As part of its vision to ensure equitable access to kidney health globally, the International Society of Nephrology (ISN) is proud to launch the Emerging Leaders Program (ELP). With the aim of building a global talent pool of future leaders, the ELP welcomes ISN members interested in shaping the direction of kidney health through professional development...
The World Congress of Nephrology in Abu Dhabi is fast-approaching. The Young Nephrologist Committee has put together an exciting program of sessions and events tailored specifically to young nephrologists and trainees: Young Nephrologists Session Saturday 28th March: 12 p.m. - 1 p.m., Capital Suite 5 Learn about the challenges and experiences of young nephrologists from around the world. Talks will...
A two-day meeting is to be held in Vancouver, Canada, from January 31 to February 1, 2020, bringing together members of ISN Research groups, patients, clinicians, clinical trialists, academics, industry, and regulators to establish momentum for international collaborative work in clinical trials and research in kidney disease across the world. The meeting will introduce current...
Below, Left to Right: 1. Mohsen Nafar (President of IrSN and Congress), 2. David Harris (Past-President of ISN), 3. Shahrzad Ossareh (Chair of Middle East Regional Board of ISN, Secretary General of IrSN), 4. Behrooz Broumand (Past President of IrSN), 5. Ghanbarali Raeisjalali (Iranian Nephrologist), 6. Mohammadali Shafiee (Iranian Nephrologist, Canada), 7. Jose Divino (Nephrologist, Brazil) The Iranian...
Every month the ISN-ACT Team lists interesting new randomized controlled trials from around the world. Highlights: Brace for it: an external support device may help fistulas to mature Getting things straight when it comes to peritoneal dialysis catheters See the latest trials here
In honor of the late influential nephrologist and former Editor of Kidney International Detlef Schlöndorff, ISN has set up the Detlef Schlöndorff Fellowship Fund to support training for one Fellow per year. The ISN congratulates Dr. Etienne Ntabanganyimana, from the Gihundwe Hospital in Rwanda, who has been selected as the first Detlef Schlöndorff Fellow by the ISN Fellowship...
Given the steadily increasing demand for interventional nephrology in low and middle-income countries, the ISN, with generous support from Cleveland Clinic, will hold a simulation training session from 8 a.m. to 12.30 p.m. on Friday, March 27, 2020, in Abu Dhabi. The course focuses on learning and practicing procedures, such as central venous catheter placement,...
Celebrate World Kidney Day (WKD) by organizing an awareness event in your community: a sports event, a concert, a roundtable talk, a flash mob, or even a street fest. If you need help organizing a World Kidney Day event, download the 2020 “events guide”. If you’ve already planned your event, please add it to the interactive...
A multidisciplinary group of researchers and clinicians met in October 2018 to identify evidence and address controversies in potassium management providing research priorities and guidance for evaluation and management of dyskalemias in the context of kidney diseases.
In the second half of 2019, ISN led two meetings in Colombia providing education on pediatric and adult kidney transplantation and patient accessibility to renal transplantation services. The ISN-Transplant Society (TTS) Sister Transplant Center (STC) pair, Boston Children´s Hospital and ISN emerging center Fundación Valle del Líli in Cali, Colombia, held a meeting on the...
To celebrate ISN’s 60th anniversary throughout 2020, Kidney International’s “Milestones in Nephrology” series launches with a review of the development in understanding of the pathophysiology of the glomerulus, highlighting several original articles published in KI: The glomerular signature in patients with hematuria (Kenneth F. Fairley and Douglas F. Birch, 1982); The permselectivity of the glomerular capillary wall (Ramsay L.S....
The 38th edition of the International Vicenza Course on Acute Kidney Injury and Continuous Renal Replacement Therapies will be held from May 26-28, 2020, in Vicenza, Italy. This scientific event will host an AKI path, a CRRT path, and a Meet the Expert path, as well as a series of lectures and panel discussions led by world...
Celebrating ISN’s 60th anniversary, this online timeline spans six decades of ISN’s remarkable history of commitment to advancing kidney health worldwide. Follow ISN’s journey starting as a small community of visionaries with little funding to a global organization dedicated to improving kidney care worldwide through granting programs, education, research, and advocacy. At the advent of its seventh decade,...
Dear colleagues, The start of the new year provides us with the opportunity to look forward to the International Society of Nephrology's ongoing work, guided by its mission of advancing kidney health worldwide and the shared values of the ISN membership. ISN’s capacity building and educational activities have helped build a critical mass of appropriately skilled...
As part of the Saving Young Lives Project* a peritoneal dialysis (PD) training workshop was held at St John’s Medical College Hospital in Bengaluru, India, from November 15-16, 2019. The workshop aimed to empower pediatricians working in the community and in hospital settings with a skill-based approach to the management of a child with acute kidney...
The Colombian Association of Nephrology and Arterial Hypertension (ASOCOLNEF) and the Paraguayan Society of Nephrology (SPN) have joined as ISN Collective Societies, further strengthening a mutual commitment to the advancement of nephrology in the Latin American region. Members of the SPN and ASOCOLNEF will enjoy the full benefits of ISN membership for a tailored fee. Collective Society status increases...
ISN is pleased to announce a new partnership with the Alder Hey Children's Hospital in Liverpool, United Kingdom, supporting one long-term Fellowship per year to train in pediatric nephrology. The collaboration seeks to contribute to the development of renal care in low and middle-income countries. To start with, candidates will need to establish a training plan with...
The celebratory activities to mark ISN’s 60th anniversary in 2020 have been launched. Throughout 2020, ISN will highlight past accomplishments, current projects, and future aspirations in its mission to advance kidney health worldwide. Some of the activities taking place in our 60th year are: a series of articles, “Milestones in Nephrology”, published in ISN journal Kidney International, highlighting 60 groundbreaking papers that...
As part of the Educational Ambassadors Program (EAP), the ISN supported Jaime Uribarri, from Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, to spend one week in May 2019 as ISN Educational Ambassador to train staff at the Hospital Nacional Guillermo Almenara in Lima, Peru. The aim of the training was to increase knowledge about the nutritional management...
The BSN has joined the ISN as an ISN Collective Society alongside a valued group of Collective Societies. Members of the BSN will enjoy the full benefits of ISN membership for a tailored fee. As a Collective Society, BSN will work with the ISN to advance kidney health worldwide. In addition, this relation will provide an...
