Author - Reema Parmar

Attend the ISN 2020 Frontiers Meeting

The International Society of Nephrology, in collaboration with the Mario Negri Institute for Pharmacological Research, will hold the ISN 2020 Frontiers Meeting on ‘Complement-related kidney diseases: classification, genetics, and treatment’ from October 1-3, in Bergamo, Italy. This specialist meeting will focus on the two prototypical complement-mediated kidney diseases: atypical hemolytic uremic syndrome (aHUS), and C3 Glomerulopathies/Membranoproliferative Glomerulonephritis (C3G/MPGN),...

March 16, 2020Events, NewsRead more...

World Kidney Day 2020: The onset and progression of CKD are often preventable

Prof. Philip KT Li Honorary Professor of Medicine, Chinese University of Hong Kong and President of Hong Kong College of Physicians, and represents ISN on the WKD Joint Steering Committee   Dr. Guillermo García García Research Professor, University of Guadalajara Health Sciences Center, and Director of Nephrology, Hospital Civil de Guadalajara, Mexico, and represents IFKF on the WKD...

March 12, 2020News, ResearchRead more...

ISN President, Vivek Jha, takes the lead on the “Novel Coronavirus 2019 Epidemic and Kidneys”

Novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is a newly discovered contagious disease caused by SARS-CoV-2 virus, primarily manifesting as an acute respiratory illness with interstitial and alveolar pneumonia, but can affect multiple organs such as kidney, heart, digestive tract, blood and nervous system. The rapidly spreading outbreak which first emerged in Wuhan, Hubei Province in China...

March 11, 2020Journals, NewsRead more...

ISN Impact: Sister Renal Centers Trio Program

After graduation, ISN Sister Renal Centers or ISN-TTS Sister Transplant Centers partnerships can opt to support a third emerging center within the region through the ISN SRC Trio Program. Three recently graduated Trio partnerships demonstrate the valuable impact these collaborations can have on local nephrology capacity. Emerging Institution: Nephrology Institute, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou (NIZU), China; Supporting Institution: Institute of Nephrology, Peking...

March 5, 2020NewsRead more...

Saving Young Lives Annual Course Trains 34 African Doctors and Nurses in Acute Peritoneal Dialysis

As part of the Saving Young Lives (SYL) project, 17 doctor-nurse pairs from eight countries across Africa received a week-long training in Acute Peritoneal Dialysis during the SYL Renal Skills Course at Red Cross Children’s Hospital in Cape Town, South Africa, from February 17 to 21, 2020. The course directors, Red Cross’s Mignon McCulloch and Alp Numanoglu,...

March 5, 2020NewsRead more...

Three Days Until World Kidney Day

The fifteenth edition of World Kidney Day takes place on Thursday, March 12, 2020.  This global campaign highlights the importance of kidneys to overall health and raises awareness of risk factors to reduce the frequency and impact of kidney disease and its associated health problems. The 2020 campaign focuses on preventive interventions to avoid the onset and progression of kidney...

March 3, 2020Advocacy, News, World Kidney DayRead more...

Advance Kidney Health in your Region: Apply for an ISN Fellowship

The deadline for the next round of Fellowship applications is May 1, 2020. The ISN Fellowship Program offers nephrology training to physicians from low-resource countries and provides a valuable opportunity to grow professionally and to improve kidney healthcare in emerging countries by becoming established leaders in the field. A recent article outlines the significant results that are attainable through the...

March 3, 2020Grants, NewsRead more...

Announcing the Recipient of the ISN Schrier Award 2020

The ISN is pleased to announce this year’s recipient of the Schrier Award, which recognizes the most deserving partnership from recently graduated ISN Sister Renal Centers (SRC) Program and ISN-TTS Sister Transplant Centers Program pairs. The ISN Sister Renal Centers Program chair and deputy chair, the ISN-TTS Sister Transplant Centers Program co-chairs, and the ISN Programs chair...

March 3, 2020Grants, NewsRead more...

Milestones in Nephrology: Treatment of Glomerular Diseases – Pioneering Clinical Trials

Celebrating ISN’s 60th anniversary, Kidney International’s “Milestones in Nephrology” series continues with a review of some of the original articles it has published on the treatment of glomerular disease, publications that helped make significant changes in patient management: Shorter term corticosteroids are equally effective as longer term in primary nephrotic syndrome in children (Yoshikawa N, Nakanishi K, Sako...

March 3, 2020Journals, NewsRead more...

The Ravi Mehta Acute Kidney Injury Fellowship Fund

SUPPORT A NEW FELLOWSHIP The ISN is pleased to announce a new Fellowship in honor of Dr. Ravindra Mehta, the Ravi Mehta AKI Fellowship. The fund has been set up in collaboration with Ravi Mehta’s friends and colleagues in recognition of his leadership and to honor his contribution to global health and education. The ISN invites you to make...

February 25, 2020Grants, NewsRead more...

Second ISN Global Kidney Health Summit takes place in UAE

In March, 91 global leaders in nephrology, other renal healthcare workers and healthcare policymakers met at the second Global Kidney Health Summit in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, to develop a strategy to address the unmet needs of patients with end-stage kidney disease (ESKD) around the world over the next 5 to 10 years. ‘We need...

February 24, 2020NewsRead more...

Lillian Jean Kaplan International Prize to be Awarded Annually

The Lilian Jean Kaplan International Prize for Advancement in the Understanding of Polycystic Kidney Disease (PKD) will now be awarded annually. ISN is grateful to Thomas Kaplan and the Recanati-Kaplan Foundation for their generosity in making this possible. The Lillian Jean Kaplan Prize recognizes individuals exhibiting excellence and leadership in PKD clinical or basic research that improves...

February 24, 2020News, ResearchRead more...

KI Supplements publishes papers on increasing access to integrated ESKD care worldwide

Kidney International Supplements (KIS) has published a set of papers describing the background, rationale, and action plans for developing a strategic approach to increase access to integrated end-stage kidney disease (ESKD) care worldwide over the next decade. Read this special edition here. Following March 2018's second Global Kidney Health Summit organised by the International Society of Nephrology (ISN), the primary...

February 24, 2020News, ResearchRead more...

Don’t miss the launch of the ISN Advancing Clinical Trials Toolkit at WCN20

The ISN Advancing Clinical Trials Toolkit is designed to assist in carrying out meaningful and robust clinical trials, or to become involved as a trial site, with the primary intention of improving patient care. Available online for the first time at the ISN World Congress of Nephrology (WCN), Congress delegates are invited to experience the...

February 24, 2020News, ResearchRead more...

Thirteen New Sister Center Programs Partnerships in 2020

ISN’s two Sister Centers Programs (SRC and ISN-TTS STC) link emerging renal and transplant centers with centers of excellence for long-term partnerships. The educational guidance provided by the supporting center over a six-year period aims to help the emerging center become self-sufficient and offer improved patient care. In 2020, 13 new pairs (listed below) were approved by the ISN Sister...

February 24, 2020Grants, NewsRead more...

Announcing the Emerging Leaders Program (ELP)

As part of its vision to ensure equitable access to kidney health globally, the International Society of Nephrology (ISN) is proud to launch the Emerging Leaders Program (ELP). With the aim of building a global talent pool of future leaders, the ELP welcomes ISN members interested in shaping the direction of kidney health through professional...

February 24, 2020Grants, NewsRead more...

Support the Detlef Schlöndorff Fellowship Fund

The ISN is pleased to announce that it will be naming an ISN Fellowship in honor of Detlef Schlöndorff, MD, who died in October 2019. Detlef Schlöndorff was a prolific renal investigator for over five decades and active in multiple leadership roles within the ISN, including as editor in chief of the Kidney International (KI)....

February 24, 2020NewsRead more...

Announcing new Fellows from the first round of 2020 applications

The ISN congratulates 11 new Fellows approved by the ISN Fellowship Committee following the first round of applications for 2020. This year, Priyanka Subramani, from the Central and Northern Adelaide Renal and Transplantation Service in Australia, will undertake an ISN Reverse Fellowship at the Mbeya Zonal Referral Hospital in Tanzania under the supervision of Dr. Francis F. Fredrick. The...

February 24, 2020Grants, NewsRead more...

ISN Impact: Sister Renal Centers Program

In the early nineties, ISN leadership began discussions on active collaboration between established kidney care centers and emerging centers from low-resources areas. By 1996, 17 active partnerships were established and a further 16 were in a formative stage. These paired centers would become known as the Sister Renal Centers . Today, 63 partnerships are active within...

February 24, 2020Grants, NewsRead more...