Rockwell Medical, Inc. announced that Professor Francesco Locatelli, MD, FRCPB has joined the company's Scientific Advisory Board (SAB). Professor Locatelli is nephrologist and anemia expert. He is Scientific Director at Alessandro Manzoni Hospital Lecco, Italy where he is Scientific Director of the Department of Nephrology, Dialysis and Renal Transplantation.

He is Past President of European Renal Association - European Dialysis and Transplant Association (ERA-EDTA), International Society of Blood Purification (ISBP) and of the Italian Society of Nephrology. He is current President of International Society of Geriatric Nephrology and Council Member of International Society of Nephrology (ISN). Prof. Locatelli also serves on the editorial staff of numerous journals, including Nephrology Dialysis and Transplantation (NDT) and the Journal of the American Society of Nephrology (JASN).