Regional Committees and Activities

Latin-America Committee

Details

Parent Category: ISN Information

Represented Countries:

Antigua & Barbuda, Argentina, Aruba, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, French Guiana, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Martinique, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, St. Kitts & Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname, Trinidad & Tobago, Turks & Caicos Islands, Uruguay, Venezuela, Virgin Islands.

Mission Statement

To identify areas, places and themes in need of ISN GO Program participation and help foster the development of nephrology and improve renal care in Latin America.

The following major obstacles to the advancement of nephrology in the region have been identified by the Regional Subcommittee:

• Marginalization of academic medicine leading to a lack of education.
• Lack of efficient universal health coverage programs and preventive systems.

CME Reports

The below reports on CMEs have been submitted to ISN. To view the reports please click on the links below.

 Report on CME Meeting - Paraguay - Asuncion - 24 March - 25 March 2011

 Report on CME Meeting - Mexico - Guanajuato - 25 May - 28 May 2011

 Report on CME Meeting - Colombia - Cali - 30 June - 2 July 2011

Report on CME Meeting - Bolivia - Cochabamba - 25 October - 27 October 2011

Report on CME Meeting - Mexico - Mexico City - 20 June - 22 June 2012

Report on CME Meeting - Bolivia - Santa Cruz - 29 August - 31 August 2012

Report on CME Meeting - Colombia - Cali - 11 October - 13 October 2012

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Special Fellowships

ISN offers special opportunities for young nephrologists from Latin America. Please click on these links for more information on the ISN-SLANH and ISN-ASN Fellowships.

Committee Membership:

Chair: Ricardo Correa Rotter (Mexico) This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Jorge Alfonzo Guerra (Cuba)
Ezequiel Bellorin Font (Venezuela)
Manuel Cerdas Calderon (Costa Rica)
Zulma Cruz-Trujillo (El Salvador)
Carlos Henriquez (El Salvador)
Guillermo Garcia Garcia (Mexico)
Abdias Hurtado Arestegui (Peru)
Sergio Mezzano (Chile)
William E. Mitch (USA)
Giuseppe Remuzzi (Italy)
Francisco Santa Cruz (Paraguay)
Vicente Sanchez Polo (Guatemala)
Eduardo Slatopolsky (USA)
Roberto Pecoits Filho (Brazil)