Until June 16, 2014 you can get involved in the global survey on the treatment of Acute Kidney Injury (AKI). 0 by 25 is an ISN initiative that aims to eliminate preventable deaths from AKI worldwide by 2025. Click on one of the links below to start filling the survey. The initiative calls for globally...
My latest trip as ISN President took me to India, where I visited nephrology renal centers in Bangalore and Chennai. I discovered more about local facilities and progress being made to improve care - especially in pediatrics. The annual meeting of the Indian Society of Nephrology Southern Chapter, in Bangalore was my first stop. One...
ISN President Giuseppe Remuzzi recently spoke to the Hindu Times during a screening camp conducted by the TANKER Foundation. Remuzzi who inaugurated this event, was quoted as saying that it is "vital to screen and detect kidney disease early, as with medical intervention, it could be prevented from progressing." Around 500 million people around the world...
Abstract Submissions and Registration has now opened for the ISN Forefronts Symposium in 2014 on Intrinsic Regulation of Kidney Function, which will be held in Charleston (SC), USA, from March 6 to 9, 2014. The program for this symposium is almost final, and you will find the most up-to-date information on sessions and speakers on the dedicated website, CLICK...
The ISN-ANIO India Committee is happy to announce that the call for its Clinical Nephropathology Certificate Program is now open. Deadline for applications is January 15th, 2014. This program is aimed at pathologists and nephrologists seeking training in the principles and practice of nephropathology from all around the world. However, applicants from India, as well...
At the request of Zhihong Liu, President of the Chinese Society of Nephrology (CSN), I was invited to give the opening plenary lecture at the CSN, held in Fuzhou, China. I also gave a introduction about ISN, including our focus program, 0 by 25, at the start of the session. The CSN was attended by 5,500...
This summer, the Saving Young Lives project organized its first training session in Ghana, both in the centers of Accra and Kumasi. The Saving Young Lives project is a partnership between ISN, IPNA and ISPD and SKCF seeking to develop acute peritoneal dialysis program in hospital centers across Africa and South East Asia. Last year, a...
ISN’s Global Outreach Program Chair shares how he has seen the programs grow from strength to strength. William Couser has now completed 12 years on the ISN Executive Committee including 6 years as Chair of the ISN Global Outreach (GO) Programs. As he passes on his duties to ISN Past President John Feehally, it is...
ISN is partnering with ANIO (American Nephrologists of Indian Origin) and other nephrologists of the Indian diaspora to develop projects which will help to create step changes in Indian nephrology through training, education, and capacity building. Recognizing the pressing need for more expertise in renal pathology in India, the ISN-ANIO India Committee’s first project was...
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...
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 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...
Last year, the ISN joined forces with the International Society of Peritoneal Dialysis (ISPD), the International Pediatric Nephrology Association (IPNA) and Sustainable Kidney Care Foundation (SKCF) to develop a cooperative project in Africa and South East Asia. The Saving Young Lives (SYL) Project sets out to establish sustainable programs using acute Peritoneal Dialysis (PD) to...
Last year, ISN joined forces with the International Society of Peritoneal Dialysis (ISPD), the International Pediatric Nephrology Association (IPNA) and Sustainable Kidney Care Foundation (SKCF) to develop a cooperative project in Africa and South East Asia. The Saving Young Lives (SYL) project sets out to establish sustainable programs using acute Peritoneal Dialysis (PD) to treat...
ISN is happy to announce the outcome of the last call for applications for the ISN Global Outreach (GO) Fellowship Program. To get the full list of ISN Fellows who will be joining the program, CLICK HERE. Today, 26 candidates have been successfully accepted into the program and will receive ISN funding for their fellowship. For the...
The weather contrasts continue to challenge me as I decide what I need in the suitcase for the next trip. The UK Renal Association meeting on the wintry south coast of England, and then a CME in Upper Egypt, complete with two incredibly hot (for a Brit) days and a sandstorm! The UK Renal Association...
The Global Outreach team will organize a GO poster session and workshop as well as a GO regional session at the upcoming World Congress of Nephrology. The GO Poster session will take place on Saturday June 1st from 3.15pm to 5.00pm in the Hong Kong Convention Center at the back of the exhibition hall, behind the GO Gallery. GO...
There is just a couple of weeks to go before the deadline for the ISN Global Outreach (GO) Research and Prevention (R&P) Program closes. If you want to apply for this program, send in your application before April 1st, 2013. CLICK HERE for more information. The Research and Prevention Committee aims to promote research and educational programs...
Applications are now open for the ISN Global Outreach (GO) Fellowship Program. You can submit your candidacy before June 15, 2013. For more information, CLICK HERE. The ISN GO Fellowship program provides relevant and contemporary nephrological training to physicians from emerging countries, with the ultimate goal of improving the standards for fellows in their home country...
An ISN Blog Entry penned by 2011-2013 ISN President John Feehally. Another of those temperature changes which I have got used to as ISN President. It was 3C° when I left home in England and 30 degrees warmer when I arrived in Accra, Ghana for the biennial AFRAN (African Association of Nephrology) Congress, February...
