Eight Regional Training Centers have been assigned to help build more nephrology capacity across regions. Global nephrology partnerships are getting stronger as ISN Programs are increasingly delivering nephrology training across specific regions. A growing number of renal centers in low-and-middle-income countries (LMIC), including graduated ISN Sister Centers, have built up solid capacity and expertise to...
Renal centers in Russia and Belarus are working with nephrologists in Belgium and Italy to find new ways of managing and treating young patients. Larisa Prikhodina, from the Research and Clinical Institute for Pediatrics at Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University, explains the struggles doctors face when managing patients through the country’s centralized health system....
The Charak Memorial Hospital in Nepal is building further ties with the Royal London Hospital thanks to ISN Fellow Klara Paudel. The UK team will give clinical advice and provide training to set up a peritoneal dialysis (PD) program, among many more activities. So far, joint academic work between the two centers has resulted in...
Nephrologists from the ISN Sister Renal Center partnership between the Medical Academy of Postgraduate Education in Minsk, Belarus and the Charite Clinic in Berlin, Germany brought their experience and knowledge of modern nephrology to this yearly gathering. Klemens Budde, who leads the support center, spoke about complications of renal transplantation. In the dialysis section, Torsten...
The deadline to apply for the ISN Sister Renal Centers, ISN Sister Transplant Centers and Educational Ambassadors Programs is extended to October 17, 2016. Send your application online now. ISN Programs give you access to the latest nephrology training and open doors to building long-lasting partnerships with renal centers and experts globally. Bear in mind...
The ISN Programs team is now accepting applications for the ISN Sister Renal Centers (SRC) Program. Deadline for applications is October 1, 2016. The SRC program helps improve how nephrology is practiced in low-and-middle income countries by linking renal centers or units in these regions with established centers of excellence in the developed world. Any two...
The call to apply for the ISN Sister Renal Centers (SRC) and Sister Transplant Centers (STC) programs is now open. Deadline is October 1st, 2016. During this round, you will be able to apply directly online through a dedicated webpage. Further details will be available soon. In the meantime, any questions about this session can be...
This year, the Asian Pacific Society of Nephrology (APSN) will co-fund eight ISN Sister Renal Centers (SRC) from OSEA, South Asia and North & East Asia. Following the recent call for applications, APSN will now continue co-sponsoring seven pairs and lend its support to a new partnership between the Zainoel Abidin Provincial Hospital, Banda Aceh...
The ISN Sister Center (SRC) Program has finalized the list of centers that will take part in the program following the recent call for applications. We would like to welcome them to the program and congratulate this year’s graduates. For a full list of the centers that will collaborate in 2016, CLICK HERE. This year, four...
Doctors at Moscow City Nephrology Center got a refresher course from Italian sister center on the symptoms of Acute Kidney Injury and a frontier view on some kidney diseases. Since 2009, the ISN Sister Renal Center partnership between the Mario Negri Institute for Pharmacological Research and Moscow City Nephrology Center has offered valuable training to...
An ISN-sponsored Pan-Palestine Nephrology and Kidney Transplant Conference was held in Nablus and Gaza City from October 12 to 18, 2015. The meeting was a great opportunity to exchange knowledge but also led to two kidney transplants being carried out on patients from the region. Dr. Benjamin Thomson, from Queen's University Division of Nephrology, Kingston...
ISN Belarus German Sister Renal Center partnership raises awareness about treating Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) across intensive care units (ICUs) in Minsk. This September, a multidisciplinary meeting took place in Belarus, focused on treating AKI across intensive care units. The course attracted doctors and fellows from intensive care and nephrology units in the Minsk area. After...
The ISN Programs team is now accepting applications for the ISN Sister Renal Centers (SRC) Program. Deadline for applications is October 1, 2015. The SRC program helps improve how nephrology is practiced in emerging countries by linking renal centers or units in developing countries with established centers of excellence in the developed world. Any two renal...
This June, Past ISN President Giuseppe Remuzzi lectured at the Moscow City Nephrology Center. He updated the audience on the latest understandings of thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP) and hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS) and looked at new insights into defining, treating and the pathophysiology of membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis (MPGN). “It was a unique opportunity get an expert...
The ISN Programs team has announced new deadlines to apply for the programs. The aim is to give more opportunities to everyone applying for all of five programs. Previously, there were different deadlines for each of the five programs. Now you can apply for ISN Fellowships, Educational Ambassadors visits and Clinical Research Projects before May 1st and October 1st every...
In March, an ISN Continuing Medical Education (CME) course took place Gurgaon India. It was held thanks to a valuable Sister Renal Center partnership. Following this successful two-day course, several documents will be available to provide guidance on building vascular access and transplant services in new nephrology units in India. The first day covered interactive ward...
We are pleased to announce that the Indian Society of Nephrology (INDSN) has agreed to co-sponsor a number of ISN Educational Ambassadors, ISN Fellowships and ISN Sister Renal Center Programs until 2016. The agreement was recently signed and will offer more opportunities for applicants to get involved in these global outreach programs. INDSN counts 1,200 nephrologists...
Sensitizing local communities about AKI is how two Sister Renal Centers are changing the state of care in Malawi, starting off in the southern city of Blantyre. Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) is an ongoing concern in Malawi. Many simply do not know that if identified early, it is often easily treatable with fluids and antibiotics....
ISN is happy to announce the results of the last round of applications for the ISN Sister Renal Center (SRC) Program. CLICK HERE to read the list of active pairs and trios for this year. Congratulations to the two sister pairs Egypt-SKI and Tunisia-Belgium who have graduated from the program. 24 new centers have now joined the...
Mark your calendar for the ISN Sister Renal Center Program application deadline on September 15, 2014. If you are interested in applying for this ISN Program, make sure to send your application online before this date. CLICK HERE to find out more. The Sister Renal Center (SRC) program aims to enhance cooperation between nephrology centers worldwide. Its...
