President
Thomas E. Andreoli, MD Univ. of Arkansas, Coll. Med., Dept. of Internal Medicine 4301, West Markham Slot 640, Little Rock AR 72205-7199 USA
phone: 1 501 686 5930
Past President
Kiyoshi Kurokawa, MD Tokai Univ. School of Medicine, Bohseidai, Isehara-shi Kanagawa 259-11 JAPAN
phone: 463 93-1121
President Elect
Robert Atkins, MD Monash Medical Center, 246 Clayton Road Clayton Victoria 3168 AUSTRALIA
phone: 61 3 9550 3518
Vice-President
Jan J. Weening, MD Academic Medical Center, Dept. of Pathology M2-251 Meibergdreef 9 1105 AZ Amsterdam THE NETHERLANDS
phone: 31 20 566 4939
Editor KI
Saulo Klahr, MD Washington University School of Medicine at Barnes-Jewish Hospital, Suite 4300 216 South Kingshighway Boulevard St. Louis, MO 63110-1092 USA
phone: 314 454 7107
Treasurer
William E. Mitch, MD Emory University, Renal Division WMB Room 338 1639 Pierce Dr. Atlanta GA 30322 USA
phone: 1 404 727 8526
Secretary-General
Rashad Barsoum MD Cairo Kidney Center 3 Hussein El-Memar Street Antikhana PO Box 91 Bab El-Louk Cairo 11513 Egypt
phone: 20 2 579 0267
Other Contacts
Directors, Forefront Conferences
Heini Murer, MD Institute of Physiology University of Zurich-Irchel Winterthurerstrasse 190 8057 Zurich SWITZERLAND Tel: 41 1 635 5030
Robert J Alpern, MD UT Southwestern Medical Center 5323 Harry Hines Blvd Room H5 102 Dallas TX 75235-8856 USA Tel: 1 214 648 2754
English Language Assistance
John H Stewart, MD Renal Medicine Westmead Hospital Westmead, NSW 2145 AUSTRALIA
Scientific Commission Chairs
Commission on Acute Renal Failure
Norbert Lameire, MD Renal Division University Hospital De Pintelaan 185 B-9000 Gent Belgium phone: 33 9 240 4526
Commission on the History of Nephrology
Leon G Fine, MD Chairman University College Hospital Department of Medicine 2nd Floor, Rayne Institute 5 University Street London WC1E 6JQ United Kingdom Tel: 44 171 209 6187
Commission on Global Advancement of Nephrology
Barry M. Brenner, MD Brigham and Womens Hospital Renal Div., Thorn 628 75 Francis Street Boston MA 02115 USA phone: 1 617 732 5850
John H. Dirks, MD Prof. of Medicine and Health Administration University of Toronto 585 University Ave BW8-671 Toronto, ON, M5G 2C4 CANADA phone: 1 416 946 3288
Informatics Commission
Kim Solez, MD Dept. of laboratory Medicine and Pathology Faculty of Medicine 5B4 02 WC Mackenzie Health Sciences Center University of Alberta Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2R7 Canada phone: 1 403 492 2252
Clinical Trials Commission
Shaul Massry, MD University of Southern California School of Medicine Chief, Division of Nephrology 2025 Zonal Avenue Los Angeles CA 90033 USA phone: 1 213 226 7337
Dick de Zeeuw, MD Academic Hospital Groningen Clinical Pharmacology A. Deusinglaan 1 9713 AV Groningen the Netherlands phone: 31 (50) 363 2838