Jacques Rottembourg Worked in the department of Nephrology, Groupe Pitie-Salpetriere Hospital since 1973. He Began Nephrology in 1967. He has More than 500 publications in the field of Nephrology, Treatment of renal failure, Diabetes care, Heart transplantation, Plasmatic exchanges

Nephrology, cardiology, diabetology, Acute Care

Vito M Campese graduated from medical school summa cum laude before coming to the Keck School of Medicine on a fellowship in 1974. Since his time at USC, Dr. Campese has established himself as one on the most prominent nephrologists in the field and headed Keck’s division of Nephrology from 2000-2015. In addition to his numerous academic and administrative appointments, Dr. Campese is a former president of the Italian-American Society of Nephrologists. Currently, he is President of the Italian Scientists and Scholars in North America Foundation, an organization of more than 8,000 Italian Scientists

Nephrology, Internal Medicine, Hypertension, Clinical Investigation

Julian Gillmore gained his medical degree at University of London and was recently appointed Professor of Medicine at University College London. He trained in nephrology and undertook MD and PhD degrees in the field of amyloidosis. His research interests include pathogenesis, diagnosis and treatment of amyloidosis. He has published more than 250 articles in journals and international conference proceedings, has supervised a number of students through their research degrees, and holds several grants.

pathogenesis, diagnosis and treatment of amyloidosis

Dr. Allen obtained a PhD in Medicine in 1978. For over 14 years, he worked at and subsequently headed a hospital’s cardio-vascular department, and treated patients with renal diseases. He had authored many scientific articles on metabolic disorders, including those linked to obesity, kidneys, arthritis, cardio-vascular and gastroenterological diseases. He lectured medical doctors pursuing higher medical qualifications. He then devoted nearly two decades to further medical research into various chronic internal diseases. Dr. Allen established Fine Treatment, UK, is the author of The Origin of Diseases Theory and the inventor of the effective devices which enable the Thermobalancing therapy.

Fine Treatment

Dr. Vasilyev received his Ph. D. (2001) and M.D. (2004) degrees from Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science. He then completed his residency training in Anatimic Pathology at the Massachusetts General Hospital (2007) and a Research Fellowship in Renal Pathology (2009). In 2009 he became an Instructor in Pathology at the Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School, and in 2013 started as an Assistant Professor in Biomedical Sciences at the New York Institute of Technology, College of Osteopathic Medicine. He uses zebrafish to study kidney development and regeneration.

zebrafish to study kidney development and regeneration.

Jia L. Zhuo, M.D., Ph.D. is a Tenured Full Professor and the Director of Receptor and Signal Transduction Laboratory in the Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology at the University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, Mississippi, USA. Dr. Zhuo has over 30 years’ sponsored research experience on the roles of endocrine, paracrine, and intracrine angiotensin II in the kidney and hypertension, supported by National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia (NHMRC) and National Institute of Health (NIH). He has authored >110 peer-reviewed articles and book chapters with many recognized by editorials, cover highlights, and the Faculty of 1000. Dr. Zhuo is a Fellow of The American Association for The Advancement of Science (AAAS), American Heart Association (AHA), and American Society of Nephrology (ASN), a permanent member for NIH/Center for Scientific Review Hypertension and Microcirculation Study Section. His research is currently supported by grants from National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS), and National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, respectively.

His research is currently supported by grants from National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS), and National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, respectively.

Leonardo Spatola got Medical Degree cum magna laude in 25th march 2009 at the University of Palermo, then he got Nephrology Specialization cum magna laude in 26th May 2015 at the University of Verona. He currently works as a Nephrologist in the Renal and Haemodialysis Unit at the Humanitas University in Milan (Italy). He is first author of several works indexed in Pubmed/Medline and he is referee for Kidney and Blood pressure Research Journal and Saudi Journal of Kidney Disease and Transplantation Journal.

He is first author of several works indexed in Pubmed/Medline and he is referee for Kidney and Blood pressure Research Journal and Saudi Journal of Kidney Disease and Transplantation Journal.

Takeo Ishii has completed his PhD at the age of 28 years from Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo. He is now the co-director of Yokohama Daiichi Hospital, a central hospital of Zenjinkai Group. Zenjinkai Group is consisting from 51 hemodialysis clinics and health check up centers. He is also a reserch fellow of Department of Medical Science and Cardiorenal Medicine, Yokohama City University, Graduate school of Medicine. He received award from Japanese Society of Nephrology. The award wining study was dialysis outcome study and he read this paper at EDTA-ERA 2017.

He is also a reserch fellow of Department of Medical Science and Cardiorenal Medicine, Yokohama City University, Graduate school of Medicine.

I am an Egyptian physician, Cairo University (M.D., 1994),Master in Nephrology and renal dialysis with training in Lyon – France and PhD clinically attached in Kidney transplantation from Pisa University, Italy. I also published in reputed journals. experience in nephrology, renal replacement therapies and transplantation was acquired through direct contact with excellent staff of university institutions, hospitals and dialysis centers in Egypt, France, Italy, Kuwait and Saudi Arabia

Master in Nephrology and renal dialysis

Lavinia-Oltita Bratescu graduated from University of Medicine and Pharmacy from Timisoara, in Romania (on 2000). She completed her studies with specialization in Nephrology, in 2006. From 2007, she has worked as a neprologist in Sf Pantelimon International Healthcare Systems Nephrology and Dialysis Medical Center, in Bucharest. From 2012, she has been a chief physician of the same medical center. She completed her PhD in November 2013. She has participated in national and international nephrology conferences as a speaker and as poster presenter.

Nephrology and Dialysis

Dr. Daniel Batlle received his MD from the University of Barcelona, Spain. He completed medical residency and later fellowship training at the University of Illinois in Chicago, Illinois. After this he joined the Division of Nephrology at the University of Illinois as a Faculty member and later moved to Northwestern University Medical School also in Chicago. Dr. Batlle was Chief of the Division of Nephrology and Hypertension from 1992 to 2009 and is currently the endowed Earle, DelGreco Levin Professor of Nephrology and Hypertension at this Institution. His main focus in research is the renin angiotensin system as it relates to hypertension and diabetic kidney disease. His research includes the design of novel forms of recombinant ACE2 that are currently being tested experimentally.

Renin angiotensin system as it relates to hypertension and diabetic kidney disease

Sami has been trained at St Georges’ Hospital Medical School in London. He completed his basic surgical training in Yorkshire. Having a curious mind and an academic interest, he undertook a research fellowship at the Bristol Urological Institute with world experts in the field of lower urinary dysfunction, incontinence and urodynamics. Sami has gained broad experience in General Urology by joining the Southwest of England Specialist Registrar higher surgical training program. Sami was then appointed as a clinical instructor in Urology in the United State of America (USA). During a busy year at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Centre, Cleveland Clinic and the Arthur Smith Institute of Urology in New York, he developed special expertise in all aspects of Endourology treating all types of urinary stones (with laser, keyhole surgery and shockwave lithotripsy) as well as endoscopic treatment of upper tract urothelial kidney cancer. He was also trained in advanced urology techniques including laparoscopic and robotic surgery to treat kidney and prostate cancer. Sami had formal training as an expert witness. He has admitting rights to the Sprie Cambridge Lea, Cambridge Nuffield and Melberry Huntington hospitals. Being organised and a team player led Sami to take on several management and leadership roles. He is currently the UK board member for the International Young Urologist Association (IYUA), the local champion of the British Association of Urological Surgeons (BAUS) for Cambridge University Sami has acted as the UK trainees’ representative on the board of the European Society of Residents in Urology (ESRU) as well as the Senior Urology Registrars Group (SURG) representative on the Andrology executive committee for BAUS, a member of the International Continence Society Ethics Committee and a trainees’ representative for the British Medical Association (BMA) In his practice, Sami focuses on safe patients’ journey and ensures that high quality healthcare remains his main priority at all times. He believes that treatment should be individualized and tailored to patient’s preference in the context of up to date scientific evidence.

Urology

Rober Beelen has completed his PhD cum laude at the age of 30 years from VUmc. After a post-doc as special research fellow in Immunology at St Jude Childrens research Hospital (Memphis, TN, USA) he became a staff member at MCBI Vumc. He was appointed as full professor in cell biology in 2003 and has published more than 250 papers in reputed journals, half of them in the field of PD and was heavily funded by the Dutch Kidney Foundation. In 2011 he got a Marie Curie grant on EuTRiPD (European Training and Research in Peritoneal Dialysis) for 12 PhD students all-over Europe with academic, public and private partners resulting in new biomarkers and new clinical studies for patients on PD

Peritoneal dialysis

Dr. Golper has been practicing nephrology since 1978, and since 1999 at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. His career has been committed to the care of dialysis patients and the study of dialysis sciences. He is the author of 250 publications and has trained many other academic nephrologists. He is a Dialysis Editor for Up To Date.He has held positions on the Board of Directors of the RPA and AAKP, served as the PD Adequacy Work Group Chair for the first two versions of KDOQI, and remains on the Work Group. He led the Network 9 Peritonitis and Catheter Survival Study and has served on the ISPD Ad Hoc Committee for Peritonitis for many iterations of its guidelines. His interests remain in the field of dialysis and the administrative aspects of nephrology practice.

Nephrology and Hypertension

Dr Xiong Z. Ruan leads a research laboratory in UCL Centre for Nephrology which is one of the biggest renal-oriented lipid research laboratories in the world, and also act as the Director and Professor of Centre for Nephrology in Shenzhen University and the Joint Centre for Lipid Research in UCL-Chongqing Medical University. He received his Msc in Peking Union Medical College Hospital (PUMCH) in 1994 and PhD from University College London (UCL) in 1999. He is the Vice-President of Chinese Society of Renal Physiology and Associate Editor for BMC Nephrology. His major goal has been to develop an academic research programme cross UK and China that i) investigates the mechanisms of inflammatory stress accompanying with chronic kidney diseases in lipid trafficking control and ii) address clinical problems of lipid mediated tissue injuries associated with kidney disease ('Cardio Kidney Diabetes'). He has published more than 80 papers in Nature Rev Nephrol, J Am Soc Nephrol, Kidney Int, Lancet Diabete Endocrinology, Am J Physiol, Arterioscler Vasc Bio, and Hepatology etc.

Nephrology

Michelle James has completed her Masters in Science in Nursing at the University of Minnesota School of Nursing. She practiced as a bedside nurse on the Solid Organ Transplant unit at the Mayo Clinic for four years before moving to the University of Minnesota Health, where she held the role of Solid Organ Transplant Clinical Nurse Specialist for 11 years, before moving into the role of Clinical Director of Transplant Services, in which she has worked for the last 2 years. She has also served as the International Education Director for the International Transplant Nurses Society

Transplantation

Dr. Rula Abdulrahman graduated from the University of Baghdad, School of Medicine at the age of 23. Pursued an expansive medical career and research overseas, currently a PGY2 Internal Medicine resident at St. John`s Episcopal Hospital in Farrockaway New York. Dr. Abdulrahman worked as case manager and clinical supervisor in the Italian Red Cross to help the war victims in the middle east in 2003. Dr. Abdulrahman currently following a path of clinical research with multiple abstracts and case presentations while serving as a resident physician.

Hemodialysis

Xiu-Wu Han has completed his PhD from Capital Medical University, Beijing, China. He is the director of Department of Urology, Beijing Chaoyang Hospital Affiliated to Capital Medical University(western campus) Beijing 100020, China. , He has more than 20 years experiences of kidney transplantation and published more than 40 papers in Chinese and English.

Kidney Transplantation

Graduated in Medicine cum laude (1980) at University of “G. D’Annunzio” School of Medicine, Chieti, Italy, Dr. Arduini spent several years in various prestigious academic centers in the U.S. and in Italy (1981-1998). Afterword, Dr. Arduini left academia and joined Pharma Industry as head of the department of Metabolic Diseases in Sigma Tau Pharmaceutical Industries, Pomezia, Italy, and as disease area head of the department of Metabolic Diseases in Hoffman-La Roche, Basel, Switzerland. More recently, Dr. Arduini founded a couple of successful companies in Italy (Glomeria Therapeutics) and Switzerland (CoreQuest) engaged in the R&D and marketing of an innovative therapeutic platforms for the treatment of kidney and cardiac failure.

Kidney Treatment

Nikola M. Pavlovic graduated in 1974 at the Medical Faculty, University Nis, Serbia. 1979 - Bachelor of Medical Sciences, Medical Faculty Nis 1979 - Lecturer in Internal Medicine 1982 - Specialist in Internal Medicine 1982 – 1984 - British Council Scholar at the Royal Free hospital, London, Great Britain 1986 - Ph.D. of Medical Sciences 1988 - Associated Professor in Internal Medicine 1996 - Private medical and scientific activities Nikola M. Pavlovic has published more than 50 papers, most of them in reputed journals dealing with various problems related to kidney diseases. His current topic is lipid abnormalities, pathogenesis and exposure pathways in AAN and/or BEN

Kidney Diseases

Mordecai Popovtzer has been graduated from Cedars-Sinai and UCLA Nephrology and Metabolism Fellowship Program at age 32. Served as Director of Hemodialysis and Associate Professor of Medicine and Surgery (Transplant) at the University of Colorado at age 35. Appointed as chief of Nephrology and Professor of Medicine at Temple University, Philadelphia, Pa.at age 38.He was elected to American Society of Clinical Investigation (“Young Turks”) at age 37 and Served as Editor of the European Journal of Physiology ( Pflugers Archives). Appointed as Chief of Nephrology and Hypertension and Professor of Medicine at the Hadassah-Hebrew University School of medicine at age 41. Served on Editorial board of Kidney International, Kidney, Mineral Metab, Served as reviewer for: J Clin Invest, J lab and Clin Med. Served as president of Israeli Society of Nephrology and Secretary of Calcified Tissues Society. Published over 200 papers in peer-reviewed journal and more than 10 book chapters. Currently serving as a Cheif of Nephrology at South AZ VA Health Care System, and Professor in department of medicine, University of Arizona, Arizona.

Nephrology

Pedro A. Jose received his M.D. degree, magna cum laude, from the University of Santo Tomas, Philippines and received his Ph.D. degree in Physiology from Georgetown University. He has published more than 330 articles; 4 as covers of scientific journals and 5 as subject of editorial commentaries. His research has been recognized (2007 Ernest H. Starling Lecture, 2003 Lewis K. Dahl Memorial Lecture, and NIH MERIT Award). Deciphering the role of variations of the GRK4 in the causation of human essential hypertension was cited by the Director of the NHLBI for its FY 2004 Budget Justification to the US Congress.

Pediatrics and nephrology

Thomas Ryzlewicz at 66 years, born in West-Berlin (Germany). Nephrologist since 40 years with regular clinical work with RRT Patients. In 1974 he used several of the first Dialysis Set-Up’s (Travenol 120 Batch System, Milton Roy B II, Gambro AK 3). 1978 Bag-Hemofiltration done (with the Equipment of 3 Blood Pumps, one Bed Scale and a Cup to measure the Filtration Rate (with a Stop-Watch)

Nephrology

Samy L Habib has completed his Ph.D. at Roswell Park Cancer Center, Buffalo, NY and was trained at University of California, Irvine, University of Texas, Austin, TX and University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, TX. He has published more than 45 papers in reputed journals and serving as an editorial board member and Editor of 14 Journals. He is associate professor at UTHSCSA and holds Research Scientist position at the South Texas Veterans Health Care System at Audie Murphy VA Hospital. He is a recipient of several research grant awards from American Diabetes Association, American Heart Association, National Kidney Foundation, New Investigator Award and Merit Review Award from Veterans Affairs, and Pilot Research Award from NIH/NIDDK. He has been a regular member of several study sections for Department of Defense.

Nephrology

Lois J Arend is Associate Professor of Renal Pathology at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. She received a PhD in Physiology and her MD at Michigan State University, then completed residency and a fellowship in renal pathology at The University of Michigan. She has studied renal function and disease in areas such as the role of adenosine in normal kidney function, development of the kidney, and cystic kidney disease, and the pathology of vascular access and transplantation for 30 years, publishing over 65 peer-reviewed articles, reviews, and chapters in major textbooks such as Heptinstall’s Pathology of the Kidney. She is Director of Clinical Fellowship training for the Department of Pathology at Johns Hopkins University.

Nephrology

Vassilios Vargemezis was Professor and Head of Department at University General Hospital of Alexandroupolis,Greece

clinical nephrology, peritoneal dialysis, anemia.

Anil K. Mandal is a native of India and a naturalized citizen of the United States. He is board certified in Internal Medicine and Nephrology (kidney disease and hypertension). He is an author of a dozen books and more than 100 published articles on research in diabetes and kidney disease. He is a two-time Fulbright Scholar and a visiting professor in 23 countries that invited him to lecture on diabetes, high blood pressure, and kidney diseases.

Diabetes, ESRD, non-dialysis treatment, kidney disease

Phuong-Thu Pham is Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine, Nephrology Division, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA and Director of Outpatient Services, Kidney Transplant Program. Her special areas of interest include new onset diabetes mellitus after transplantation, pretransplant cardiovascular screening, post-transplant cardiovascular disease, glomerular disease recurrence following transplantation, BK virus screening and management following kidney transplantation, and acute and chronic kidney injury following liver transplantation. Her interests in these topics have resulted in publications in well-known Nephrology textbooks and journals as well as invitations to speak at both national and international meetings. She has also served as a reviewer for over twenty major journals and an editorial board member for the Case Reports in Nephrology and Transplantation Technologies and Research journals.

Renal transplantation

Dmytro Ivanov, 1964, MD, PhD, Prof in Nephrology, Chief of Nephrology and RRT Shupyk National Medical Academy of Postgraduate Education, Kiev, Ukraine. Has 26 years’ experience in nephrology and pediatric nephrology. He has published more than 400 papers, 15 text- books, ERA-EDTA member since 1997.

Pediatric nephrology

Manuela Stoicescu is a consultant internal medicine physician, Ph.D., assistant professor of University of Oradea, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, Medical Disciplines Department, Romania. She also works at Emergency Hospital Internal Medicine Department and Internal Medicine Office. She has published two books, one monograph and papers in reputed journals. She was invited as a speaker at 9 national and 20 International Conferences. She is Member of Romanian Society of Internal Medicine, Cardiology, Medical Chemistry, Biochemistry and Member of the Balkan Society of Medicine.

Nephrology