Leading the ISN Sister Renal Center program between Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust and University of Port Harcourt Teaching Hospital, ISN Educational Ambassador Ibi Erekosima shares his views on the value of working together to improve nephrology care. Dr Erekosima joined the ISN Programs'to work with local leaders, regional and national societies in poor countries...
Last week, the 13th Balkan Cities Association of Nephrology, Dialysis, Transplantation and Artificial Organs (BANTAO) congress in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina was a great example of the growing enthusiasm between members of a global nephrology community working together to improve kidney health. It definitively made for a successful event from the ISN perspective. The ISN...
Around 400 delegates, mostly from the five major regions of Northwest China as well as nephrologists from Tajikistan, Pakistan and Kazakhstan, took part in the Silk-Road Forum of Kidney Disease, from August 8 to 10, 2017 in Urumqi, Xinjiang, China. An ISN endorsed event, the meeting was organised by the National Clinical Research Center of...
ISN was very well represented at the 14th Congress of AFRAN which was held recently in Yaounde, Cameroon. The President, President-Elect and two Past ISN Presidents were onsite, as were many other members of the ISN family. It was also the 3rd Congress of The Cameroon Society of Nephrology (SOCANEPH) and the 7th Congress of...
In the run up to the ISN Council elections, we will introduce the different candidates who you can vote for. You can cast your vote between February 1st and March 3rd, 2017. Over the next month, you will receive your unique and secure link to access the voting system. These are the statements from...
This blog post is provided by Anil Chandraker, Medical Director of Kidney and Pancreas Transplantation Brigham and Women’s Hospital and ISN Educational Ambassador Vanessa Bijol. In the past two years The Renal Division and the Nephropathology Service at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts has trained two ISN Fellows from Thailand in transplant nephrology and two from Nigeria...
ISN Fellow Sudakshina Ghosh from Tanzania trained at the Madras Medical Mission and got involved with India’s Tanker Foundation, which helps the country’s poorest kidney patients. Host mentor and Tanker Foundation Founder Georgi Abraham believes more fellows from Africa and South Asia should be encouraged to train in India as it “adds value to their...
A new collaboration between ISN and the Heartlands Hospital in Birmingham, UK will fund fellowship training for up to two candidates from South Asia. Applications are open until October 1, 2015. ISN just signed a new contract with Heartlands Hospital in Birmingham to co-sponsor one fellowship training per year as from 2015. The fellow will...
We took time out with Adeera Levin to congratulate her on becoming the new ISN President and find out what is in store for ISN over the next two years. Adeera Levin is only the second female president in the history of ISN, and strongly hopes it won’t be another 40 years before the next...
ISN is happy to announce that the 2013 impact factor for Kidney International (KI) has risen by almost 10% on last year to 8.520. This now places KI as third amongst 75 urology and nephrology journals, and second amongst nephrology journals. And KI Supplements, after being listed on Pubmed from this year, has achieved its first...
Professor Vidya N Acharya has died at the age of 75 years after a short illness. In 2013, ISN had selected her to be the first recipient of its Pioneer Award for South Asia, a greatly deserved recognition for her unstinting leadership and commitment, particularly as an educator, which has done so much to move...
Applications for the ISN Global Outeach (GO) Fellowship Program are set to close on December 15, 2013. So if you are interested in joining this program, make sure to apply before the call closes. All the information about becoming an ISN GO Fellow can be found HERE. The ISN Global Outreach (GO) Fellowship program provides relevant and...
We meet recently-elected ISN President Giuseppe Remuzzi as he settles into his new role and runs through his objectives for the next two years. Bringing the South closer “A new gap in capacity has emerged between scientifically proficient developing countries and scientifically lagging developing countries. ISN needs to promote actions to increase the number of post-graduate...
In the coming months, there are several ISN Global Outreach Program deadlines to watch out for. If you are thinking of applying for the programs listed below, mark you calendar! Sister Renal Center Program application: deadline September 15, 2013 This program enhances the practice of nephrology in the developing world by linking emerging renal units with...
At the General Assembly in Hong Kong, the outgoing ISN President John Feehally introduced his successor Giuseppe Remuzzi. Remuzzi joined ISN in 1984. "I only became an active member one day in Autumn 1992 when Ike Robinson called and invited me to become member of the ISN Advisory Program Committee for the XIIth International Congress...
In the run-up to the World Congress of Nephrology (WCN) 2013, ISN is delighted to exclusively share with you the winners of the ISN awards. The happy recipients will be awarded their prizes during the congress at the Hong Kong Convention Center. In the meantime, we wanted to let you know more about the winners...
In the run-up to the World Congress of Nephrology (WCN) 2013, ISN is delighted to exclusively share with you the winners of the ISN awards. The happy recipients will be awarded their prizes during the congress at the Hong Kong Convention Center. In the meantime, we wanted to let you know more about the winners...
Applications are now open for the ISN Global Outreach (GO) Fellowship Program. You can submit your candidacy before June 15, 2013. For more information, CLICK HERE. The ISN GO Fellowship program provides relevant and contemporary nephrological training to physicians from emerging countries, with the ultimate goal of improving the standards for fellows in their home country...
