Reno Rudiman is a Digestive Surgeon at the Hasan Sadikin Hospital in Bandung, Indonesia. Rudiman completed his Master’s degree at the University of Aberdeen, UK, and he was awarded his PhD from the Universitas Padjadjaran, Indonesia. He also finished his training in general surgery and digestive surgery in the Universitas Padjadjaran. Up till now, he has published numerous national as well as international publications on surgery. Rudiman has a special interest in minimal invasive surgery. Rudiman is a national faculty member of the Indonesian Society of Endolaparoscopic Surgery, and regularly teaches endolaparoscopy in national courses.

His research interest is Gastroenterology, Laparoscopy and Minimal Invasive Surgery.

Michael T Fawzy, MD, MSc, MRCP(UK), MRCP(Neph), is a graduate of Minia University Medical School(Egypt). He is dually trained in internal medicine and nephrology . He has fulfilled his training program in 3 countries ie; The UK, Egypt and Saudi Arabia. Fawzy has been practicing since 2001, the last 3 years in London, UK, at Guy’s hospital (selected as one of the top 5 hospitals in the UK). Fawzy’s practice specializes in the care of renal failure in critically ill patients , Chronic kidney disease , Hypertension and Vasculitis. His special interests also include end-of-life issues, advanced directives, and furthering organ procurement. Fawzy is also a clinical associate lecturer of medicine at University Medical School in Egypt and is a member of Royal College of Physicians in London. He used to be lecturer and examiner at King’s college medical school in London. Fawzy has recently appointed as renal and general medicine consultant at Basildon university hospital in the UK. He is leading chronic kidney disease in MSB(Mid Essex, Southend and Basildon hospitals Trusts. He has received Distinguished Award from the Kuwaiti Society of Hypertension (an international society comprised of nephrologists and internists) for his research in recent advances of resistant hypertension treatment . He has received best quality improvement program award in Gulf area from international joint commission(JCI) .

Special interests are CKD, solid organ Transplantation and Cardiorenal syndrome.

Head of Urology , Nephrology and Dialysis Departments in Ajman Speciality General Hospital UAE

Urology , Nephrology and Dialysis

Urologic Oncologist with 13 years of academic and clinical experience in Urologic Oncology and Minimally Invasive Surgery. I am currently heading the Center for Advanced Robotic Surgery at Augusta University Medical Center in Augusta, Georgia. I am also the Director of Urologic Oncology at the Department of Surgery. Before moving to Georgia, I was heading the Center of Robotic Surgery at the prestigious Case Western Reserve University Hospital in Cleveland Ohio. My area of expertise is Urologic Oncology and Robotic Surgery. I have pioneered some of innovative techniques in robotic surgery over the last years. I strongly believe in a multi- disciplinary approach to urological cancer and in integration of clinical and translational research into clinical practice.

Urological cancer and Integration of clinical and Translational research into clinical practice.

Prof. Halim is Professor of Pediatrics at Lincoln University College, Petaling Jaya, Malaysia and is Consultant Pediatrician at KPJ Ampang Puteri Specialist Hospital. He was formerly Director of the Reproductive Research Centre, the National Population and Family Development Board, the Prime Minister’s Department (1985-1990). His research interest include cholestatic jaundice in infancy, developmental and behavioral problems of childhood, cellular and molecular medicine. He is currently active in research on fetal precursor stem cells since 2006 for the treatment of medical conditions untreatable in mainstream medicine and on the use of eco-ultrafiltrates for treatment of genetic and chromosomal abnormalities in children. He is currently senior medical consultant/scientist to Fetal Cell Technologies International and is the author of 4 books on child health and 3 books on Live cell therapy the latest titled “Hope for untreatable medical conditions. Live cell therapy explained” (currently in print in the UK).

His other research interests include cholestatic jaundice of infancy, developmental and behavioral problems of childhood, cellular and molecular medicine.

Dr. Simit M Doshi is an Internal Medicine Specialist in Indianapolis, Indiana. He graduated with honors in 2008. Having more than 8 years of diverse experiences, especially in INTERNAL MEDICINE, NEPHROLOGY, Dr. Simit M Doshi affiliates with many hospitals including Eskenazi Health, Indiana University Health, and cooperates with other doctors and specialists in medical group University Medical Diagnostic Associates, Inc. Call Dr. Simit M Doshi on phone number (317) 948-2369 for more information and advises or to book an appointment.

Nephrology

Started with basic education in science which continued to undergraduation in medical science (Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery - MBBS). Later I have done my Masters in Public Health. The masters behavioral science (MSc) done with an intension to continue to PhD. Wide experience as health service provider, teaching/training, research and community development. Gradually my scope expanded to gender and social development sectors for planning, monitoring & evaluation and others with NGOs, development partners and government at home and abroad.

Diet and Lifestyle

Sami has been trained at St Georges’ Hospital Medical School in London. He completed his basic surgical training in Yorkshire. Having a curious mind and an academic interest, he undertook a research fellowship at the Bristol Urological Institute with world experts in the field of lower urinary dysfunction, incontinence and urodynamics. Sami has gained broad experience in General Urology by joining the Southwest of England Specialist Registrar higher surgical training program. Sami was then appointed as a clinical instructor in Urology in the United State of America (USA). During a busy year at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Centre, Cleveland Clinic and the Arthur Smith Institute of Urology in New York, he developed special expertise in all aspects of Endourology treating all types of urinary stones (with laser, keyhole surgery and shockwave lithotripsy) as well as endoscopic treatment of upper tract urothelial kidney cancer. He was also trained in advanced urology techniques including laparoscopic and robotic surgery to treat kidney and prostate cancer. Sami had formal training as an expert witness. He has admitting rights to the Sprie Cambridge Lea, Cambridge Nuffield and Melberry Huntington hospitals. Being organised and a team player led Sami to take on several management and leadership roles. He is currently the UK board member for the International Young Urologist Association (IYUA), the local champion of the British Association of Urological Surgeons (BAUS) for Cambridge University Sami has acted as the UK trainees’ representative on the board of the European Society of Residents in Urology (ESRU) as well as the Senior Urology Registrars Group (SURG) representative on the Andrology executive committee for BAUS, a member of the International Continence Society Ethics Committee and a trainees’ representative for the British Medical Association (BMA) In his practice, Sami focuses on safe patients’ journey and ensures that high quality healthcare remains his main priority at all times. He believes that treatment should be individualized and tailored to patient’s preference in the context of up to date scientific evidence.

Urology

Rober Beelen has completed his PhD cum laude at the age of 30 years from VUmc. After a post-doc as special research fellow in Immunology at St Jude Childrens research Hospital (Memphis, TN, USA) he became a staff member at MCBI Vumc. He was appointed as full professor in cell biology in 2003 and has published more than 250 papers in reputed journals, half of them in the field of PD and was heavily funded by the Dutch Kidney Foundation. In 2011 he got a Marie Curie grant on EuTRiPD (European Training and Research in Peritoneal Dialysis) for 12 PhD students all-over Europe with academic, public and private partners resulting in new biomarkers and new clinical studies for patients on PD

Peritoneal dialysis

Dr. Golper has been practicing nephrology since 1978, and since 1999 at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. His career has been committed to the care of dialysis patients and the study of dialysis sciences. He is the author of 250 publications and has trained many other academic nephrologists. He is a Dialysis Editor for Up To Date.He has held positions on the Board of Directors of the RPA and AAKP, served as the PD Adequacy Work Group Chair for the first two versions of KDOQI, and remains on the Work Group. He led the Network 9 Peritonitis and Catheter Survival Study and has served on the ISPD Ad Hoc Committee for Peritonitis for many iterations of its guidelines. His interests remain in the field of dialysis and the administrative aspects of nephrology practice.

Nephrology and Hypertension

Dr Xiong Z. Ruan leads a research laboratory in UCL Centre for Nephrology which is one of the biggest renal-oriented lipid research laboratories in the world, and also act as the Director and Professor of Centre for Nephrology in Shenzhen University and the Joint Centre for Lipid Research in UCL-Chongqing Medical University. He received his Msc in Peking Union Medical College Hospital (PUMCH) in 1994 and PhD from University College London (UCL) in 1999. He is the Vice-President of Chinese Society of Renal Physiology and Associate Editor for BMC Nephrology. His major goal has been to develop an academic research programme cross UK and China that i) investigates the mechanisms of inflammatory stress accompanying with chronic kidney diseases in lipid trafficking control and ii) address clinical problems of lipid mediated tissue injuries associated with kidney disease ('Cardio Kidney Diabetes'). He has published more than 80 papers in Nature Rev Nephrol, J Am Soc Nephrol, Kidney Int, Lancet Diabete Endocrinology, Am J Physiol, Arterioscler Vasc Bio, and Hepatology etc.

Nephrology

Michelle James has completed her Masters in Science in Nursing at the University of Minnesota School of Nursing. She practiced as a bedside nurse on the Solid Organ Transplant unit at the Mayo Clinic for four years before moving to the University of Minnesota Health, where she held the role of Solid Organ Transplant Clinical Nurse Specialist for 11 years, before moving into the role of Clinical Director of Transplant Services, in which she has worked for the last 2 years. She has also served as the International Education Director for the International Transplant Nurses Society

Transplantation

Dr. Rula Abdulrahman graduated from the University of Baghdad, School of Medicine at the age of 23. Pursued an expansive medical career and research overseas, currently a PGY2 Internal Medicine resident at St. John`s Episcopal Hospital in Farrockaway New York. Dr. Abdulrahman worked as case manager and clinical supervisor in the Italian Red Cross to help the war victims in the middle east in 2003. Dr. Abdulrahman currently following a path of clinical research with multiple abstracts and case presentations while serving as a resident physician.

Hemodialysis

Xiu-Wu Han has completed his PhD from Capital Medical University, Beijing, China. He is the director of Department of Urology, Beijing Chaoyang Hospital Affiliated to Capital Medical University(western campus) Beijing 100020, China. , He has more than 20 years experiences of kidney transplantation and published more than 40 papers in Chinese and English.

Kidney Transplantation

Graduated in Medicine cum laude (1980) at University of “G. D’Annunzio” School of Medicine, Chieti, Italy, Dr. Arduini spent several years in various prestigious academic centers in the U.S. and in Italy (1981-1998). Afterword, Dr. Arduini left academia and joined Pharma Industry as head of the department of Metabolic Diseases in Sigma Tau Pharmaceutical Industries, Pomezia, Italy, and as disease area head of the department of Metabolic Diseases in Hoffman-La Roche, Basel, Switzerland. More recently, Dr. Arduini founded a couple of successful companies in Italy (Glomeria Therapeutics) and Switzerland (CoreQuest) engaged in the R&D and marketing of an innovative therapeutic platforms for the treatment of kidney and cardiac failure.

Kidney Treatment

Nikola M. Pavlovic graduated in 1974 at the Medical Faculty, University Nis, Serbia. 1979 - Bachelor of Medical Sciences, Medical Faculty Nis 1979 - Lecturer in Internal Medicine 1982 - Specialist in Internal Medicine 1982 – 1984 - British Council Scholar at the Royal Free hospital, London, Great Britain 1986 - Ph.D. of Medical Sciences 1988 - Associated Professor in Internal Medicine 1996 - Private medical and scientific activities Nikola M. Pavlovic has published more than 50 papers, most of them in reputed journals dealing with various problems related to kidney diseases. His current topic is lipid abnormalities, pathogenesis and exposure pathways in AAN and/or BEN

Kidney Diseases