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New! Quick Guide to Early CKD Identification and Intervention for Primary Care Settings – Available in 50 Languages by Year End

This simple guide based on the “ISN-KDIGO CKD Early Identification and Intervention” booklet facilitates the easy implementation of steps toward the early identification and intervention of CKD. Download the guide here. It serves as a handy quick reference document for kidney health professionals, primary care physicians and nurses working in primary care settings. This guide will be released...

May 22, 2023Education, NewsRead more...

Joint Statement on Sudan from ASN, ERA and ISN: Kidney Organizations Appeal for Kidney Health for All War Victims

Support the Kidney Community in SudanVia partnership with Direct Relief, help us deliver aid to the kidney community in Sudan. Donate Now May 19, 2023 “Kidney Health for All: Preparing for the unexpected, protecting the vulnerable” is the call to action from World Kidney Day 2023. Many countries around the world are being affected by natural...

May 19, 2023Advocacy, Governance, NewsRead more...

Seeking Your Nominations for the ISN 2024 Awards!

It’s time to nominate friends and colleagues whose work deserves international recognition. Are you an ISN member? You can support global excellence in kidney care by submitting a nomination for an ISN Award! Please send all nominations, supporting materials, and questions to the awards coordinator. Nominations are accepted for consideration from May 15 - August 31,...

May 8, 2023Awards, NewsRead more...

Apply for an ISN Interventional Nephrology Scholarship

Applications for ISN Interventional Nephrology Scholarships are now open. Applicants should contact the Interventional Nephrology Training Center of their choice, then apply to the ISN here by June 1, 2023. ISN Interventional Nephrology Training Centers will host trainees for two types of curriculum: Foundation course (2-4 weeks): specific interventional procedures; observational and hands-on training with patients. Advanced...

May 8, 2023Grants, NewsRead more...

Showcase Your Trial Network on the ISN Network of Trial Networks Map!

Access the ISN-ACT (Advancing Clinical Trials) Network of Trial Networks map here. The online map tracks trial networks in kidney care research worldwide to facilitate clinical trial capacity, information exchanges, and professional collaboration. This map is an ongoing activity - add your trial network! Several trial networks were presented during an ISN-ACT meet-and-greet at WCN’23 in Bangkok,...

May 8, 2023NewsRead more...

The ISN Academy Presents the Latest Interventional Nephrology Case: Watch the Video Now!

“Right External Jugular Vein Tunneled Catheter in a Case with Multiple Vascular Access Failures” Watch the interventional nephrology case video here. Vineet Behera, an interventional nephrologist at INHS Asvini, Mumbai, India, presents the latest interventional nephrology case on multiple vascular access failure in a 46-year-old female who is obese, hypertensive, and non-diabetic.

May 8, 2023Education, NewsRead more...

Latest ISN Journal Editorial Selections

Kidney International Improving and Maintaining Quality of Hemodialysis in Areas Affected by War: A Call to Action In this “Nephrologists Sans Frontières” section of KI, Alasfar and colleagues discuss the long-term implications of the Syrian war on the delivery of renal replacement therapy in affected regions. They propose several strategies to manage the situation, including creativity in...

May 8, 2023Journals, NewsRead more...

Join the ISN Past President at the Hybrid Edition of the International Renal Pathology Conference

On Friday, May 19, ISN Past President, Agnes B. Fogo, will moderate the session "Clinicopathologic Conference and Ask the Experts" at the 5th International Renal Pathology Conference from 4-6 p.m. (CEST– convert to your time zone here). The event takes place in Zagreb, Croatia, in a hybrid format from May 18-20, 2023. It is organized...

May 8, 2023Grants, ISN Participates, NewsRead more...

Participate in a Survey for Art Activities Provided to Patients Living with Kidney Disease

   The PAINT Project aims to undertake an international mapping exercise to identify the current provision of for kidney patients. It is co-produced with a consortium of members from the Renal Arts Group* and project partners from Chong Hua Hospital in the Philippines, the Center for Arts and Health at the University of Florida,...

May 8, 2023ISN Participates, NewsRead more...

Join the ISN for the Presentation of the ISN Middle East Pioneer Award at the EMANT 3rd Glomerulonephritis Update Conference

The Emirates Medical Association – Nephrology and Transplantation Society (EMANT) 3rd Glomerulonephritis Update Conference will take place from May 12-14, 2023, in Dubai, UAE. The former ISN Middle East Regional Board Chair, Ali Abu-Alfa, will introduce the ISN Pioneer Award ceremony and announce Mohammad Ali Ghnaimat from Jordan as the ISN 2023 Pioneer Award winner...

May 8, 2023Awards, NewsRead more...

Listen to the Global Kidney Care Podcast on the Revolutionary Dual Transplant Approach Developed by Doctors at Stanford Medicine

Listen to the podcast here. ISN Education Working Group member, Maria E. Diaz-Gonzalez de Ferris, hosts this edition of the ISN Global Kidney Care Podcast. She talks to Paul Grimm, MD at Stanford Medicine Children’s Health, about a revolutionary method in kidney care where the donor’s immune system is transplanted to the patient before surgeons implant...

May 8, 2023Education, NewsRead more...

From One Part-time Nephrologist to a Thriving Kidney Care Team – The Remarkable Impact of the ISN SRC Program on a Healthcare Center in China

Staff from PUMCH and MGH at their 2019 annual meeting The Peking Union Medical College Hospital (PUMCH), China, and the Institution Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH), USA, have graduated after a seven-year* partnership through the ISN Sister Renal Centers (SRC) Program. Before the program, the PUMCH had one part-time interventional nephrologist managing an annual volume of fewer...

May 8, 2023Grants, News, Regional Activities, Sister Renal CentersRead more...

“My First Publication Would Not Have Been Possible Without My Mentor’s Guidance”: ISN Members – Get Inspired by a Recent Mentorship Pair and Apply by July 1 to Be an ISN Mentee

Hamze Rage (left) and Pranaw Kumar Jha Dr. Hamze Rage’s first publication as first author, "Pregnancy-related AKI. A Tertiary Care Hospital Experience in Somaliland," was published earlier this year in Kidney International Reports. Dr. Pranaw Kumar Jha (India) mentored Dr. Rage (Somalia) from November 2021 to September 2022. Find out more about the ISN Mentorship Program and...

May 8, 2023Grants, Mentorship, NewsRead more...

Kidney International Publishes ISN Paper on Implementing Early CKD Detection Programs

As the global burden of chronic kidney disease (CKD) rises, “Perspectives on Early Detection of CKD: The Facts, the Questions, and a Proposed Framework for 2023 and Beyond” presents timely information from ISN leaders on early CKD detection and a framework for adoption. Read the paper in Kidney International here. This paper culminates two years of work that...

May 8, 2023Governance, Initiatives, Journals, News, ResearchRead more...

“The World Is a Very Different Place for Nephrology Nurses”: The ISN Kidney Health Professionals Working Group on Post-Global Pandemic Working Conditions for Nurses

In anticipation of International Nurses Day on Friday, May 12, the ISN’s Kidney Health Professionals Working Group shares an in-depth examination of the worldwide post-SARS-CoV-2 pandemic landscape for nephrology nurses. The Post-SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic Global Nephrology Nursing Workforce            Paul N Bennett, Henriette Nygård, Reena George, Michele Trask, Michelle Wong, Rachael Walker, Zehra Aydin, Ana Elizabeth P...

May 8, 2023NewsRead more...

First of the WCN’23 Spotlight Session Recordings Out Now for ISN Members on the ISN Academy – Look Out for the Complete WCN’23 Program in July!

The ISN Academy has published three recordings from the WCN’23 “Spotlight Sessions.” Access the sessions here. All the “Spotlight Sessions” will be published on the Academy over the next five weeks. These “Spotlight Sessions” addressed various topics, from global nephrology geared toward low to moderate-income countries to exploring the relationship between nephrology and primary care. They included...

May 8, 2023Education, ELP, News, WCN'23Read more...

Access a Free Electronic Version of “Living Well With Kidney Disease” in Traditional and Simplified Chinese

Access the publication via the ISN website here. The International Association of Chinese Nephrologists (IACN) and the CUHK Carol and Richard Yu PD Research Centre have published an educational e-book for kidney patients through the Chinese University Press. The publication guides patients on living positively with chronic kidney disease, hemodialysis, peritoneal dialysis and kidney transplant.

May 8, 2023Education, ISN Participates, NewsRead more...

Webinar: Pregnancy-related, community-acquired and disaster-related AKI in Africa

Acute kidney injury (AKI) is a syndrome with various causes and variable outcomes. AKI is prevalent, with significant under-diagnosis/under-reporting of AKI in low income countries. AKI imposes a heavy burden of morbidity and mortality, and high costs of management.  With ISN’S focus on prevention, and 0 x 25, and the 2023 World Kidney Day theme of “Kidney Health for...

April 25, 2023News, Regional ActivitiesRead more...

Meet ISN’s New Committee and Working Group Leaders

The ISN warmly welcomes incoming committee and working group chairs to their new roles and looks forward to working with them. The ISN also congratulates the deputy chairs for their appointments. Advocacy Working Group Chair Valerie Luyckx Switzerland Deputy Chair Ifeoma Ulasi Nigeria Clinical Research Committee Chair Robert Walker New Zealand Deputy Chair Dorothea Nitsch UK Core Programs Committee Chair Tushar Vachharajani USA Deputy Chair Robert Walker New Zealand Dialysis Working Group Chair Irma Tchokhonelidze Georgia Deputy Chair Sourabh Sharma India Education Working Group Chair Angela...

April 25, 2023Governance, NewsRead more...