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.
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;
- 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 | Country | ISN Region | Mentee | Country | ISN Region | Focus |
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Dr. Sourabh Sharma | India | South Asia | Dr. Adeyemo Abiodun | Nigeria | Africa | Glomerular disease: Interpretation of urine microscopy slides |
Dr. Priya Pais | India | South Asia | Dr. Swathi Kiran Shiri | India | South Asia | Scientific writing, publication and literature review |
Prof. Magdi Yaqoob | UK | Western Europe | Dr. Rajeevalochana Parthasarathy | India | South Asia | Transplantation |
Dr. Claudio Mascheroni | Argentina | Latin America | Dr. Clementina Elizabeth Calderón García | Mexico | Latin America | Scientific writing, publication and literature review |
Dr. Arif Khwaja | UK | Western Europe | Dr. Varun Kumar Bandi | India | South Asia | Transplantation |
Prof. Ana Elizabeth Prado Lima Figueiredo | Brazil | Latin America | Mr. Jean Claude Shyaka | Rwanda | Africa | Hemodialysis |
Dr. Siddiq Anwar | United Arab Emirates | The Middle East | Dr. Hassina Chinele Mohammed | Trinidad and Tobago | North America & the Caribbean | Transplantation |
Prof. Dwarakanathan Ranganathan | Australia | OSEA | Dr. Mamus Mia Oputteh | Nigeria | Africa | Glomerular disease |
Dr. Saeed Ahmed | UK | Western Europe | Dr. Miroslav Tisljar | Ireland/Croatia | Eastern & Central Europe | Glomerular disease |
Dr. Karthik Tennakore | Canada | North America and the Caribbean | Dr. Mythri Shankar | India | South Asia | Clinical research |
Prof. Amr Mohamed | USA | North America and the Caribbean | Dr. Ahmed Ghareeb Menshawy Ahmed Hegab | Egypt | Africa | Clinical research |
Dr. Prakash Gudsoorkar | USA | North America and the Caribbean | Dr. Aarthi Muthukumaran | India | South Asia | Onconephrology |
Dr. Hemant Mehta | India | South Asia | Dr. Krishna Kumar Agrawaal | Nepal | South Asia | Hemodialysis |
Dr. Urmila Anandh | India | South Asia | Dr. Akshay Rajiv Kulkarni | India | South Asia | Glomerular disease |
Dr. Vinant Bhargava | India | South Asia | Dr. K J Priyadarshini John | India | South Asia | Glomerular disease |
Prof. Sanjay Kumar Agarwal | India | South Asia | Dr. Kajaree Giri | India | South Asia | Glomerular disease |
Dr. Arif Khwaja | UK | Western Europe | Dr. Adedamola Soyibo | Jamaica | North America & the Caribbean | Transplantation |
Prof. Narayan Prasad | India | South Asia | Dr. Sourabh Gupta | India | South Asia | Quality improvement |
Dr. Helmut Rennke | USA | North America and the Caribbean | Dr. Ireen Razini Ab. Rahman | Malaysia | OSEA | Renal Pathology |
Prof. Rajendra Bhimma | South Africa | Africa | Dr. Manoj Anant Dhanorkar | India | South Asia | Genetic kidney disease |
Ms. Paula B. Hann | Canada | North America and the Caribbean | Ms. Dorcas Waithira Maina | Kenya | Africa | Critical care nephrology |
Dr. Helmut Rennke | USA | North America and the Caribbean | Dr. Hugo Chávez | Mexico | Latin America | Chronic Kidney Disease |
Prof. Rumeyza Kazancioglu | Turkey | Eastern and Central Europe | Dr. Hamelmal Gebeyehu Hailegiorgis | Ethiopia | Africa | Glomerular disease |
Dr. Yazied Chothia | South Africa | Africa | Dr. Fatma Abdelrahman Ahmed | Egypt | Africa | Scientific writing, publication and literature review |
Prof. Ahmed Akl | Egypt | Africa | Dr. Devamalar Simatherai | Malaysia | OSEA | Transplantation |
Dr. Rahul Chanchlani | Canada | North America and the Caribbean | Dr. Swarnim Swarnim | India | South Asia | Hemodialysis |
Dr. Ekamol Tantisattamo | USA | North America and the Caribbean | Dr. Alexia Carolina Romero Munoz | Mexico | Latin America | Transplantation |
Dr. Peace Dorothy Imani | USA | North America and the Caribbean | Dr. Judith Caroline Aujo | Uganda | Africa | Clinical research |
Dr. Marlies Ostermann | UK | Western Europe | Dr. Sergio Vazquez Olvera | Mexico | Latin America | Critical care nephrology |
Dr. Nora Franceschini | USA | North America and the Caribbean | Dr. Valeria Yahoska Sevilla Rubí | Nicaragua | Latin America | Research methodologies |
Dr. Munib Syed | Pakistan | South Asia | Dr. Siti Hafizah Mohammad Ismail | Malaysia | OSEA | Transplantation |
Dr. Pranaw Kumar Jha | India | South Asia | Dr. Premila Peraba | Malaysia | OSEA | Transplantation |
Dr. Xiangling Wang | USA | North America and the Caribbean | Dr. Zibya Barday | South Africa | Africa | Transplantation and Glomerulonephritis |
Dr. Peter Kotanko | USA | North America and the Caribbean | Dr. Dalia Elrashid Yousif | UK | Western Europe | Clinical research |
Mentor | City | Country | Mentee | City | Country | Focus |
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Prof. Sanjay Kumar Agarwal | New Delhi | India | Dr. Tolossa Wubshet | Addis Ababa | Ethiopia | Hemodialysis |
Prof. Ahmed Akl | Mansoura | Egypt | Dr. Oluseyi Ademola Adejumo | Ondo | Nigeria | Transplantation |
Prof. Ahmed Akl | Mansoura | Egypt | Dr. Ben Lomatayo | Nairobi | Kenya | Clinical Research |
Dr. Melvin Bonilla-Félix | San Juan | Puerto Rico | Dr. Abdullah Al Mamun | Dhaka | Bangladesh | Scientific writing, publication and literature review |
Dr. Melvin Bonilla-Félix | San Juan | Puerto Rico | Dr. Nelson Zamora Rodriguez | Tarija | Bolivia | Interpersonal skills, negotiation, scientific writing |
Dr. Yazied Chothia | Cape Town | South Africa | Dr. Noreen Nanyunja | Kampala | Uganda | Scientific writing, publication and literature review |
Dr. David Clark | Halifax | Canada | and Dr. Min Aung Hein | Yangon | Myanmar | Interventional nephrology |
Prof. Agnes Fogo | Nashville | USA | Dr. Emmy Bell | Birmingham | USA | Translation of evidence knowledge into clinical practice |
Dr. Nora Franceschini | Chapel Hill | USA | Dr. Wesley van Hougenhouck-Tulleken | Pretoria | South Africa | Grant Proposal |
Dr. Prakash Gudsoorkar | Cincinnati | USA | Dr. Jerrie Mae Quintos | Baguio City | Philippines | Digital skills and use of social media to strengthen preventive nephrology |
Dr. Pranaw Kumar Jha | Gurugram | India | Dr. Rage Hamze | Hargeisa | Somalia | Hemodialysis |
Dr. Arif Khwaja | Sheffield | UK | Dr. Ndubuisi Nwanonenyi | Cardiff | UK | Diabetes and the kidney: Early detection of diabetic kidney disease |
Dr. Peter Kotanko | New York | USA | Dr. Rasha Hussein | Khartoum | Sudan | Clinical Research |
Dr. Vincent Lee | Sydney | Australia | Dr. Anh Nguyen | Ho Chi Minh | Vietnam | Acute Kidney Injury |
Prof. Hans-Peter Marti | Bergen | Norway | Dr. Zayeed Ahsan | Dhaka | Bangladesh | Transplantation |
Dr. Lily Mushahar | Seremban | Malaysia | Dr. Thanh Van Nguyen | Ho Chi Minh | Vietnam | Chronic Kidney Disease: Revise Nephrology |
Dr. Shobhana Nayak Rao | London | Canada | Dr. Lázaro Cobiellas Carballo | Holguín | Cuba | Chronic Kidney Disease: Early diagnosis and progression |
Dr. Shobhana Nayak Rao | London | Canada | Dr. Tahmina Jesmin | Dhaka | Bangladesh | Clinical Research |
Dr. Marlies Ostermann | London | UK | Dr. Geethanjali Ganesan | Chennai | India | Transplantation |
Dr. Stefano Picca | Rome | Italy | Dr. Sukanya Govindan | Chennai | India | Clinical Research |
Dr. Helmut Rennke | Boston | USA | Dr. Abiodun Adeyemo | Ilorin | Nigeria | Interpretation of nephropathology slides |
Dr. Angus Ritchie | Sydney | Australia | Dr. Yogeshni Chandra | Lautoka | Fiji | Clinical Research |
Dr. Francisco Santa-Cruz | Asunción | Paraguay | Dr. Giovanna Arrocha | La Paz | Bolivia | Critical care nephrology |
Dr. Francisco Santa-Cruz | Asunción | Paraguay | Dr. Rene Santos Neto | Curitiba | Brazil | Teaching and education |
Dr. Sourabh Sharma | Delhi | India | Dr. Tomiwa Sotubo | Lagos | Nigeria | Scientific writing, publication and literature review |
Dr. Rajiv Sinha | Kolkata | India | Dr. Ruben Galeas | San Pedro Sula | Honduras | Biostatistics |
Dr. Surjit Tarafdar | Sydney | Australia | Dr. Sadiq Abdul Baqi | Muscat | Oman | Glomerular disease: including SLE/LN |
Prof. Santosh Varughese | Vellore | India | Dr. Dilushi Wijayaratne | Colombo | Sri Lanka | Peritoneal dialysis |
Prof. Robert Walker | Dunedin | New Zealand | Dr. Henry Wu | Preston | UK | Palliative care (geriatric nephrology) |
Prof. Manjusha Yadla | Hyderabad | India | Mr. Didace Ndahayo | Kigali | Rwanda | Interventional nephrology |

For all inquiries on the ISN Mentorship Program, please contact the Mentorship Program coordinator at mentorship@theisn.org
The Mentorship Program is supported by the ISN Mentorship Advisory Group.
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