ISN Interventional Nephrology Training

The ISN warmly congratulates the selected centers listed below:

Center	City	Country	Region	Liaison Officer	Email Address	Chief of Nephrology
Zenith Kidney Center	Abuja	Nigeria	Africa	Adegboyega Faponle	adeponle007@yahoo.com	Olalekan Olatise
University Medical Centre	Ljubljana	Slovenia	EC Europe	Alexander Jerman	alexander.jerman@ukclj.si	Jadranka Buturović-Ponikvar
INC ‘Ignacio Chávez’	Mexico	Mexico	Latin America	Bernardo González	nefrointervencioninc@gmail.com	Magdalena Madero
Peruvian Association of Vascular Access	Lima	Peru	Latin America	Edwin Castillo	edwin.castillo@urp.edu.pe	Edwin Castillo
King Faisal Hospital	Riyadh	Saudi Arabia	Middle East	Muhammad U. Ullah	mullah@kfshrc.edu.sa	Mohammed Al Sunaid
Azerbaijan Medical Uni.	Baku	Azerbaijan	NIS & Russia	Elgun Haziyev	dr_haziyev@mail.ru	Elgun Haziyev
Glickman Institute	Cleveland	USA	North America	Tushar Vachharajani	tvachh@gmail.com	Tushar Vachharajani
Kaikoukai Central Clinic	Nagoya	Japan	NE Asia	Takashi Sato	t-sato@kaikou.or.jp	Takashi Sato
Seoul St. Mary’s Hospital	Seoul	Korea Rep.	NE Asia	Yong-Soo Kim	kimcmc@catholic.ac.kr	Cheol Whee Park
Hospital Selayang	Batu Caves	Malaysia	OSEA	Hin-Seng Wong	hinseng@gmail.com	Hin-Seng Wong
AIIMS	New Delhi	India	South Asia	Sanjay Agarwal	skagarwalnephro@gmail.com	Sanjay Agarwal
St. Helier's Hospital	Carshalton	UK	West. Europe	Bhrigu Raj Sood	b.sood@nhs.net	Virginia Quan

These centers were selected on their capacity to provide training in non-tunneled CVC placement, tunneled CVC placement, native kidney biopsy; transplant kidney biopsy, PD catheter insertion, and endovascular procedures, both for the Foundation and Advanced Courses:

Center	Country	Region	Non-tunneled & Tunneled CVC placement	Native & Transplant kidney biopsy	PD catheter insertion	Endovascular procedures
Zenith Kidney Center	Nigeria	Africa	Yes	-	-	-
University Medical Centre	Slovenia	EC Europe	-	Yes	-	-
INC ‘Ignacio Chávez’	Mexico	Latin America	Yes	Yes	Yes	-
Peruvian Association of Vascular Access	Peru	Latin America	Yes	-	-	Yes
King Faisal Hospital	Saudi Arabia	Middle East	Yes	-	-	Yes
Azerbaijan Medical Uni.	Azerbaijan	NIS & Russia	Yes	-	-	-
Glickman Institute	USA	North America	Yes	Yes	-	Yes
Kaikoukai Central Clinic	Japan	NE Asia	-	-	-	Yes
Seoul St. Mary’s Hospital	Korea Rep.	NE Asia	Yes	Yes	-	Yes
Hospital Selayang	Malaysia	OSEA	Yes	-	Yes	-
AIIMS	India	South Asia	Yes	Yes	-	-
St. Helier's Hospital	UK	West. Europe	Yes	Yes	Yes	-

ISN Interventional Nephrology Training Centers will host trainees for two types of curriculum:

• Foundation course (2-4 weeks): specific interventional procedures; observational and hands-on training with patients.
• Advanced course (3 months): a broad spectrum of procedures, especially endovascular procedures; hands-on training with patients.

The ISN will support trainees from low and middle-income countries with grants contributing to their travel, accommodation, and living costs during the training. Applicants should contact the ISN Interventional Nephrology Training Center of their choice, based on the procedures they would like to get trained on.

Applicants should contact the ISN Interventional Nephrology Training Center of their choice, based on the procedures they would like to get trained on, and agree on a training plan matching the applicant’s aspirations, the host center’s offer and the strategy of the home center.

Before joining a training center, trainees must follow didactic sessions on the ISN Academy.

Applications for ISN Interventional Nephrology Scholarships are now open for scholars to undertake training at host centers from July 2021 to February 2022.

The deadline to apply is April 1, 2021. Read the guidelines here.

This initiative is supported by an unrestricted educational grant from

If you have any questions, or if your center is interested in applying, please contact the ISN Programs team at isnprograms@theisn.org.