Newly Independent States and Russia

The Newly Independent States (NIS) and Russia region is represented by the ISN NIS and Russia Regional Board. The members of the board are the ‘eyes and the ears of ISN’ within the region and across the whole range of activities.

First NameLast NameRoleSecondary Role 
KirillKomissarovChairTransplant Community RepresentativeBelarus
NikolayBulanovDeputy ChairYoung Nephrologists CommitteeRussian Federation
LarisaPrikhodinaMemberPediatric Community RepresentativeRussia
FergusCaskeyExcom LiaisonUnited Kingdom
NoraSarishviliAffiliated Society MemberDialysis, Nephrology and Kidney Transplantation Union of Georgia Georgia
Abduzhappar
GaipovAffiliated Society MemberSociety of Nephrologists, Dialysis and Transplant Physicians of KazakhstanKazakhstan
OlimkhonSharapovAffiliated Society MemberUzbekistan Society RepUzbekistan
KonstantinVishnevskyAffiliated Society MemberRussian Dialysis Society Russian Federation
DmytroIvanovAffiliated Society MemberUkrainian Association of NephrologistsUkraine
OlgaVorobyevaMemberRussian Federation
IrmaTchokhonelidzeMemberGeorgia
AiperiAsanbek KyzyMemberKyrgyzstan
AnnaPetrovaMemberYoung Nephrologists CommitteeUkraine
KomiljonKhamzaevMemberUzbekistan
AshotSarkissianMemberArmenia
IsmoilRashidovMemberTajikistan
MeylisRejepov MemberTurkmenistan
Tarsila
EmmanuelMemberTanzania

Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan.

If you are interested in our nephrology training and education programs and would like to get involved in expanding nephrology in NIS and Russia, contact NIS and Russia Regional Board Staff Liaison Silvia Salaro (ssalaro@theisn.org)