Annual Congress on
Nephrology & End-Stage Renal Disease ESRD | Hybrid

Experienced Professor with a demonstrated history of working in the medical practice. Skilled in Epidemiology, Lecturing, Public Speaking, Curriculum Development, and Therapeutics. Strong education professional with a Nefrologia Emodialisi focused in Nefrologia Emodialisi from Ospedale Il Policlinico Roma. and Ospedale Ca 'Granda, Milano, also in General Hospital of Athens.

Diabetic Kidney Diseases, Kidney Transplantation, Hemodialysis.

Josep M. Campistol is currently the General Director of the Hospital Clinic of Barcelona, Spain, and former Medical Director of the same hospital as well as Director of the Clinical Institute of Nephrology and Urology (ICNU). He is also Professor of Medicine at the Nephrology Department of the University of Barcelona. He received his medical degree from the University of Barcelona in 1983, and completed his residency in internal medicine and, subsequently, his fellowship in renal medicine at the Hospital Clinic of the same institution. Following his training as a fellow in renal medicine at the University of Barcelona, Prof. Campistol continued his clinical work in renal transplantation within the Renal Transplant Unit at the Hospital Clinic. During this period, he also developed research interests into the pathogenesis of dialysis-related amyloidosis, and undertook a visiting Fulbright Scholarship at Boston University School of Medicine in Boston, MA, USA (1991 to 1992). His doctoral thesis (1990) was based on the Pathogenesis of dialysis amyloidosis and the role of lymphocytes on beta 2 microglobulin synthesis and dialysis membranes. Prof. Campistol has published more than 700 experimental and clinical papers in international peer reviewed journals. He is a member of many international transplant societies, on the editorial board of a number of major international transplant journals and a principal investigator in numerous clinical studies. His current research interests include the use of new immunosuppressive regimens in renal transplantation, mechanisms of allograft fibrosis and renal regenerative medicine.

The use of new immunosuppressive regimens in renal transplantation, mechanisms of allograft fibrosis and renal regenerative medicine.

Professor Nikola M. Pavlovic has graduated at the Medical Faculty, University Nis, Serbia in 1974, and become BMedSci 1979, Lecturer in Internal Medicine 1979, Specialist in Internal Medicine 1982, PhD of Medical Sciences 1986, and Associate Professor in Internal Medicine 1988. British Council Scholar, Research Fellow, October 1982 June 1984 at the Department of Renal and Nephrology Services, Royal Free Hospital, London, UK. As the Research Fellow, he was doing clinical and experimental work aimed at looking at the role of lipids in the initiation and the progression of renal diseases. He worked at establishing the new experimental models of Puromycin and Adriamycin (anti tumour antibiotics) induced Nephrotic syndrome in normal and high fat diet rats. Professor Pavlovics topics in research are renal bone disease, the role of lipids in the initiation and the progression of renal diseases, and the role of environmental factors (Aristolochic acids, PAHs) in the aetiology of renal diseases and attendant upper urothelial cancers. He has a long standing interest in looking at the clinical and epidemiologic characteristics of BEN and has the vast experience and expertise in diagnosis and treatment of renal and disorders in hemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis patients. He is an experienced Specialist in Internal Medicine and Nephrology with a demonstrated history of working in the research industry. He is Skilled in Research, Clinical Research, and Customer Service. Strong professional graduated from Medical Faculty, University of Nis, Serbia. His recently published article entitled “Quantitation of Aristolochic Acids in Corn, Wheat Grain, and Soil Samples Collected in Serbia: Identifying a Novel Exposure Pathway in the Etiology of Balkan

Endemic Nephropathy” was selected for the 2017 Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry Research Article of the Year Award (AGRO division).

YOUSSEF EL GAMMAL was born in TANTA EGYPT and completed his higher education in TANTA faculty of medicine, ROYAL college of surgeon, LONDON, EDINBURGH – UK, and MD in NIXON university - USA. He had been brilliant in his educational career and contributed a lot to success in his professional life. He is a physician doctor UROLOGIST and NEPHROLOGIST. He worked as a medical INTERN, SHO, SPECIALIST and CONSULANT in TANTA uni., TOLLAMOR general hospital – DUBLIN, royal hospital -SHARJAH -UAE and AJMAN speciality general hospital -UAE.,He have achieved many things as urologist and nephrologist and received many awards for his great contribution in publishing papers (e.g. a paper in XX11 congress of the EDTA-ERA about CAPD). He is the inspiration to many.

Urology and Artificial Kidney

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Bioinformatics, Molecular Biology, Immunology, Bioprocessing, Drug Discovery & Marketing.

Dr. Swalay FEDALLY, Nephrologist at Ministry of Health & Qol, Mauritius and reviewer for peer-review European Journal. He was graduated in Nephrology, M.D. from University of Chongqing, China. His research titles are Changes in Metabolism of Calcium and Phosphorus in patients with Renal Insufficiency treated by Hemodialysis, and Improvement of Drug-Associated Acute Interstitial Nephritis by Corticosteroids. He has an interest over writing and reading medical research articles and case studies. His interest is Interventional Nephrology

Interventional Nephrology

Dr Francisco Salcido-Ochoa studied Medicine in the National Autonomous University of Mexico. He did both his Master of Science (Immunology) and his PhD in Transplantation Tolerance and Immunoregulation at Imperial College London. He also worked in Internal Medicine at the Royal London and Barts Hospitals, obtaining his MRCP (UK). He did his specialisation in Nephrology at the Singapore General Hospital, where he worked for 10 years as a nephrologist. Currently, he is a nephrologist and transplant immunologist practicing at Francisco Kidney & Medical Centre in Singapore, focusing on general nephrology, kidney transplantation, diabetic kidney disease, diabetes prevention, including weight loss. Dr Francisco has several international publications and has been invited for several oral presentations in different countries including the UK, Mexico, Switzerland, Malaysia, Spain and Singapore.

General Nephrology, Kidney Transplantation, Diabetic Kidney Disease, Diabetes Prevention, including Weight Loss

Lavinia Oltita Bratescu completed her Graduation at University of Medicine and Pharmacy from Timisoara, in Romania. From 2007, she worked as a Nephrologist at Sf. Pantelimon International Healthcare Systems Nephrology and Dialysis Medical Center, in Bucharest. From 2012, she became the Chief Physician of the same clinic. From January 2016, Dr. Lavinia Oltita Bratescu is Chief Physician at Diaverum Morarilor Nephrology and Medical Center in Bucharest, Romania. She completed her PhD in November 2013. Her PhD thesis entitled The role of iron and hepcidin in pathogenesis of anemia on hemodialysis patients. For the first time in a study (published in Journal of Renal Nutrition), hepcidin-25 was measured using a commercial competitive ELISA method. Also, Dr. Bratescu has participated in national and international nephrology conference as a speaker and as poster presenter

The role of iron and hepcidin in pathogenesis of anemia on hemodialysis patients

Dr. Rendi Aji Prihaningtyas has done her Bachelor degree of Medicine and now a Pediatric Resident at Child Health Department, Airlangga University, Surabaya. She have worked as Research Assistant, General practitioner and also Lecturer. She have published 4 books, Anak Obesitas is one its and 2 books(Bersahabat dengan Lupus & Diet Ketogenik) are being published. She have more than 10 organization experiences and participated in many trainings and seminars.

Nephrotic Syndrome in Children