March 28th, 2008

Sheraton Nicolaus Hotel

Bari Italy

ERA-EDTA CME Activities

Chair-person: R. Coppo (Italy)

Secretary: A.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) and J. Grinyo (Spain).

Collaboration with ISN for courses in Eastern Europe: N. Lameire (Belgium), A. Covic (Romania).

Local Coordinator: F.P. Schena

Organizing Secretariat:
Prof. F.P. Schena
Renal, Dialysis and Transplant Unit
Department of Emergency and Organ Transplant
University of Bari
Piazza G. Cesare 11
70124 Bari, Italy
Tel: +39 080 5478869 / 5592237
Fax: +39 080 5575710
e-mail: fp.schena@nephro.uniba.it

Congress Centre
Sheraton Nicolaus Hotel,
Via Cardinal A. Ciasca 27, Bari, Italy
Tel: +39 080 5682023-4-7
Fax: +39 080 5042548
E-mail: congressi@sheratonbari.com

The Course is open and attendants do not pay any fee.
For this Course, the ERA-EDTA offers two travel Grants of € 500,00 each for nephrologists that are 35 years old or younger and in the early stages of their career. Each grant also includes one year free ERA-EDTA membership (Junior membership).

COURSE PROGRAMME

09.00	Opening welcome from the ERA-EDTA
	C. Ponticelli (Milan, Italy)

09.15	Introduction
	F.P. Schena (Bari, Italy)

09.30	Organization and experience in Scandinavian area.
	N.H. Persson (Malmö, Sweden)

10.00	ABO – Incompatible kidney transplantation
	G. Tydén (Stockholm, Sweden)

10.30	Discussion

11.00	Indications and contraindications
	F.P. Schena (Bari, Italy)

11.30	Outcome and clinical results of renal transplant from living donors
	C. Ponticelli (Milan, Italy)

12.00	Discussion

13.00	Lunch