19^th Global Nephrologists Annual Meeting May 14-15, 2018 Rome, Italy

In 1987 Dr. Nahman joined the faculty at Ohio State after completing his fellowship at the same institution. In 2004 he became director of the Nephrology division of the University of Florida Jacksonville. In 2010 he joined the Nephrology division at the Medical College of Georgia, where he has directed the Department of Medicine Translational Research Program since 2013, leads a USRDS data mining group, and is PI of a basic research lab studying the tolerogenic properties of the enzyme IDO. In 2017, he became Co-chair of the American Society of Nephrology In-training exam question writing group.

Kidney Transplantation, Haemodialysis, Translational Medicine

Vladimirs Strazdins graduated from Riga Medical Institute in 1977 (now called Riga Stradins University). He served for two years as an Army Medical Officer and started to work in University Hospital for Children in Riga in 1983. In 1992, he was appointed as Head of Nephrology at the same hospital and held this position till 2009. He is a member of European Pediatric Dialysis Working Group under ESPN from 2004 till 2012, with published European Guidelines on Pediatric Dialysis. He is recently retired, but still working part-time in Hemodialysis Unit at MS Gailezers and provides second-opinion to the consulting patients. He currently focuses on antimicrobial resistence issues and its implications on urinary tract infections.

Dialysis and urinary tract infections

Dr. Zhen Su has completed her MD at the age of 25 years from Wenzhou Medical University and has completed her PhD from The Second Military Medical University and postdoctoral studies from Emory University School of Medicine. She is the Vice -Director of renal division in the first affiliated hospital of Wenzhou Medical University. She has published more than 40 papers in reputed journals and had oral presentation in ASN 2005 (American Society of Nephrology) meeting and WCN 2007 (ISN World Congress of Nephrology) meeting.

Nephropathy, Dialysis

Waldo Concepcion, MD, FACS, is a Professor of Pediatric Nephrology and Chief of Clinical Transplantation at Stanford University and Chief of Pediatric Kidney Transplantation at Lucille Packard Children’s Hospital at Stanford. He graduated Medical School from Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara, Mexico. He then completed his General Surgery Residence at Loma Linda University Medical Center and his Transplantation Surgery Fellowship at University of Pittsburgh under the mentorship of Dr. Thomas Starzl, world leader in the field of transplantation. He is a member of the original team that developed the liver transplant program at California Pacific Medical Center, where he practiced as a transplant surgeon from 1988 to 1994 and is an expert in the field of hepatobiliary and portal hypertension surgery. He and his team moved to Stanford University in 1994. In 1996, he was named director of the Transplantation Institute at Loma Linda University Medical Center where he founded the pediatric liver program and served as Director over the multi-organ transplant program. In 2005, Dr. Concepcion returned to Stanford University to become the new Chief of Clinical Transplantation and Chief of Pediatric Kidney Transplantation at Lucille Packard Children’s Hospital continuing in the tradition of one of the best kidney transplant programs in the world. He has published over 100 articles and book chapters in the scientific literature and remains active in clinical research projects.

Multi-Organ Transplantion (Kidney Transplantation, Pediatric Liver Transplantation, Adult Liver Transplantation, Hepatobiliary Surgery, General Surgery)

Maria Hernandez-Fuentes studied Medicine at Universidad Complutense and then completed PhD in Immunology at Universidad de Alcalá, both in Madrid, Spain. She then moved to the UK, Imperial College London, working on alloimmune responses. In 2005, the research group moved to King’s College London and since then she led the biomarker research group of the MRC Centre for Transplantation. She has a long standing interest in understanding and quantifying alloimmune responses and immune monitoring in kidney transplantation; particularly looking at obtaining evidence of tolerance.

Quantifying alloimmune responses and immune monitoring in kidney transplantation

Dr. David Tovbin has completed his MD at the Hebrew University School of Medicine, Jerusalem, Israel and his nephrology fellowship at Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, Tx, USA. He is currently Head of Nephrology at Emek Medical Center, Afula, Israel and assistant clinical professor at Faculty of Health Sciences, Technion, Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel. For the last 7 years Dr Tovbin serves as the head of the Hemodialysis Forum of the Israeli Society of Nephrology and Hypertension.

Acid-base status, anemia and iron deficency correction in hemodialysis patients

Wioletta Dziubek-Rogowska completed her Master of Physiotherapy at University of Physical Education in Wroclaw in 1999 and PhD in Physical Education at University of Physical Education in Wroclaw in 2005. She is Scientist and Adjunct in the Department of Physiotherapy at University of Physical Education in Wroclaw from 2005. From 2007-2016, she was Senior Lecturer and from 2016 to present working as a Professor at Karkonosze College in Jelenia Gora, Faculty of Natural Science and Technology. 2005 - Present - Head of Laboratory of Functional Tests in Internal Diseases, Department of Physiotherapy, and University of Physical Education in Wroclaw. From 01.09.2016-present she is Head of the Scientific Research Laboratory Department of Physiotherapy, University of Physical Education in Wroclaw, from 01.09.2016-present - Rector's Plenipotentiary for the Lower Silesian Science Festival 2007 - Chairman of the Organizing Committee of the VI International Days of Physiotherapy, Wroclaw 2017 - Chairman of the Scientific Committee of the X International Days of Physiotherapy, Wroclaw.

End Stage Renal Disease and Dialysis

Dario Xavier Jimenez Acosta MD. Nephrologist Born in 1977, October 03. Medical Doctor at Central University of Ecuador (1994-2001). Nephrologist by Pichincha Medical College, at Eugenio Espejo Specialty Hospital (2002-2007). Did Nephrology mini fellowship at Colorado University, Denver (2007).He is the Past Secretary of Ecuadorian Society of Nephrology (2012-2015), Medical Director of DIALNEF (Critical Nephrology) Quito-Ecuador (2012-actually). Nephrology Chief at Enrique Grace’s General Hospital (Ecuadorian Health Public Ministry). One book published (coauthor), 16 paper published.

Hemodialysis and Kidney Transplantation