“Leading the fight against Kidney Disease”

Caribbean Institute of Nephrology in collaboration with
The University of the West Indies, Department of Medicine, Mona and University of Michigan,
faculty of medical sciences, Department of Nephrology, Ann Arbor and the International Society of Nephrology

Presents the

10thAnnual International Conference
On
Nephrology and Hypertension

January 19 & 20, 2018

AN ISN/CME MEETING.

“Avoid Acute Kidney Attack! Stop Chronic Kidney Disease”

 

MEDICAL COUNCIL OF JAMAICA – 20 CME CREDITS

Revised 11.01.2018

Friday 19, 2018

7:00-9:00 am                  Registration

MODERATOR                PROFESSOR E. BARTON

9:00 am – 9:10 am                    Opening Address – E. Barton

9:10 am – 9:15 am                    Welcome from University of Michigan – R.Saran

9:15 am – 9:30am                     Overview of ISN Programme – J. Perl

9:30 am – 9:40 am                    Address from Minister of Health – C. Tufton

9:40 am – 10:15 am                   Risks for CKD in individuals of African descent L. Roberts

10:15 – 10:35 am          Coffee Break/ Viewing of Exhibits

MODERATOR               L. ROBERTS

10:35 – 11:00 am                      CKD risk factor prevalence in the Caribbean – A.Soyibo

11:00 – 11:30 am                      CKD of unknown aetiology in Latin America – A.Garcia

11:30 – 12:00 pm                       Insights on end stage kidney disease from immigration to Canada – J. Perl

12:00 – 12:25 pm                      Epidemiology of Obesity in the Caribbean and its link with Hypertension, Diabetes, and Kidney Disease. M. Boyne

12:25 – 12:45 pm                      Biomarkers of Chronic Kidney Disease – L.Roberts

12:45 – 1:20 pm                        Surveillance of Kidney Disease: Principles and Practice – R. Saran

1:20 – 1:45 pm                          Social and Biological determinants of Hypertension in young Caribbean adults – T. Ferguson

MODERATORS             DR. A. SOYIBO/DR. T. DAVIDSON-SADDLER

 

1:45 – 2:45 pm                        LUNCH

Lunchtime Lecture                  Cost-effectiveness in the treatment of

                                                   Metabolic Bone Disease in Patients with Chronic

Kidney Disease. – R. Valdez

2:45 – 3:10 pm                           Prevalence of Diabetes Mellitus in the Caribbean – M. Boyne

3:10 – 3:35 pm                           Recent advances in the management of Diabetic Nephropathy – S. Pennathur

3:35 – 4:00 pm                            Acute Kidney Injury-Community Perspectives in a Colder Clime – G. Nagai

4:00 – 4:25 pm                            Sickle Cell and the Kidney; Some recent research In Jamaica. M. Asnani

4:25 – 5:00 pm                            Report from the Caribbean Renal Registry – (Panel of Caribbean Nephrologists)

 

 

Saturday, January 20, 2017

7:00-9:00 am                    Registration

9:00 am – 9:30 am                         Acute Kidney Injury In Disasters – L.Agodoa

9:30 – 9:55 am                              Acute Kidney Injury – recent advances and controversies – M. Heung

9:55– 10:20 am                             Acute Kidney Injury “Community and Hospital Acquired” From a Caribbean Island – K. Hoe

10:20 – 10:45 am                          Acute Kidney Injury and Progression to Chronic Kidney Disease –S. Saggi

10:45 – 11:10 am                          Pregnancy in CKD patients in lower middle income countries – G. Garcia

11:10 AM – 11:30 AM      COFFEE BREAK/ VIEWING OF EXHIBITS

MODERATOR                      DR. K. CAMPBELL

11:30 am – 12:00 am               Kidney Transplantation in the Caribbean; Goals and Objectives – D. John/V. Whittaker

12:00 pm – 12:20 pm              Current perspectives in Hepatitis C and Kidney Transplantation –F. Tedla

12:20 pm – 12:45 pm             Podocyte Biology: What Clinician should know – K. Campbell

12:45 pm – 1:20 pm               Update on focal and segmental glomerular sclerosis – L. Fisher

IN HONOR OF RICARDO LEE

1:20 – 1:40 pm                       The Skin and the Kidney – Vasculitis- J. Ho

1:40 – 2:30 pm            LUNCH

2:30 – 3:00 pm                       Incremental dialysis in low & middle income countries – J. Perl

3:00 – 3:25 pm                       Effects of Anemia in Chronic Kidney Disease-Cardiovascular Effect –R. Gordon

3:25 – 3:45 pm                       Ensuring Cardiovascular safety in Hemodialysis – J. Bragg-Gresham

3:45 – 4:00 pm                       Closing Remarks

 

CLOSING REMARKS

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