Last August, ISN Educational Ambassador Ming-Hub Zhao from Peking University First Hospital gave talks on epidemiology, acute kidney injury and renal pathology. He spent a week at the First Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University to update local doctors. The objectives included giving advice on establishing cohorts of patients with glomerulonephritis (GN) for further study,...
South African surgeon Elmi Muller carried out the first "HIV positive to positive" kidney transplants, giving hope to the country's growing number of HIV kidney patients. As more HIV positive patients are living longer thanks to breakthroughs in treatment, many show signs of other diseases including HIV nephropathy. Up until recently, these patients were not eligible...
Breaking language barriers in El Salvador to teach the importance of vascular care for kidney patients. Last September, Educational Ambassador Octavio Salgado from University of Zulia Faculty of Medicine, Venezuela visited the Servicio de Nefrologia, Hospital Nacional Rosales in El Salvador. Aside from giving valuable training, he implemented a new vascular access policy tailored to...
The deadline to apply for the ISN Educational Ambassadors Program has now been extended. All applications are welcome but if you are from Latin America or the Asia Pacific region, we are particularly interested in receiving your application. Applications can be made online before October 31st, 2014, CLICK HERE. The Educational Ambassadors Program helps advance nephrology in the...
The deadline to apply for the ISN Educational Ambassadors Program has now been extended. If you are from Latin America or the Asia Pacific region, we are particularly interested in receiving your application. Applications can be made online before October 31st, 2014, CLICK HERE. The Educational Ambassadors Program helps advance nephrology in the developing world through very concrete...
The deadline for the latest call for applications for the ISN Educational Ambassadors Program (EAP) is October 1st, 2014. Don't miss this opportunity to apply for this ISN Program. Do you want to share your expertise with other doctors in the developing world? Are you looking for an expert to help train local doctors in...
ISN is pleased to announce that the Sociedad Latino Americana de Nefrologia y Hipertension (SLANH) has agreed to co-sponsor the Educational Ambassadors Program for a total amount of 10,000 USD a year, next to already supporting the ISN Fellowship Program for an amount of 14,000 USD every year. Eligible candidates must come from Latin America and be a...
The ISN Program team is pleased to announce the results of the latest call for applications for the ISN Educational Ambassadors Program. We would like to thank the Asia Pacific Society of Nephrology and the Sociedad Latino Americana de Hipertension y Nefrologia for co-funding certain visits from this session. CLICK HERE for the full list of...
Dr Lalathaksha M. Kumbar, an interventional nephrologist from Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, USA, visited the Sri Ramachandra Medical College and Research Institute in Chennai, India this March. The department of nephrology is one of the oldest departments in the hospital and its staff were looking for training in interventional nephrology. Department Chief Prof. P Soundararajan...
The deadline for the latest call for applications for the ISN Educational Ambassadors Program (EAP) has now been extended to May 31st, 2014. Don't miss on this opportunity to apply for this ISN Program. Do you want to share your expertise with other doctors in the developing world? Are you looking for an expert to...
