In November 2015, during ASN Kidney Week, we organized our regular Affiliated Society meeting to gather all representatives so they could learn more about ISN and strengthen partnerships or create valuable training opportunities for nephrologists. Celebrating collective membership It is now over 10 years ago since the ISN Collective Membership was first launched. This type of...
ISN Members can subscribe to Seminars in Nephrology at a special rate. This publication provides scholarly review articles focusing on subjects of current importance in clinical nephrology and related fields. Each issue is devoted to a specific topic in nephrology and articles provide updates on the clinical relevance of new investigations. A 12-month online subscription...
It has now been over 10 years since the Canadian Society of Nephrology (CSN) became a collective member of the International Society of Nephrology (ISN). One of CSN’s biggest achievements was its support in organizing the ISN World Congress of Nephrology (WCN) 2011 in Vancouver, gathering over 5,000 participants from some 110 countries. CSN members...
Gina Nazareth, President of the Philippine Society of Nephrology recently met with ISN President Adeera Levin. The Philippine Society is actively working towards becoming an ISN Collective Member Society. Nazareth says: “This collaboration means a lot to middle income countries like ours. Rest assured that we are one with you in advancing equitable and ethical...
Members of the Society of Nephrology, dialysis and transplantation in Bosnia and Herzegovina organized screenings in Bosanska Posavina, as a part of the "Program Program of detection of chronic kidney diseases in high-risk population in Bosnia and Herzegovina". The project is supported by the ISN Clinical Research Program. They looked into Balkan endemic nephropathy (BEN), a...
ISN is now offering free membership to trainees. A decision set to give even more opportunities for this new generation of nephrologists to grow. ISN knows the value of the younger generations of nephrologists who are part of the Society. As of now, trainees in nephrology, aged 37 and younger, can apply online for free...
ISN is now offering FREE MEMBERSHIP to trainees. A decision set to give even more opportunities for the next generation of nephrologists to grow. ISN knows the value the younger generation of nephrologists can play in advancing kidney care for future generations. Therefore, trainees in nephrology can now apply for free ISN In-Training Membership. Since it was...
ISN leadership, through its Renal Disaster Relief Task Force, and its Acute Kidney Injury Committee, is monitoring the Ebola virus spread and is keen to provide access to reliable resources which can be helpful to its members. In this context, we thought of disseminating the excellent initiative of the American Society of Nephrology, which...
ISN is pleased to announce the ISN In-Training Membership category is now being offered for free to all new in-training members to better help engage talented young members in shaping the future of nephrology worldwide. Trainees in nephrology, aged 37 and younger, are encouraged to apply for the free ISN In-Training Membership. Members receive all...
The call is now open for the ISN-ANIO Indukaka Ipcowala Apprenticeship program. This program gives an opportunity to physicians or allied healthcare personnel to train and gain by practical experience specific skills in any field of nephrology, including but not limited to renal pathology, chronic kidney disease, transplantation, or dialysis. To find out if you are...
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...
With great regret, we announce the death of ISN member, Gary S. Hill. Read the full obituary published in the Baltimore Sun HERE. Dr. Hill pioneered a new technique for biopsies of tissue, in addition to developing a system for identifying lupus and how far the disease had progressed in a patient. Colleagues and family described...
