This July, a Continuing Medical Education (CME) course took place Zhengzhou and Beijing, China. It was organized in two parts and focused on the topic of integrated pathologic diagnosis of renal diseases and improving techniques.The first part was organized under auspices of the 2014 International Forum of Renal Pathology and the 9th National Renal...
As Chair of the ISN Young Nephrologists Committee (YNC), I'm pleased to announce that our online community has grown to over 2000 members. In particular, we are very pleased to announce our newly appointed ISN YNC member Issa Al Salmi to help us bridge and build partnerships in the Middle-East region. We hope to promote...
Representatives from the Declaration of Istanbul Custodian Group (DICG) took part in meetings with representatives from the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia as well as Serbia organized by at the Croatian Ministry of Health in Zagreb, Croatia from October 14 to 15, 2014. A Federal Center for Transplantation within the Ministry of Health in...
The deadline for sending abstracts for the upcoming ISN World Congress of Nephrology (WCN) has now been extended to November 3, 2014. CLICK HERE. Showcasing scientific work is a major part of the congress so if you are planning to submit an abstract make the most of this extended period to apply. WCN 2015 will take place...
World Kidney Day will be celebrated on March 12, 2015. This time around the focus is on Kidney Health for All. Research shows that some communities suffer from a higher prevalence and incidence of kidney disease, lack adequate access to treatments or do not have the means or the education to take preventive measures. World...
The 0by25 Global Snapshot, one of the most far-reaching prospective studies ever organized by ISN, is now underway. Following considerable interest from multiple centers across the world, the study will be extended by four weeks until Sunday December 7. Over 500 centers in 93 countries registered for the study and patient enrollment is proceeding rapidly. Now, due...
ISN leadership, through its Renal Disaster Relief Task Force, and its Acute Kidney Injury Committee, is monitoring the Ebola virus spread and is keen to provide access to reliable resources which can be helpful to its members. In this context, we thought of disseminating the excellent initiative of the American Society of Nephrology, which...
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...
As one of ISN leaders involved in the ISN 0by25 Initiative, I want to talk to you about a far-reaching project called the ISN 0by25 Global Snapshot, which is one of the current core activities of the ISN 0by25 Initiative. One of the initial aims of the 0by25 initiative is to provide essential data on the global...
ISN announces with regret the death of Gabriel Richet. One of the early giants of French and international nephrology, he was a founding member of ISN. Among his many roles in ISN leadership, he was co-General Secretary of ISN’s first Congress in Geneva and Evian in 1960, and ISN President from 1981-84. Born in 1916...
Over the next five months, ISN Education will be holding a webinar series on the subject of dialysis. The series will consist of five separate webinar sessions facilitated by five different specialists with years of experience in various areas of dialysis. The series kicks off next October 24th with a webinar titled "Assessment of Fluid...
Save the date for the next ISN Nexus Symposium, which will take place in Berlin, Germany from April 14 to 17, 2016 at the Hotel Melia Berlin. This meeting is set to cover translational immunology in kidney disease and new therapies for renal immunopathology. These symposia are designed to bridge the gap between basic research...
Nephrology - 2015, led by Martin Pollak, MD and Burton D. Rose, MD, is taking place from April 12 to 17, 2015, at The Fairmont Copley Plaza, Boston, Massachusetts, USA. If you are an ISN Member you can join this course at a reduced fee. In recent years, new diagnostic and therapeutic tools have emerged...
ISN announces with regret the death of Claus Brun. He was ISN’s second President (1963-1966). Listen to an interview with Prof. Brun conducted in the context of the ISN Video Legacy Project in 1995. AUDIO PART 1 AUDIO PART 2 Interview Transcript At the death of Claus Brun, a few months after his 100th birthday, Danish, European and International Nephrology have...
This October take the chance to apply for WCN 2015 travel grants and submit your abstracts for the upcoming World Congress of Nephrology 2015. The deadline for abstracts and travel grant applications is October 27, 2014. More information is available on www.wcn2015.org. Abstracts Do not miss out on sending your abstracts for the upcoming ISN World Congress...
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...
ISN is now accepting nominations for the Lillian Jean Kaplan International Polycystic Kidney Disease (PKD) prize. Deadline for sending nominations is September 30, 2014. The Lillian Jean Kaplan International Prize for the Advancement in the Understanding of PKD, created in 2002, recognizes a medical professional or researcher exhibiting excellence and leadership in PKD clinical or...
0by25 is an ISN initiative that aims to eliminate preventable deaths from Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) worldwide by 2025. If you are a nephrologist or healthcare professional dealing with AKI, register to participate in the ISN 0by25 Global Snapshot, CLICK HERE. This is a prospective, cross-sectional study to establish the incidence of AKI during a six...
On September 19, 2014, representatives from the Declaration of Istanbul Custodian Group (DICG) met with Pope Francis in the Vatican City. This private audience was arranged by the Mayor of Rome to derive support for the principles of the Declaration of Istanbul (DOI). DICG has been invited to submit a reference document that Pope Francis will use in...
The ISN Nexus symposium is taking place in Brisbane this week, from September 25 to 28, 2014 at the Brisbane Convention Center. You can get the latest information on the program and speakers HERE. This meeting will focus on the unraveling the role of the kidney in hypertension. Thomas Coffman, Chair of the Scientific Committee, explains:...