The PAINT Project aims to undertake an international mapping exercise to identify the current provision of for kidney patients. It is co-produced with a consortium of members from the Renal Arts Group* and project partners from Chong Hua Hospital in the Philippines, the Center for Arts and Health at the University of Florida,...
The Emirates Medical Association – Nephrology and Transplantation Society (EMANT) 3rd Glomerulonephritis Update Conference will take place from May 12-14, 2023, in Dubai, UAE. The former ISN Middle East Regional Board Chair, Ali Abu-Alfa, will introduce the ISN Pioneer Award ceremony and announce Mohammad Ali Ghnaimat from Jordan as the ISN 2023 Pioneer Award winner...
Listen to the podcast here. ISN Education Working Group member, Maria E. Diaz-Gonzalez de Ferris, hosts this edition of the ISN Global Kidney Care Podcast. She talks to Paul Grimm, MD at Stanford Medicine Children’s Health, about a revolutionary method in kidney care where the donor’s immune system is transplanted to the patient before surgeons implant...
Staff from PUMCH and MGH at their 2019 annual meeting The Peking Union Medical College Hospital (PUMCH), China, and the Institution Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH), USA, have graduated after a seven-year* partnership through the ISN Sister Renal Centers (SRC) Program. Before the program, the PUMCH had one part-time interventional nephrologist managing an annual volume of fewer...
Hamze Rage (left) and Pranaw Kumar Jha Dr. Hamze Rage’s first publication as first author, "Pregnancy-related AKI. A Tertiary Care Hospital Experience in Somaliland," was published earlier this year in Kidney International Reports. Dr. Pranaw Kumar Jha (India) mentored Dr. Rage (Somalia) from November 2021 to September 2022. Find out more about the ISN Mentorship Program and...
As the global burden of chronic kidney disease (CKD) rises, “Perspectives on Early Detection of CKD: The Facts, the Questions, and a Proposed Framework for 2023 and Beyond” presents timely information from ISN leaders on early CKD detection and a framework for adoption. Read the paper in Kidney International here. This paper culminates two years of work that...
In anticipation of International Nurses Day on Friday, May 12, the ISN’s Kidney Health Professionals Working Group shares an in-depth examination of the worldwide post-SARS-CoV-2 pandemic landscape for nephrology nurses. The Post-SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic Global Nephrology Nursing Workforce Paul N Bennett, Henriette Nygård, Reena George, Michele Trask, Michelle Wong, Rachael Walker, Zehra Aydin, Ana Elizabeth P...
The ISN Academy has published three recordings from the WCN’23 “Spotlight Sessions.” Access the sessions here. All the “Spotlight Sessions” will be published on the Academy over the next five weeks. These “Spotlight Sessions” addressed various topics, from global nephrology geared toward low to moderate-income countries to exploring the relationship between nephrology and primary care. They included...
Access the publication via the ISN website here. The International Association of Chinese Nephrologists (IACN) and the CUHK Carol and Richard Yu PD Research Centre have published an educational e-book for kidney patients through the Chinese University Press. The publication guides patients on living positively with chronic kidney disease, hemodialysis, peritoneal dialysis and kidney transplant.
Acute kidney injury (AKI) is a syndrome with various causes and variable outcomes. AKI is prevalent, with significant under-diagnosis/under-reporting of AKI in low income countries. AKI imposes a heavy burden of morbidity and mortality, and high costs of management. With ISN’S focus on prevention, and 0 x 25, and the 2023 World Kidney Day theme of “Kidney Health for...
The ISN warmly welcomes incoming committee and working group chairs to their new roles and looks forward to working with them. The ISN also congratulates the deputy chairs for their appointments. Advocacy Working Group Chair Valerie Luyckx Switzerland Deputy Chair Ifeoma Ulasi Nigeria Clinical Research Committee Chair Robert Walker New Zealand Deputy Chair Dorothea Nitsch UK Core Programs Committee Chair Tushar Vachharajani USA Deputy Chair Robert Walker New Zealand Dialysis Working Group Chair Irma Tchokhonelidze Georgia Deputy Chair Sourabh Sharma India Education Working Group Chair Angela...
Staff from the IGSS and WashU at one of their annual scientific meetings An ISN Sister Renal Centers (SRC) partnership between the Instituto Guatemalteco de Seguridad Social (IGSS) in Guatemala and the Washington University in St. Louis (WashU) in the USA has graduated from the SRC Program. The primary goals of the collaboration were to improve...
Members of the ELP cohorts attend a webinar to hear Dr. Slim Slama’s presentation On April 17, the ISN Emerging Leaders cohorts from 2021 and 2022 had the honor of hearing Dr. Slim Slama, Unit Head for Non-Communicable Disease (NCD) Management at the World Health Organization (WHO), present on the leadership skills required for NCD...
ELP cohort 1 and 2 members, speakers, and ELP Steering Committee members at the “Leadership Immersion Experience for ELP Cohorts” event at WCN’23 in Bangkok in April During WCN’23 in Bangkok earlier this month, ISN Emerging Leaders Program (ELP) members participated in several engaging scientific sessions and activities, including some “Spotlight” sessions led and moderated...
The in-person event, "From Neglected NCD to Priority: Accelerating Action on Kidney Disease," will take place in Geneva, Switzerland, from 9-10 a.m. CEST on May 24, 2023, to coincide with the 76th World Health Assembly. Find out more and register here. The event, organized by the ISN in partnership with Devex, will focus on: The need for...
WCN’23 Social Media Team members Basu Gopal and Rafidah Abdullah interviewed ISN President, Professor Masaomi Nangaku, at the ISN Kidney Studio at WCN’23. Watch the interview here. In the interview, Professor Nangaku says he is honored to serve the global kidney community and talks about the "huge impact" his first World Congress attendance had on him,...
The ISN is pleased to announce partnership agreements with the American Society of Onconephrology (ASON) and the American Society of Diagnostics and Interventional Nephrology (ASDIN). The collaboration with ASON will focus on raising global awareness of onconephrology and provide education and scientific knowledge in this field. The ISN and ASON will work together to produce and publish online educational materials, including podcasts, webinars, cases,...
The quiz was recently released in Thai to coincide with the World Congress of Nephrology 2023 in Bangkok, Thailand. The simple online quiz helps individuals gauge their risk of kidney disease. It takes one minute to complete and is completely anonymous. The quiz is available in 16 languages - Amharic, Arabic, Bahasa Indonesia, Bangla, Chinese, English, French, German, Hindi,...
The 43rd Annual Meeting of the Korean Society of Nephrology (KSN) will take place from April 27-30, 2023, in Seoul, Korea. The ISN and the KSN will hold a joint session, ‘Differences of Routine Clinical Practice in Nephrology Around the World, on Friday, April 28, from 8:30-10:30 a.m., moderated by ISN President Masaomi Nangaku...
Kidney International KDIGO Conference Report on Home Dialysis Controversies The Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes (KDIGO) conference, held in May 2021, sought to address the global underutilization of home dialysis therapies and identify approaches and strategies to expand their use. The conference also addressed the financial implications of home dialysis and how best to improve the...
