March 28, 2018 • 2:00 PM ET • Hosted by the AST Education Committee

Cell-Free DNA and Active Rejection in Kidney Allografts

Speakers:
Roy Bloom, MD • Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
Jonathan Bromberg, MD, PhD • University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore

Moderator: Tarek Alhamad, MD • Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis

Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a worldwide public health problem that needs to be managed in its early stages in order to prevent its development or slow its progression.

This inaugural course will examine disease burden, recommendations for assessment and management, clinical practice guidelines, clinical trials, new therapies, areas of uncertainty and future challenges of this disease. 

Through didactic lectures, case presentations, and panel discussions, the following topics will be explored:

• CKD Management and Transition to End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD)
• Diabetic Kidney Disease
• Kidney Transplant: What the General Practitioner Needs to Know
• Post Kidney Transplant Complications: Infection and Malignancy
• Hypertension Management in Chronic Kidney Disease

This course is designed for practicing physicians, nurses/nurse practitioners, hospitalists, residents, fellows, and allied health professionals specializing in nephrology, internal medicine, family medicine, and general practice.

Join ASN and more than 13,000 other kidney professionals from across the globe at Kidney Week 2017 in New Orleans, LA. The world's premier nephrology meeting, Kidney Week provides participants exciting and challenging opportunities to exchange knowledge, learn the latest scientific and medical advances, and listen to engaging and provocative discussions with leading experts in the field.

17th Annual Conference on Nephrology  is a global platform to discuss and learn about Clinical Nephrology, Pediatric Nephrology, Diabetic Nephrology, Geriatric Nephrology, Integrative Nephrology, Renal Care, Urology, Renal Oncology, Kidney, Scientific conferences and meetings and the field of Nephrology. Nephrology Meetings would discuss various topics related to kidney diseases, Chronic Kidney Diseases, Kidney cancer, Kidney Transplantation, Hypertension, Renal dialysis and procedures. Pulsus has taken the initiation to gather the world class experts both from industry and academic in a common platform at Annual Nephrology 2017.

Hosted by the AST Kidney/Pancreas Community of Practice

Effect of Replacing Race With Apolipoprotein L1 Genotype in Calculation of Kidney Donor Risk Index

Speaker: Bruce A. Julian, MD • University of Alabama at Birmingham
Moderator: Kenneth A. Newell, MD, PhD • Emory University School of Medicine

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing a public workshop regarding new developments and scientific issues related to antibody mediated rejection (AMR) in kidney transplantation. This public workshop is intended to provide information for and gain perspective from individuals, industry, health care professionals, researchers, public health organizations, patients, patient care providers, and other interested persons on various aspects of clinical development of medical products for prophylaxis and/or treatment of AMR in kidney transplant recipients, including clinical trial design and endpoints. The input from this public workshop will also help in developing topics for future discussion.

Conference Series LLC invites all the participants across the globe to attend the 13th World Nephrology Conference which is scheduled to organize on October 18-19, 2017 Dubai, UAE. 13th World Nephrology Conference will discuss the latest technologies and therapeutic aspects developed for various kidney diseases which include renal transplantation, dialysis equipment’s and other procedures involved in treatment of Chronic Kidney Diseases and End Stage Renal Diseases. This year’s annual Conference highlights the theme “Recent advancements of research and treatment in the field Nephrology”.

World Nephrology 2017 is a remarkable event which brings together a unique and International mix of nephrologists and kidney specialists from leading universities and research institutions making the conference a perfect platform to share experience, foster collaboration across industry and academia, and evaluate emerging technologies across the globe.

Conference Series LLC is a pioneer and leading scientific event organizer, publishing around 700 Open access journals and conducting over 500 Scientific Meetings all over the globe annually with the support of more than 1000 scientific associations, 80000 editorial board members and 7.5 million followers to its credit.

About Nephrology

Nephrology is a specialty of medicine that concerns itself with the study of normal kidney function, kidney problems, the treatment of kidney problems and renal replacement therapy (dialysis and kidney transplantation). Systemic conditions that affect the kidneys and systemic problems that occur as a result of kidney problems are also studied in nephrology. A physician who has undertaken additional training to become an expert in nephrology may call themselves a nephrologist or renal physician.

Why Dubai, UAE?

Diabetes, obesity and high blood pressure are the leading cause of chronic kidney diseases. Around 19% of the UAE population is expected to suffer from diabetes1 and 17 % from hypertension2. Around 40 % of all these patients are expected to develop some form of chronic kidney disease in their lives. Lifestyle changes have to be undertaken an early age by people to avoid the vicious circle of lifestyle diseases leading to kidney and heart diseases which in turn leads to kidney and heart failure. According to International Federation of Kidney Foundation, 1 in 10 of the general population has some degree of chronic kidney disease.Early detection of the symptoms and proper treatment can help in controlling disease progression

Target Audience:

• Nephrologists
• Renal Practionists
• Kidney coordinators
• Renal Transplantation surgeons
• Nephrology Associations and Societies
• Business Entrepreneurs
• Training Institutes
• Software developing companies
• Manufacturing Medical Devices Companies
• Data Management Companies