Contributors

Aliyu Abdu, MBBS, MSc, FMCP Department of Medicine, Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital/ Bayero University, Kano, Nigeria


Afiatin, MD, FINASIM
– Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine
Universitas Padjadjaran – Dr. Hasan Sadikin General Hospital, Bandung, West Java, Indonesia


Maria Alejandra Aguilar-Kitsu, MD Department of Nephrology, Hospital de Pediatría, Centro Medico Nacional Siglo XXI, Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social, Mexico City, Mexico


Ahmad, MBBCh Hons (National University of Ireland), MMed (UKM), FRCP (Ireland) Department of Cardiology, National Heart Institute, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia


Momina M. Ahmed Renal Unit, Saint Paul Millenium Medical College (SPMMC), Addis Abeba, Ethiopia


Shamim Ahmed, FCPS, FRCP (E), FRCP (G) Department of Nephrology, Kidney Foundation Hospital and Research Institute, Dhaka, Bangladesh


Intisar Al-Alawi, PhD The National Genetic Centre, The Royal Hospital, Muscat, Oman


Kazi Shahnoor Alam, MBBS, FCPS (Medicine), MD (Nephrology) Department of Nephrology, National Institute of Kidney Diseases & Urology, Dhaka, Bangladesh


Mohammad Rafiqul Alam, MBBS, MD (Nephro), FCPS (Med)  Department of Nephrology, BSMMU-Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University, Dhaka, Bangladesh


Carlo Alfieri
– Nephrology, Dialysis and Renal Transplantation, Fondazione IRCCS Ca Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan, Italy
Department of Clinical Sciences and Community Health, University of Milan, Milan, Italy


Jorge Alfonzo, PhD Instituto de Nefrología, La Habana, Cuba


Medhat Ali, MD The Renal Medicine Department, Nizwa Hospital, Nizwa, Oman


Zubaida Al Ismaili Pediatric Institute, Sheikh Khalifa Medical City, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates


Zulkhair Ali, MD, PhD, FINASIM Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine Universitas Sriwijaya – Dr. Mohammad Husein General Hospital, Palembang, Indonesia


Miguel Almaguer, MD Instituto de Nefrología, La Habana, Cuba


Yaqoub Al-Maymmani The Renal Medicine Department, The Royal Hospital, Muscat, Oman


Manuela Almeida Nephrology Department, Centro Hospitalar e Universitário do Porto, Porto, Portugal


Ali Alobaidli, MB, BCh, BAO, MPH Department of Medicine, Nephrology, Sheikh Khalifa Medical City, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates


Evelyn Alonzo, MSc
– Hospital Universitario de Caracas, Caracas, Venezuela
National Organization of Transplant of Venezuela, Valencia, Venezuela


Fatma Al-Rahbi, RN The Renal Medicine Department, The Royal Hospital, Muscat, Oman


Waleed Al-Rajhi, PhD College of Pharmacy and Nursing, Nizwa, Oman


Soud Al Rasheed, MD, FRCP King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia


Mohammed Al-Riyami, MD The Renal Medicine Department, The Royal Hospital, Muscat, Oman


Mona Al-Rukhaimi, BSc,MBBCh, MRCP(UK), FRCP,FRCPE Department of Medicine, Dubai Medical College, Dubai, United Arab Emirates


Issa Al-Salmi, MD, BA, MB, Bch, BAO (Trinity College), FRCPI, MRCP (UK), FRCP, MIPH (AUS), PhD (AUS), FASN (USA) The Renal Medicine Department, The Royal Hospital, Muscat, Oman


Abdullah Al Sayyari, MBA, MD, FRCP King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia


Emilio Sánchez Alvárez Department of Nephrology, University Hospital of Cabueñes, Gijón, Asturias, Spain


Yanet Alvarez, PhD Instituto de Nefrología, La Habana, Cuba


Ruqiya Al-Za’abi, PHD, BSN (VU, USA), Msc (Uclan, England), PhD (UOG, Scotland),


RN, BSN, MSsc, PhD (MoH, Oman) Nurse Tutor, Muscat, Oman


Pablo Amair, MD Hospital Universitario de Caracas, Caracas, Venezuela


Patrice Ambühl, MD Service of Nephrology, Stadspital Waid, Zürich, Switzerland


Samaya J. Anumudu, MD, FASN Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA


Yu An National Clinical Research Center of Kidney Diseases, Jinling Hospital, Nanjing University School of Medicine, Nanjing, China


Leopoldo Ardiles, MD, FACP Hospital Regional, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Austral de Chile, Valdivia, Chile


Shakib Uz Zaman Arefin, MBBS, MCPS, FCPS (Nephro) Department of Nephrology, Kidney Foundation Hospital and Research Institute, Dhaka, Bangladesh


Mustafa Arıcı Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Nephrology, Ankara, Turkey


Marcos Ariza, MD Hospital de Niños, Caracas, Venezuela


Fatiu Abiola Arogundade, MBBS, FMCP, FWACP, FRCP (Edin), FRCP (London)
– Department of Medicine, Obafemi Awolowo University/Teaching Hospitals Complex, Ile-Ife, Osun State, Nigeria


Ricardo Silvestre Arze Arze, MD NEFRODIAL (CENTRO DEL RIÑON), Cochabamba, Bolivia


Suheir Assady, MD, PhD
Rambam Health Care Campus, Haifa, Israel
– Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel
The Israeli Society of Nephrology and Hypertension, Haifa, Israel


Kenan Ateş Ankara University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Nephrology, Ankara, Turkey


David Atuhe St Francis Hospital Nsambya, Kampala, Uganda


Ana Azevedo Nephrology Department, Hospital Vila Franca de Xira, Vila Franca de Xira, Portugal


Peace Bagasha Makerere University College of Health Sciences, Kampala, Uganda Mulago National Referral Hospital, Kampala, Uganda


Ingretta Bagdasarova, MD, PhD, Dr. of Med. Sc., Prof. of Medicine
– Ukrainian Association of Nephrologists & Kidney Transplant Specialists, Kyiv, Ukraine
State Institution ≪Institute of Nephrology of the National Academy of Medical Sciences≫,
Department of Pediatric Nephrology, Kyiv, Ukraine


Rasheed Abiodun Balogun, MBBS, FACP, FMCP, HP(ASCP) Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, VA, USA


Ebun Ladipo Bamgboye, MBBS, FWACP, FRCP (London), FNAN St. Nicholas Hospital, Lagos Island, Lagos State, Nigeria


Ria Bandiara, MD, PhD, FINASIM Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine Universitas Padjadjaran – Dr. Hasan Sadikin General Hospital, Bandung, West Java, Indonesia


José Diogo Barata Nephrology Department, Hospital da Luz, Lisbon, Portugal


Myftar Barbullushi, MD, PhD, FERA Service of Nephrology, University Hospital Center “Mother Teresa”, Tirana, Albania


Katherine Barraclough, MBBS(Hons), FRACP, PhD Nephrology, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Parkville, VIC, Australia


Anthony Batte Makerere University College of Health Sciences, Kampala, Uganda


Bavanandan, MBBS (University of Queensland, Australia), FRCP (Edin) Department of Nephrology, Kuala Lumpur Hospital, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia


C. Bee, MD (UKM), FRCP (Edin) Department of Nephrology, Selayang Hospital, Kepong, Selangor, Malaysia


Nura Afza Salma Begum, MBBS, MSc, MRCP (UK), Specialty Certified in Nephrology (UK) Department of Nephrology, Kidney Foundation Hospital and Research Institute, Dhaka, Bangladesh


Antonio Bellasi, MD, PhD Department of Research, Innovation, Brand Reputation, Ospedale di Bergamo, ASST Papa Giovanni XXIII, Bergamo (BG), Italy


Max Bell, MD, PhD Perioperative Medicine and Intensive Care Medicine, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden


Ezequiel Bellorin-Font, MD Saint Louis University, St. Louis, MO, USA Hospital Universitario de Caracas, Caracas, Venezuela


Milka Bengochea, MD Instituto Nacional de Donación y Trasplantes. Hospital de Clínicas, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de la República, Montevideo, Uruguay


Joyita Bharati Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India


Boris T. Bikbov, MD, PhD Academician V.I.Shumakov Federal Research Center of Transplantology and Artificial Organs, Moscow, Russian Federation


Peter G. Blake MB, MSc, FRCPC
– Western University, London, Ontario, Canada;
London Health Sciences Centre, London, Ontario, Canada;
Ontario Renal Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada


Boris Iliev Bogov, MD, PhD University Hospital “Alexandrovska” Sofia, Sofia Medical University, Sofia, Bulgaria


Raúl Bohorques, MD Instituto de Nefrología, La Habana, Cuba


Ioannis Boletis Department of Nephrology & Renal Transplant Unit, Laiko General Hospital, University of Athens Medical School, Athens, Greece


Geoffrey Boner, MBBCh Rabin Medical Center, Petah Tikva, Israel Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel


Olivier Bonny, MD, PhD
Service of Nephrology and Hypertension, Departments of Medicine,
University Hospital, Lausanne, Switzerland
– Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland


Behrooz Broumand, MD, FACP
– Pars Hospital, Tehran, Iran
Iranian Society of Nephrology (IrSN), Tehran, Iran
Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran


Michel Burnier, MD Service of Nephrology and Hypertension, Departments of Medicine, University Hospital, Lausanne, Switzerland


Vilma Cadri Service of Nephrology, University Hospital Center “Mother Teresa”, Tirana, Albania


Guang-Yan Cai, MD, PhD Department of Nephrology, Chinese PLA General Hospital, State Key Laboratory of Kidney Diseases, National Clinical Research Center for Kidney Diseases, Beijing, China


Bernard Canaud, MD, PhD Montpellier University, School of Medicine, Montpellier, France Global Medical Office, Fresenius Medical Care, Bad Homburg, Germany


Raul G. Carlini, MD Hospital Universitario de Caracas, Caracas, Venezuela


Nicolas Carlson, BA, MD, PhD Department of Nehrology, Righshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark


Fernanda Carvalho Nephropathology Department, Nefrolab-Clara Saude, Paco de Arcos, Portugal


Eduardo Celia Argentine Society of Nephrology, Buenos Aires, Argentina


Cynthia Gabriela Cervantes-Sanchez, MD Nephrology Service, Hospital Civil de Guadalajara Fray Antonio Alcalde, University of Guadalajara Health Sciences Center, Guadalajara, Mexico


Jonathan Samuel Chavez-Iñiguez, MD, MSc Nephrology Service, Hospital Civil de Guadalajara Fray Antonio Alcalde, University of Guadalajara Health Sciences Center, Guadalajara, Mexico


Jiang-Hua Chen
– Kidney Disease Center, The First Affiliated Hospital, College of Medicine,
Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
National Key Clinical Department of Kidney Diseases, Institute of Nephrology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China


Titi Chen, MBBS, FRACP The University of Sydney, The Westmead Institute for Medical Research, Department of Renal Medicine, Westmead Hospital, Westmead, NSW, Australia


Wei Chen Department of Nephrology, The First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
– Key Laboratory of Nephrology, National Health Commission and Guangdong Province,
Guangzhou, Guangdong, China


Xiang-Mei Chen, MD, PhD, CAE academician Department of Nephrology, Chinese PLA General Hospital, State Key Laboratory of Kidney Diseases, National Clinical Research Center for Kidney Diseases, Beijing, China


Liliana Chifflet, MD Fondo Nacional de Recursos, Montevideo, Uruguay


Mogamat-Yazied Chothia, MBChB, FCP(SA), MMed(Int Med), Cert Nephrol(SA) Division of Nephrology, Stellenbosch University and Tygerberg Hospital, Cape Town, South Africa


Gabriel Choukroun, MD, PhD
Internal Medicine, Dialysis and Transplantation Department,
CHU Amiens-Picardie, Amiens, France
– Society Francophone of Nephrology, Dialysis and Transplantation (SFNDT), CHABANIERE, France


Rolando Claure-Vallejo, MD Unidad de Atención al Enfermo Renal (UNAER S.R.L.), Cochabamba, Bolivia


Arturo Cornejo-Cordero, MD Instituto de Nefrologia, La Paz, Bolivia


Zhao Cui, MD Renal Division, Peking University First Hospital, Beijing, China


Jarosław Czerwiński, MD, PhD Department of Emergency Medicine, Medical University of Warsaw and Polish Transplant Coordinating Center Poltransplant, Warsaw, Poland


Miriam Davidovits, MD
Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
Schneider Children’s Medical Center, Petah Tikva, Israel


Mogamat Razeen Davids, MBChB, FCP(SA), MMed(Int Med), PhD Division of Nephrology, Stellenbosch University and Tygerberg Hospital, Cape Town, South Africa


Bianca Davidson, MBChB, FCP(SA), MMed(Int Med), Cert Nephrol(SA) Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, University of Cape Town and Groote Schuur Hospital, Cape Town, South Africa


Pablo Dávila-Erquicia, MD Hospital Infantil “Manuel Ascencio Villarroel”, Cochabamba, Bolivia


Alicja Dębska-Ślizień, MD, PhD Department of Nephrology Transplantology and Internal Medicine, Medical University of Gdańsk, Gdańsk, Poland


Biagio Di Iorio Department of Nephrology and Dialysis AORN San Giuseppe Moscati, Avellino (AV), Italy


Luca Di Lullo Department of Nephrology and Dialysis, “L. Parodi – Delfino” Hospital, Colleferro (RM), Italy


Ian Dittmer, MB.ChB, FRACP Department of Nephrology, Auckland City Hospital, Auckland, New Zealand


Marcelo Mazza do Nascimento, MD, PhD Brazilian Society of Nephrology (SBN), Sao Paulo, Brazil Federal University of Parana (UFPR), Curitiba, PR, Brazil


Iryna Dudar, MD, PhD, Dr. of Med. Sc., Prof. of Medicine
Ukrainian Association of Nephrologists & Kidney Transplant Specialists, Kyiv, Ukraine
– Ukraine State Institution ≪Institute of Nephrology of the National Academy of Medical Sciences≫, Department of Efferent Technology, Kyiv, Ukraine


Ahmet Duraku Service of Nephrology, University Hospital Center “Mother Teresa”, Tirana, Albania


Tevfik Ecder Demiroglu Bilim University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Nephrology, Istanbul, Turkey


Emmanuel Edet Effa, MB.BCh, PGCert. Med.Edu, FMCP Department of Internal Medicine, University of Calabar, Calabar, Cross River state, Nigeria


Somchai Eiam-Ong, MD Department of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand


Addisu M. Ejigu Renal Unit School of Medicine, College of Health Sciences, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia


Pépé Mfutu Ekulu, MD, PhD Department of Pediatrics, Kinshasa University Hospital, University of Kinshasa, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo


Susana Elgueta, MD Histocompatibility Laboratory, Instituto de Salud Pública, Santiago, Chile


Christopher I. Esezobor, MBBS, FMCPaed, FWACP (Paed) Department of Paediatrics, College of Medicine University of Lagos, Lagos, Lagos, Nigeria


Simon Peter Eyoku Mulago National Referral Hospital, Kampala, Uganda


Stephen Z. Fadem, MD, FASN Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA


Aníbal Ferreira
Nephrology Department, Centro Hospitalar e Universitario de Lisboa
Central, Lisbon, Portugal
– Nova Medical School, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal


Alejandro Ferreiro, MD Centro de Nefrologia, Hospital de Clinicas, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de la Republica, Montevideo, Uruguay


José Florín, MD Hospital Pediatrico de Centro Habana, La Habana, Cuba


Svitlana Fomina, MD, PhD, Dr. of Med. Sc.
– Ukrainian Association of Nephrologists & Kidney Transplant Specialists, Kyiv, Ukraine-
– State Institution ≪Institute of Nephrology of the National Academy of Medical Sciences≫, Department of Pediatric Nephrology, Kyiv, Ukraine


Renato Demarchi Foresto, MD Hospital do Rim, Oswaldo Ramos Foundation, Federal University of Sao Paulo (UNIFESP), Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil


Victor Frajewicki, MD
– Carmel Medical Center, Haifa, Israel
The Israeli Society of Nephrology and Hypertension, Haifa, Israel


Marco Franchin Vascular Surgery Unit, Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Insubria School of Medicine, ASST Settelaghi University Teaching Hospital, Varese (VA), Italy


Liliana Gadola, MD Centro de Nefrologia, Hospital de Clinicas, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de la Republica, Montevideo, Uruguay


Guillermo Garcia-Garcia, MD, FACP, FASN, FNKF, Distinguished Fellow ERA-EDTA Nephrology Service, Hospital Civil de Guadalajara Fray Antonio Alcalde, University of Guadalajara Health Sciences Center, Guadalajara, Mexico


Maria Simeonova Gaydarova, MD, PhD University Pediatric Hospital Sofia, Sofia Medical University, Sofia, Bulgaria


Ryszard Gellert, MD, PhD Department of Nephrology and Internal Medicine, Center of Postgraduate Education, Warsaw, Poland


Marin Ivanov Georgiev, MD, PhD University Hospital “Alexandrovska” Sofia, Sofia Medical University, Sofia, Bulgaria


José Manuel Gil-Cunquero Department of Nephrology, University Hospital of Jaen, Jaen, Spain


Albana Gjyzari, MD, PhDService of Nephrology, University Hospital Center “Mother Teresa”, Tirana, Albania


Helmuth Goecke, MD Hospital Naval Almirante Nef – Universidad de Valparaiso, Vina del Mar, Chile


Pedro Henrique Franca Gois, MD, PhD, FRACP, FASN  Nephrology Department, Royal Brisbane & Women’s Hospital, Brisbane, QLD, Australia University of Queensland School of Clinical Medicine – Royal Brisbane Clinical Unit


Eliezer Golan, MD
– The Israeli Society of Nephrology and Hypertension, Haifa, Israel
Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel


María Carlota Gonzalez-Bedat, MD
Registro Uruguayo de Dialisis. Sociedad Uruguaya de
Nefrologia, Montevideo, Uruguay


Francisco Gonzalez-Martinez, MD Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de la Republica, Montevideo, Uruguay


Miguel González-Molina Alcaide Department of Nephrology, Carlos Haya Regional University Hospital, Malaga, Spain


Rolando Claure-Del Granado, MD, FASN Servicio de Nefrología, Hospital Obrero No 2 – C.N.S., Universidad Mayor de San Simon, School of Medicine, Cochabamba, Bolivia


Ryszard Grenda, MD, PhD Department of Nephrology, Kidney Transplantation & Hypertension, The Children’s Memorial Health Institute, Warsaw, Poland


Guillermo Guerra, MD Instituto de Nefrologia, La Habana, Cuba


Joseph Ogavu Gyagenda St Francis Hospital Nsambya, Kampala, Uganda


Margarita Halty, MD Clinica Pediatrica, Centro Hospitalario Pereira Rossell, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de la Republica, Montevideo, Uruguay


Norio Hanafusa, MD, PhD Department of Blood Purification, Tokyo Women’s Medical University, Tokyo, Japan


Chuan-Ming Hao, MD, PhD Huashan Hospital Fudan University, Shanghai, China


David Harris, AM, MD, MBBS, FRACP
International Society of Nephrology; The University of Sydney, The Westmead Institute for Medical Research, Department of Renal Medicine, Westmead Hospital, Westmead, NSW, Australia


Seema Hashmi, MBBS, FCPS (Pediatrics), Fellow ISN (Pediatric Nephrology)
Department of Pediatric Nephrology, Sindh Institute of Urology and Transplantation (SIUT), Karachi, Pakistan


James Heaf, MD, DMSc Department of Medicine, Zealand University Hospital, Roskilde, Denmark


Helen G. Healy, MBBS, PhD, FRACP
Nephrology Department, Royal Brisbane & Women’s Hospital, Brisbane, QLD, Australia


Olof Heimbürger, MD, PhD
Division of Renal Medicine, CLINTEC, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm,
Sweden
– Department of Nephrology, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden


Fayez Hejaili, MD, FRCP King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia


Kelly Hendricks International Society of Nephrology, Global Operations Center, Brussels, Belgium


Domingo Hernández Marrero Department of Nephrology, Carlos Haya Regional University Hospital, Malaga, Spain


Eka Laksmi Hidayati, MD Division of Nephrology – Department of Child Health, Faculty of Medicine Universitas Indonesia – Dr. Cipto Mangunkusumo General Hospital, Jakarta, Indonesia


S. Hooi, MA (Hons), MBBChir (Cambridge, UK), FRCP (Edin), FAMM, FASN Johor Bahru, Malaysia


Junichi Hoshino, MD, MPH, PhD Nephrology Center, Toranomon Hospital, Tokyo, Japan


Fan-Fan Hou Division of Nephrology, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China


Chanseila Hy Cambodian Association of Nephrology, Phnom Penh, Cambodia


Toru Hyodo
Cambodian Association of Nephrology, Phnom Penh, Cambodia
– NGO Ubiquitous Blood Purification International, Yokohama, Japan


Christos Iatrou Center for Diagnosis, Treatment and Research on Kidney Diseases, Hygeia Hospital, Athens, Greece


Alma Idrizi, MD, PhD Service of Nephrology, University Hospital Center “Mother Teresa”, Tirana, Albania


Matilda Imeraj, MD Service of Nephrology, University Hospital Center “Mother Teresa”, Tirana, Albania

Nazrul Islam, MBBS, MRCP (UK), FRCP (Edin) Department of Nephrology, Dhaka Medical College and Hospital, Dhaka, Bangladesh


Helena Jardim Pediatric Nephrology Department, Hospital CUF Porto, Porto, Portugal


Vivekanand Jha, MD, DM, FRCP, FAMS
– International Society of Nephrology;

– George Institute for Global Health, UNSW, New Delhi, India;
– Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College, London, UK;
– Manipal Academy fo Higher Education, Manipal, India


David W. Johnson, MB, BS (Hons, Univ Medal), FRACP, DMed(Res), FAHMS, FASN, PhD (Syd) Department of Nephrology, University of Queensland at Princess Alexandra Hospital, Brisbane, QLD, Australia


Robert Kalyesubula
– Makerere University College of Health Sciences, Kampala, Uganda

– MRC’UVRI & London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine Research Unit, Kampala, Uganda
– Departments of Physiology and Medicine, Makerere University College of Health Sciences, Kampala, Uganda


John Kanellis, MBBS, PhD, FRACP Department of Nephrology, Monash Health and Centre for Inflammatory Diseases, Department of Medicine, Monash University, Monash Medical Centre, Clayton, VIC, Australia


Grace Kansiime Mulago National Referral Hospital, Kampala, Uganda


Tasnuva Sarah Kashem, MBBS(UK), BSc Physiology (UK), MRCP (UK) Department of Nephrology, Kidney Foundation Hospital and Research Institute, Dhaka, Bangladesh


Kea Keng Cambodian Association of Nephrology, Phnom Penh, Cambodia

Peter G. Kerr, MB, BS, PhD, FRACP Nephrology, Monash Health and Monash University, Clayton, VIC, Australia


Petar Kes, MD, PhD, FERA School of Medicine, University of Zagreb, and Academy of Medical Sciences of Croatia, Zagreb, Croatia


Asia Khanam, MBBS, MD (Nephrology) Department of Nephrology, BSMMUBangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University, Dhaka, Bangladesh


Daniel Kiggundu Mulago National Referral Hospital, Kampala, Uganda


Gianna Mastroianni Kirsztajn, MD, PhD Brazilian Society of Nephrology (SBN), Sao Paulo, Brazil Federal University of Sao Paulo (UNIFESP), Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil


Mykola Kolesnyk MD, PhD, Dr. of Med. Sc., Prof. of Medicine
State Institution ≪Institute of Nephrology of the National Academy of Medical Sciences≫, Department of Nephrology and Dialysis, Kyiv, Ukraine
– Ukrainian Association of Nephrologists & Kidney Transplant Specialists, Kyiv, Ukraine


Daniel Landau, MD
Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
– Schneider Children’s Medical Center, Petah Tikva, Israel


Andrew J. P. Lewington, BSc (Hons), MBBS, MEd, MD, FRCP Renal Department, St. James’s University Hospital, Leeds Teaching Hospitals Trust, Leeds, UK


Christian Leyva, MD Instituto de Nefrologia, La Habana, Cuba


Monika Lichodziejewska-Niemierko, MD, PhD Department of Nephrology Transplantology and Internal Medicine, Medical University of Gdańsk, Gdańsk, Poland


Adrian Liew, MBBS, MRCP(UK), FAMS, FRCP(Edin), FASN, MClinEpid The Kidney & Transplant Practice, Mount Elizabeth Novena Hospital, Singapore


Erjola Likaj, MD, PhD Service of Nephrology, University Hospital Center “Mother Teresa”, Tirana, Albania


Vadhana Lim Cambodian Association of Nephrology, Phnom Penh, Cambodia


N. Lim, MBBS (Malaya), FRCPCH (UK) Prince Court Medical Centre, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia


Bi-Cheng Liu, MD Institute of Nephrology, Zhong Da Hospital, Southeast University School of Medicine, Nanjing, China


Zhi-Hong Liu National Clinical Research Center of Kidney Diseases, Jinling Hospital, Nanjing University School of Medicine, Nanjing, China


Raúl Lombardi, MD Centro de Nefrologia, Hospital de Clinicas, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de la Republica, Montevideo, Uruguay


José António Lopes Nephrology and Renal Transplantation Department, Centro Hospitalar e Universitario de Lisboa Norte, Lisbon, Portugal


Abel Lucero Ruiz, MD Hospital Obrero N° 1 – C.N.S., La Paz, Bolivia


Torbjörn Lundgren, MD, PhD
Swedish Renal Registry, Jonkoping County Hospital, Jonkoping,
Sweden
– Department of Transplantation Surgery, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
– Department of Clinical Science, Intervention and Technology, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden


Aida Lydia, MD, PhD, FINASIM
Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine Universitas Indonesia – Dr. Cipto Mangunkusumo General Hospital, Jakarta, Indonesia


Kelvin Lewis Lynn, MB.ChB, FRACP Department of Nephrology, Christchurch Hospital, Christchurch, New Zealand


Fernando Macário Chief Medical Officer, Diaverum, Portugal


Charles Magrans, PhD Instituto de Nefrologia, La Habana, Cuba


Gyaviira Makanga Bank of Uganda, Kampala, Uganda


Andrew John Mallett, MBBS, MMed, PhD, CF, AFRACMA, FASN, FRACP
Department of Renal Medicine, Townsville University Hospital, Douglas, QLD, Australia


Jolanta Małyszko, MD, PhD, FERA, FASN Department of Nephrology, Dialysis and Internal Medicine, Warsaw Medical University, Warsaw, Poland


Smaragdi Marinaki Department of Nephrology & Renal Transplant Unit, Laiko General Hospital, University of Athens Medical School, Athens, Greece


Belén Marrón, MD, PhD Corporate Diaverum Home Therapies, Diaverum Madrid Clinic, Madrid, Spain


Juan Carlos Martínez-Ocaña Department of Nephrology, Parc Tauli University Hospital, Sabadell, Barcelona, Spain


Carmen Tzanno Branco Martins, MD, PhD Brazilian Society of Nephrology (SBN), Sao Paulo, Brazil


La Salete Martins Nephrology Department, Centro Hospitalar e Universitario do Porto, Porto, Portugal


Ikuto Masakane, MD, PhD Department of Nephrology, Yabuki Hospital, Yamagata, Japan


Mignon McCulloch, MBBCh, DCH(SA), DTM&H(Lon), FRCPCH(UK),  FCPaed(SA) Division of Paediatric Nephrology, University of Cape Town and Red Cross War Memorial Children’s Hospital, Cape Town, South Africa


Mara Medeiros, MD, PhD Unidad de Investigación y Diagnóstico en Nefrologia y Metabolismo Mineral Óseo, Hospital Infantil de México Federico Gómez, Mexico City, Mexico


Yewondwossen T. Mengistu Renal Unit School of Medicine, College of Health Sciences, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia


Piergiorgio Messa
Nephrology, Dialysis and Renal Transplantation, Fondazione IRCCS Ca
Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan, Italy
– Department of Clinical Sciences and Community Health, University of Milan, Milan, Italy
– Incoming president of the Italian Society of Nephrology (SIN), Rome (RM), Italy


Carmen Luisa Milanés, MD Hospital Universitario de Caracas, Caracas, Venezuela
National Organization of Transplant of Venezuela, Valencia, Venezuela


Andromachi Mitsioni Department of Nephrology, Children’s Hospital “P. & A. Kyriakou”, Athens, Greece


Mariko Miyazaki, MD, PhD Department of Nephrology, Endocrinology, and Vascular Medicine, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan


Raúl Mizraji, MD Instituto Nacional de Donacion y Trasplantes. Hospital de Clinicas, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de la Republica, Montevideo, Uruguay


Ehab Abul Raziq Mohammed, MD The Renal Medicine Department, The Royal Hospital, Muscat, Oman


Morad, MBBS (Malaya), FAMM, FRCP (Edin) Ampang Puteri Hospital, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia


Gustavo Lorenzo Moretta Northwest Nephrological Center, National University Northwest Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina


Mamun Mostafi, MBBS, MACP (USA), MRACP (Australia), FCPS (Med), FRCP (I) Department of Nephrology and Joint Disease, Gonoshathaya Nagar Hospital Dhanmondi, Dhaka, Bangladesh


Conceição Mota Pediatric Nephrology Department, Centro Hospitalar e Universitario do Porto, Porto, Portugal


Ana Flavia Moura, MD, PhD Department of Internal Medicine, Bahiana School of Medicine and Public Health, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil


Suela Mumajesi Service of Nephrology, University Hospital Center “Mother Teresa”, Tirana, Albania


Ricardo Muñoz-Arizpe, MD Unidad de Investigacion y Diagnostico en Nefrologia y Metabolismo Mineral Oseo, Hospital Infantil de Mexico Federico Gomez, Mexico City, Mexico


Rubina Naqvi, MBBS, MD (Nephrology), Fellow ISN (Research), PGD


Bioethics Department of Nephrology, Sindh Institute of Urology and Transplantation (SIUT), Karachi, Pakistan


Beata Naumnik, MD, PhD 1st Department of Nephrology and Transplantation with Dialysis Unit, Medical University of Białystok, Białystok, Poland


Hayato Nishida, MD, PhD Department of Urology, Yamagata University Faculty of Medicine, Yamagata, Japan


Qing-Yu Niu, MD, PhD Department of Nephrology, Peking University People’s Hospital, Beijing, China


Oscar Noboa, MD Centro de Nefrologia, Hospital de Clinicas, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de la Republica, Montevideo, Uruguay


Michał Nowicki, MD, PhD
Department of Nephrology, Hypertension and Kidney Transplantation,
Medical University of Łodź, Central University Hospital, Łodź, Poland
– Polish Society of Nephrology, Warsaw, Poland


Nazaire Mangani Nseka, MD, PhD Renal Unit, Kinshasa University Hospital, University of Kinshasa, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo


Pringgodigdo Nugroho, MD, FINASIM Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine Universitas Indonesia – Dr. Cipto Mangunkusumo General Hospital, Jakarta, Indonesia


Shaikh A. Nurmohamed Departments of Nephrology and Paediatrics, Section of Paediatric Nephrology, Amsterdam University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands


Gregorio T. Obrador, MD, MPH Universidad Panamericana School of Medicine, Mexico City, Mexico


Henrietta Uchenna Okafor, MBBS, FMCPaed Department of Paediatrics, University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital, Enugu, Enugu, Nigeria


Sergio Orihuela, MD Instituto de Nefrologia y Urologia – Trasplante Renal, Hospital Italiano, Montevideo, Uruguay


Alberto Ortíz Department of Nephrology and Hypertension, Fundacion Jimenez Diaz University Hospital, Madrid, Spain


Ana Ortiz, MD Facultad de Medicina, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile


Janusz Ostrowski, MD, PhD Department of the History of Medicine, Centre of Postgraduate Medical Education, Warsaw, Poland


Nestor Muyulu Pakasa, MD, PhD Department of Pathology, Kinshasa University Hospital, University of Kinshasa, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo


Ramón Paniagua, MD, PhD Unidad de Investigación Médica en Enfermedades Nefrológicas, UMAE Hospital de Especialidades, Centro Médico Nacional Siglo XXI, Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social, Mexico City, Mexico


Mauricio Paredes-Fernández, MD Seguro Social Universitario, Cochabamba, Bolivia


Nevi Pasko, MD, PhD Service of Nephrology, University Hospital Center “Mother Teresa”, Tirana, Albania


Ploumis Passadakis Department of Nephrology, University Hospital of Alexandroupolis, Democritus University of Thrace Medical School, Alexandroupolis, Greece


Jacqueline Pefaur, MD Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Chile Hospital Barros Luco Trudeau, Santiago, Chile


Jorge Perez-Oliva, PhD Instituto de Nefrologia, La Habana, Cuba


José Osmar Medina Pestana, MD, PhD, FRCS Hospital do Rim, Oswaldo Ramos Foundation, Federal University of Sao Paulo (UNIFESP), Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil


Elin Phon Cambodian Association of Nephrology, Phnom Penh, Cambodia


Liam Plant, BSc, MB, FRCPI, FRCPE
Department of Renal Medicine, Cork University
Hospital and University College Cork, Cork, Ireland
– Irish Nephrology Society (INS), Cork, Ireland


Raul Plata-Cornejo, MD Instituto de Nefrologia, La Paz, Bolivia


Daniela Ponce, MD, PhD Botucatu School of Medicine, University of Sao Paulo (UNESP), Botucatu, SP, Brazil


Pedro Ponce Renal Unit and Intensive Care Unit, Hospital Cuf Infante Santo, Lisbon, Portugal
Fresenius Medical Care, Lisbon, Portugal


Joyce Popoola, MBChB, PhD, FRCP, FEBTM Department of Renal Medicine and Transplantation, St George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK


Johan V. Povlsen, MD Department of Nephrology, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark


Kearkiat Praditpornsilpa, MD Department of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand


Ruth Rachamimov, MD
The Israeli Society of Nephrology and Hypertension, Haifa, Israel
Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
– Rabin Medical Center, Petah Tikva, Israel
– Israel Transplantation Society, Tel Aviv, Israel


Sanjin Rački, MD, PhD Department of Nephrology, Dialysis and Transplantation, Rijeka University Hospital Centre, and School of Medicine, University of Rijeka, Rijeka, Croatia


Muhibur Rahman, MBBS(DMC), FCPS(Medicine), MRCP(UK), PhD Nephrology (London) Department of Nephrology, Popular Diagnostic Centre Ltd. (Dhanmondi Branch), Dhaka, Bangladesh


Dwarakanathan Ranganathan, MD, DM, FRCP, FRACP, FASN Nephrology Department, Royal Brisbane & Women’s Hospital, Brisbane, QLD, Australia School of Medicine, Griffith University


Harun Ur Rashid, PhD, FCPS, FRCP Department of Nephrology, Kidney Foundation Hospital and Research Institute, Dhaka, Bangladesh


Anabella Rebori, MD Unidad de Nefrologia pediatrica de ASSE, Hospital Pereira Rossell, Montevideo, Uruguay


Rafael Reyes-Acevedo, MD Department of Surgery, Centenario Hospital Miguel Hidalgo de Aguascalientes, Aguascalientes, Mexico


Pablo Rios, MD Programa de Salud Renal. Fondo Nacional de Recursos, Montevideo, Uruguay


Roberto Rivas, MD Instituto de Nefrologia, La Habana, Cuba


Israel D. Rivas-Salazar, MD Hospital Obrero No 2 – C.N.S., Cochabamba, Bolivia


Anabela Rodrigues Nephrology Department, Centro Hospitalar e Universitario do Porto, Porto, Portugal


Eric Roessler, MD Hospital Clínico Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile


Pía Rosati, MD San Juan de Dios, Santiago, Chile


Dimitar Lubomirov Roussinov, MD, PhD University Pediatric Hospital Sofia, Sofia Medical University, Sofia, Bulgaria


Merita Rroji, MD, PhD Service of Nephrology, University Hospital Center “Mother Teresa”, Tirana, Albania


Ximena Rubilar-Araya, RN, MSc Universidad Panamericana School of Nursing, Mexico City, Mexico


Ivan Rychlík
Czech Society of Nephrology (CSN), Prague, Czech Republic
– 1st Department of Medicine, Third Faculty of Medicine, Charles University and Faculty Hospital
– Kralovske Vinohrady, Prague, Czech Republic


Helena Rydell, MD, PhD
Swedish Renal Registry, Jonkoping County Hospital, Jonkoping, Sweden
– Division of Renal Medicine, CLINTEC, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
– Department of Nephrology, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden


Jose Scapuzzi Internal Medicine Academic Unit, Ezeiza Hospital Buenos Aires University, Buenos Aires, Argentina


Staffan Schön, MD Swedish Renal Registry, Jonkoping County Hospital, Jonkoping, Sweden


Saimir Seferi, MD, PhD Service of Nephrology, University Hospital Center “Mother Teresa”, Tirana, Albania


Mårten Segelmark, MD, PhD
Swedish Renal Registry, Jonkoping County Hospital, Jonkoping, Sweden
Department of Clinical Sciences, Division of Nephrology, Skane University Hospital and Lund University, Lund, Sweden


Ana Maria Sesin National Hospital of Clinics, National University of Cordoba, Cordoba, Argentina


Faissal A. M. Shaheen, MD, FSM (Neph), FRCP(UK), FACP Suleiman Fakeeh Hospital, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia


Nelson Orta Sibu, MD Universidad de Carabobo, Valencia, Venezuela


Cassiano Augusto Braga Silva Grupo CSB, Salvador, BA, Brazil


Laura Sola, MD Comision Asesora del Programa de Salud Renal, Montevideo, Uruguay


Søren Schwartz Sørensen, MD, DMSc H.C. Andersen’s Children’s Hospital, Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark


Edison Souza, MD, PhD Clinical and Academic Unit of Nephrology, Hospital Universitario Pedro Ernesto, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (UERJ), Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil


Oğuz Söylemezoğlu Gazi University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Pediatric Nephrology, Ankara, Turkey


Nereida Spahia, MD, PhD Service of Nephrology, University Hospital Center “Mother Teresa”, Tirana, Albania


Nattachai Srisawat, MD Department of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand


Emmanuel Ssekasanvu Panorama Medical Center, Kampala, Uganda


Maria Stendahl, MD, PhD Swedish Renal Registry, Jonkoping County Hospital, Jonkoping, Sweden


Natalia Stepanova, MD, PhD, Dr. of Med. Sc., Prof. of Medicine
State Institution ≪Institute of Nephrology of the National Academy of Medical Sciences≫, Department of Nephrology and Dialysis, Kyiv, Ukraine
Ukrainian Association of Nephrologists & Kidney Transplant Specialists, Kyiv, Ukraine


Ariana Strakosha, MD, PhD Service of Nephrology, University Hospital Center “Mother Teresa”, Tirana, Albania


José Hermógenes Rocco Suassuna, MD, PhD
Brazilian Society of Nephrology (SBN), Sao Paulo,
Brazil
– Clinical and Academic Unit of Nephrology, Hospital Universitario Pedro Ernesto, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (UERJ), Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil


Gültekin Süleymanlar Akdeniz University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Nephrology, Antalya, Turkey


Sylvie Dusilová Sulková Czech Society of Nephrology (CSN), Prague, Czech Republic Hemodialysis Center, University Hospital, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic


Ernest Kiswaya Sumaili, MD, PhD Renal Unit, Kinshasa University Hospital, University of Kinshasa, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo


Qi-Quan Sun Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China


Damon Tan, MBBS Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore


Kamonwan Tangvoraphonkchai, MD Mahasarakham University, Maha Sarakham, Thailand


Maiko A. Tavera-Díaz, MD Hospital Elizabeth Seton, Cochabamba, Bolivia


Pieter M. Ter Wee Departments of Nephrology and Paediatrics, Section of Paediatric Nephrology, Amsterdam University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands


Vladimír Tesař Czech Society of Nephrology (CSN), Prague, Czech Republic Department of Nephrology, First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University and General Faculty Hospital, Prague, Czech Republic


Pichthida Thim Cambodian Association of Nephrology, Phnom Penh, Cambodia


Khajohn Tiranathanagul, MD Department of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand


Natavudh Townamchai, MD Department of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand


Matteo Tozzi Vascular Surgery Unit, Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Insubria School of Medicine, ASST Settelaghi University Teaching Hospital, Varese (VA), Italy


Desiré Tshala-Katumbay, MD, PhD Department of Neurology, University of Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo and Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR, USA


Kriang Tungsanga, MD Department of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand


Aydın Türkmen Istanbul University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Nephrology, Istanbul, Turkey


Talia Weinstein, MD, PhD
The Israeli Society of Nephrology and Hypertension, Haifa, Israel
Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
– Sourasky Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Israel


Jose R. Weisinger, MD
Hospital Universitario de Caracas, Caracas, Venezuela
– International University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA


Gunilla Welander, MD
Swedish Renal Registry, Jonkoping County Hospital, Jonkoping, Sweden
– Nephrology Unit, Central Hospital Karlstad, Karlstad, Sweden


I Gde Raka Widiana, MD, PhD, FINASIM Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine Universitas Udayana – Sanglah General Hospital, Bali, Indonesia


Andrzej Więcek, MD, PhD, FRCP(Edin), FERA, FASN Department of Nephrology, Transplantation and Internal Diseases, Medical University of Silesia, Katowice, Poland


Rebecca Winzeler, MSc Service of Nephrology, Stadspital Waid, Zurich, Switzerland


Per Wittenhagen, MD, DMSc H.C. Andersen’s Children’s Hospital, Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark


Damin Xu Renal Division, Peking University First Hospital, Beijing, China


Chao Yang Renal Division, Peking University First Hospital, Beijing, China


Li Yang Renal Division, Peking University First Hospital, Beijing, China


Xue-Qing Yu
Department of Nephrology, The First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen
University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
– Key Laboratory of Nephrology, National Health Commission and Guangdong Province, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China


Vasileios Zavvos Center for Diagnosis, Treatment and Research on Kidney Diseases, Hygeia Hospital, Athens, Greece


Luxia Zhang, MD, MPH Renal Division, Peking University First Hospital, Beijing, China National Institute of Health Data Science at Peking University, Beijing, China


Ming-Hui Zhao, MD, PhD
Renal Division, Peking University First Hospital, Beijing, China
– Peking Tsinghua Center for Life Sciences, Beijing, China


Li Zuo, MD, PhD Department of Nephrology, Peking University People’s Hospital, Beijing, China


Douglas Urbina, MD Hospital Universitario de Caracas, Caracas, Venezuela


Rafael Valdez-Ortiz, MD, PhD Nephrology Service, Hospital General de Mexico Dr. Eduardo Liceaga, Mexico City, Mexico


Johanna A. E. Van Wijk Department of Paediatrics, Section of Paediatric Nephrology, Amsterdam University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands


Evgueniy Stefanov Vazelov, MD, PhD University Hospital “Alexandrovska” Sofia, Sofia Medical University, Sofia, Bulgaria


Armando Vazquez-Rangel, MD, MSc Department of Nephrology, Instituto Nacional de Cardiologia Ignacio Chavez, Mexico City, Mexico


Ondřej Viklický
Czech Society of Nephrology (CSN), Prague, Czech Republic
– Nephrology Department, Institute for Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Prague, Czech Republic


José Vinhas Nephrology Department, Centro Hospitalar de Setubal, Setubal, Portugal


Marina Wainstein, MBBS, FRACP, MA (bioethics) Nephrology Department, Royal Brisbane & Women’s Hospital, Brisbane, QLD, Australia


Robert James Walker, MB.ChB, MD(Otago), FRACP, FASN, FAHA Department of Medicine, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand


Angela Yee-Moon Wang, MD, PhD, FRCP (London), FRCP (Edinburgh), FHKCP, FHKAM Department of Medicine, Queen Mary Hospital, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China


Ren-Ding Wang
Kidney Disease Center, The First Affiliated Hospital, College of Medicine,
Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
– National Key Clinical Department of Kidney Diseases, Institute of Nephrology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China


Nicola Wearne, BSc, MBChB, FCP(SA), Cert Nephrol(SA) Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, University of Cape Town and Groote Schuur Hospital, Cape Town, South Africa


Angela C. Webster, MBBS, MM(Clin Epi), PhD, FRCAP, FRCP Centre for Transplant and Renal Research, Westmead Hospital, Westmead, NSW, Australia