In the recent Transplant Activity Report 2012-13, Sally Johnson, Director of Organ Donation and Transplantation, NHS Blood and Transplant highlights a rise in organ donation for the fifth year in a row. This has seen the British National Health System achieve a fifty percent increase in deceased organ donors compared to 2007/8. Without organ donors...
ISN happy to announce the names of the two sister renal centers that graduated from the ISN GO Sister Renal Center (SRC) Program recently. The Cipto Mangunkusumo Hospital in Jakarta, Indonesia paired up with the Monash Medical Center in Clayton, Australia. Thanks to the partnership, there were major developments in nephrology services at the hospital which is now...
We are pleased to announce that The International Haberal Transplantation and Education Foundation (IHTEF) is to support the work of the Declaration of Istanbul through the Declaration of Istanbul Custodian Group (DICG). Pictured here on July 20, 2013, Professor Mehmet Haberal (center) is the Founder of IHTEF. Feyyaz Artukoglu will be a key representative of the Foundation and...
Webcasts are now available for ISN Members and congress attendees. If you are an ISN member login at: www.theisn.org/memberlogin. If you registered as a category other then ISN Member, please contact the ISN Office for access details at membership@theisn.org. Once you have logged into the webcast website click on the “grid view” to receive an overview of the...
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.
Mark your calendar for the ISN Global Outreach (GO) Research and Prevention Program application deadline on October 1st, 2013. If you are interested in applying for this ISN GO Program, make sure to send your application online before this date. CLICK HERE to find out more. Results are now out from the last application round. Four doctors...
Access all the abstracts and posters from the World Congress of Nephrology 2013. You can now go online to access all the abstracts and posters accepted for the congress, the two editions of World Congress News, selected sessions for viewing, a photo gallery, and the welcome message from Margaret Chan, World Health Organization (WHO) Director...
The European Chronic Disease Alliance (ECDA) has prepared and sent a letter to the ENVI Committee members of the European Parliament to raise awareness on the importance to deliver a strong Tobacco Products Directive (TPD), that is focussed on the health of European Citizens and not on economic gains. The letter was sent today and the ENVI Committee members will...
There were 238 very happy young nephrologists attending the World Congress of Nephrology (WCN) in Hong Kong thanks to the generous support from the Hong Kong Society of Nephrology (HKSN) and local philanthropists. HKSN President Samuel Fung explains: “the idea was initiated by HKSN Senior Advisor Richard Yu in collaboration with the Chair of the WCN 2013 Local Organizing...
ISN and The Transplantation Society (TTS) are delighted to announce the results of the call for applications of the new ISN-TTS Sister Transplant Center Program. Three established renal centers will be working with three renal centers in the emerging economies of the world to develop, support and enhance kidney transplantation in those centers. We would like to congratulate...
The ISN Global Outreach (GO) team is pleased to announce that 13 centers from emerging countries will now welcome an ISN Educational Ambassador following the latest call for applications. Eight new Educational Ambassadors were also accepted into the program. The latest list of Ambassadors is available on the ISN GO Educational Ambassador page on the ISN...
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...
Mark your calendar for the ISN Global Outreach (GO) Research and Prevention Program application deadline on October 1st, 2013. If you are interested in applying for this ISN GO Program, make sure to send your application online before this date. CLICK HERE to find out more. Since 2006, The ISN GO Research and Prevention Committee has been...
The 2012 Impact Factors have just been released and the ISN is happy and proud to announce, that Kidney International (KI) has taken a leap forward from an impact factor of 6.606 in 2011 to a new all-time high of 7.916 in 2012. KI thereby strengthened its position amongst the two top nephrology journals publishing original clinical and...
At this year's World Congress of Nephrology, ISN honored the big efforts for new insights into scientific questions in nephrology. Research in nephrology is a task for experienced as well as for young investigators. The ISN is aware that a lot of young colleagues put in a big effort to gain new insights into scientific...
Syrian nephrologist Jude Yagan shares her experience as an ISN Fellow in Boston and her participation in WCN 2013. Applications for this program will be accepted until June 15, 2013. ISN Global Outreach Fellowships have earned the reputation of giving young nephrologists the tools to kick-start their career. They have given them the chance to...
The Asian Pacific Society of Nephrology (APSN) is set to partner with ISN in each of its Global Outreach programs: Fellowship, Sister Renal Centre, Research & Prevention, Education Ambassador and Continuous Medical Education (CME) courses and workshops. From 2013, APSN will provide 50% of the funding for up to two Fellowships, two Educational Ambassadors, two...
ISN is happy to announce the winners of the Global Outreach (GO) poster session. Congratulations to all the winners who have made great contributions to nephrology and ultimately helped improve kidney care worldwide. The ISN GO Fellowship prize went to Sidy Mohammed Seck (Senegal) and Boris Bikbov (Russia). The ISN GO Research and Prevention prize...
The beautiful city of Florence, Italy is the setting for this year’s Forefronts Symposium, taking place from September 12 to 15, 2013. It will bring together leading nephrologists and active investigators for four highly interactive days. This time around, Stem Cells and Regeneration in the Kidney has been chosen as the theme. Stem cells represent...
