Educational Ambassador

EAP training boosts interventional nephrology services at Pro-Renal Brazil

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Collaboration with the ISN Educational Ambassador Program has helped the Pro-Renal Foundation in Brazil develop its interventional nephrology services. Former Chairman of the ISN Interventional Nephrology Committee, who leads the initiative, Dr. Miguel Riella believes the program would not have grown to this extent without ISN’s valuable training support. ISN Educational Ambassador Dr. Donald Schon from...

December 7, 2015Educational Ambassador, News, Regional ActivitiesRead more...

EAP and Fellowship welcome new program chairs

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Saraladevi Naicker and David Harris have now come to the end of their mandates as chairs of the ISN Educational Ambassador (EAP) and Fellowship Programs. We would like to thank them for their dedication and wish them all the best in their future endeavors. Vivek Jha and Allison Eddy will now replace them as chairs...

December 6, 2015Educational Ambassador, Fellowship, ISN's Impact, NewsRead more...

ISN Educational Ambassador in Asia

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Hands-on interventional nephrology workshop benefits kidney care for patients in Vietnam. SN Educational Ambassador Jan Swinnen from Westmead Hospital, Sydney, Australia shared his expertise with doctors and nurses at Cho Ray Hospital (CRH) in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. This was a valuable onsite training that is set to change how local doctors and nurses will...

August 26, 2015Educational Ambassador, NewsRead more...

Latest EAP call results are out!

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] The ISN Programs team is pleased to announce that 14 centers from emerging countries will now welcome an ISN Educational Ambassador following the latest call for applications. For the first time, there will be an Educational Ambassador visit to Iran and Myanmar. These training would not have been possible without support from the Asia Pacific...

July 28, 2015Educational Ambassador, ISN's Impact, NewsRead more...

CME on the importance of renal registries

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] ISN Educational Ambassador Razeen Davids and several ISN Fellows took part in a Continuing Medical Education Course on data gathering and the importance of renal registries. Following the workshop, and discussions at the World Congress of Nephrology, there are now plans to establish an African Renal Registry. This group has already been involved in several...

July 20, 2015CME, Educational Ambassador, ISN's Impact, NewsRead more...

Latest ISN Educational Ambassador visit to Mongolia

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Following a great ISN Sister Center partnership, the State Second General Hospital of Mongolia welcomed ISN Educational Ambassador Mohamed Atta for an interactive clinical nephrology training course. Junior nephrologists were trained in the latest renal biopsy procedures and monitored the patients before and after the biopsy. Dr Atta worked on understanding local needs to advance...

June 30, 2015Educational Ambassador, NewsRead more...

Hands-on interventional nephrology workshop benefits kidney care for patients in Vietnam

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] ISN Educational Ambassador John Swinnen from Westmead Hospital, Sydney, Australia shared his expertise with doctors and nurses at Cho Ray Hospital (CRH) in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. This was a valuable onsite training that is set to change how local doctors and nurses will carry out their interventional procedures. Dr Swinnen explains how he...

May 15, 2015Educational Ambassador, ISN's Impact, NewsRead more...

ISN Programs call for applications: new deadlines

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] The ISN Programs team has announced new deadlines to apply for the programs. The aim is to give more opportunities to everyone applying for all of five programs. Previously, there were different deadlines for each of the five programs. Now you can apply for ISN Fellowships, Educational Ambassadors visits and Clinical Research Projects before May 1st and October 1st every...

April 17, 2015Clinical Research, Educational Ambassador, Fellowship, ISN's Impact, News, Sister Renal Centers, Sister Transplant CentersRead more...

CME in Benin led by ISN Educational Ambassador

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] A course on nephrotic syndrome was held in Cotonou and Parakou in Benin. It was developed thanks to a longstanding partnership between the Hospital Saint Jean de Dieu and ISN Educational Ambassador Giovanni Battista Fogazzi. The course was addressed to all medical professionals, who have to deal with nephrotic patients such as general practitioners/internists, pediatricians,...

April 14, 2015CME, Educational Ambassador, ISN's Impact, NewsRead more...

Indian Society of Nephrology sponsors ISN Programs

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] We are pleased to announce that the Indian Society of Nephrology (INDSN) has agreed to co-sponsor a number of ISN Educational Ambassadors, ISN Fellowships and ISN Sister Renal Center Programs until 2016. The agreement was recently signed and will offer more opportunities for applicants to get involved in these global outreach programs. INDSN counts 1,200 nephrologists...

February 26, 2015Educational Ambassador, Fellowship, Grants, ISN's Impact, News, Sister Renal CentersRead more...