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Supercharge Your Medical Profession: Earn CME Credits Through the ISN Academy! 

Stay up to date, grow professionally and connect with peers through CME-accredited content at the ISN Academy. Introduction to Qualitative Health Research Expert Series: Ethical Aspects of Kidney Care for Women   CKDu Network i3C - Kidney Biopsy Course Kidney Stone Course  Hybrid Fellowship Course: General Nephrology  Hybrid Fellowship Course: Dialysis Hybrid Fellowship Course: Transplantation  POCUS Curriculum  Find out more about...

September 18, 2023Education, NewsRead more...

Helping Improve Kidney Disease Diagnosis Around the World: The ISN Supports Renal Pathologists From Eleven Different Countries to Attend Key Renal Pathology Events

Onsite delegates at the 5th International Renal Pathology Conference in Zagreb, Croatia, as photographed by online participant Meilania Saraswati The ISN supported 13 ISN members (nephrologists and pathologists) to attend significant renal pathology events this year, both onsite and online. Five recipients (from Colombia, Congo, Turkey, Pakistan and Guatemala) received online registration to the WCN'23 "Renal...

June 19, 2023Grants, NewsRead more...

Find the FISN 2022 Awardees on the ISN Website. Applications Re-open For This Prestigious Designation Later in the Year

Last year, the ISN launched the Fellow of the International Society of Nephrology (FISN) status for ISN members who have demonstrated outstanding professional accomplishments in research, service, teaching, or through their other contributions to the nephrology specialty. See the FISN 2022 awardees. Find out more about applying for FISN status here.

May 22, 2023Membership, NewsRead more...

“Rich Interactions and Abundant Learning” – Find Out How a Kidney Care Center in Guatemala Has Grown Through the ISN SRC Program

Staff from the IGSS and WashU at one of their annual scientific meetings An ISN Sister Renal Centers (SRC) partnership between the Instituto Guatemalteco de Seguridad Social (IGSS) in Guatemala and the Washington University in St. Louis (WashU) in the USA has graduated from the SRC Program. The primary goals of the collaboration were to improve...

April 25, 2023Grants, News, Sister Renal CentersRead more...

First Kidney Biopsies in Holguin, Cuba: One Way ISN Interventional Nephrology Training Has Helped Improve Local Kidney Care

From left to right: Lázaro Cobiellas, Bernardo Moguel, Rafael Montepio and Mariza Colque Lázaro Cobiellas (Cuba), Mariza Colque (Bolivia), and Rafael Montepio (Philippines) are all recent graduates of the ISN Interventional Nephrology (IN) Scholarship Advanced Course. These doctors spent three months at Instituto Nacional de Cardiología Ignacio Chávez in Mexico, a recognized ISN Interventional Nephrology Training...

April 4, 2023Grants, Interventional Nephrology Scholarships, News, Regional ActivitiesRead more...

Kidney Care Center in Georgia Ranked Number One in the Country Since Graduating From the ISN Sister Centers Program: Find Out More about the Winner of the 2023 Schrier Award

Staff from the nephrology departments at Tbilisi State Medical University and Ghent University Hospital at one of the training programs organized as part of their ISN Sister Renal Centers Partnership The Schrier Award recognizes outstanding achievements from recently graduated ISN Sister Renal (SRC) and ISN-TTS Sister Transplant Centers (STC pairs. Please join us in congratulating the...

March 20, 2023Grants, News, Regional Activities, Sister Renal Centers, Sister Transplant CentersRead more...

Help Increase Kidney Care Capacity in Your Region: Apply by June 1 for an Interventional Nephrology Scholarship

The ISN is currently inviting applications for ISN Interventional Nephrology Scholarships. The deadline to apply is June 1, 2023. Start your application here. These short courses offer training in interventional nephrology procedures to ISN members from low- and middle-income countries. Successful applicants will train in CVC placement, PD catheter insertion, kidney biopsy, and endovascular procedures at ISN...

March 20, 2023Grants, Interventional Nephrology Scholarships, NewsRead more...

Catch Up Now! Recording of the ISN Webinar on the “Value of Kidney Biopsies in Tubulointerstitial Kidney Disease: Implications for CKDu” Now Available

Almost 300 people joined ISN i3C (CKDu) Network members* and ISN Renal Pathology Working Group representative, Carmen Avila-Casado, to learn more about the dilemma facing clinicians working in chronic kidney disease of unknown etiology (CKDu) endemic areas: whether or not they should undertake a kidney biopsy in a person with suspected CKDu. Did you miss...

February 20, 2023Education, News, ResearchRead more...

Renal Pathologist ISN Members – Apply for a Bursary by February 28 to Attend Key Renal Pathology Events in 2023

The ISN invites renal pathologists from lower, lower-middle- and upper-middle-income countries to receive bursaries to attend significant renal pathology events this year. Bursaries are available for onsite and online attendance. Apply here by February 28, 2023. ISN bursaries are available to attend: The European Renal Pathology Course, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, June 6-9, 2023. This includes a two-week sabbatical...

February 6, 2023Grants, Membership, NewsRead more...

ISN Educational Ambassador’s Fourth Visit to Mongolian Hospital  Strengthens Kidney Care Team and Raises Awareness of Kidney Diseases

Dr. Mohamed Atta appears on national television in Mongolia during his recent visit to the country as ISN Educational Ambassador The ISN recently supported Dr. Mohamed G. Atta, Professor of Medicine at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in Baltimore, USA, to spend ten days presenting lectures and hands-on training in the State Second Central...

November 2, 2022Educational Ambassador, Grants, NewsRead more...