We meet recently-elected ISN President Giuseppe Remuzzi as he settles into his new role and runs through his objectives for the next two years. Bringing the South closer “A new gap in capacity has emerged between scientifically proficient developing countries and scientifically lagging developing countries. ISN needs to promote actions to increase the number of post-graduate...
The ISN Global Outreach (GO) Educational Ambassadors Program now counts 123 “ambassadors” who willingly share their expertise with medical communities across the developing world. María Elvira Martínez from Colombia recently traveled half way around the globe to teach clinical nephrology to doctors and nurses in India. In many countries dialysis is simply unaffordable, so María...
During my recent trip to China, I had the opportunity to visit the Renal Division of the Peking University First Hospital, in Beijing which is headed by Prof. Haiyan Wang. I was particularly impressed by their peritoneal dialysis program. Dr. Jie Dong kindly walked me through the facilities. They have enrolled 400 patients deriving from...
The latest edition of ISN News has now been published and will have landed in your mailbox if you are a member of ISN. CLICK HERE to read further. This edition introduces new ISN President Giuseppe Remuzzi, and takes a look back at some of the main highlights of WCN 2013. You can also catch up on...
ISN is happy to announce the outcome of the last call session 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, 23 candidates have been successfully accepted into the program and will receive ISN funding for their fellowship. There were...
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...
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.
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...
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...
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 Fellowships have earned the reputation of giving young nephrologists the tools to kick-start their career. They have given them the chance to learn and...
