Global Kidney Care Podcast Provided by ISN

Season 6 Episode 4: Tackling One of Nephrology’s Biggest Mysteries: chronic kidney disease of unknown origin (CKDu)

Ben Caplin, Magdalena Madero, Eranga Wijewickrama, Shuchi Anand — Fri, 24 Apr 2026 14:44:09 +0000

This ISN i3C podcast brings together leading ISN experts to unpack a new paper tackling one of nephrology’s biggest mysteries: chronic kidney disease of unknown origin (CKDu). The discussion explores why identifying the causes of CKDu has been so challenging—highlighting gaps in terminology, study design, and data collection—while questioning whether current research approaches are asking the right questions. Through expert insights and debate, the podcast emphasizes the need for standardized methods, stronger global collaboration, and a shift toward translating research into prevention, especially in low- and middle-income countries. The podcast closes by looking ahead to priority research areas and how the global community can get involved in advancing solutions. Listeners will come away with a deeper, more nuanced understanding of CKDu.

Participants:

Ben Caplin (UK), ISN i3C Working Group Chair
Magdalena Madero (Mexico), ISN i3C Working Group Deputy Chair
Eranga Wijewickrama (Sri Lanka)
Shuchi Anand (United States)

Season 6 Episode 3: The Emerging Role of Artificial Intelligence in Nephrology

Tue, 10 Mar 2026 20:17:29 +0000

Augusto Cesar Soares dos Santos Junior hosts the latest episode of the Global Kideny Care podcast, and this special episode is part of the offerings for NephMadness 2026. Augusto is joined by Ana Catalina Alvarez Elias: Renal Research Institute, Lili Chan: Mount Sinai, Neil Reza Evans: UC Davis Health, and Kuang-Yu Jen: UC Davis Health, where they discuss the emerging role of Artificial Intelligence in nephrology. AI stands out as a truly transformative force and is reshaping how diseases are diagnosed, how nephrologists interpret complex data, and understand patients.

Season 6 Episode 2: WKD: Kidney Health for All: Caring for People, Protecting the Planet

Manjusha Yadla, Natarajan Gopalakrishnan, Bill Wang — Wed, 04 Feb 2026 15:35:24 +0000

World Kidney Day (WKD) is observed annually on the second Thursday of March and in 2026 falls on March 12, under the theme “Kidney Health for All: Caring for People, Protecting the Planet”. Read more about WKD 2026 here.

In this episode, WKD Joint Steering Committee member Dr. Manjusha Yadla is joined by fellow committee members Dr. Natarajan Gopalakrishnan and Bill Wang to examine the growing connection between kidney health, climate change, and planetary well-being. The discussion explores climate change as an emerging risk factor for kidney disease and highlights the importance of prevention through education, awareness, and sustainable healthcare practices, underscoring the shared responsibility of clinicians, patients, and policymakers to protect kidney health, promote environmentally responsible care, and translate public-health frameworks into meaningful, long-term global action.

Season 6 Episode 1: Genetics for the Nephrologist (a sneak peek at the Genetics in Kidney Disease Curriculum)

Anuja Java, Becky Ma, Amali Mallawaarachchi, Ali Gharavi, and Christie Thomas — Tue, 13 Jan 2026 16:56:29 +0000

The International Society of Nephrology Education Working Group has undertaken the development of a comprehensive online program to advance understanding and education in this rapidly evolving field. The new curriculum ‘Genetics in Kidney Disease’ led by Drs. Becky Ma and Anuja Java, features a series of 11 recorded lectures covering key topics in nephrogenetics, together with roundtable-style panel discussions featuring leading experts on each topic for open conversations and deeper insights.

This first episode of season six of the Global Kidney Care Podcast is a sneak peek at the first roundtable discussion on Genetics for the Nephrologist (monogenic, polygenic; testing methodology) with Drs. Amali Mallawaarachchi, Ali Gharavi, and Christie Thomas. To continue your education in Genetics in Kidney Disease, view the rest of the first module and the full curriculum here.

Season 5 Episode 10: AI and Acute Kidney Injury Detection

Sola Aoun Bahous and Jay L. Koyner — Wed, 03 Dec 2025 21:07:37 +0000

Jay L. Koyner, MD, is a Professor of Medicine in the Section of Nephrology at the University of Chicago where he also serves as the Medical Director of the Inpatient Dialysis Unit, Director of ICU Nephrology and the Associate Program Director of the Nephrology-Critical Care Fellowship. He hosted by Dr. Sola Aoun Bahous, Dean and Professor of the Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Nephrology at the Lebanese American University. Sola is also the Chair-Elect of the ISN Education Working Group. In this episode, Jay and Sola discuss the Acute Kidney Injury and the impact of Artificial Intelligence on detection. They will discuss Jay’s research in multi-modal deep learning models and his building of practical AKI Alerts, and how these innovations could change kidney care worldwide.

Season 5 Episode 9: Rethinking the Design and Conduct of Kidney Trials

Roberto Pecoits-Filho, Smeeta Sinha — Fri, 21 Nov 2025 18:54:17 +0000

Clinical trial design in nephrology is evolving. In this episode, leading experts explore why a paradigm shift is needed from traditional biomarkers to patient-centered outcomes and practical strategies for advancing trial implementation. This conversation draws on insights from the ISN Consensus Meeting on Changing Paradigms of Studies in CKD (Vancouver, Nov 22-23, 2024) where clinicians, trialists, patient partners, regulators and industry scientists came together to rethink trial endpoints, outcomes and designs. Together, they discuss how reimagining kidney trials can generate more relevant, equitable, and actionable evidence for better kidney care worldwide.

Participants

Adeera Levin
Professor of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Canada, and Past-President of the International Society of Nephrology (ISN). Dr. Levin is a global leader in kidney health research, with extensive experience in chronic kidney disease (CKD) management, clinical trials, and international health system strengthening.

Jennifer Lees
Senior Clinical Lecturer and Honorary Consultant Nephrologist at the University of Glasgow, UK. Dr. Lees’ research focuses on improving patient outcomes in kidney disease through better trial design, biomarker evaluation, and translational approaches linking research to clinical care.

Kevin Weinfurt
Professor and Vice Chair of Faculty, Department of Population Health Sciences, Duke University School of Medicine, USA. Dr. Weinfurt is a behavioural scientist specializing in patient-reported outcomes (PROMs), ethical aspects of research participation, and improving the relevance of clinical trials to patients lived experiences.

Hiddo J. Lambers Heerspink
Professor of Clinical Trials and Personalized Medicine, University Medical Center Groningen, The Netherlands. Dr. Heerspink’s work bridges pharmacology, nephrology, and precision medicine, focusing on optimizing kidney and cardiovascular outcomes through innovative clinical trial design and biomarker discovery.

To read more, explore the related paper Changing Paradigms of Studies in Kidney Diseases published in Kidney International.

Season 5 Episode 8: Benefits and Challenges of AI and Acute Kidney Injury

Augusto Cesar Soares dos Santos Junior and Rolando Claure-Del Granado — Fri, 31 Oct 2025 17:34:57 +0000

In the latest Episode of the Global Kidney Care podcast Augusto Cesar Soares dos Santos Junior interviews Rolando Claure-Del Granado, a Clinical Research Investigator at the Biomedical Research Institute (IIBISMED) at Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Mayor de San Simon (Cochabamba, Bolivia) and a visiting professor of the UNESP - São Paulo State University (Brazil).

This podcast is part of an ongoing series of resources for the ISN Academy dedicated to the topic of AI and Nephrology. Augusto and Rolando discuss how AI is changing the outlook for patients with AKI and how it can be utilized by nephrologists to treat those with AKI.

Season 5 Episode 7: Climate Change on Kidney Health: Impacts

Winston Fung, Vivekanand Jha, Letizia De Chiara, Maryvonne Hourmant — Thu, 02 Oct 2025 18:48:47 +0000

Winston Fung, an Associate Consultant at Prince of Wales Hospital and an Honorary Clinical Assistant Professor for the Chinese University of Hong Kong, hosts the second conversation on climate change and its impacts on kidney health. Winston is joined by Vivekanand Jha, The George Institute for Global Health, India, Professor of Nephrology at the University of Oxford, and the former President of the ISN. Also joining the conversation is Letizia De Chiara, junior PI at the University of Florence, Italy, and Maryvonne Hourmant, former president of the SFNDT.

Season 5 Episode 6: AI in Nephrology Research

Roberto Pecoits-Filho, Smeeta Sinha — Tue, 02 Sep 2025 12:38:43 +0000

In the latest episode of the Global Kidney Care Podcast, host Winston Fung speaks to Luis Gustavo Modelli de Andrade, a Nephrologist at the Kidney Transplant Program, Hospital das Clínicas da UNESP – Botucatu in Brazil.

They discuss the frontiers of artificial intelligence and its applications in medicine. Dr. Gustavo discusses artificial intelligence, machine learning, and advanced modeling techniques such as deep learning. His work is focused on applying these technologies to nephrology and organ transplantation, helping to shape the future of patient care and medical innovation.

Season 5 Episode 5: The Intersection of AI and Nephrology (An Introduction to the ISN Academy AI Resources)

Augusto Cesar Soares dos Santos Jr, Peter Kotanko — Tue, 08 Jul 2025 19:01:28 +0000

The latest episode of the Kidney Care Podcast is a Conversation with Peter Kotanko, a leading expert on artificial intelligence applications for kidney care and the Emeritus Director of the Renal Research Institute in New York, USA. This conversation on the intersection of AI and Nephrology is the first installment in a series of conversations on AI and is part of the new ISN Academy AI resource section on the ISN Academy. This resource page will be updated regularly, providing the latest original and curated material on AI and Nephrology.

Season 5 Episode 4: Kidney Health on Climate Change: Causes

Winston Fung, Isabelle Ethier, Caroline Stigant — Wed, 04 Jun 2025 14:29:11 +0000

This special episode's participants are Winston Fung, Clinical Assistant Professor/ Associate Consultant, Division of Nephrology at the Prince of Wales Hospital, The Chinese University of Hong Kong; Isabelle Ethier, Nephrologist, Centre Hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal (CHUM), Montréal, Canada and Caroline Stigant, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Nephrology, University of British Columbia.

This is the first of a multi-part ELP-GreenK series and part one we discuss the environmental impact of kidney care and what we can do about it! This episode is also part of the larger ISN GREEN-K initiative – Global Environmental Evolution in Nephrology and Kidney Care Curriculum on the ISN Academy. Visit to delve deeper into environmentally sustainable kidney care, all in the name of caring for our patients and the environment!

Season 5 Episode 3: Easing the Treatment Burden: The Nurse's Role in Patient and Caregiver Support

Roberto Pecoits-Filho, Smeeta Sinha — Tue, 29 Apr 2025 19:52:16 +0000

This episode features a discussion among kidney nurses about the challenges patients face while on their renal replacement journey, and the various ways nurses can support them and their caregivers. The conversation includes suggestions for new nurses entering the field, thoughts on improving patient support, and discusses how approaches may vary in different contexts.

Ana Elizabeth Prado Lima Figueiredo – Professor, School of Nursing at the Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul

Elaine Bowes – Senior Clinical Nurse Specialist and Advanced Level Nurse Practitioner in Peritoneal Dialysis at Kings College Hospital

Fatima de Figueiredo - Renal Vascular Access Nurse, Kings Renal Unit, King's College Hospital Foundation Trust

Jane van der Jeugd - Nurse Practitioner: Transplantation I Nephrology, Flinders Medical Centre, Southern Adelaide Local Health Network

Zehra Aydin - Assistant Professor at Istanbul Atlas University

Season 5 Episode 2: World Kidney Day 2025 - A Brazilian Perspective

Martina Pirotta, José Moura-Neto, Viviane Calice Silva — Thu, 20 Feb 2025 14:59:31 +0000

In this special World Kidney Day podcast episode, Martina Pirotta, WKD Campaign Manager on behalf of the ISN, welcomes Dr. José Moura-Neto, President of the Brazilian Society of Nephrology, and Dr. Viviane Calice Silva, Director of the Department of Epidemiology and Prevention of Kidney Diseases at the Brazilian Society of Nephrology to describe the current landscape of chronic kidney disease (CKD) in Brazil. They discuss how Brazil commemorates World Kidney Day, with over 1,000 activities taking place annually, the impact of awareness initiatives, and a significant study on CKD screening using point-of-care creatinine testing across the country.

Season 5 Episode 1: World Kidney Day 2025 - Are Your Kidneys OK?

Li-Li Hsiao, Dina Abdellatif and Alessandro Balducci — Thu, 20 Feb 2025 14:17:36 +0000

World Kidney Day (WKD) is observed annually on the second Thursday of March. In 2025, it falls on March 13, with the theme "Are Your Kidneys OK? Detect Early, Protect Kidney Health."

In this episode, WKD Joint Steering Committee ISN co-chair Dr. Li-Li Hsiao is joined by IFKF-WKA co-chair Dr. Dina Abdellatif and Prof. Alessandro Balducci, past co-chair and current committee member. Together, they discuss who is at higher risk for kidney disease, available tests for early detection, and the 8 Golden Rules for kidney disease prevention. They also highlight ways to get involved in the WKD campaign.

Season 4 Episode 10: ISN Train the Trainer Program for Pregnancy and Kidney Disease

Shilpanjali Jesudason and Rasha Shemies — Thu, 12 Dec 2024 20:39:43 +0000

In this episode Shilpanjali Jesudason (Faculty), Head of Unit, Central and Northern Adelaide Renal and Transplantation Service (CNARTS), Royal Adelaide Hospital, CALHN Clinical Professor, University of Adelaide and Rasha Shemies (Trainee) Assistant Professor of nephrology, Mansoura University, Egypt discuss the ISN Train the Trainer Program for Pregnancy and Kidney Disease. The Train the Trainer was designed to help those who have an interest in obstetric nephrology in their region to provide them material, resources and support to up-skill and most importantly be able to also go and teach about obstetric nephrology.

Season 4 Episode 9: ISN Continuing Medical Education (CME) Program

Urmila Anandh, Rümeyza Turan Kazancioglu, Adrian Liew, Jaime Restrepo — Mon, 23 Sep 2024 19:19:02 +0000

Every year, the ISN Continuing Medical Education (CME) Program brings essential teaching and training to some 14,000 doctors and healthcare practitioners in the emerging world. This Program supports the conceptual design of local and regional meetings in resource-low countries by contributing to the organization of the meeting and helping arrange faculty for the meeting.

This episode is hosted by Urmila Anandh (India), a member CME Program Committee and she is joined by Rümeyza Turan Kazancioglu (Turkey), Adrian Liew (Singapore) and Jaime Restrepo (Colombia) to discuss the activities and initiatives of the CME Programs Committee. They discuss how the committee serves the ISN and the global nephrology world.

Season 4 Episode 8: Anticoagulation for People Receiving Long-term Haemodialysis

Patrizia Natale and Edmund Chung — Thu, 29 Aug 2024 18:34:21 +0000

Haemodialysis (HD) requires safe and effective anticoagulation to prevent clot formation within the extracorporeal circuit during dialysis treatments to enable adequate dialysis and minimise adverse events, including major bleeding. Low molecular weight heparin (LMWH) may provide a more predictable dose, reliable anticoagulant effects and be simpler to administer than unfractionated heparin (UFH) for HD anticoagulation, but may accumulate in the kidneys and lead to bleeding. in this latest episode fo the podcast Edmund Chung, Knowledge and Information Decimation Editor of the Cochrane Kidney Transplant Group. Edmund is Joined by the lead author on this article Patricia Natale Sydney School of Public Health, The University of Sydney.

Season 4 Episode 7: Changing Treatment Landscape in IgAN and Disease Modification Approaches (supported by Vera Therapeutics)

Jonathan Barratt and Richard Lafayette — Thu, 25 Jul 2024 17:33:28 +0000

For this episode of the Global Kidney Care Podcast, Jonathan Barratt, MD, MSc, PhD is Professor of Renal Medicine, Department of Cardiovascular Sciences at the University of Leicester and Richard Lafayette, MD, FACP is a Nephrologist and Professor of Medicine at the Division of Nephrology Department of Medicine, Stanford University discuss the changing landscape in IgAN and disease modification approaches.

This podcast is supported by Vera Therapeutics

Season 4 Episode 6: ISN Educational Ambassadors Program

Fri, 28 Jun 2024 19:34:05 +0000

Recorded live at the WCN’ 24 in Buenos Aires Argentina this conversation focuses on the ISN Educational Ambassadors (EA) Program.

Renal centers around the world can apply for support of the Educational Ambassadors (EA) Program and receive expert guidance and hands-on training to advance new initiatives, skills or services, and community-based research and screening programs.

EA Program Committee member Titi Chen, Nephrologist and Transplant physician from the University of Sydney, Australia, leads a discussion on the purpose and impact of the EA Program with its outgoing chair Gavin Dreyer, Nephrologist, King’s College London, UK, and program participants Lázaro Cobiellas Carballo, Nephrologist, University of Medical Sciences in Holguin, Cuba, Juan Santacruz Mancheno, Nephrologist from the Clínica de los riñones Menydial, Ecuador and Bernardo Moguel, Instituto Nacional de Cardiología Ignacio Chavez, Mexico.

Season 4 Episode 5: PDOPPS International Study of Practice Patterns and Outcomes of Peritoneal Dialysis Patients

Roberto Pecoits-Filho, Smeeta Sinha — Mon, 03 Jun 2024 15:47:10 +0000

This latest episode of the Global Kidney Care Podcast is an effort of the ISN, ISPD, and Arbor Research Collaborative for Health (the coordinating center for the DOPPS family of studies). This episode is focused on PDOPPS, our international study of practice patterns and outcomes of peritoneal dialysis patients. The conversation is led by Roberto Pecoits-Filho, DOPPS Program Scientific Director and is joined by the president of the ISPD Edwina Brown from the Imperial College Renal & Transplant Centre, Jenny Shen from the Harbor-UCLA Medical Center and Jeffrey Perl from St Michael’s Hospital in Toronto and the Principal Investigator of PDOPPS.

Season 4 Episode 4: Shared Decision Making

Helen Hurst, Ana Elizabeth Figueiredo and Rachel Walker — Tue, 07 May 2024 19:10:09 +0000

Helen Hurst, Ana Elizabeth Figueiredo and Rachael Walker members of the ISN's Kidney Health Professionals Working Group discuss shared decision making. This was recorded in person during the ISN's World Congress of Nephrology 2024 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. This podcast is supported by Baxter.

Season 4 Episode 3: Interventions for fatigue in people with kidney failure requiring dialysis

Roberto Pecoits-Filho, Smeeta Sinha — Tue, 23 Apr 2024 19:16:17 +0000

Fatigue is a common and debilitating symptom amongst people with kidney failure but remains under appreciated and understudied. Interventions to address fatigue in people with kidney failure requiring dialysis are lacking, highlighted by the lack of recommendations on managing fatigue in clinical practice guidelines. A Cochrane review was published in 2023 summarizing the benefits and harms of pharmacological and non-pharmacological interventions for fatigue in people on dialysis. On this podcast, the review’s first author Dr Patrizia Natale joins us to discuss the study’s findings.

Season 4 Episode 2: Kidney Health for All – Advancing equitable access to care and optimal medication practice

Roberto Pecoits-Filho, Smeeta Sinha — Thu, 29 Feb 2024 15:16:05 +0000

World Kidney Day (WKD) is observed every year on the Second Thursday of March. In 2023, it falls on March 14th and aims to advocate for Kidney Health for All! Professor Alessandro Balducci, co-chair of the WKD Joint Steering Committee, is joined in this episode by WKD Joint Steering Committee members Dr. Dina Abdellatif, Dr. Ricardo Correa-Rotter, and Dr. Katherine Tuttle, the Executive Director for Research at Providence Inland Northwest Health. The WKD Joint Steering Committee has declared WKD 2024 as “Advancing equitable access to care and optimal medication practice.” Their conversation covers the goals of WKD, raising awareness about the importance of ensuring equitable access to appropriate treatment and care for people living with kidney disease, in order to improve their quality of life and delay the progression of the disease.

Season 4 Episode 1: Discussion on Health Disparities on the Outcomes for Patients with ADPKD

Maria E. Diaz-Gonzalez de Ferris, Sambhavi Krishnamoorthy, Funke Ojuri — Thu, 25 Jan 2024 18:12:08 +0000

Recently the International Society of Nephrology (ISN) and the Polycystic Kidney Disease Foundation (PKDF) held a joint webinar to discuss and explore the significant impact of health disparities on the outcomes for patients with Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease (ADPKD). In the latest episode of the Global Kidney Care Podcast, Dr. Maria E. Diaz-Gonzalez de Ferris, Dr. Sambhavi Krishnamoorthy and patient advocate Funke Ojuri continue the conversation on Health disparities that are often driven by socioeconomic, racial, and geographic factors and how they play a crucial role in shaping the progression of ADPKD and its associated complications.

Season 3 Episode 12a: Kidney Disease in Uganda - a republishing from 2015

Roberto Pecoits-Filho, Smeeta Sinha — Mon, 06 Nov 2023 18:21:32 +0000

This re-published episode was originally published in 2015 and is hosted by Jack Milln and he takes a look at Uganda and how kidney disease has affected the lives of the people in this country. It also touches on the hardships of relying on expensive treatment options in a resource-poor country.

The developing countries of sub-Saharan Africa are under threat by an emerging epidemic of kidney disease. Populations are no longer solely affected by ‘diseases of poverty’ such as HIV/TB/malaria but also ‘diseases of affluence’ such as diabetes and hypertension. Disease is often asymptomatic until end-stage disease develops requiring expensive treatment options such as transplant or dialysis.

In this episode you will here from patients in Uganda about how kidney disease has affected their lives, and the hardships of relying on expensive treatment options in a resource-poor country.

Season 3 Episode 12: Monoclonal Lytes

Roberto Pecoits-Filho, Smeeta Sinha — Tue, 31 Oct 2023 17:20:10 +0000

In the first ever podcast collaboration between ISN and ASON; Raad Chowdhury hosts a panel of Fellows in discussing an Onconephrology Case with an electrolyte twist.

Season 3 Episode 11: AI and Nephrology

Augusto Cesar Santos Jr and Peter Kotanko — Fri, 29 Sep 2023 14:01:08 +0000

Augusto Cesar Santos Jr MD, FASN, FISN has a discussion with Peter Kotanko, MD, FASN on the intersection of nephrology and artificial intelligence (AI). They discuss how AI is being used in the field of nephrology, what the future holds, and the potential pitfalls of this new and ever changing technology.

Season 3 Episode 10: Physical Activity and Kidney Disease

Paul Bennett — Thu, 14 Sep 2023 21:10:31 +0000

Physical activity is crucial for patients with kidney disease to maintain independence and an optimal quality of life.

This episode of the Global Kidney Care Podcast covers topics related to physical activity and kidney disease, Professor Paul Bennett, RN PhD FISN Deputy Head (Research), SONM, Griffith University, Queensland, Australia and a member of the ISN Kidney Health Professionals Working Group leads a discussion that covers what barriers patients and health care providers face and how they can inspire lifelong physical activity among their patients.

Paul is joined by a truly diverse set of international guests:

· Stephanie Thompson, MD PhD, Associate Professor, Division of Nephrology, University of Alberta, Canada

· Heitor S. Ribeiro, PhD, Exercise physiologist, Postdoctoral Research fellow at the School of Medicine, University of Sao Paulo, Brazil

· Pedro Martins, coordinator of the physical exercise program at NephroCare Portugal (Fresenius Medical Care); PhD student at the University of Maia, Portugal

· Wilson Du, Renal Warrior, diagnosed with end-stage kidney disease Wilson turned to physical activity to not only improve his health, but to take control of his diagnoses. Today he is inspiring others who suffer with similar diagnosis to improve their lives through exercise.

Season 3 Episode 9: Educating Patients Across Borders with KidneyEducation.com

Roberto Pecoits-Filho, Smeeta Sinha — Tue, 29 Aug 2023 15:35:20 +0000

Kidneyeducation.com was founded by the Nephrologist Dr Sanjay Pandya with the mission to educate patients and their families about kidney care across all boundaries for the prevention of kidney disease. Today provides content in over 40 languages presented by nephrologists and other healthcare providers.

Dr Tushar Vachharajani, former chair of the ISN Education Working Group interviews Dr Pandya on the origins, goals and future of website.

Season 3 Episode 8: Discussion on ISN’s First Consensus Guidance for Pre-clinical Animal Studies in Translational Nephrology (TRANSFORM)

Fergus Caskey, Agnes Fogo, Masaomi Nangaku — Thu, 06 Jul 2023 08:00:00 +0000

Fergus Caskey, chair of the ISN Research Working Group, interviews ISN President Masaomi Nangaku and immediate Past President Agnes Fogo on the first guidance for the optimal conduct of translational animal studies for developing new drugs to treat kidney disease.

Read the guidance in Kidney International here.

Agnes Fogo discusses the inspiration for and aim of the meeting: to guide improvements in translational animal studies to help develop new drugs to treat kidney diseases.

Masaomi Nangaku talks about essential factors to consider in animal studies and the future of organoids and organs-on-a-chip.

The guidance is the first of its kind. It was developed by experts in the global kidney community following the “TRANSFORM; TRAnslational Nephrology Science FOR new Medications” consensus meeting held in 2022.

Access more information about the initiative:

Season 3 Episode 7: ISN-ACT Global Trials Focus, A Clinical Trials Discussion

Roberto Pecoits-Filho, Smeeta Sinha — Mon, 12 Jun 2023 17:00:00 +0000

Michele Provenzano and Daniel O'Hara, coordinators of the ISN-ACT Global Trials Focus (GTF)*, interview international trial experts and ISN-ACT (Advancing Clinical Trials) chair and deputy chair Meg Jardine and Adeera Levin.

Get involved in international clinical trials: Join the ISN-ACT Network here.

Meg Jardine talks about some of the clinical trials she's been involved in, barriers to overcome in clinical research, and finding the right people to collaborate with.

Adeera Levine discusses her work in international clinical trials, current hot research topics, and research challenges in different resource settings. She also gives recommendations for those seeking to get involved in clinical trials.

*The ISN-ACT GTF provides a monthly summary of recent compelling trials relevant to kidney disease.

Read the ISN-ACT GTF here.

Season 3 Episode 6a: Live from Bangkok! Renal Disasters and Ethical Considerations

Roberto Pecoits-Filho, Smeeta Sinha — Mon, 15 May 2023 21:00:00 +0000

Manjusha Yadla, Professor and Head, Nephrology Gandhi Medical College is the host of this episode and is joined by co-hosts Milagros Flores, Ivan Rodriguez from Mexico and Srikanth Bathini of India. They are interviewing Sibel Bek, from Turkey and Valerie Luyckx of Switzerland on Renal Disasters and Ethical Considerations.

Recorded live in the ISN Kidney Studio during the WCN'23. This supplemental episode is a cross over of the Global Kidney Care Podcast and the ISN Social Media Team. The Social Media Team is a group of health professionals ensuring social media coverage of the Congress through:

Live tweeting of scientific sessions
Visual abstracts
Live visual abstracts
Daily quizzes
Interviews
Podcasts
Video summaries, and more.

For more Information on the Social Media Team

Season 3 Episode 6: Encore Presentation of the EMPA-KIDNEY Trial Data Presented by BI & Lilly

Roberto Pecoits-Filho, Smeeta Sinha — Fri, 28 Apr 2023 15:00:00 +0000

Adeera Levin, Professor of Medicine, head of the Division of Nephrology at University of British Columbia is the host for this episode of the Global Kidney Care Podcast. Dr. Levin is joined by Will Herrington, Honorary Consultant Nephrologist, Oxford Kidney Unit and Masaomi Nangaku professor and head of the division of nephrology and endocrinology, the University of Tokyo Graduate School of Medicine. In addition, Dr. Nangaku is all also the current president of the ISN.

Drs. Levin, Herrington and Nangaku presented a webinar on the ISN Academy in December 2022 and in this episode follow up on that presentation with a discussion of the latest updates.

This podcast is supported by an unrestricted educational grant from Boehringer Ingelheim & Lilly

Season 3 Episode 5: Stanford Pioneers Revolutionary Dual-Transplant Approach (Kidney Treatment)

Roberto Pecoits-Filho, Smeeta Sinha — Mon, 17 Apr 2023 16:00:00 +0000

This episode of the Global Kidney Care podcast is hosted by Maria E. Diaz-Gonzalez de Ferris, Professor, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill and a member of the ISN Education Working Group. She is joined in conversation with Paul Grimm, MD at Stanford Medicine Children’s Health. They will discuss Dr. Grimm’s participation in how Stanford have enabled children to receive kidney transplants without need for immune-suppressing drugs, thanks to a revolutionary method that transplants the donor’s immune system to the patient before surgeons implant the kidney, “dual immune/solid organ transplant,” or DISOT.

Season 3 Episode 4: Discussion on IgA Nephropathy: as part of the NephMadness PodCrawl

Roberto Pecoits-Filho, Smeeta Sinha — Tue, 07 Mar 2023 13:00:00 +0000

Hosted by Roberto Pecoits-Filho, ISN Education Working Group Chair this special episode is a discussion on IgA nephropathy with Dana Rizik of UAB Birmingham and Dana Larsen of UCSF of San Francisco.

The idea behind a podcrawl is for a variety of podcasts to coordinate on timing and topic to push a theme and get each other’s listeners to explore all of the podcasts. One of the first goals behind NephMadness was to build a community and in the early years of Twitter, NephMadness was central to the formation of #NephTwitter and defining the ethos that makes our online community kind, intelligent, vibrant, and interesting. The NephMadness Podcrawl hopes to inspire and grow the nephrology podcast community in the same way. This year along with the Global Kidney Care Podcast the following series will participate:

The Curbsiders gets the skinny on mineralcorticoid receptor antagonists
Core IM will be covering Kidney Transplant in their classic Five Pearl format
The CardioNerds will be covering the effect of Heart Failure Devices on Kidney Health
Freely Filtered will try to understand thrombotic microangiopathy
The Cribsiders look at transitions, first the Peditrics to Adult nephrology transition and then from living to death with palliative nephrology
Fellow on Call will be covering Onconephrology
The Nephron Segment looks at Transgender Health and CKD

8 podcasts in all one for each region in this year’s NephMadness

Go to NephMadness.com/podcrawl to get links to all of the shows

Season 3 Episode 3: World Kidney Day: a discussion on preparing for the unexpected

Roberto Pecoits-Filho, Smeeta Sinha — Tue, 21 Feb 2023 14:00:00 +0000

World Kidney Day (WKD) every year is observed on the Second Thursday of March, in 2023, it falls on March 9th and aims at advocating for Kidney Health for All! Prof. Ifeoma Ulasi, member of the WKD Steering Committee, is joined on this episode by WKD Steering Committee members Dr. Dina Abdellatif, Dr. Li-Li Hsiao and Dr. Ali Abu-Alfa, from the ISN Renal Disaster Preparedness Working Group. The WKD Steering Committee has declared 2023 “Preparing for the unexpected, supporting the vulnerable”. Their conversation covers the goals of WKD to raise awareness about disastrous events, natural or man-made, international or local, and their impact on people living with kidney disease whose access to appropriate diagnostic services, treatment and care may be hindered.

Season 3 Episode 2: Diagnosis and Management of Complement Mediated Kidney Diseases Supported by Novartis

Roberto Pecoits-Filho, Smeeta Sinha — Tue, 31 Jan 2023 14:00:00 +0000

Drs Namrata Parikh, Gary Chan and Nick Medjeral-Thomas are nephrologists and complement enthusiasts interested in the diagnosis and management of complement mediated kidney diseases. In this conversation, we discussed key clinical and pathology features of inappropriate, pathogenic complement activity that guide physicians to a diagnosis of C3 glomerulopathy. We discussed differences in investigation and management strategies between our respective clinical centers in Ottawa, Hong Kong and London, including access to clinical trials of therapeutic complement inhibitors. To finish, we speculated on the future impact on clinical nephrology of complement pathway analysis and inhibition.

Make sure to also check out the Complement-Mediated Kidney Diseases Toolkit here

Season 3 Episode 1: Evaluating Interventions for Minimal Change Disease in Adults With Nephrotic Syndrome

Roberto Pecoits-Filho, Smeeta Sinha — Mon, 02 Jan 2023 19:00:00 +0000

The latest episode of the Global Kidney Care Podcast is hosted by Edmund Chung, Cochrane and Kidney Transplant Knowledge, Translation and Decimation Editor and he is joined by Karolis Azukaitis, Senior Pediatric Nephrologist at Vilnius University Hospital and Elisabeth Hodson, Honorary consultant Pediatric Nephrologist at the Children’s Hospital at Westmead in Sydney. They discuss highlights of their Cochrane updated Review of Interventions for Minimal Change Disease in Adults with Nephrotic Syndrome (new evidence summary).

Season 2 Episode 6: Cochrane Kidney and Transplant Past, Present and Future

Roberto Pecoits-Filho, Smeeta Sinha — Thu, 23 Jun 2022 16:00:00 +0000

Cochrane Kidney and Transplant was established in 1997 with its editorial base currently in Sydney Australia. They are one of 53 Cochrane Review Groups that are part of Cochrane, an international, independent not-for-profit dedicated to providing up-to-date, accurate information about the effects of health care. Cochrane produces and disseminates systematic reviews of research on healthcare interventions.

Roberto and Smeeta interview:

Jonathan Craig Coordinating Editor
Giovanni Strippoli Deputy Co-ordinating Editor
Elisabeth Hodson Senior Editorial Board Member, and Feedback Editor
Edmund Chung Editorial Board Member, and Knowledge Translation and Dissemination Editor

Their discussion covers both the history and the future of Cochrane Kidney and Transplant.

Season 2 Episode 5: Innovative Nursing in Nephrology: PD Catheter Insertion

Roberto Pecoits-Filho, Smeeta Sinha — Mon, 02 May 2022 15:00:00 +0000

Roberto and Smeeta are joined by Elaine Bowes, Clinical Nurse Specialist PD at Kings College NHS; Ana Elizabeth Prado Lima Figueiredo, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul - PUCRS; and Barbara Crisp, Greys Hospital, Pietermaritzburg. All three discuss their roles on the leading edge of PD catheter insertion by nurses.

Season 2 Episode 4: World Kidney Day: Health Literacy, A Call For All Nephrologists

Roberto Pecoits-Filho, Smeeta Sinha — Fri, 25 Feb 2022 19:00:00 +0000

World Kidney Day (WKD) every year is observed on the Second Thursday of March, this year it falls on March 10th. This initiative launched in 2006 jointly by the International Society of Nephrology and the International Federation of Kidney Foundations - World Kidney Alliance is a daylong campaign to raise awareness about the ever-increasing burden of kidney diseases worldwide and strives for kidney health for all.

On this episode Roberto and Smeeta are joined by Robyn Langham (Australia), Co-chair for ISN and SF Lui (Hong Kong), IFKF-WKA Project Director of the WKD Steering Committee to discuss the history of WKD and 2022’s campaign and goals.

Season 2 Episode 3: The work and Journey of Maolynne Miller Jamaica's first Pediatric Nephrologist

Roberto Pecoits-Filho, Smeeta Sinha — Mon, 13 Dec 2021 18:00:00 +0000

Roberto and Smeeta are joined this episode by Maolynne Miller, Jamaica's first pediatric nephrologist. She is today the Director/Founder of Jamaica Kidney Kids Foundation and a Pediatric Nephrologist at University Hospital of the West Indies. Maolynne returned home from her residency in Toronto in 1984 and since then has been instrumental in every advancement of pediatric nephrology in her country. She has had a direct influence in all six practicing pediatric nephrologists in Jamaica. she sits down with Roberto and Smeeta and recounts what inspired her when she was starting out and what drives her on still today.

Season 2 Episode 2: The history of the DOPPS Program: 25 years capturing variations in global nephrology practices and helping to improve patient outcomes

Roberto Pecoits-Filho, Smeeta Sinha — Mon, 01 Nov 2021 14:00:00 +0000

Roberto is joined by Ronald Pisoni, Senior Research Scientist, Fritz (Friedrich) Port, nephrologist/epidemiologist and Bruce Robinson VP for Clinical Research all at the Arbor Research Collaborative for Health. They are discussing the 25 year history of DOPPS (Dialysis Outcomes and Practice Pattern Study) program.

Season 2 Episode 1: Early Identification and Intervention of Chronic Kidney Disease (KDIGO) – a Toolkit with an eye on primary care settings

Roberto Pecoits-Filho, Smeeta Sinha — Tue, 24 Aug 2021 19:00:00 +0000

Roberto and Smeeta are joined Michael G. Shlipak, MD from the University of California San Francisco and Sri Lekha Tummalapalli, MD, MBA from Weill Cornell Medicine to discuss their representation at the KDIGO Controversies Conference and its resulting ISN-KDIGO Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) Early Identification and Intervention Toolkit, which offers a series of tools for CKD early identification and intervention aimed at kidney health professionals, primary care physicians and nurses working in primary care settings. Dr. Tummalapali and Shlipak discuss current screening recommendations, testing, treatments and how can nephrologists and other specialities prevent CKD and delay complications for those with early CKD.

Learn more at: https://www.theisn.org/initiatives/ckd-early-screening-intervention/

Episode 14: WCN'21 Conversation With Dr. Tushar Vachharajani Presented by Travere Therapeutics

Roberto Pecoits-Filho, Smeeta Sinha — Thu, 13 May 2021 19:00:00 +0000

Dr. Tushar Vachharajani has spent the last decade dedicating his time and effort to ISN Education and is one of the founders of The ISN Academy. The Academy has become one of the premier online educational resources in the field of nephrology and Dr. Vachharajani is stepping down as the Chair of Education Working Group that oversees the Academy. In his conversation with Roberto and Smeeta in this episode he provides the history of ISN's online education that culminated in the presentation of WCN'21, a full virtual congress.

Episode 12: WCN'21 Conversations With Presenters on Gender Presented by Travere Therapeutics

Roberto Pecoits-Filho, Smeeta Sinha — Thu, 15 Apr 2021 16:00:00 +0000

Guest host Dr. Arvind Conjeevaram Consultant Nephrologist and Transplant Physician, Bangalore and @ISNeducation Social Media Team Chair sits down with Sofia Ahmed, Professor, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary and Advisory Board Member, Canadian Institutes of Health Research Institute of Gender and Health and Angela Webster, Transplant Physician, Westmead Hospital, Professor of Clinical Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of Sydney. Director of Evidence Integration at the NHMRC Clinical Trials Center University of Sydney.

They discuss their upcoming talks at the WCN'21 and go deeper into the topic of Gender.

Episode 13: WCN'21 Conversations With Presenters on AKI Presented by Travere Therapeutics

Roberto Pecoits-Filho, Smeeta Sinha — Thu, 15 Apr 2021 16:00:00 +0000

Smeeta Sinha was joined by guest host Sibel Bek, Assistant Professor, Kocaeli Univeristy Hosptial Kocaeli Turkey she is also an ISNEducation Social Media Team Deputy Chair. They are hosting a conversation with Kate Bramham, Consultant Nephrologist and Senior Clinical lecturer, King's College Hospital and Rolando Claure-Del Granado, Nephrology Chief of Service. Hospital Oberro No2-CNS, Cochabamba, Bolivia

Kate and Rolando are discussing their talks at the WCN'21 on the topic of AKI.

Episode 11: WCN'21 Conversations With Presenters on Capacity Building Presented by Travere Therapeutics

Roberto Pecoits-Filho, Smeeta Sinha — Thu, 15 Apr 2021 15:00:00 +0000

Roberto and Smeeta are joined in conversation with Jeremy Hughes, Professor of Experimental Nephrology Honorary Consultant Nephrologist Royal Infirmary, Edinburgh and Dwomoa Adu, Honorary Consultant Nephrologist, Korle Bu Teaching Hospital. Senior Research Fellow, University of Ghana Medical School and Laura Sola, Nephrologist, Director of Hemodialysis Center. They discuss their talks at the WCN'21 and the broader topic of capacity building.

Episode 10: WCN'21 Conversations With Presenters on PD Presented by Travere Therapeutics

Roberto Pecoits-Filho, Smeeta Sinha — Tue, 13 Apr 2021 13:00:00 +0000

Roberto is joined by guest host Dr. Arvind Conjeevaram Consultant Nephrologist and Transplant Physician, Bangalore and @ISNeducation Social Media Team Chair. Arvind and Roberto interviewed Elaine Bowes, Senior Clinical Nurse Specialist, Kings College Hospital London and Ana Elizabeth Figueiredo, Proffesor, Ponticia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul (PUCRS) as well as Simon Davies, Consultant Nephrologist, University Hospital of North Midlands, UK. They discussed the talks that they will be presenting at the WCN'21 on PD.

Episode 9: WCN’21 Conversations With Speakers on AKI, PD, Capacity Building and Gender Presented by Travere Therapeutics

Roberto Pecoits-Filho, Smeeta Sinha — Fri, 02 Apr 2021 12:00:00 +0000

Roberto is joined by guest host Dr. Arvind Conjeevaram Consultant Nephrologist and Transplant Physician, Bangalore and @ISNeducation Social Media Team Chair. Roberto and Arvind interviewed four speakers from the WCN’21 who gave previews of their talks on AKI, PD, Capacity Building and Gender.

Simon Davies: Person Centered Prescription of PD
Rolando Claure Del Granado: Tropical Diseases, Venoms and Herbolaria
Sofia Ahmed: Sex and Gender in Nephrology: Proper Care or Propaganda?
Dwomoa Adu: H3Africa Project

Episode 8: World Kidney Day 2021: Living Well With Kidney Disease

Roberto Pecoits-Filho, Smeeta Sinha — Fri, 05 Mar 2021 17:00:00 +0000

Roberto and Smeeta are joined on this episode by Philip Kam Tao Li and Kamyar Kalantar-Zadeh co-chairs of World Kidney Day (WKD) Steering Committee. This year the Steering Committee has declared 2021 "Living well with Kidney Disease". Their conversation covers the goals of WKD to both increase education and awareness about effective symptom management and patient empowerment, with the ultimate goal of encouraging life participation.

Episode 7: The Multiple Voices of CKDu and Tools to Help Clinical Trials to Thrive in Nephrology

Roberto Pecoits-Filho, Smeeta Sinha — Wed, 27 Jan 2021 18:00:00 +0000

Hosts Roberto and Smeeta are joined in two conversations in this months episode. One with Shuchi Anand, MD, MS and Mike Spigler, MCHES on their participation in recent American Kidney Fund Unknown Causes of Kidney Disease Summit held in December 2020. The second conversation is with Professors David Wheeler and Hiddo Lambers Heerspink on Clinical Trials (ISN-ACT).

Episode 6: ISN Fellowship: Opening Doors to a whole world of opportunities

Roberto Pecoits-Filho, Smeeta Sinha — Fri, 16 Oct 2020 13:00:00 +0000

Roberto and Smeeta have dedicated this episode to nephrology fellows supported by ISN in their training. Two separate discussion will focus on how the ISN fellowship helped to impact their careers and shape their community around their activities.

Episode 5: ISN's COVID-19 Response and the Challenges Ahead

Roberto Pecoits-Filho, Smeeta Sinha — Fri, 04 Sep 2020 19:00:00 +0000

The Global Kidney Care Podcast hosts are joined this episode by two of ISN's leaders, Vivekanand Jha, ISN President and Fergus Caskey, Interim Secretary/Treasurer.

Vivek spoke to Roberto and Smeeta about the impact of COVID-19 on the Nephrology community and ISN's response over the last several months. In addition they look ahead and discuss ISN's ongoing plans to lead the nephrology community as the pandemic continues to unfold.

In their discussion with Fergus they explore the data collection initiative undertaken during the first months of the COVID-19 crisis and how this is helping the nephrology community understand the current challenges of not only COVID-19, but all kidney disease.

Episode 4: KI Reports Author Discussion: SARS-CoV-2 Infection in Hospitalized Patients With Kidney Disease

Roberto Pecoits-Filho, Smeeta Sinha — Fri, 03 Jul 2020 17:00:00 +0000

GKC podcast hosts Roberto Pecoits-Filho and Smeeta Sinha have a conversation with Kidney International Reports Article, SARS-CoV-2 Infection in Hospitalized Patients With Kidney Disease Authors, Hernando Trujillo and Ángel Sevillano from the Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre in Madrid Spain. The interview takes on the findings in the article, but also explores the professional and personal struggles both nephrologists faced at the height of Spain's COVID-19 pandemic.

Episode 3: Conversation with Two US Nephrologists on the COVID-19 Frontlines

Dr. Sumit Mohan & Dr. Raghu Durvasula — Mon, 01 Jun 2020 13:00:00 +0000

The International Society of Nephrology (ISN) presents a bonus episode of the GKC Podcast, a conversation with two US based Nephrologists discussing the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic.

This conversation involves Dr. Summit Mohan who is working in New York City and Dr. Raghu Durvasula who is working in Seattle.

Episode 2: COVID-19 Conversation From the Frontlines - UK Part 2

Tue, 19 May 2020 18:00:00 +0000

The International Society of Nephrology (ISN) presents part 2 of an important conversation with UK based nephrologists and kidney health professionals on the front lines of the COVID-19 crisis.

This conversation involves two groups from the UK, one from London and the other from Salford, discussing their unique and contrasting experiences in the first weeks.

Episode 1: COVID-19 Conversation From the Frontlines - UK Part 1

Thu, 14 May 2020 20:00:00 +0000

The International Society of Nephrology (ISN) presents part 1 of an important conversation with UK based nephrologists and kidney health professionals on the front lines of the COVID-19 crisis.

This conversation involves two groups from the UK, one from London and the other from Salford, discussing their unique and contrasting experiences in the first weeks.