Pedro Arango Sancho

Since the beginning of my career as a pediatrician, my education has been mainly in the field of pediatric nephrology, with particular emphasis on tubulopathies and kidney lithiasis, with Dr Victor García Nieto as my mentor at the University Hospital of the Nuestra Señora de Candelaria. I completed my training in kidney transplantation and pediatric dialysis at the La Paz University Hospital in Madrid, the Virgen del Rocío University Hospital in Seville, and the Son Espases University Hospital in Mallorca. I then completed my Master's in Pediatric Nephrology at the University of Barcelona (2018-2020) and obtained European Accreditation in the specialism in 2020. In 2017, I developed the first national-scale Integrated Functional Unit (IFU) in Pediatric Nephro-Oncology, currently associated with the Pediatric Cancer Center Barcelona. In the Nephrology Department, we are members of the various European reference networks for rare diseases (ERKNet) and Pediatric Kidney Transplant (TransplantChild), as well as key regional (XUEC) and national (CSUR) reference figures in the field of kidney transplant.

I have published 48 original articles (regional, national and international) and I have authored 12 chapters (nine national and three international) in books on the specialism, generally on rare kidney diseases. I have given around 85 presentations at various conferences, mainly in the field of research, and have received 19 regional and national-scale prizes. Currently, I am a member of the RenalTube group, and the Spanish Association of Pediatric Nephrology (AENP), the Spanish Society of Nephrology (SEN), the Catalan Society of Nephrology (SOCANE), the European Society for Paediatric Nephrology (ESPN) and the International Pediatric Nephrology Association (IPNA). Subdirector of the magazine ‘Anales de Nefrología Pediátrica’ [Annals of Pediatric Nephrology] since 2018. Reviewer of several magazines on pediatrics and pediatric nephrology on both a national and international scale.

I strongly believe in humanising medicine and healthcare provision in a comprehensive way that puts the patients and their needs first. One of my favourite sayings that really sums up how I feel about what I do is: ‘There is no defeat when there is still something worth fighting for'.

Education

• Accreditation in Pediatric Nephrology. Spanish Association of Pediatrics (AEP) and the Spanish Association of Pediatric Nephrology (AENP), 2024.
• Master’s Junior Class of the European Society for Paediatric Nephrology (ESPN), 2020-2022.
• ESPN Pediatric Nephrology European Certification. European Society for Paediatric Nephrology (ESPN), 2020.
• Master's in Pediatric Nephrology, University of Barcelona, 2018-2020.
• Master’s in Neonatology, Valencia Catholic University Saint Vincent Martyr, 2017-2018.
• Master’s in Pediatric Emergency and Urgent Care, Valencia Catholic University Saint Vincent Martyr, 2016-2017.
• Specialism in Pediatrics and Specific Areas, University Hospital of the Nuestra Señora de Candelaria, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, 2012-2016.
• Education in Pediatric Nephrology, Renal Histopathology and Outpatient Kidney Ultrasound, Son Espases University Hospital, Mallorca, 2016.
• Education in dialysis and pediatric kidney transplant, La Paz University Hospital, Madrid, 2015.
• Education in Pediatric Nephrology, Dialysis and Pediatric Kidney Transplant, Virgen del Rocío University Hospital, Seville, 2015.
• Degree in Medicine, University of Cádiz, 2005-2011.

Scientific activity

• Line of research into patients with X-linked Hypophosphatemia (XLH), with involvement in several clinical trials on the disease, international guides and agreements, holding the position of principal investigator on several projects. 
• Line of research in onco-nephrology: Nephrotoxicity associated with pediatric cancer treatment (Naxitamab as a high-risk neuroblastoma treatment or Bevacizumab in the treatment of central nervous system tumours) and thrombotic microangiopathies (TMA) in hematopoietic stem cell transplant (HSCT), holding the position of principal investigator on several projects. 
• Line of research in renal disease and sleep: Cystidream study for the assessment of sleep patterns in patients with cystinosis (in collaboration with the Spanish Cystinosis Association (ACE)). Study on the abnormal sleep pattern of patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) and kidney transplant patients, holding the position of principal investigator on several projects. 
• European Society for Paediatric Nephrology (ESPN). European Kidney Disease Reference Network (ERKNet) Working Group ‘Tubulopathies’, since 2023.
• European Society for Paediatric Nephrology (ESPN). European Kidney Disease Reference Network (ERKNet) Working Group ‘Thrombotic microangiopathies’, since 2023.
• European Society for Paediatric Nephrology (ESPN). European Kidney Disease Reference Network (ERKNet) Working Group ‘Metabolic stone disorders’, since 2023.
• Involvement in various studies, trials and publications on Pediatric Nephrology, since 2023.

Teaching

• Coordinator of the Grupo de Enfermedades Hereditarias de Cataluña [Rare Hereditary Diseases Group of Catalonia] (RenHerCat), since 2024.
• Lecturer on the Master’s in Continuing Education in Pediatric Nephrology at Pere Virgili University. Spanish Association of Pediatric Nephrology (AENP), since 2024.
• Local Coordinator of ERKNet (European Kidney Disease Reference Network) since 2023.
• Coordinator of the ‘Sister Renal Center Program’ by the International Pediatric Nephrology Association (IPNA) on a local level, since 2022.
• Coordinator of the ‘Fellowship Training Program’ by the International Pediatric Nephrology Association (IPNA) on a local level, since 2020.
• Director of the Master’s in Pediatric Nephrology, University of Barcelona, since 2020.
• Lecturer on the Master’s in Pediatric Nephrology at the University of Barcelona, since 2020.
• Associate Lecturer in the Faculty of Pediatrics at Pompeu Fabra University, since 2018.
• Subdirector of the magazine ‘Anales de Nefrología Pediátrica’ [Annals of Pediatric Nephrology], QualiMed Publishing, since 2018.
• Professor on the Master's in Pediatric Nephrology at the University of Oviedo, Spanish Association of Pediatric Nephrology (AENP). 2018 - 2023.