Sister Renal Centers (SRC) - International Society of Nephrology

ISN Sister Renal Centers (SRC)

The program fosters partnerships between less-developed renal centers (Emerging Centers) with experienced ones (Supporting Centers). It comprises three levels of support providing the framework and funding to foster up to six years of collaboration if adequate progress is made. Please note that the program is open to all active ISN full members. The Emerging Centers should come from Low-Income Countries (LICs), Lower-Middle-Income Countries (LMICs) and Upper-Middle-Income Countries (UMICs) according to the World Bank classification.

The long-term goal is for the emerging center to become self-sufficient and able to provide better treatment and outcomes for patients with kidney diseases in their care.

After six years of improvement on the program, graduated centers are encouraged to support a third center within their region and therefore sustain the impact of their training and help other centers to develop.

Active ISN Sister Renal Centers Partnerships

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Pairing Name	2025	Region	Co-sponsor	Emerging Center (EC)	EC Liaison	Supporting Center (SC)	SC Liaison	Mentoring Center (MC)	MC Liaison
Graduation
SRC Myanmar - Myanmar - Singapore1	G	OSEA	APSN	Mandalay Children's Hospital	Dr. Kyaw Thu Ya Dr. Yiyi Khin	Yangon Children's Hospital Renal Unit	Dr. Cho Cho San	National Kidney Foundation-National University Hospital Children's Kidney Centre	Prof. Yap Hui Kim
SRC Armenia-Switzerland	G	NIS & Russia		Arabkir Joint Medical Center	Prof. Ashot Sarkissian	Inselspital Bern	Prof. Bruno Vogt
SRC India-Canada3	G	South Asia		All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Bhopal	Dr. Girish Chandra Bhatt	Montreal Children's Hospital, McGill University Health Center	Dr. Martin Bitzan; Dr. Paul Goodyer
SRC India-USA7	G	South Asia		Sree Avittom Thirunal (SAT) Hospital, Govt. Medical College Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala	Dr. Susan Uthup	Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnatti, Ohio	Dr. Prasad Devarajan
SRC Philippines - Singapore1	G	OSEA	APSN	National Kidney and Transplant Institute	Dr Marichel Pile-Coronel; Dr. Glenda Eleanor Pinga-Pamugas	Tan Tock Seng Hospital	Dr. Yeo See Cheng
SRC Sri Lanka-UK	G	South Asia		Lady Ridgeway Hospital for Children	Dr. Randula Ranawaka	Birmingham Children's Hospital	Dr. Mordi Muorah
Pending Graduation
SRC Nigeria-India	Pending G	Africa		University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital	Dr. Ifeoma Ulasi; Dr. Ugochi Onu	The George Institute for Global Health	Dr. Vivekanand Jha
Upgrade to Level A
SRC Albania-Germany	A	Eastern and Central Europe		UHC Mother Tereza	Dr. Alma Idrizi	University Hospital Wuerzburg	Dr. Christoph Wanner
SRC Argentina-Argentina	A	Latin America		Hospital Marcial Vicente Quiroga	Dr. Pablo Martin Jimenez	Sanatorio Allende	Dr. Marcelo Orias
SRC Uzbekistan-Russia-Finland	A	NIS & Russia		Tashkent Pediatric Medical Institute, Republican Scientific Practical Medical Center of Pediatrics	Dr. Komiljon Khamzaev	National Medical Scientific Center for Children’s Health	Dr. Alexey Tsygin	Helsinki University Children's Hospital	Dr. Timo Jahnukainen
SRC DR Congo-Belgium	A	Africa		University Hospital of Kinshasa	Dr. Pepe Ekulu Mfutu	University Hospitals Leuven & Catholic University Leuven	Prof. Detlef Böckenhauer
Current Year 2 at Level A
SRC Egypt-USA10	A	Africa		Mansoura Nephrology and Dialysis Unit, Mansoura University Hospital	Dr. Alaa Abd El-Aziz Sabry; Dr. Mohamed Abdalbary	University of Kentucky	Prof. Amr El-Husseini Mohamed
SRC Indonesia-Australia13	A	OSEA	ANZSN	Indonesian Society of Nephrology, Semarang Branch, Central Java Chapter	Dr. Dwi-Lestari Partiningrum	Austin Hospital, Melbourne	Dr. Peter Mount
SRC Philippines-Australia14	A	OSEA	ANZSN	Renal Clinical Care Services Inc.	Dr. Ramon Jose Suarez	Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital	Dr. Doris Chan
SRC Nigeria-USA3	A	Africa		University of Port Harcourt Teaching Hospital	Prof. Felicia Eke; Prof. Ifeoma Anochie	Children's Hospital at Montefiore	Prof. Frederick Kaskel
Upgrade to Level B
SRC Mauritius-UK	B	Africa		Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam Hospital	Dr. Davy Ip Min Wan	Birmingham Heartlands Hospital	Dr. Jyoti Baharani
SRC Rwanda-Canada	B	Africa		University of Rwanda	Dr. Gloria Shumbusho	University of British Columbia	Dr. Marla McKnight
SRC Tanzania-USA	B	Africa		Muhimbili National Hospital	Dr. Francis Furia	Baylor College of Medicine, Texas Children's Hospital	Dr. Peace Imani
SRC Rwanda-United Arab Emirates	B	Africa		King Faisal Hospital Rwanda	Dr. Gilbert Rugamba	Al Jalila Children's Specialty Hospital	Dr. Martin Bitzan
SRC Indonesia-Malaysia2	B	OSEA	APSN	Sardjito General Hospital	Dr. Metalia Puspitasari	Kuala Lumpur Hospital	Dr. Sunita Bavanandan
SRC Romania-USA	B	Eastern and Central Europe		M.S. Curie Pediatric Clinical Emergency Hospital	Dr. Andrei Capitanescu	Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell, New York	Dr. Laura Castellanos Reyes
Current Year 2 at Level B
SRC Sri Lanka-UK4	B	South Asia		University of Colombo, National Hospital of Sri Lanka	Dr. Eranga Wijewickrama	Royal Free Hospital, Hampstead, London	Dr. Alan Salama
SRC Mongolia-China	B	North and East Asia		First Central Hospital of Mongolia	Dr. Mandkhai Nergui	Institute of Nephrology, Peking University First Hospital	Dr. Yuqing Chen
SRC Argentina-Argentina2	B	Latin America		Renálida S.R.L	Dr. Paula Andrea Marioli	Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires	Dr. Guillermo Javier Rosa Diez
SRC India-UK6	B	South Asia		Institute of Child Health, Kolkata	Dr. Rajiv Sinha	Birmingham Children's Hospital	Dr. Mordi Muorah
SRC India-India1	B	South Asia		Christian Institute Of Health Sciences & Research	Dr. Nokchur Imchen	Christian Medical College Vellore	Dr. Suceena Alexander
SRC Indonesia-Malaysia	B	OSEA	APSN	Hospital Dr Mohammad Hoesin, Palembang	Dr. Novadian Suhaimi	Hospital Tuanku Ja’afar Seremban	Dr. Lily Mushahar
SRC Nigeria-Nigeria-USA4	HB	Africa		Federal Medical Center	Dr. Olalekan Ojo	Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospital Complex	Prof. Fatiu Arogundade	University of Virginia School of Medicine	Prof. Rasheed Balogun
SRC Samoa-New Zealand	HB	OSEA	ANZSN	National Kidney Foundation of Samoa	Dr. Ben Matalavea	Middlemore Hospital	Dr. David Voss
SRC Uganda-USA	HB	Africa		Paediatrics Renal Unit, Mulago National Referral Hospital, Makerere University	Dr. Anthony Batte; Dr. Aujo Judith Caroline	Baylor College of Medicine, Texas Children's Hospital	Dr. Peace Imani
SRC Dominican Republic - Mexico	HB	Latin America		Centros de diagnóstico y Medicina avanzada y deconferencias médicas y Telemedicina (CEDIMAT)	Dr. Guillermo Alvarez Estevez	Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Medicas y Nutricion, Dr. Salvador Zubiran	Dr. Ricardo Correa Rotter
Current Year 2 at Level C
SRC Ethiopia-Ethiopia-Kenya	C	Africa		Ayder Hospital	Dr. Hailemariam Gebrearegay	Tikur Anbessa Specialized Hospital	Dr. Bezaye Abebe Bekele	East African Kidney Institute, University of Nairobi	Dr. Bashir Admani
SRC Papua New Guinea-Fiji-Australia	C	OSEA	ANZSN	Port Moresby General Hospital	Dr. Steven Bogosia	Colonial War Memorial Hospital	Dr. Anis Ta'eed	Concord Repatriation General Hospital	Dr. Angus Ritchie
SRC Kenya-UK1	C	Africa		Tenwek Hospital	Dr. Helen Sims-Williams	Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust	Dr. Laura Gillis
SRC Indonesia-Malaysia3	C	OSEA	APSN	Dr. M Djamil General Hospital Padang-West Sumatra	Dr. Drajad Priyono	Tuanku Jafa'ar Hospital Seremban	Dr. Lily Mushahar
SRC Myanmar - Singapore1	C	OSEA	APSN	Pun Hlaing Hospital	Prof. Khin Maung Maung Than	National University Hospital Singapore, National University Centre for Organ Transplantation	Prof. Vathsala Anantharaman
SRC Philippines-Philippines-Singapore	C	OSEA	APSN	Davao Regional Medical Center	Dr. Trisha Manalaysay	Southern Philippines Medical Center	Dr. Frankin Guillano	Singapore General Hospital	Dr. Jason Choo Chon Jun
SRC El Salvador-Honduras-Nicaragua-Guatemala	C	Latin America		Hospital Benjamín Bloom (El Salvador), Hospital María (Honduras), Hospital Manuel de Jesús Rivera (Nicaragua)	Dr. Carlos Henríquez; Dr. Mabel Sandoval; Dr. Carolina Rodríguez	Foundation for Children with Kidney Diseases -FUNDANIER	Dr. Randall Lou Meda
SRC Senegal-Belgium	C	Africa		National Hospital Center Dalal Jamm	Dr. Abdou Niang	Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc	Dr. Eric Goffin
SRC Serbia-UK	C	Eastern and Central Europe		University Children's Hospital, Institute of Mother and Child Health Care of Serbia, Institute for Pathology of Medical Faculty	Dr. Nataša Stajić	Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children	Dr. Jelena Stojanovic
SRC Sierra Leone-UK	C	Africa		Connaught Hospital	Dr. Joshua Coker	King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust	Dr. Kate Bramham
SRC India-USA12	C	South Asia	Indian Society of Nephrology	Chennai Kidney Associates	Dr. Rajeevalochana Parthasarathy	Northwell Health	Dr. Kenar Jhaveri
SRC Zambia-USA	HC	Africa		University Teaching Hospital (UTH)	Dr. Paul Mashanga	University of Tennessee Health Science Center	Dr. Erica Bjornstad
SRC Lebanon-USA	HC	Middle East		Gilbert and Rose-Marie Chagoury School of Medicine, Lebanese American University	Prof. Sola Bahous	University of Pennsylvania	Dr. Abdallah Geara
SRC Tajikistan-Georgia-Belgium	HC	NIS & Russia		State Institution National Medical Center "SHIFOBAKHSH"	Dr. Ismoil Rashidov	Tbilisi State Medical University and Ingorokva High Medical Technology University Clinic	Dr. Irma Tchokhonelidze	University Hospital Ghent	Dr. Wim Van Biesen
New partnership (Year 1 at Level C)
SRC India-UK7	C	South Asia		Midas Multispeciality Hospital	Dr Monali Rajendrakumar Sahu	Sheffield Kidney Institute	Dr Arif Khwaja
SRC Sri Lanka-UK5	C	South Asia		Nephrology and Transplant Unit, National Hospital of Sri Lanka	Dr. Mathu Selvarajah	Royal London Hospital	Dr. Ravindra Rajakariar Dr. Dinesha Sudusinghe
SRC India-India-USA	C	South Asia		Assam Medical College, Dibrugarh	Dr. Arpita Gogoi	SAT Hospital, Government Medical College, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala	Dr. Susan Uthup	Cincinnati Children's Hospital, Ohio, USA	Dr. Prasad Devarajan
SRC Guyana-Canada	C	Latin America		Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation	Dr. Baldeo Singh	Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary	Dr. Jennifer Macrae
SRC Georgia-UK	C	NIS & Russia		M.Iashvili Children's Central Hospital	Dr. Tinatin Davitaia	Great Ormond Street Hospital, London, UK	Prof. Rukshana Shroff
SRC Ethiopia-India	C	Africa		Saint Paul's Hospital Millennium Medical College	Dr. Yemesrach Asfaw	MS Ramaiah Medical College Hospital	Dr. Hamsa Reddy
SRC Mexico-USA1	C	Latin America		Hospital General De Mexico, Dr. Eduardo Liceaga	Dr. Angela Maria Cordoba Hurtado	The Ohio State University/Wexner Medical Center	Dr. Brad Rovin
SRC Romania-Romania	C	Eastern and Central Europe		Clinical County Hospital Craiova	Dr. Daniela Cana Ruiu	Sfantul Ioan Emergency Clinical Hospital	Dr. Ileana Adela Vacaroiu
SRC Philippines-Philippines-Singapore1	C	OSEA	APSN	Baguio General Hospital and Medical Centre	Dr. Virginia Mangati	National Kidney and Transplant Institute	Dr. Marichel Pile-Coronel	Tan Tock Seng Hospital	Dr. See Cheng Yeo

How to Apply

Read the Guidelines carefully and if you meet all the criteria apply online here. The deadline to apply is October 1.

Applications are reviewed by ISN staff and the ISN Sister Renal Centers Committee.

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