# IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini

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## TL;DR

Gaslini is a children's hospital and research institute in Genoa. Its blood and cancer department treats children with leukaemia, solid tumours and brain tumours, and carries out stem cell transplants.

## Summary

The Istituto Giannina Gaslini is a paediatric Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico (IRCCS) in Genoa. It began work in 1938, founded by senator Gerolamo Gaslini, was recognised as an IRCCS in 1959, and has hosted the University of Genoa's chairs of paediatrics since its foundation; the institute describes itself as offering all paediatric medical and surgical specialties. Its Dipartimento di Emato-Oncologia, directed by Carlo Dufour, comprises units of haematology, oncology, neuro-oncology and haematopoietic stem cell transplantation, with a haemostasis and thrombosis centre, a nutrition centre and a laboratory (Labsiem). The institute reports about 30,000 admissions a year, about 42 per cent of them from outside Liguria.

Newsweek and Statista rank it 117th in World's Best Specialized Hospitals 2026: Oncology.

## Fields

- Kind: Institution
- Last checked: 2026-11-11
- Also known as: Istituto Giannina Gaslini; Gaslini Children's Hospital; Ospedale Gaslini
- City: Genoa, IT
- Type: hospital
- Website: https://www.gaslini.org

## Sources

- Istituto Giannina Gaslini: https://www.gaslini.org/
- Newsweek World's Best Specialized Hospitals 2026: Oncology, rank 117 (Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Genoa): https://rankings.newsweek.com/worlds-best-specialized-hospitals-2026/oncology
- Gaslini: l'istituzione: https://www.gaslini.org/istituto-gaslini/chi-siamo/listituzione/
- Gaslini: Dipartimento di Emato-Oncologia: https://www.gaslini.org/dipartimenti/dipartimento-di-emato-oncologia

## Connected records

- collections: [Newsweek/Statista World's Best Specialized Hospitals: Oncology](https://onco.cc/collections/newsweek-hospitals/)

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