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This space is dedicated to the activities of ISN Leaders and Committee Members. Follow them and find out how they are supporting local medical communities in developing countries. From sharing their knowledge, providing guidance to training other nephrologists, you can find out how they are making a difference and helping advance kidney care and research worldwide.
As Chair of the ISN Young Nephrologists Committee (YNC), I’m pleased to announce that our online community has grown to over 2000 members.
Because of previous political restrictions, this was the first ISN visit to Myanmar since the late 1990s when a number of visits were made involving senior ISN leaders (including Clarkson, Dirks, Schrier, Atkins and Kerr). During the restrictions, healthcare spending was severely restricted (1.5% of GDP). There has now been significant change with the arrival of the new government. Healthcare expenditure is growing and it is expected to reach 5% of GDP in the next two to three years.
Sunday, 15 June 2014 22:00
ISN Executive Director interviewed by Headquarters Magazine
My interview with Headquarters magazine, a publication featuring large meeting organizers and associations, was recently published. It contains a lot of facts and praise about how ISN is structured and about the staff that makes our programs tick, so I thought you would be interested.
Here is the link to the magazine, the interview is on page 7.
Yesterday I was asked to consult on a young boy of 20 who has chronic kidney disease and has been on hemodialysis for a few months. Why do I tell this, you may wonder? The point is that this guy is in jail, and I went to visit him there, Regina Coeli, an old prison in Rome.
At the request of Zhihong Liu, President of the Chinese Society of Nephrology (CSN), I was invited to give the opening plenary lecture at the CSN, held in Fuzhou, China.
I also gave a introduction about ISN, including our focus program, 0 by 25, at the start of the session.
Friday, 04 October 2013 09:20
ISN Forefronts Florence – learning from each other
I had the great honor to participate, as one of the invited speakers, in the recent ISN Forefronts meeting on Stem Cells and Kidney Regeneration which was held September 1215,2013 in beautiful Florence, Italy.
This was a well-organized outstanding meeting on a timely topic: The role of stem cells and kidney regeneration. Virtually all invited speakers were carefully selected outstanding scientists from all over the world, who represented a well balanced cross-section of the field.
Tuesday, 01 October 2013 15:52
Discovering the great potential of stem cells and kidney regeneration
A remarkable ISN Forefronts Symposium entitled, Stem Cells and Kidney Regeneration, was held in Florence, Italy, from September 12 to 15, 2013. The speakers were assembled worldwide from laboratories and clinics in the forefront of research extending from very basic investigations to clinical trials.
Wednesday, 12 September 2012 15:25
GO Regional workshop in Oceania and South East Asia region
An ISN leadership team began a trip to South East Asia by conducting the first ISN GO Oceania/South East Asia (OSEA) Regional Workshop on September 11, 2012, held in conjunction with the International Society of Peritoneal Dialysis meeting in Kuala Lumpur.