During my recent trip to China, I had the opportunity to visit the Renal Division of the Peking University First Hospital, in Beijing which is headed by Prof. Haiyan Wang. I was particularly impressed by their peritoneal dialysis program. Dr. Jie Dong kindly walked me through the facilities. They have enrolled 400 patients deriving from...
ISN is proud to announce that Raùl Plata-Cornejo was recently appointed by the Bolivian Ministry of Health as Advisor for the National Renal Health Program (Programa National de Salud Renal). Raùl Plata-Cornejo is one of the founders of the Institute of Nephrology in Bolivia, a project he started as an ISN GO Fellow in 1992. There...
The International Society of Nephrology (ISN) is looking for an intern for its Business Development department to help generate fundraising for its humanitarian programs. Deadline for applications is August 23, 2013. For further information, download the job description HERE.
During the World Congress of Nephrology, it was announced that Adeera Levin will be ISN President from 2015 to 2017. Levin is Professor of Medicine, Head of the Division of Nephrology at the University of British Columbia, and Consultant nephrologist at Providence Health Care in Vancouver, Canada. She is the Executive Director of the BC Renal...
At the General Assembly in Hong Kong, the outgoing ISN President John Feehally introduced his successor Giuseppe Remuzzi. Remuzzi joined ISN in 1984. "I only became an active member one day in Autumn 1992 when Ike Robinson called and invited me to become member of the ISN Advisory Program Committee for the XIIth International Congress...
The ISN Council Elections are now open and we are looking forward to receiving your votes. As a member of ISN, you have the chance to cast your vote and change the way the ISN Council will look in the next term. Between April 1st and May 15, 2013 you can vote online for...
The ISN Council Elections are now open and we are looking forward to receiving your votes. As a member of the ISN, you have the chance to cast your vote and change the way the ISN Council will look in the next term. Between April 1st and May 15, 2013 you can vote online...
It is that time of year again, when ISN members are asked to cast their vote in the ISN Councilor Elections. As of April 1, 2013 until May 15, 2013 you can vote online through a personalized link. On April 1st 2013, every member will receive a personal link to the ballot tool by e-mail. The results...
It is that time of year again, when ISN members are asked to cast their vote in the ISN Councilor Elections. As of April 1, 2013 until May 15, 2013 you can vote online through a personalized link. On April 1st 2013, every member will receive a personal link to the ballot tool by e-mail. If...
With great regret, we announce the death of ISN member, Gary S. Hill. Read the full obituary published in the Baltimore Sun HERE. Dr. Hill pioneered a new technique for biopsies of tissue, in addition to developing a system for identifying lupus and how far the disease had progressed in a patient. Colleagues and family described...
The ISN is happy to announce that the next General Assembly meeting will take place during the World Congress of Nephrology on June 3, 2013 at the Hong Kong Convention Center (room S226 and 227). To download the agenda CLICK HERE. This year's meeting will welcome reports from ISN's President, Secretary General, and the Treasurer....
Few remember that the development of the first artificial kidney was not for treating kidney failure but rather to remove salicylate from the blood. Since then, extracorporeal treatments have focused more on treating organ failure than poisoning. However, morbidity and mortality related to poisoning remains incredibly high in developed and developing countries. For all these...
ISN is happy to announce the appointment of its new Treasurer. Tom Coffman has now accepted the role and will take over from current ISN Treasurer Vic Schuster. Many of you will already know Tom, who is Chief of the Division of Nephrology at Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, USA. It is a...