Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli IRCCS

About Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli IRCCS

The Agostino Gemelli University Polyclinic Foundation, established by the Catholic University of the Sacred Heart and the Giuseppe Toniolo Institute for Higher Studies, manages the hospital activities of the Gemelli Polyclinic in Rome. Since February 2018, it has been an Institute for Hospitalization and Care with Scientific Value, IRCCS, for the disciplines of "Personalized Medicine" and "Innovative Biotechnologies." Inaugurated in 1964 and named after the founder of the Catholic University, Father Agostino Gemelli, the A. Gemelli Polyclinic is today one of the leading Italian hospitals and offers assistance in all branches of clinical specialties, including emergency care; it is recognized among the leading Italian oncology hospitals with over 40,000 procedures per year and is a reference center for the Lazio Region for many high-complexity activities, such as clinical assistance for numerous rare diseases in both children and adults, including neuromuscular pathologies.