International Society of Nephrology

 

 

CME Course

 

ERA-EDTA & ISN/COMGAN

 

5th Renal Failure Academy

 

Constanta-Mamaia, Romania

June 7-9, 2007

 

ERA-EDTA
European Council for Accreditation in CME in Nephrology, Dialysis and Transplantation (ECANDT of the ERA-EDTA accredited by the European Accreditation Council for CME - EACCME).
Chair-person:
R. Coppo (Italy)
Secretary:
L.M. De Francisco (Spain)
Members:
J. Floege (Germany)
R. Vanholder (Belgium)
A. Wiecek (Poland)
C. Zoccali (Italy)
J. Cannata-Andia, ERA-EDTA President (Spain)
   

CME Courses Coordinators:

Basic Science and Clinical Nephrology:
R. Coppo (Italy) and P. Ronco (France).
Chronic Renal Failure, Hypertension and Clinical Epidemiology:
C. Zoccali (Italy) and G. London
(France).
Dialysis:
R. Vanholder (Belgium) S. Davies (UK) and C. Wanner (Germany).
Transplantation:
C. Ponticelli (Italy), A. Torres (Spain) and K. Olgaard (Denmark).
Collaboration with ISN for courses in Eastern Europe: N. Lameire (Belgium), A. Covic (Romania).

 

ERA-EDTA Coordinator: Adrian Covic

 

The courses of the 5th Renal Failure Academy are scheduled in Constanta (the Mamaia holiday resort at the Black Sea) are addressed to nephrologists from all Central, Eastern and Southeastern European countries. Internationally reputed speakers will cover major topics in clinical nephrology, hypertension, dialysis and transplantation, focusing on evidence-based therapeutic options in acute and chronic renal failure.

The format will also provide interactive sessions and workshops. Participants will receive handouts covering all lectures. Costs related to accommodation, educational materials, meals, airport transfer, and social program will be covered by the organizers. The 5th Renal Failure Academy is an official course of ERA-EDTA and of ISN/COMGAN.

Interested nephrologists should submit their CV as a WORD attachment to an email to Professor Adrian Covic, MD, PhD (acovic@xnet.ro) and to Dr. Paul Gusbeth (paulgusbeth@yahoo.com). Please see also the website www.rfa.ro.

There are 80 places for attending nephrologists; deadline is 15th of March 2007.

Generally, admission will be on the first-to-come, first-to-serve basis. Nephrologists with a good CV and those not present at the 4th RFA will have priority.

 

 

Scientific Committee

Prof. Rosanna Coppo (Torino) –ERA-EDTA

Prof. Adrian Covic (Iasi) – ERA-EDTA/President of the Organizing Committee

Prof. John Feehally (Leicester) – ISN/COMGAN

Assoc. Prof. Gabriel Mircescu (Bucharest)

Prof. Norbert Lameire (Ghent) – ISN/COMGAN

Secretary: Dr. Paul Gusbeth-Tatomir (Iasi)

Secretary assistant: Dr. Nicoleta Mardare (Iasi)

 

Faculty

Dr. Norbert Braun (Schwerin)

Prof. Adrian Covic (Iasi)

Prof. Dr. F. Fevzi Ersoy (Antalya)

Prof. John Feehally (Leicester)

Dr. David J.A. Goldsmith (London)

Dr. Jeremy B. Levy (London)

Prof. Francesco Locatelli (Lecco)

Dr. Iain C. Macdougall (London)

Dr. Daniele Marcelli (Bad Homburg)

Dr. Paul Gusbeth-Tatomir (Iasi)

Psychologist Anca Seica (Iasi)

Assoc-Prof. Adalbert Schiller (Timisoara)

Assoc-Prof. Goce Spasovski (Skopje)

Prof. Wim Van Biesen (Ghent)

Prof. Christoph Wanner (Würzburg)

Prof. Andrzej Wiecek (Katowice)

 

 

SCIENTIFIC PROGRAMME

 

Wednesday, 6th of June
     
15.00-20.00.
Hotel accommodation for attendants at Hotel Comandor in Mamaia-Constanta (Black Sea resort)
    
      
20.00

Welcome cocktail

            
              
           

Thursday, 7th of June
    
8.30–8.45.
Opening ceremony. Salutes from ERA-EDTA and ISN/COMGAN
          
8.45–9.20
The central venous catheter in the renal patient: the friend and the foe (Prof. W. Van Biesen, Ghent)
          
9.20–9.55

Assessment of overhydration and dialysis efficiency in the CAPD patient (Prof. W. Van Biesen, Ghent)
          
9.55–10.30
How do we improve survival of the technique in our PD patients? (Prof. F. Fevzi Ersoy, Antalya)
           
10.30–11.00

Osteoporosis in ESRD (Prof. F. Fevzi Ersoy, Antalya)
           
11.00–11.15
Coffee-break
            
11.15–11.45

What is the optimal anticoagulation for dialysis? (Dr. Norbert Braun, Schwerin)
           
11.45-12.15

Epidemiological data from the largest hemodialysis database in Europe (Dr. Daniele Marcelli, Bad Homburg)
           
12.15–12.45
The Cochrane Renal Database: towards evidence-based medicine in nephrology (Dr. Norbert Braun, Schwerin)
          
12.45–13.15.

To HD or to PD? – is that a question? (Prof. Adrian Covic, Iasi)
          
13.15-14.30
Lunch break
            
14.30–15.05.

How do we treat lupus nephritis in 2007? (Dr. Jeremy B. Levy, London)

              
15.05-15.40

Diagnosis of systemic vasculitis: the difficulties (Dr. Jeremy B. Levy, London)

            
15.40–16.15

Nephroquiz (Dr. Jeremy B. Levy, London)
            
16.15–16.50.

Acute renal failure and sepsis (Dr. A. Wiecek, Katowice)

            
16.50-17.25

Renal artery stenosis as a cause of renal failure (Dr. A. Wiecek, Katowice)

17.25-17.40
Coffee-break
          
17.40–18.10

Slowing down the progression of CKD: where are we now and were are we going from here? (Prof. Francesco Locatelli, Lecco)
     
       
18.10–18.40
The metabolic syndrome and CKD (Prof. Francesco Locatelli, Lecco)
            
20.00

Romanian traditional evening
           
               
           

Friday, 8th of June 2007
     

Special social program
      
8.00 Departure to the Danube Delta
           
21.00 Arrival from the Danube Delta
           
             
           

Saturday, 9th of June 2007
    
8.45–9.20.  

How avoidable/treatable is adynamic bone disease in dialysis patients? (Dr. David J.A. Goldsmith, London)
          
9.20–9.55

What happens to the calcium-phosphate metabolism after renal transplantation? (Dr. David J.A. Goldsmith, London)
          
9.55-10.30

Is vascular calcification in ESRD reversible? (Assoc Prof. G. Spasovski, Skopje)
          
10.30-11.05

Statin therapy in the renal patient (Prof. Christoph Wanner, Wuerzburg)
         
11.05–11.20 Coffee-break
          
11.20-11.45

Current clinical management of the diabetic patient with ESRD (Prof. Christoph Wanner, Wuerzburg)
        
11.45–12.20 Anemia after renal transplantation (Dr. Iain C. Macdougall, London)
          
12.20–13.00. Hands-on: Treating resistant renal anemia - a practical approach (Dr. Iain C. Macdougall, London)
          
13.00–14.15 Lunch break
          
14.15–14.45.

The optimal management of IgA nephropathy in 2007 (Prof. John Feehally, Leicester)

          
14.45–15.15

Focal and segmental glomerulosclerosis: an update (Prof. John Feehally, Leicester)
          
15.15–15.45

New immunosuppressive drugs in renal transplantation: sodium mycophenolate and everolimus (Prof. Adrian Covic, Iasi)

         
15.45-16.00

Coffee-break
          
16.00–16.30

Epidemiology of glomerulonephritis and CKD in Eastern Europe: what the clinician needs to know. (Assoc.-Prof. Adalbert Schiller, Timisoara)
          
16.30–17.00 Hepatitis in the dialysis unit (Dr. Paul Gusbeth-Tatomir, Iasi)
           
17.00–17.30

What should we do to improve quality of life in our dialysis patients? (Psychologist Anca Seica, Iasi)
         
19.30 Gala Dinner / Latino Party