8th International Conference on
Nephrology

Dr. W. James Chon is an Assistant Professor and a member in highly regarded renal transplant team of University of Chicago Medicine. He specializes in the evaluation of donors and recipients for kidney and kidney-pancreas transplantation. He has been actively involved in numerous clinical research projects that deal with complex medical issues in renal transplant candidates and recipients. He is also interested in protecting deceased donor kidneys from tissue injury that can occur during the procurement surgery and transport process.

Kidney transplant, Kidney-pancreas transplant, Living donor evaluation

Dr. Hain has been the chair of two PhD dissertations and her research projects involve care of individuals with chronic disease such as diabetes, chronic kidney disease, pulmonary disease, and cognitive impairment.

Dr. Hain has been the chair of two PhD dissertations and her research projects involve care of individuals with chronic disease such as diabetes, chronic kidney disease, pulmonary disease, and cognitive impairment.

Dr. Wahba is Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine and Renal Section Chief at the Philadelphia VA Medical Center. He is a graduate of Cairo University in Egypt. He completed his nephrology fellowship at the Oregon Health & Science University. He has served on the Chronic Kidney Disease Advisory Group of the American Society of Nephrology, and as a KSAP writer. His clinical interests are in the broad field of nephrology especially in drug dosing and nephrotoxicity in kidney disease and dialysis, the cardiorenal syndrome, and resistant hypertension.

Drug dosing in CKD and ESRD, drug nephrotoxicity and safety, and the cardiorenal syndrome.

Mony Fraer is graduated from University of Medicine & Pharmacy, Romania. He is a Clinical Associate Professor of Internal Medicine in the University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine. His research interest is in pathophysiology and management of acute kidney injury, renal pathology.

Pathophysiology and management of acute kidney injury, renal pathology.

Dr. László Rosivall (1949) 1973 he earned a medical degree (summa cum laude) from the University of Semmelweis and Ph.D (1980) and Doctor of Sciences (1987). 1994/95 was the rector of Semmelweis University. Currently the director of the Institute of Pathophysiology, head of Semmelweis University School of Doctoral Studies and member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts, Mures honorary doctor of the University of Medicine and Pharmacy. Bergen, Alabama, Southern California, Harvard, Montpellier, Heidelberg, former guest researcher at Tulane Universities -professzora. The Hungarian Kidney Foundation and founder of the International School of Nephrology. Nephrology PhD program has conducted 36 PhD, 23 of which he has been a supervisor. In addition, the management of two PhD thesis is born.

Physiology Pathophysiology Nephrology Hypertension