By Siah Kim (Australia), Member, Young Nephrologists Committee WCN'22 is just around the corner, and the Young Nephrologists Committee is thrilled to invite all young nephrologists (and the young at heart!) to a program packed with exciting events planned with you in mind. On Friday, February 25 at 18:00 MYT, we kick off the Young Nephrologists...
The SRC Committee is pleased to announce that six new partnerships have been accepted into the Sister Renal Centers (SRC) Program. The partnerships were selected based on the potential to support the emerging center to become a center of reference for kidney health in the region: Sri Lanka-United Kingdom: University Medical Unit, Colombo, Dr. Eranga...
Bridging the Gaps: Highlighting ISN Advocacy Initiatives and Partnerships to Activate Change and Support Kidney Patients Welcome members and allies to Bridging the Gaps, the ISN’s quarterly update on how we are advocating and collaborating with patients and partners to address the global burden of kidney disease. As we continue to battle against the existential...
Universal Health Coverage One of the primary aims of ISN’s advocacy strategy is to integrate kidney diseases into the ongoing global debate and drive toward Universal Health Coverage (UHC). In this context, the ISN seeks to propose the advancement of kidney disease care as a model for monitoring progress, achieving UHC, and improving global health. ISN is actively engaged in...
The ISN is pleased to announce this year’s recipients of the: Alfred Newton Richards Award Roscoe R. Robinson Award Lillian Jean Kaplan International Prize for Advancement in the Understanding of Polycystic Kidney Disease ISN Pioneer Awards The 2021 winners are honored for their commitment to nephrology. Award winners will be recognized at The ISN World Congress of Nephrology 2021,...
To honor and sustain Detlef Schlöndorff’s commitment to training fellows, the ISN invites donations to the Detlef Schlöndorff Fellowship fund. Donate to the Detlef Schlöndorff Fellowship Fund. This fund provides training to one physician per year from an emerging country with the long-term objective of establishing nephrology leaders in the Fellow's home region to improve kidney...
The ISN values its young members and welcomed the many powerful and inspiring first-hand accounts it received from different world regions that demonstrated what it meant to be a young nephrologist in 2020: From January, the ISN Young Nephrologists Committee worked alongside the ISN Research Working Group to present “Breakthrough Discoveries,” 60 + 1 globally...
General Information/Resources on COVID-19 Evidence-Informed Cloth Masks: find guidance on how to make/clean/put on and take off a cloth mask. World Health Organization's COVID-19 site with updates and clinical information Global MediXchange for Combating COVID a compilation of Chinese experience. "This platform was established to facilitate continued communication and collaboration across borders, as well as to provide the necessary...
COVID-19 poses an unprecedented threat to the modern world. Every region of the globe is affected, and dialysis services are particularly hit, with an unwell older population at increased risk of infection and mortality. Most haemodialysis patients are dialysed in centre and hence these patients are unable to self isolate, substantially increasing their risk...
Kidney disease is increasingly acknowledged as a public health problem, a risk multiplier for many other conditions, and as a co-morbid factor in cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, and infections. Its fastest growth rate is in low and low-middle-income countries, which require support to face the challenge of this increase. Although KRT has been available for decades...
Over the last 6 decades, different ISN programs and activities have worked to advance kidney health worldwide. Explore the activities highlighted on this page to learn more about the ISN's impact around the globe. In the last decade (2010–2020) the ISN supported: 422 local educational meetings where ISN representatives trained and interacted with local nephrology workforce in 86...
Discover the ISN's work of advancing kidney health worldwide over the last six decades through this 60th anniversary commemorative timeline. 1960-19691960First Congress: GenevaThe International Society of Nephrology (ISN) is founded and a new international community formed at the first congress of its kind. Jean Hamburger is elected as the first president. 400 delegates attend.The groundwork is laid...
Online Course Learning on the ISN Academy The ISN Academy offers online curricula on prominent topics in nephrology, taught by specialists in the field. Rare diseases curricula MGRS and Amyloidosis Course ...
The Western Europe region is represented by the ISN Western Europe Regional Board. The members of the board are the 'eyes and the ears of ISN' within the region and across the whole range of activities. Regional Board MembersRepresented countries and regionsContact UsRegional Board Members First NameLast NameRoleSecondary Role Maria JoseSolerChairSpain DavidWheelerDeputy ChairUnited Kingdom LizLightstoneMemberExCom LiaisonUnited Kingdom KathrinEllerAffiliated Society RepresentativeAustrian...
In the early nineties, ISN leadership began discussions on active collaboration between established kidney care centers and emerging centers from low-resources areas. By 1996, 17 active partnerships were established and a further 16 were in a formative stage. These paired centers would become known as the Sister Renal Centers . Today, 63 partnerships are active within...
Delegates attend a teaching session at the 1st Primer on Pediatric Renal Transplant and Immunology Workshop As part of the ISN-TTS Sister Transplant Centers and the Continuing Medical Education (CME) Programs, the ISN supported the 1st Primer on Pediatric Renal Transplant and Immunology Workshop alongside the International Society of Pediatric Nephrology (IPNA). The workshop was held from March 5-7, 2020 at the Christian...
The deadline for the next round of Fellowship applications is May 1, 2020. The ISN Fellowship Program offers nephrology training to physicians from low-resource countries and provides a valuable opportunity to grow professionally and to improve kidney healthcare in emerging countries by becoming established leaders in the field. A recent article outlines the significant results that are attainable through the...
In the early nineties, ISN leadership began discussions on active collaboration between established kidney care centers and emerging centers from low-resources areas. By 1996, 17 active partnerships were established and a further 16 were in a formative stage. These paired centers would become known as the Sister Renal Centers . Today, 63 partnerships are active within...
Congratulations to the winners of this year's Clinical Research and Fellowship Program awards! Both of these awards were sponsored by the Japanese Society of Nephrology (JSN). Many thanks to JSN for its support and helping us reward these ISN members for their achievements in the field of nephrology. The ISN Clinical Research Program supports research and education...
SN Fellow John Mutiso, from Makueni County Referral Hospital in Kenya spent a year under the mentorship of Graham Paget at Charlotte Maxeke, Johannesburg Academic Hospital, University of Witwatersrand in South Africa. Clinical nephrology was his chosen subject of study. About nephrology in Kenya, Dr. Mutiso explains that significant strides in kidney care has been...
