Saint George Hospital University Medical Center, Beirut, Lebanon, still experiencing the consequences of a devastating blast more than one year on Sabine Karam, deputy chair of the Young Nephrologists Committee and Ali Abu-Alfa, chair of ISN-Middle East Regional Board and president of the Lebanese Society of Nephrology and Hypertension Over the past two years, Lebanon...
Register now and benefit from the early bird registration fee. Register here. Join global clinical and scientific experts to examine the latest developments in diagnosis, disease classification, and genetics at the ISN Frontiers Meeting: ‘Complement-related kidney diseases: classification, genetics, and treatment.’ The meeting will be held from June 23-25, 2022. Explore the program here. The ISN is currently accepting abstracts...
Watch six film entries to the 2021 ISN Community Film Event that narrowly missed the shortlist and vote your favorite film to give it a chance to be shortlisted for the Best Film Award 2022. Watch and vote for the 2022 Community Choice Film Selection here. Online voting will close on December 6, 2021.
Your short film can engage a global audience and make an impact on the lives of those in your community living with kidney conditions by highlighting the everyday challenges in their lives and the lives of those caring for them. The deadline is December 8, 2021. Submit your film here. Past editions have shared how dialysis...
The ISN invites its Affiliated Societies to showcase their organization from February 24-27, 2022, at the Global Nephrology Village at WCN’22. Participation is free of charge for Affiliated Societies that are also Collective-Member Societies; book now! Reserve your space at the WCN'22 Global Nephrology Village here before January 7, 2022. Get in touch with info@theisn.org for more details...
The safety and well-being of healthcare professionals and their patients are at the core of the ISN’s Mission. Our approach to organizing WCN’22 in a pandemic is no different. In response to the continuing and evolving COVID-19 situation, WCN’22 is being planned with both virtual and in-person elements. The main features of the WCN’22 week-long program will...
The ISN is pleased to welcome a new Affiliated Society, the Czech Society of Nephrology (Českà nefrologickà společnost - ČNS). The ISN looks forward to a close collaboration with the CNS to achieve equitable access to sustainable kidney health worldwide. Together with these recent additions, the ISN is proud to work alongside an international community of...
The XVI National Russian Dialysis Conference and XX CME Course will take place in hybrid format from November 19-21, 2021. Elena Zakharova, RDS president, former member of the ISN Executive Committee, and current member of the NIS and Russia Regional Board, will introduce the ISN and the ISN-Russian Dialysis Society (RDS) joint session from 9-9:10...
Access the latest companion to ISN Journals here. This quarter's eDigest presents a selection of papers from Kidney International Reports on new data on the management and outcomes of antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies on ANCA-associated renal conditions. Articles from Kidney International include a study of ANCA-associated glomerulonephritis complicating treatment with hydralazine, the role of endothelial cells in glomerular...
The ISN was saddened to learn of the death of Professor Indira Nath on October 24, 2021. Prof. Nath was an award-winning immunologist. She graduated with an M.B.B.S from the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), where she later founded and headed the Department of Biotechnology (DBT). Early in her career, Prof. Nath worked and...
Submit your application here. Kidney International (KI) and the ISN will select four of the best original research papers published in KI in 2021 to receive a KI-ISN Early-Career Researcher Award. The winners of these awards (two basic and two clinical science publications) will receive 500 USD each and be invited to present their papers at...
Watch to the talk on Academy Andrew Allegretti, MD MSc Director of Critical Care Nephrology, Division of Nephrology, Massachusetts General Hospital Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School Ignacio: Good morning and welcome to our series of interviews from the International Society of Nephrology with experts and authors of articles relevant to nephrology and COVID 19. My...
Watch to the talk on Academy This interview has been redacted for clarity and brevity. Ladan Golestaneh, M.D., M.S. Professor, Department of Medicine (Nephrology) Albert Einstein College of Medicine Ignacio P: Welcome to this ISN meeting, podcasts and interviews. My name is Ignacio and one of the second-year nephrology fellows at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Mass General...
Register for 3 days of specialty scientific content brought to you by ISN and the Mario Negri Institute in Bergamo, Italy. Register Now Join a global panel of clinical and scientific experts from June 23-25, 2022 to examine the latest developments in diagnosis, disease classification, genetics, and identify knowledge gaps on: ‘Complement-related Kidney Diseases: Classification, Genetics, and...
Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a global health crisis with an estimated 850 million affected individuals. The State of the Global Nephrology Workforce: A Joint ASN-ERA-EDTA-ISN Investigation addresses whether there are enough kidney doctors-or nephrologists available to care for the growing number of people around the world with CKD, and whether their training is...
The ISN and the Mario Negri Institute for Pharmacological Research will hold a webinar on December 9, 2021, at 2 p.m. CEST on: “New Insights into Clinical Management of C3G" The webinar will address: The complement system and its role in C3G Personalized clinical management of patients Preliminary results of clinical trials with complement inhibitors New therapeutic perspectives Register for the...
On September 28, the NCD Alliance launched "Facing Forward," a series of films and articles produced by BBC StoryWorks Commercial Productions. The series is designed to raise awareness of noncommunicable diseases by hearing directly from patients around the world. We are pleased to share that ISN President Agnes Fogo features in the film on CKD...
To raise awareness of the patient experience globally of kidney disease, patient ambassadors Manvir Victor (Malaysia) and Verónica Martínez (Mexico) share personal accounts of living with kidney conditions. Read the full accounts here. Manvir Victor was diagnosed with kidney disease in his mid-thirties and had to begin dialysis immediately. The experience initially had a dramatic effect...
Be part of a global gathering to exchange the latest in kidney science and clinical applications. Register for the 2022 World Congress of Nephrology (WCN'22) here. Join us for the WCN’22 plenary sessions to hear renowned speakers share valuable insights on diverse health issues in kidney care: Green Technologies in Dialysis/Green Nephrology Frances Mortimer, UK Advocacy for Kidney Disease:...
