My latest trip as ISN President took me to India, where I visited nephrology renal centers in Bangalore and Chennai. I discovered more about local facilities and progress being made to improve care - especially in pediatrics. The annual meeting of the Indian Society of Nephrology Southern Chapter, in Bangalore was my first stop. One...
ISN is happy to announce the outcome of the last call for application to the ISN Fellowship Program. To get the full list of ISN Fellows who will be joining the program, CLICK HERE. Today, 30 candidates have been successfully accepted into the program and will receive ISN funding for their fellowship. This time around, there...
Thanks in large part to an ISN Research and Prevention grant, we are learning about many important aspects of Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) in Tanzania. Preliminary data suggest that the burden of CKD is likely to be as substantial (if not greater) than that of the United States and Europe, and alarmingly, we are finding...
In collaboration with the University of the West Indies, Faculty of Medical Sciences, the University of Michigan, and Ann Arbor, the Caribbean Institute of Nephrology hosted the 6th annual International Conference on Nephrology and Hypertension from January 30 to February 1st, 2014, at the Montego Bay Convention Centre under the theme: "Touching the Disadvantaged." The...
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 specific areas of nephrology? You can apply for the ISN Educational Ambassador program. Deadline for applications is May 1st, 2014. CLICK HERE to download the EAP application form. The Asia Pacific...
ISN President Giuseppe Remuzzi recently spoke to the Hindu Times during a screening camp conducted by the TANKER Foundation. Remuzzi who inaugurated this event, was quoted as saying that it is "vital to screen and detect kidney disease early, as with medical intervention, it could be prevented from progressing." Around 500 million people around the world...
When the World Kidney Day team contacted me a few months ago, I was stunned. They wanted me to be a World Kidney Day champion! As a Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) patient I understood the importance of the task very well, and when the ISN Blog asked me to write something I knew perfectly...
We have been receiving an amazing amount of events pinned on the World Kidney Day (WKD) events map from practically everywhere in the world. Every year our supporters get more creative in finding ways to engage people and raise awareness on this important cause. Marathons, walkathons, street demonstrations, charity dinners, lectures or cooking competitions -...
Join us at the 15th Congress of the International Society for Peritoneal Dialysis taking place in Madrid, Spain in September. Thanks to a ground breaking translational program, this congress will draw together experts from all over the world. Here are some deadlines to bear in mind. ISN is running an ISN Joint Session on PD...
CRRT 2014 Live broadcasts ISN Education teams up again this year with CRRT2014 to offer live broadcasts of selected plenary sessions from the 19th International Conference on Continuous Renal Replacement Therapies: Acute Kidney Injury: Controversies, Challenges and Solutions and Advances in Critical Care that will be held in San Diego from March 4-7, 2014. More details...
