Under the patronage of his Excellency Dr. Amr Moussa Secretary General of the Arab league, and his excellency Dr. Helal minister of higher education in Egypt and in collaboration with The International Society of Nephrology and The Transplantation Society, Prof. Dr. Tareq Suheimat the president of the Arab Society of Nephrology & Renal Transplantation (ASNRT) as well as the board have the pleasure to invite you to participate in its second committees meeting on January 14-17, 2009 at Aswan, Egypt

A message from the Congress president

Dear Friends and colleagues

It is indeed our honour to welcome you to the Contemporary Views in Renal Transplantation and Nephropathology to be held from 14th-17th January in Aswan, Egypt.
The organizing committee has put together an excellent scientific program that covers a wide range of subjects dealing with various facets in Renal Transplantation and Nephropathology. Rich and relative information will be presented for the benefits of all attendees. We are pleased to inform you that speakers who are the best in their fields have agreed to share their expertise and knowledge with our delegates in the congress.
This congress will be held for the first time in collaboration with TTS and as usual with the support of ISN-COMGAN
Best of the Arab and International expertise in the fields of Transplantation and Renal Pathology International will give plenary lectures, debates, case presentations covering both fields in integrated form to allow all delegates to attend all scientific programs. There will also be a Pre-congress Continuous Nephrology Education (CNE) that will cover both fields of Immunology (Tissue Typing) and Renal Pathology.
We encourage all of you to join us and take advantage of the many sessions that will be presented by a carefully selected Arab and International speakers ,as well as enjoy the social program planned for you. A pre- as well as post congress visits to Cairo, Luxor , Abu Simple , Sharm El Sheikh will be arranged for you by the congress organizers and need a separate registration.
Last and not least, we hope to welcome you in Egypt the heart of Arab countries and in Aswan, Egypt's sunniest southern city and ancient frontier town.

Ahmed Adel Hassan, MD
Secretary General, ASNRT

A message from the ASNRT President

Dear Colleagues,
Distinguished guests and speakers, indeed a great honor to host all of you in historic Aswan City, Egypt.
Under the patronage of his Excellency Amr Mousa the secretary general of the Arab league , the Arab Society Of Nephrology And Renal Transplantation, and in collaboration with TTS , ISN Comgan, have organized a state of the art scientific program including topics of interests to all those working in the field of nephropathology or transplantation.
All of us will hear, discuss, debate, and exchange views and learn from the wealth of knowledge and presentations. Egypt's' hospitality and history are not to be forgotten.

Tarek Suhiemat
President ASNRT

A message from the Scientific chapter

The Scientific Chapter of the Arab Society of Nephrology & Renal Transplantation is proud to be associated with this important activity of the Society on “Contemporary views in renal Transplantation and Nephro-pathology”.
You will hear talks that nicely combine science and bedside in relation to state-of-art renal transplantation and nephro-pathology practice.
The Organizing Committee managed with great care to bring superb Arab and International speakers and to gauge the right balance between scientific bench and clinical bedside in designing this program.
All this will take place with the backdrop of the incredible history, nature and magic of Aswan
This symposium is the 4th example of the recently well developed and highly successful trend by the Scientific Chapter of the Arab Society of Nephrology & Renal Transplantation to run topic-oriented symposia in beautiful Arab locations
This activity, as well as the previous ones, would not have been at all possible without the work, persistent follow up, dedication and creativity of Professor Ahmad Adel Hassan Secretary-General of the Arab Society of Nephrology & Renal Transplantation ably aided by Dr Wesam Ismail

Abdulla Ahmed Al Sayyari
Chairman, the Scientific Chapter of the ASNRT

A message from the Transplantation Committee

Dear colleagues,
It was a great success gathering the Arab leaders in transplantation and pathology in 2007 and 2008. The Organization and content of these meetings encouraged the division of transplantation in Arab Society of Nephrology and Transplantation (ASNRT) to continue this activity in January 2009.
The support from the International Society of Nephrology (ISN) and Tissue Transplantation Society (TTS) for the first time will add more importance to this meeting. In addition, the help of the pharmaceutical companies to organize our meeting in indispensable, and I thank them for their support.
I hope such scientific activity will be the basis for our solidarity in Medicine and may help the young fellows understand better the real problems facing transplantation in the Arab world, as well as focus on the challenges in renal pathology.

Faissal A.M. Shaheen
Chairman, Transplantation Committee, ASNRT

A message from the Nephropathology committee

Dear colleagues,
It is our pleasure to welcome you to the second nephropathology meeting conducted under the ASNRT.
The Nephropathology committee was established in the first nephropathology meeting held in Aswan in January of 2007. Tasks assigned to the committee included conducting EQA in nephropathology service in Arab countries as well as promoting nephropathology education among junior doctors in pathology and nephrology.  
During this meeting we are conducting a one day pre-congress workshop in basic nephropatholgoy. This activity targets junior pathologist and nephrologists interested in this field of work. The intention is to introduce such junior colleagues to some of the practical aspects of nephropathology. Details of the workshop will be available from the ASNRT web page. 
We are also involved in supervising and conducting the clinicopatholgical correlation sessions (CPC) during this congress.  This year we have carefully planned the CPC activity to cover about 20 cases of native and transplant renal disease. We take this chance to call upon all colleagues  to contribute cases to the CPC. We have published guidelines for case submission on the ASNRT web page. A CD containing the cases will be prepared and will be available to collect towards the end of the congress (for details please enquire during the congress)
In addition we have a poster-type “Test Your Knowledge” activity displayed during the congress in a side room. Ten posters will contain 50 images from a wide range of sources including: clinical nephrology, radiology, immunology, histopathology etc each followed by an MCQ.   Prizes will be given to those who answer questions on images. (Details will be available during   congress).
Finally, on behalf of our committee I wish you a happy travel to lovely Aswan yet again, and I am certain the congress will impart such memories to all of you, you would keep for a long time.

Dr. Issam Francis. FRC Path
Chairman, Nephropathology committee, ASNRT