Ospedale San Raffaele Turro

The Department of Infectious Diseases of the San Raffaele Turro Hospital specializes in diagnostics, prevention and treatment such diseases as:

• HIV infection;
• primary and secondary immunodeficiency;
• hepatitis;
• infections of the central nervous system;
• cardiovascular infections;
• mycobacterial infections/tuberculosis;
• bone and soft tissue infections;
• fungal infections;
• parasitosis;
• tropical diseases.

In addition, the following services are available to patients in the department:

• vaccination service for patients of high-risk groups;
• services of endoscopy of the gastrointestinal tract;
• liver elastography service (Fibroscan);
• counseling service for HIV-positive people (psychologist services);
• odontostomatology, implantology services.

In the Department of Infectious Diseases, special attention is paid to the search for therapeutic strategies and innovative methods for the diagnostics and treatment of:

• HIV infections;
• viral hepatitis, bacterial and parasitic infections;
• endocarditis/vascular infections;
• infections in immunocompromised patients.

The department of the San Raffaele Turro Clinic deals with sleep problems, pathologies that change the structure of sleep and have symptoms that are often underestimated by the patient. It is one of the reference centers of the Italian Association of Sleep Medicine (AIMS) and one of the European centers recognized by the European Sleep Research Society.

The center is staffed by multidisciplinary teams of neurologists, psychologists and technicians, both on an outpatient and inpatient basis. The most modern equipment, including portable equipment, is installed here, which allows you to control sleep disorders right at the patient's home, as well as in the laboratory.

The Center for Eating Disorders (CDA) of the San Raffaele Turro deals with the treatment of pathologies associated with eating behavior, such as:

• anorexia nervosa;
• bulimia;
• excess weight;
• compulsive overeating.

The center uses an interdisciplinary approach where various specialists (psychiatrists, therapists, psychologists, nutritionists, rehabilitation specialists, nurses) collaborate in a complex to create an individual program adapted to the specific needs of the patient.

The main methods of treating pathologies are:

• individual and group cognitive-behavioral therapy;
• relaxation techniques and respiratory therapy;
• cognitive rehabilitation;
• psychomotor rehabilitation;
• nutrition advice;
• live psychoeducation in the field of nutrition in the didactic kitchen of the hospital ("Culinary School in San Raffaele");
• artistic professional activity.

The path of patients with eating disorders:

It is the center for diagnostics and treatment of mood disorders at the San Raffaele Turro Hospital. It treats a wide range of patients with complex clinical pictures or those who are resistant to more traditional treatments.

Innovative somatic and chronobiological treatments, which are still not widely used in other countries, makes this center unique in Italy.

In particular, over the past few years, research conducted at the hospital has invented new therapeutic methods.

The department has extensive experience in the field of clinical psychiatry. Patients from all over the country who have a complex clinical picture and resistance to traditional pharmacological methods are treated here.

For each patient, an individual hospitalization plan is drawn up for diagnostics, structuring of pharmacological therapeutic programs and the possible completion of rehabilitation.

In addition to this, the department interacts with other clinic facilities such as the outpatient clinic and CAM (Comprehensive Ambulatory Macroactivity) to continue treatment after discharge.

A team of psychiatrists, nurses, psychologists and psychiatric rehabilitation specialists performs individual rehabilitation programs based on the individual psychopathological, functional and cognitive characteristics of the patient.


Operative Urology Department of Ospedale San Raffaele Turro emerged as a center of development and clinical use of new technologies for the treatment of pathologies of the genitourinary system.

High qualification of doctors and surgeons of the Department of Urology is confirmed by numerous international records on the use of laparoscopic methods in urological interventions such as radical prostatectomy and bladder reconstruction.

All operating theaters are equipped with state-of-the-art 3D digital technology to support procedures of this complexity.

To meet the ever-increasing demand for minimally invasive surgical solutions, the latest generation of the Da Vinci robotic system is used.

The activity of the department of the San Raffaele Turro Clinic is aimed at the diagnostics and psychotherapeutic treatment of mental disorders in adults and adolescents. In recent decades, the most common disorders that are diagnosed in adults and adolescents are:

• identity disorders;
• social reactions (such as narcissism);
• behavior in the area of pathological impulsivity/aggression (such as antisocial).

Alcohol and drug addiction is also treated in a specialized department.
All activities of the center are based on standardized and worldwide recognized diagnostic protocols.

In the Department of Diagnostic Radiology at the San Raffaele Turro Hospital, radiological examinations can be performed both in the hospital and on an outpatient basis. The hospital performs:

• urological diagnostics;
• treatment by ablation of neoplasms of the kidneys;
• diagnostics of infectious diseases associated with HIV;
• diagnostics of thyroid pathologies;
• diagnostics of female pelvic organs (gynecological diagnostics);
• ultrasound examination of the musculoskeletal system.