ISN leaders Giuseppe Remuzzi, Guillermo Garcia Garcia and Motoko Yanagita have got involved in translating valuable educational material into Italian, Spanish and Japanese. This resource was released on World Kidney Day 2015 to show support for the overall theme for this year’s campaign: Kidney Health for All. All this information is available now at www.kidneyeducation.com. A...
At the end of March this year, following on from the World Congress of Nephrology (WCN) in Cape Town, we held an Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) symposium in Blantyre, Malawi. This was attended by 100 delegates (nurses, clinical officers and doctors) who work in hospitals and health centers around the Central and Southern region...
The latest Saving Young Lives training course on acute peritoneal dialysis re-emphasized the way forward for treating acute kidney injury in low-resource settings. Acute kidney injury (AKI) remains an under-appreciated problem worldwide. But in emerging countries, the avoidable loss of life is all the more striking because children and young adults are frequently affected. Mignon McCulloch, who...
We took time out with Adeera Levin to congratulate her on becoming the new ISN President and find out what is in store for ISN over the next two years. Adeera Levin is only the second female president in the history of ISN, and strongly hopes it won’t be another 40 years before the next...
We also seek applicants for one to three stipends, €1,000 each, generously supported by the International Summer School of Renal Pathology (ISSRP) (endorsed by the Renal Pathology Society, the International Society of Nephrology, the European Renal Association-European Dialysis and Transplant Association and the Italian Society of Nephrology), to defray part of the cost of...
The Division of Nephrology, University of British Columbia (UBC) is pleased to offer a position in the Advanced Training in Nephrology Clinical Fellowship Program. Applications are open until April 20, 2015. This Fellowship is a post-certification program, and is open to those who have completed at least 2 years of nephrology in an accredited training...
The next deadline for the ISN-ANIO Clinical Nephropathology Certificate Program has now been extended to March 20, 2015. So do not miss the chance to take part in this great online course. ISN and the American Nephrologists of Indian Origin (ANIO) are pleased to announce the 2015 Clinical Nephropathology Certificate Program (CNC). To find out...
There is now some new content to use or register for on ISN Education. So, head to the portal to find out more. Join the WCN 2015 Conversation! ISN's World Congress of Nephrology begins today! For those not able to join us in Cape Town this March 13-17, ISN Education is proposing two ways to follow select plenary...
Kidney pathology educational programs available to the worldwide nephrology community are rather limited. In 2014, ISN and the American Nephrologists of Indian Origin (ANIO) set up a year-long web-based Clinical Nephropathology Certificate Program (CNC) to help physicians worldwide who seek training in the principles and practice of nephropathology. Priority was given to in-training applicants from...
There is less than one month to go before we kick off ISN‘s World Congress of Nephrology 2015 (taking place on March 13-17, 2015 in Cape Town, South Africa). WCN 2015 provides a unique opportunity to share views on a wide variety of topics in nephrology that are related to patients suffering from kidney disease...
The call for applications is now open for mini sabbaticals in nephropathology. Deadline is March 1st, 2015. The ISN Renal Pathology Committee is seeking applications for one mini sabbatical for a nephropathologist from a developing country (as defined by the ISN) to provide partial support for short term in-depth study of renal pathology, by immersion...
The ISN-ANIO India Committee is happy to announce the deadline for the ISN-ANIO Indukaka Ipcowala Advanced Apprenticeship Program. The purpose of this apprenticeship is to give an opportunity to physicians or allied healthcare personnel to train and gain by practical experience with specific skills in any field of nephrology, including but not limited to...
The 9th European Renal Pathology Course will take place in Amsterdam from June 9-12, 2015. This four-day course has been designed for pathologists, nephrologists, pediatric nephrologists and residents in these specialties. CLICK HERE for more information. The first three days will be dedicated to native renal diseases, with special attention to the newest insights in renal pathophysiology,...
The International AMA Certified Neonatal and Pediatric Nephrology Training Workshop and 3rd Indian Simulation Based Pediatric Dialysis Course will be held from February 28 February to March 1st, 2015. This meeting is certified with CME-AMA Type-2 Credits. The aim of the meeting is to provide comprehensive coverage of the rapidly developing field of pediatric nephrology,...
Over the next five months, ISN Education will be holding a webinar series on the subject of dialysis. The series will consist of five separate webinar sessions facilitated by five different specialists with years of experience in various areas of dialysis. The series kicks off next October 24th with a webinar titled "Assessment of Fluid...
Nephrology - 2015, led by Martin Pollak, MD and Burton D. Rose, MD, is taking place from April 12 to 17, 2015, at The Fairmont Copley Plaza, Boston, Massachusetts, USA. If you are an ISN Member you can join this course at a reduced fee. In recent years, new diagnostic and therapeutic tools have emerged...
The Global Kidney Academy (GKA) is happy to announce that its upcoming nephrology online course on renal transplantation will start on October 1st, 2014. The course will provide young nephrologists with an introduction to renal transplantation whilst enhancing the experience of those who are more senior and update their knowledge. It will also introduce nephrologists...
ISN Education is organising short webinars of maximum 30 minutes, every month held by renowned ISN experts, followed by a live Q&A session. ISN Education has started this year with a series of short webinars. You can find the recordings of the past webinars on our portal's Education section. Have a look and register to our upcoming sessions: Open...
ISN Education is airing a webinar by Dr. Nathan Levin on Friday May 16, 2014 from 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM EDT (Eastern Daylight Time). It will focus on the value of sodium restriction in dialysis patients. You can register for the event by clicking HERE. This webinar will focus on the success of sodium restriction and...
The ISN-ANIO India Committee is happy to announce the names of those who have won entry to the Indukaka Ipcowala Advanced Apprenticeship Program. This apprenticeship gives physicians or allied healthcare personnel the chance to gain practical experience and specific skills in renal pathology, transplantation, chronic kidney disease, acute kidney injury or dialysis. The following applicants...