Caterina Carollo was born in Palermo in 1974. After graduating in medicine, she started postgraduate medical school in Nephrology, then she obtained her PhD in Cardiovascular and renal diseases. Caterina is a teacher of Nephrology at the Medical School of the University of Palermo. Her research covers many fields: chronic kidney disease, hypertension, cardiorenal syndromes, acid–base balance, and malnutrition in chronic kidney disease.