Mentorship - International Society of Nephrology

ISN Mentorship Program

The ISN Mentorship Program aims to foster expertise-sharing and expertise-building relationships in the field of nephrology. Through this program, ISN members connect with the ISN global community and build mutual learning partnerships raising understanding of the global nature of kidney health and care and the various contexts in which they occur. Mentees can work on their specific professional goals together with a mentor, while Mentors can develop their coaching and leadership skills.

HOW TO APPLY

Key Principles:

Open to all active ISN Members and Associate Members in good standing from all regions (including HIC);
Mentorship provided on areas as varied as clinical nephrology, renal pathology, research methodology, prevention, career development, and soft skills;
If you would like to focus on interventional nephrology, you are invited to check out and apply to the ISN Interventional Nephrology Scholarships instead of the Mentorship program;
Priority consideration for relationships within the same region (unless not relevant).

Online application process:

We recommend that you read the guidelines carefully. Once you are ready, ISN welcomes applications from both mentors and mentees via this online application platform.

Mentors can apply by March 1
Mentees can apply by July 1

Reviewing and matching process:

Applications are reviewed by ISN staff and the ISN Mentorship Advisory Group.
If no suitable match is readily available, the applicant will remain active in our program until the time that a match can be made with a suitable partner.

Mentor and mentee testimonials

ISN Mentors and Mentees 2024

Mentor	Country	ISN Region	Mentee	Country	ISN Region	Focus
Prof. Arpita Ray Chaudhury	India	South Asia	Dr. Peace Bagasha	Uganda	Africa	Glomerular disease
Prof. Rajendra Bhimma	South Africa	Africa	Dr. Daniel Pascal Msilanga	Tanzania	Africa	Chronic Kidney Disease
Dr. Jochen Raimann	USA	North America and the Caribbean	Dr. Digbijay Kunwar	Nepal	South Asia	Scientific writing, publication and literature review
Dr. Devika Nair	USA	North America and the Caribbean	Dr. Achit Kumar Singh	Nepal	South Asia	Scientific writing, publication and literature review
Dr. Carmen Ávila-Casado	Canada	North America and the Caribbean	Dr. Laura Gabriela Amador Reyes	Mexico	Latin America	Glomerular disease
Ms. Reena Rachel George	India	South Asia	Mr. Mbabazi Pierre Marie Theos	Rwanda	Africa	Hemodialysis
Prof. Nikolina Bašić-Jukić	Croatia	Eastern and Central Europe	Dr. Olta Dhamo	Albania	Eastern & Central Europe	Transplantation
Dr. Augusto Cesar Soares dos Santos Junior	Brazil	Latin America	Dr. Raphael Hemann Palma	Brazil	Latin America	Glomerular disease
Prof. Ningning Wang	China	North East Asia	Dr. Deepak Kumar Selvanathan	India	South Asia	Scientific writing and review/Soft skills
Dr. Nora Franceschini	USA	North America and the Caribbean	Dr. Becky Mingyao Ma	Hong Kong	North East Asia	Genetic kidney disease
Dr. Shobhana Nayak Rao	UK	Western Europe	Dr. Arshdeep Singh	Spain	Western Europe	Scientific writing, publication and literature review
Prof. Santosh Varughese	India	South Asia	Dr. Gerry George Mathew	India	South Asia	Scientific writing, publication and literature review
Dr. Nora Franceschini	USA	North America and the Caribbean	Dr. Carmen Elena Cervantes	USA	North America & the Caribbean	Quality improvement: how to develop and expand metrics within health system
Dr. Yazied Chothia	South Africa	Africa	Dr. Olalekan Ojo	Nigeria	Africa	AKI in Lassa fever
Dr. Salwa Mahmoud Elwasif	Egypt	Africa	Dr. Suwilanji Nambaya	Zambia	Africa	Scientific writing, publication and literature review
Dr. Ekamol Tantisattamo	USA	North America and the Caribbean	Dr. Richelle May Bilao Cajoles-Pagarigan	Philippines	Oceania and South East Asia	Clinical research
Dr. Brad Harris Rovin	USA	North America and the Caribbean	Dr. Angela Maria Cordoba Hurtado	Mexico	Latin America	Glomerular disease
Dr. Shobhana Nayak Rao	UK	Western Europe	Dr. Kishore Kumar	Seychelles	Africa	Clinical research
Dr. George Tharayil John	Australia	Oceania and South East Asia	Dr. Rajitha Asanga Abeysekera	Sri Lanka	South Asia	Transplantation
Dr. Arif Khwaja	UK	Western Europe	Dr. Mei Yen Chan	United Kingdom	Western Europe	Clinical research
Dr. Peter Kotanko	USA	North America and the Caribbean	Dr. Ana Catalina Alvarez Elias	USA	North America & the Caribbean	Leadership skills on building research capacities
Prof. Rukshana Shroff	UK	Western Europe	Dr. Marina Milun Peric	Serbia and Montenegro	Eastern & Central Europe	Glomerular disease
Dr. Ahad Qayyum	Pakistan	South Asia	Dr. Naeem Ullah	Pakistan	South Asia	Peritoneal dialysis
Prof. Manjusha Yadla	India	South Asia	Dr. Seemab Javaid	Pakistan	South Asia	Hemodialysis: Dialysis dose calculation, Kt/V interpretation
Dr. Ekamol Tantisattamo	USA	North America and the Caribbean	Dr. Fredy Salomon Lozano	Colombia	Latin America	Transplantation
Dr. Urmila Anandh	India	South Asia	Dr. Kajaree Giri	India	South Asia	Scientific writing, publication and literature review
Dr. María José Soler	Spain	Western Europe	Dr. Federico Yandian	Uruguay	Latin America	Genetic kidney disease
Dr. Jasmine Sethi	India	South Asia	Dr. Anagha Auradkar	India	South Asia	CRS, HRS and Fluid management in AKI
Dr. Abhijit Naik	USA	North America and the Caribbean	Dr. Anshuman Saha	India	South Asia	Basic science/ genetics
Dr. Jasmine Sethi	India	South Asia	Dr. Vincent Anthony Songheng Tang	Philippines	Oceania and South East Asia	Onconephrology
Dr. Siddiq Anwar	United Arab Emirates	The Middle East	Dr. Ahsan Tanveer	Pakistan	South Asia	Transplantation
Dr. Giovanni Strippoli	Italy	Western Europe	Dr. Samar Abdelhafeez	Egypt	Africa	Biostatistics: inverse probability analysis, G-methods, trajectory analysis
Dr. Helmut Rennke	USA	North America and the Caribbean	Dr. Jamil Sawas Abu-Amin	Spain	Western Europe	Renal Pathology
Dr. Jochen Raimann	USA	North America and the Caribbean	Dr. Martha Tufuor Kokor	Ghana	Africa	Biostatistics
Prof. Andrej Škoberne	Slovenia	Eastern and Central Europe	Dr. Victor Ekow Eduam Ekem	Ghana	Africa	Glomerular disease
Prof. Narayana Prasad	India	South Asia	Dr. Sowrabha Rajanna	India	South Asia	Scientific writing, publication and literature review
Prof. Ana Elizabeth Prado Lima Figueiredo	Brazil	Latin America	Mr. Siyanda Alex Ngema	South Africa	Africa	Quality improvement
Prof. Sanjay Kumar Agarwal	India	South Asia	Dr. Saivani Yellampalli	India	South Asia	Scientific writing, publication and literature review
Dr. Maria Eugenia Victoria Bianchi	Argentina	Latin America	Dr. Fernanda Badiani Roberto	Brazil	Latin America	Obstetric and pregnancy