Dr Rajeev Sood is the Dean and Professor of the PGIMER , he is the Chairman of the Indian School of Urology ( ISU), President of Urological Society of India( USI), President of Mens Health Society of India( MHSI), mEMBER OF Indian Academy of Mediacl Specialist(IAMS)

Oncology, Neuroncology, BPH Over acute bladder and Mens Health

President, Nephrology Society of Tanzania (NESOT).

Pediatric Nephrology Kidney Cancer Urology

Head of Department of Internal Medicine (MUHAS/MAMC) Chairman-Committee for Renal Policy and SoPs (MUHAS/MNH) 2017 Standards Operating Procedures for Nephrology and Kidney Transplant MNH/MoH

Renal Research Group, MUHAS Academic Medical Centre, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.

The head of Institute for the Nuclear Medicine, Military Medical Academy, Belgrade. Prof. Dr Sc. Med of Nuclear Medicine. Born in Vrginmost, Croatia, February 1st, 1954. Graduated from the University of Belgrade in 1978, Nuclear Medicine specialization in 1984, and in London in 1987. He defends his doctoral thesis in the field of nuclear medicine in 1996. Instructor of Nuclear Medicine for Students Specializing in Internal Medicine and Surgery from 1985. Since 2004. the head of The Institute for the Nuclear Medicine, Military Medical Academy; since 2011. the head of The Group of Diagnostic Institutes at the Military Medical Academy; since 2012. professor in The Medical School of the Military Medical Academy for the course Nuclear Medicine; 2013. tenured professor for the course Nuclear Medicine. Has over 250 specialized and scientific published articles, in domestic and foreign journals, chapters in books: “The Lung Tumors,” 2000, and “Tc Generators,” 2003; author of the chapter in the textbook for the Medical School in the University of Thessaloniki, 2014; Ajdinović, B. at al., “Normal and pathological parathyroid glands,” Medical College, Belgrade, 2004; Ajdinović, B. at al, “Child with an urinary tract infection,” Belgrade, 2008; Ajdinović, B. at al, “Nuclear medicine - Textbook for students in The Medical School of the Military Medical Academy,” Belgrade, 2015. In charge of the nuclear medical research on kidneys in 1987, and, in 2006, of the research about the urinary tract infection in children; participates in the international project “Variability in DMS scintigraphy findings,” in 2007. From 2011 to 2014, participates in the project “Cellular and molecular pathogenetic mechanisms in disorders of reproduction and genital organs - prevention, diagnostics, and therapy” - subproject: “Treatment of antenatal hydronephrosis” of the Ministry of Science and Technological development; from 2011 to 2015, in charge of the project: Nuclear medical research of urinary tract in children: antenatal hydronephrosis, infection of urinary tract in children, and vesicoureteral reflux as causes of renal parenchymal disease. In 2001, awarded The Medal of White Angel from the president of the SR Yugoslavia; in 2008, “Author of the year” by the Military Sanitation Examination magazine; in 2011, awarded third prize at the first Medicinal Olympics in Thessaloniki, and in 2015, the first prize at the third Medicinal Olympics in Thessaloniki. Member of the World Association of Radiopharmacological and Molecular Therapy of the European Society of Nuclear Medicine, Serbian Medical Society, and the Society of Nuclear Medicine of Serbia.

Nuclear medicine

Professor Elisa Mieko Suemitsu Higa has graduated from Medical School in São Paulo, Brazil. After obtaining the Master and PhD degree at the Nephrology Division of Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP), she has been at University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, in Denver, Colorado, USA, for a Post Doctoral Program, under Dr Robert W. Schrier supervision, for 2 ½ years . She obtained a specialization title for Nephrology and Intensive Care Medicine. Currently she is a Full Professor of Medicine Department at Universidade Federal de Sao Paulo, UNIFESP. She is the Chief of Nitric Oxide and Oxidative Stress Laboratory and she is involved in the Translational Medicine and Nephrology Post graduation Programs. In the Laboratory, she has currently 12 students under her supervision, including Research Initiation students (2), Master (7), PhD (2) and Post- doctoral (1) applicants. Prof Elisa is an elected Member of Physiology/ Physiopathology Department of Brazilian Society of Nephrology. She is a peer reviewer for Scientific Journals like PLOS ONE, Nitric oxide, ETAP, BMC Research Notes and Medical Principles and Practice. Research Lines: - Studies on pathophysiology of acute renal failure, diabetic nephropathy, aging and metabolic syndrome, targeting mainly on the role of nitric oxide, oxidative stress and inflammatory mediators. - Studies on alternative approaches for the treatment of chronic kidney diseases: exercises, probiotics and antioxidants. Abstract

nephrotoxicity

Dr.Abdelrahman Nimeri is head of the Division of General, Thoracic, & Vascular Surgery.He is the Director of Bariatric & Metabolic Institute (BMI) Abu Dhabi and Quality Review Officer of the department of Surgery Institute of Surgery

Surgery

Dr. K.L Gupta is the Chief of Nephrology in the premier Medical Institute i.e. Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education & Research, Chandigarh, India. After having done MBBS in 1976, he had passed MD(Medicine) in 1980 and then Doctorate of Nephrology (DM) in 1983. He is serving as the faculty member in the department of Nephrology at PGI, Chandigarh since 1983 and has over the years has made an excellent contribution different areas including the Clinical, Academics and Research. He has published more than 200 papers in reputed journals and written 10 chapters in different books. He has also been honored with various fellowships of National Academic of Nephrology in India, Royal College of Physicians, UK, and American Society of Nephrology etc.

He has interest in the area of fungal infections of the native kidney and following post-transplant lymphoproliferative disorders and Lupus Nephritis. He is President-Elect of Indian Society of Organ Transplantation, Vice President of Urology and Transplantation Society of SAARC Countries, past Indian Society of Nephrology, and an active member of International Society of Nephrology and the American Society of Nephrology.

R.G. Singh after doing his MD in Medicine and DM in Nephrology in 1982 from prestigious central university of Asia i.e. Banaras Hindu University joined as faculty at the institute of medical science where he has served as a Assist Prof., Asso Prof., Prof., Dean of faculty and Director of institute and finally he is serving as a lifelong Distinguished Prof. of nephrology at BHU and also Prof & Head of Nephrology in one of the upcoming institute of medical science, HIMS. Prof. Singh has published more than 350 papers in national and international journals, more than 3 dozen orations and has been conferred one dozen fellowships of different scientific bodies and organisations. He has conducted one and half dozen research projects and guided more than 3 dozen postgraduate students in medicine and nephrology. For last 20 years he has been involved in Tribal and Herbal medicine research.

NEPHROLOGY

Mianzhi Zhang has completed hisMD from Hebei MedicalUniversity. He has published more than 90 papers in reputed journals.He got the first prize of the provincescience and technology progress award in Tianjin; the fifteenth China youth five four medalandthe specialist of the special government allowances.Heisalsothe jury ofNational Natural Science Foundation.He participated in editing publications such as The Basic Theory of Zhang Daning's Traditional Chinese Medicine,The Research on Zhang Daning's Academic Thoughts,The Study on Zhang Daning's Methods Of The Kidney Invigorating And Blood Activating,The Progress Academic Thought on Zhang Daning,TheBasis And Clinical Treatment of Diabetic Nephropathy

Kidney

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