About Dr. Federica Fascì Spurio, MD
Dr. Federica Fascì Spurio is a highly experienced Gastroenterologist based in Venice, Italy, with extensive expertise in Internal Medicine, Clinical Nutrition, and Metabolic Health. She earned her medical degree in 2005 and completed her specialist training in Gastroenterology in 2009 at La Sapienza University of Rome.
Dr. Fascì Spurio has a robust academic and clinical background, with a particular focus on chronic inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD) such as Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis. She completed a PhD in IBD in 2014, during which she gained invaluable experience at top international institutions, including San Filippo Neri Hospital in Rome, the Western General Hospital in Edinburgh, and King’s College Hospital in London.
Since 2013, she has been practicing in the Venice area, where she has worked across both Internal Medicine and Gastroenterology departments, managing acute inpatients and treating a wide range of gastrointestinal conditions in outpatient clinics.
Dr. Fascì Spurio provides personalized care for a variety of gastrointestinal diseases, with a particular emphasis on nutrition-based treatments for metabolic and digestive health. Her expertise includes managing malnutrition in elderly and cancer patients and addressing complex nutritional needs in conditions such as liver disease, diabetes, and cardiovascular or kidney disorders.
Conditions Treated:
- Chronic inflammatory bowel diseases (Crohn’s disease, ulcerative colitis)
- Celiac disease and non-celiac gluten sensitivity
- Irritable bowel syndrome
- Diverticular disease
- Constipation, diarrhea, bowel irregularity
- Dyspepsia, gastro-duodenal ulcer disease, Helicobacter pylori infection
- Autoimmune atrophic gastritis
- Gallstone disease (gallbladder and bile duct stones)
- Chronic pancreatitis and pancreatic insufficiency
- Metabolic liver disease (hepatic steatosis or fatty liver: MASLD)
- Nutritional therapy for patients with liver, pancreatic, and intestinal diseases
- Short bowel syndrome
- Nutritional therapy for cancer patients
- Nutritional therapy for elderly patients
- Hospital nutrition and artificial nutrition
- Metabolic syndrome, insulin resistance, and chronic hyperinsulinemia
- Clinical nutrition and lifestyle medicine for the prevention and treatment of conditions such as overweight/obesity, dyslipidemia, type 2 diabetes, hypertension, etc.
Dr. Fascì Spurio is committed to providing evidence-based, patient-centered care to enhance the quality of life for her patients through both clinical expertise and personalized nutritional guidance.
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