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ERA-EDTA CME Course
 

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Consejo Superior de Investigacione Científica / Auditorium

Madrid, Spain

29-30 November, 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: 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), A. Torres (Spain) and K. Olgaard (Denmark).
Collaboration with ISN for courses in Eastern Europe: N. Lameire (Belgium), A. Covic (Romania).

 

 

 
 
ORGANIZING COMMITTEE:
   
Dr. Jorge Cannata-Andía
Dr. Luis Hernando
Dr. José Miguel López-Novoa
Dr. Alberto Martínez Castelao
Dr. José M. Mato
Dr. Francisco Ortega
Dr. José Mª Portolés
Dr. Diego Rodríguez Puyol

 

SCIENTIFIC PROGRAMME

 

Thursday, November 29th
10:00
REGISTRATION
   
12:00
SYMPOSIUM OPENING: Authorities
Dr. Luis Hernando, Dr. Francisco Ortega
   
12:30 - 13:30
OPENING SESSION
   
Winner of the “Luis Hernando” International Nephrology award
Chairperson: Dr. Angel Luis Martín De Francisco
President Spanish Society of Nephrology
   
13:30
LUNCH
   
15:00 - 18.00
SESSION I
   
“Diabetic Nephropathy ”

Chairpersons:
Dr. José Miguel López Novoa (Faculty of Medicine, Salamanca, Spain)
Dr. Fernando De Álvaro (University Hospital La Paz, Madrid, Spain)
   
“TGF-beta signalling alteration in disease”
Dr. Peter ten Dijke (Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands)
“Cellular basis of diabetic nephropathy using the skin fibroblast as a model”
Dr. Michel Mauer (University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, USA)
“Delayed progression of the experimental diabetic nephropathy by m-TOR inhibitors”
Dr. Josep Mª Cruzado (University Hospital Bellvitge, Barcelona, Spain)
“Inflammation as contributing mechanism of progression of the diabetes mellitus 2 nephropathy”
Dr. Juan F. Navarro (Hospital C. U. La Candelaria, Tenerife, Spain)
“Why are we not able to stop progression of the diabetes mellitus 2 nephropathy? Clinical and social consequences of an « epidemy »”
Dr. Alberto Martínez Castelao (University Hospital Bellvitge, Barcelona, Spain)
   
18:00 - 20.00
REINA SOFIA INSTITUTE (IRSIN)´s Plenary Session
   
21:00
DINNER FOR SPEAKERS AND CHAIRPERSONS
   
   
   
Friday, November 30th
   
9:00 - 11:00
SESSION II
   
“Erythropoetin: Hormone and Drug”
Chairpersons:
Dr. José Mª Portolés (Hospital Fundation Alcorcón, Madrid, Spain)
Dr. José Ballarín (Fundation Puigvert, Barcelona, Spain)
   
“Hipoxia-inducible factor (HIF): a general mechanism of response to low oxygen concentrations”
Dr. Manuel Ortiz de Landázuri (Hospital La Princesa, Madrid, Spain)
“Mechanisms of regulation of erythropoetin synthesis”
Dr. Peter J. Ratcliffe (Oxford University, Oxford, United Kingdom)
“Erithropoetin and non terminal chronic renal disease”
Dr. Kai-Uwe Eckardt (Friedrich-Alexander-University, Erlangen, Germany)
"Erythropoiesis-stimulating agents: are all similar?"
Dr. Pedro Aljama (Reina Sofía Hospital, Córdoba, Spain)
   
10:30 - 11:00
COFFEE-BREAK
   
11:00 - 13:30
SESSION III
   
"A new view of the role of aldosterone in cardiovascular disease: Beyond the distal nephron"
Chairpersons:
Dr. Luis Hernando (Institute Reina Sofía de la Fundación Renal, Madrid, Spain)
Dr. Javier Díez (University of Navarra, Pamplona, Spain)
   
“Non epithelial actions of aldosterone”
Dr. Bernard Swynghedauw (Hopital Lariboisière, Paris, France)
“A role for aldosterone in vascular injury in primary hypertension?
Dr. Vicente Lahera (Faculty of Medicine, University Complutense, Madrid, Spain)
“Heart failure, myocardial remodeling and aldosterone.”
Dr. Javier Díez (University of Navarra, Pamplona, Spain)
   
14:00
CLOSURE