ISN is seeking applications from ISN members to take on a volunteer position as Deputy Chair of the ISN Continuing Medical Education (CME) Program. The CME Program (led by a CME Committee chaired by Fredric Finkelstein, USA) has a major role within the ISN Global Education portfolio. The CME Program directs and supports the planning...
ISN iNET-CKD (International Network of Chronic Kidney Disease cohort studies) and ISN-ACT (Advancing Clinical Trials) are both currently seeking more members to join their causes. Interested in helping out? Register online. ISN iNET-CKD The ISN iNET-CKD (International Network of Chronic Kidney Disease cohort studies) is building an international network of existing, independently-funded chronic kidney disease (CKD)...
ISN regularly endorses a number of meetings of high scientific and educational quality that are beneficial to the renal and related scientific communities. Here is a list of the latest ISN Continuing Medical Education (CME) courses and endorsed meetings taking place in February. CME courses and endorsed meetings Wednesday February 1 – Friday February 3, 2017 in...
Renal centers in Russia and Belarus are working with nephrologists in Belgium and Italy to find new ways of managing and treating young patients. Larisa Prikhodina, from the Research and Clinical Institute for Pediatrics at Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University, explains the struggles doctors face when managing patients through the country’s centralized health system....
Dr. Pradeep Shenoy, from the K.S. Hedge Medical Academy in Mangalore, is seeking support to gather crucial data to demonstrate how much heavy metals contribute to the progression of chronic kidney disease in India. Donate to World Kidney Fund and you can help raise the money for this project, CLICK HERE.
The Charak Memorial Hospital in Nepal is building further ties with the Royal London Hospital thanks to ISN Fellow Klara Paudel. The UK team will give clinical advice and provide training to set up a peritoneal dialysis (PD) program, among many more activities. So far, joint academic work between the two centers has resulted in...
The World Kidney Fund (WKF), ISN’s direct online fundraising platform, was set up in November 2014. It is now relaunching to focus on collecting more donations for specific ISN Programs. The level and quality of nephrology training varies from country to country, especially in low-to-middle income regions. This affects the kind of treatment patients receive...
The Division of Nephrology, University of British Columbia (UBC) is pleased to offer a position in the Advanced Training in Nephrology Clinical Fellowship Program. This Fellowship is a post-certification program and is open to those who have completed at least two years of nephrology in an accredited training program. A certificate from UBC Division of...
Nephrologists from the ISN Sister Renal Center partnership between the Medical Academy of Postgraduate Education in Minsk, Belarus and the Charite Clinic in Berlin, Germany brought their experience and knowledge of modern nephrology to this yearly gathering. Klemens Budde, who leads the support center, spoke about complications of renal transplantation. In the dialysis section, Torsten...
The city of Sarajevo was the location for a recent ISN Continuing Medical Education (CME) course, updating local nephrologists on the latest in nephrology care. It was also a chance for participants to take part in the ISN Regional Workshop and discover more about ISN Program activities in Eastern and Central Europe. Prof. Fred Finkelstein...
The deadline to apply for the ISN Sister Renal Centers, ISN Sister Transplant Centers and Educational Ambassadors Programs is extended to October 17, 2016. Send your application online now. ISN Programs give you access to the latest nephrology training and open doors to building long-lasting partnerships with renal centers and experts globally. Bear in mind...
Travels grants worth 1000 USD are available for the 3rd International Renal Pathology Conference, a joint meeting of the Renal Pathology Society and Indian Society of Renal and Transplantation Pathology with support from the ISN. The course will be held in New Delhi, India, from February 10 to 12, 2017. The deadline to apply...
The ISN Fellowship Program Committee is pleased to announce the results of the latest round of applications for the 2016 Fellowship Program aimed at physicians from low-and-middle income countries wishing to pursue their nephrology training. ISN Fellows receive hands-on training in advanced host institutions, allowing them to acquire state-of-the-art knowledge in basic and clinical nephrology,...
A distinguished panel of international speakers took part in the latest edition of the Budapest Nephrology School - an ISN endorsed meeting organized by the Hungarian Society of Nephrology. This year’s course provided updates in nephrology, hypertension, dialysis, nephropathology and transplantation. Laszlo Rosivall comments: “We devoted a whole day to discussing what is most important in...
The ISN Programs team is now accepting applications for the ISN Sister Renal Centers (SRC) Program. Deadline for applications is October 1, 2016. The SRC program helps improve how nephrology is practiced in low-and-middle income countries by linking renal centers or units in these regions with established centers of excellence in the developed world. Any two...
On September 17, 2016, the ISN Eastern and Central Europe Regional Workshop will take place in Sarajevo as part of an ISN Continuing Medical Educational course organized with the Society of Nephrology, Dialysis and Kidney Transplantation in Bosnia and Herzegovina. This session will cover the latest on ISN Program activities in Eastern and Central Europe. It is...
In collaboration with the Indian Society of Nephrology, the ISN-ANIO India Committee is calling for clinical research project applications from young nephrologists (both junior faculty and physicians in specialist training) working in India. The projects should be focused on chronic kidney disease (CKD). In this year’s application round, the committee welcomes proposals for clinical research...
The call to apply for the ISN Sister Renal Centers (SRC) and Sister Transplant Centers (STC) programs is now open. Deadline is October 1st, 2016. During this round, you will be able to apply directly online through a dedicated webpage. Further details will be available soon. In the meantime, any questions about this session can be...
Following the ISN Educational Ambassadors recent call for applications, the ISN Programs team is happy to announce that 18 applications were approved. For the first time, applications were submitted from Israel, Fiji, Zimbabwe and Niger. Many thanks to the Asia Pacific Society of Nephrology (APSN) and the India Society of Nephrology (IndSN) for their generous contribution...
The ISN Clinical Research Program Committee is pleased to announce the results of the second round of applications for the 2016 Clinical Research Program. These grants help implement research projects to detect and manage non-communicable chronic diseases such as chronic kidney disease (CKD), hypertension, diabetes and cardiovascular disease in low-to-middle income countries, involving local nephrologists,...
