Journal of Pediatrics and Child Health

Prof. Giovanni Conti is a University Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Messina and a senior physician in the Paediatric Nephrology and Rheumatology Unit at Policlinico “G. Martino” Hospital, Messina, Italy. He obtained his MD degree with honors from the University of Messina and completed specialist training in Pediatrics and Nephrology with distinction. He has extensive clinical and academic experience in pediatric nephrology, renal transplantation, dialysis, and pediatric rheumatologic diseases. 
 

• Distinguished clinician–scientist in Paediatrics and Paediatric Nephrology, affiliated with the Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Messina, and the Paediatric Nephrology and Rheumatology Unit, Policlinico “G. Martino” Hospital, Messina, Italy.
• Leads and contributes to multidisciplinary clinical and research activities focusing on pediatric kidney diseases, renal transplantation, dialysis, and autoimmune and inflammatory rheumatologic disorders in children.
• Author of more than 114 PubMed-indexed scientific publications, demonstrating sustained international impact in pediatric nephrology and related clinical sciences.
• Authored 11 chapters in national and international medical textbooks, contributing expert knowledge to pediatric nephrology, renal pathology, and clinical pediatrics.
• Contributed to over 250 scientific abstracts presented at national and international conferences, reflecting active engagement in academic dissemination.
• Regularly invited speaker at national and European congresses, delivering lectures on nephrotic syndrome, chronic kidney disease in children, kidney transplantation, and pediatric autoimmune diseases.
• Former Associate Editor of the Journal of Nephrology and current Editorial Board Member of Medicina, supporting editorial policy and scientific quality.
• Reviewer for more than 50 international peer-reviewed journals, contributing to the advancement and integrity of scientific publishing in pediatrics and nephrology.
• Held major leadership roles in professional societies, including Vice President (2021–2023) of the Italian Society of Paediatric Nephrology, and Advisor and Coordinator of study groups within the Italian Society of Nephrology, promoting collaboration between adult and pediatric nephrology.

• Preliminary data on the effectiveness of resveratrol in a new formulation in the treatment of hot flushes.
• Osteoporosis’s Menopausal Epidemiological Risk Observation (O.M.E.R.O.) study.
• Vaginal hysterectomy and multimodal anaesthesia with bipolar vessel sealing (Biclamp® forceps) versus conventional suture technique: quality results’ analysis.
• Laparoendoscopic single-site surgery for the treatment of concomitant ovarian cystectomy and cholecystectomy.
• Narrow-band imaging in the diagnosis of endometrial cancer and hyperplasia: a new option?
• Minilaparotomy under spinal anaesthesia as a surgical approach for the treatment of benign gynaecologic disease.
• Determinants of adenomyosis in women undergoing hysterectomy for benign gynaecological conditions: results from a prospective multicentric study in Italy.
• Narrow-band imaging in endometrial lesions.
• Fallopian tube torsion and hematosalpinx in a menopausal woman.
• Sentinel lymph node (SLN) laparoscopic assessment in early-stage endometrial cancer.
• Preliminary study of sentinel lymph node identification using 99mTc colloid and blue dye in patients with endometrial cancer.