserve and increase the
capacity to hear and communicate (e.g. the bionic ear). Since its
foundation the Centre has produced 136 scientific pubblications and
has collaborated with over 30 international universities and hospital.
EXCELLENCE HEALTH CARE ACTIVITIES
HEART SURGERY
A highly specialized Centre dedicated to the diagnosis and surgical treatment,
including transplants, of pathologies of the heart and large vessels in adults
and children. It delivers more treatments in all these fields than any other
Centre in Italy, and is in the vanguard in research.
REGIONAL CENTRE FOR CYSTIC FIBROSIS
The University Hospital of Verona is home to the Regional Centre for Cystic
Fibrosis, a Centre of international importance for diagnosis, treatment and
research into this and other rare pathologies of the respiratory, gastroenteric
and immune systems.
PANCREAS CENTRE
An avant-garde centre for diseases of the pancreas. It provides provides diagnosis,
treatment and research, and offers patients the best avalaible treatments for
pathologies of the pancreas through a multidisciplinary approach (the team includes
surgeon,
gastroenterologist,
oncologist,
radiologist,
endoscopist
and
anatomopathologist).
CENTRE FOR BONE MARROW TRANPLANTS
An avant-garde centre in terms of technique, functions and planning. Thanks to
well-established synergies with donors’ associations and the Tranfusion Service, it
is responsible for about a fifth of all the stem cell transplants from bone marrow
donors carried out in Italy. It is one of the centres of excellence both nationally and
in Europe.
INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH
The numerous research activities conducted at the University Hospital of Verona include:
STEM CELLS RESEARCH LABORATORY and CELL FACTORY
The stem cell research laboratory works on the biology and potential clinical
applications of stem cells of diverse origins (mesenchymal, hematopoietic, neural,
cardiac, epithelial, neoplastic). The Cell Factory, which is closely linked with the
laboratory, produces mesenchymal stem cells for clinical use.
ARC-NET and INTERNATIONAL CANCER GENOME CONSORTIUM
ARC-NET is a centre which concentrates and coordinates the technologies, the
experience and the competence found in University Hospital of Verona in order to
identify and validate new diagnostic/prognostic markers in oncology. It is the only
Italian centre involved in the International Cancer Genome Consortium, a worldwide
project aiming to sequence the genomes of different types of cancer.
CENTRE FOR EXPERIMENTAL ROBOTIC SURGERY
The first Italian centre for experimental robotic surgery is found at the
University Hospital of Verona. This recentrly inaugurated centre aims to
develop and validate new devices and algorithms for robotic surgery.
Numerous European and International projects converge in this laboratory,
which intends to promote the transition from research to clinical practice.
CENTRE FOR CLINICAL RESEARCH (CRC)
The CRC was founded in 2005 to collaborate with pharmaceutical companies and
assist research centres in the initial phases of the development of new drugs,
guaranteeing high standards of quality and rapid progress. .
INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH
WHO COLLABORATING CENTRE FOR RESEARCH AND TRAINING IN MENTAL
HEALTH AND SERVICE EVALUATION
The psychiatry and clinical psychology section is one of the 3 Centres in Italy which
collaborate with the Word Health Organization in the field of research into mental health,
and the only centre in the world which conducts Mental Health Service Evaluation for the
W.H.O.
The University Hospital of Verona is home to CReMPE, the Regional Coordination Centre for European Project
Management, through which, on behalf of the Veneto Region, it coodinates various important European projects,
including:
EUREGENAS
The project called EUropean REgions ENforcing Actions against Suicide (EUREGENAS)
groups together 11 European countries with the common aim of developing a programme of
suicide prevention.
SIALON II
The European Sialon II project is concerned with preventing the
spread of HIV in the population at highest risk of infection. Workikng
alongside the University Hospital of Verona are the Veneto Region,
the World Health Organization, UNAIDS, the Italian ISS (Istituto
Superiore di Sanità) and research centres and public health
organizations from 11 European countries. http://www.sialon.eu
HoNCAB
The HoNCAB Project, of which AOUI is the leader, aims to normalise the refund relations between
EU National Health Systems for their own cross-border patients, namely those patients that for
various reasons receive treatments in EU States other than their own. This project has the delicate
task of finding a link between the different EU National Health Systems before the adoption of the
Directive 2011/24/EU that will guarantee the right to receive treatment in any EU State for any EU
citizen.
TRAINING and TEACHING
Thanks to the integration of its hospital authority with the
University, Verona can offer students and graduates degree
courses, higher degrees, post-graduate specialist training,
master’s degrees and doctorates of a very high standards. Every
year more than 4000 students and health professionals choose
the University of Verona and the AOUI for the teaching and
training offered there, including 41 schools of medical
specialization. There are also plans to construct a real university
campus with accomodation and services, in the area of Borgo
Trento hospital.
The AOUI is developing an integrated project for training and
continuing professional education of its health workers at all
levels. These professional training courses will teach technical
and non technical skills, and will include advanced didactic
techniques involving simulation (dummies and virtual
simulators)
The numerous training and continuing education courses for
health professionals are open to both our internal staff and to
clients from outside the University Hospital of Verona. We also
organize and host numerous seminars and congresses of
national and international importance, with the opportunity for
“live web” meetings between different hospital trusts through
multimedia work stations.
INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATION
PEDIATRIC ONCOHAEMATOLOGY
The Pediatric Oncohaematology Operative Unit and Tblisi,
capital of Georgia, are working together on an important
project to set up a bone marrow transplant programme for
paediatric patients. The University Hospital of Verona will
provide reference and support for Tblisi in future years until
the new Centre reaches full autonomy.
TELECONSULTATION SERVICE
The University Hospital of Verona offers a teleconsultation
service, receiving calls and using methods certified as
meeting the standards defined by the Veneto Region. This
service is currently available for Neurosurgery and
Neuroradiology and in future other specializations will also
be available.
ACTIVITIES DEDICATED TO FOREIGN COUNTRIES
In order to propagate throughout the world the scientific culture and medical experience which have always
distinguished the University Hospital of Verona, it offers:
Distance Learning Courses, in foreign language tailored to clients’
needs, if required, thanks to the support of cultural mediators.
Residential Courses, at Verona, to learn through personal
experience the latest techniques in surgery and other fields.
Support to the development of healthcare techniques, as
happened with the project for setting up a bone marrow tranplant
centre in Tblisi in Georgia.
Support for the development of new hospitals. One example of
this activity is the cooperation provided by the University Hospital of
Verona to the Ngozi Hospital in Burundi in rebuilding and
reorganizing their facilities.
Support to the Meta-Planning of new hospital. The AOUI brings
to this task all its experience in the design and planning of high-tech
hospitals of excellent quality for acute patients needing high levels
of care.
Borgo Trento
SITE
WHERE WE ARE
The two sites of the University Hospital of Verona are situated
near the centre of Verona and are easy to reach, whether you
arrive in town by car, by train or by plane.
BORGO TRENTO
P.le A. Stefani, 1
37126 Verona, Italy
Borgo Roma
SITE
BORGO ROMA
P.Le L.A. Scuro, 10
37134 Verona, Italy
Contacts:
Central switchboard +39 045 812 11 11
Website www.ospedaleuniverona.it
HOW TO REACH US
BY CAR:To reach Borgo Trento Hospital take the Verona Nord exit from the A22 autostrada (motorway); for Borgo
Roma Hospital take the Verona Sud exit from the A4 autostrada (motorway).
BY TRAIN: From the area in front of Verona Porta Nuova station, the number 21 and 22 buses leave for Borgo Roma
Hospital from platform E. For Borgo Trento Hospital, the number 21,22, 23, 24, 41 buses leave from platform D.
BY PLANE: The Valerio Catullo Airport is about 12km from the centre of Verona. An ATV shuttle bus leaves the airport
for Verona Porta Nuova railway station every 20 minutes.
TAXI: The radiotaxi service can be reached on 045 532666, 24 hours a day including holidays.