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Hannover Medical School, Hannover. Germany
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Year of appointment: 2022
Vilnius University Faculty of Medicine
Year of appointment: 2023
Gaziantep University, Medical Faculty, Department of Pediatric Nephrology, Gaziantep, Turkiye
Year of appointment: 2023
Ankara Yildirim Beyazit University, Turkiye
Year of appointment: 2024
Emma Children’s Hospital, Amsterdam University Medical Center
Year of appointment: 2023
Cruces University Hospital, Spain
Year of appointment: 2024
Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
Year of appointment: 2023
University Hospital of Essen, Germany
Year of appointment: 2024
Department of Pediatrics and Nephrology, Medical University of Warsaw, Poland
Year of appointment: 2023