Friday, 18 October - 17h15
Environmental Change, Changing Biodiversity, and Infectious Lessons for the Kidney Health Community

Professor Vivekanand Jha is Executive Director at The George Institute for Global Health, India, Chair of Global Kidney Health, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College, London and past President of International Society of Nephrology. He is an established clinician-scientist and has led many clinical trials, policy relevant community research and basic science research in the field of kidney disease and transplantation...

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Saturday, 19 October - 10h40
Organ Trafficking

Prof. Mueller received his medical degree in Marburg, Germany. His postgraduate training included internal medicine, intensive care, and nephrology and three postdoc years at the Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston. From 2004 to 2013, he had a clinical appointment at the University of Alberta in Edmonton, with a research focus on gene expression in renal transplantation...

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Sunday, 20 October - 12h15
AI in Nephrology

Dr. Augusto Cesar Santos Jr is a Professor of Medicine at Faculdade de Ciências Médicas and a clinical nephrologist at Hospital das Clínicas, UFMG, Brazil. In 2010, he received the Clinical Research Scholar Award from Harvard Medical School. In 2014, he served as a guest researcher at the Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research...

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Sunday, 20 October 2024 - 09:35
Kidney Warriors

After graduating as a Clinical Technologist in Nephrology in 2000, I began my career in renal care with major corporate dialysis companies such as National Renal Care and B|Braun Avitum. Throughout my various roles in the renal industry, my passion for quality kidney care has only grown. I have had the privilege of working alongside leading Nephrologists...

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Saturday, 19 October 2024 - 08:20
Patient Safety in the Dialysis Unit

Sunday, 20 October 2024 - 09:15
Bridging the Gap: Improving Dialysis Access Care in the Sub-Saharan Region

Tushar J. Vachharajani, MD, FASN is Professor & Chair of the Department of Medicine at John D. Dingell Veterans Affairs Medical Center and Vice Chair for the Department of Medicine at the Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, Michigan, USA.

He has held several leadership positions with the ISN focusing on dialysis access care, education and procedural skills training worldwide...

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Sunday, 20 October 2024 - 09h15
Mindset Matters - 5 Key Success Factors for Renal Care Practitioners

Dr Dena van den Bergh has over 30 years of successful healthcare executive experience with large multinational hospital and healthcare organisations in South Africa where she spearheaded large-scale change to improve healthcare systems and patient outcomes. She served as a director of National Renal Care for seven years...

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Sunday, 20 October 2024 - 09h35
How to integrate African Nephrology Programmes

Prof Abdou Niang is a Professor of Nephrology and Head of the Nephrology Department at the Faculty of Medicine of Cheikh Anta Diop University in Dakar, Senegal. He is an internal medicine and nephrology specialist...

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Sunday, 20 October 2024 - 08h00
Ethical obligations of pharma/dialysis companies and the costing of dialysis

Valerie is a nephrologist trained in South Africa and the USA. She holds an MSc in Public Health and a PhD in Biomedical Ethics. She works at the Zurich Children's Hospital in Switzerland and holds affiliate positions at Harvard Medical School and the University of Cape Town...

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Saturday, 19 October 2024 - 16h10
What AI may mean for the future of medicine

Dr. David Jankelow is a distinguished clinical cardiologist at Netcare Linksfield Clinic, where he has practiced since 2000. He served as the President of the South African Heart Association (SA Heart®) from 2018 to 2020 and was honored with honorary life membership in 2021...

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