14-17 JANUARY, ISIS ISLAND, PYRAMISA, ASWAN


Scientific Program moderators
• Prof. Dr. Assem El-Sherief
• Prof. Dr. Medhat Askar

SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM
WEDNESDAY 14/1/2009
5.00-6.00 pm WELCOME RECEPTION & REGISTRATION
6.00-6.30 pm OPENING CEREMONY
6.30-8.10 pm COMPREHENSIVE INSIGHTS INTO RENAL TRANSPLANTATION
 
6.30-7.00 Arabic Organ Sharing Network: The dream, are we getting close?
 
Faissal Shaheen
7.00-7.30 Istanbul declaration
 
Frank Delmonico
7.30-8.00 Lessons Learnt From Renal Transplantation in the Arab World
 
Abdulla Al-Sayarri
8.00-8.10 Discussion
   
8.10-8.30 pm COFFEE BREAK
8.30-9.15 pm KEYNOTE LECTURE
  Conceptual evolution of immunosuppression for solid organ transplantation
 
Rashad Barsoum
9.15-9.30 pm Discussion
9.30 pm DINNER
   
THURSDAY 15/1/2009
9.00-11.00 am ON REMEMBRANCE OF A NOBEL EGYPTIAN NEPHROLOGIST
(This session is dedicated to the soul of Professor Abdulmoneim Hassaballah)
9.00-9.05 Remembrance address
Rashad Barsoum
9.05-9.35 Advances in xeno-transplantation
David Sachs
9.35-10.05 International Collaborative Consensus on IgA Nephropathy Classification
 
Ian Roberts
10.05-10.35 Why do only 40% of diabetics develop nephropathy?
 
Rick Johnson
10.35-10.55 Discussion
10.55-11.00 am BREAK
11.00-12.30 pm CPC 1 (RENAL TRANSPLANTATION)
11.00-11.30 Illustrating Case from an Expert
Kim Solez
11.30-12.30 Cases from Arab Nephrologists
12.30-12.45 pm COFFEE BREAK
12.45-2.40 pm CONTEMPORARY VIEWS ON PROTEINURIC GLOMERULAR DISEASE
12.45-1.20 pm Minimal Change Disease: Clues to Pathogenesis
 
Rick Johnson
1.20-1.55 Genetic Forms of Proteinuric Glomerular Disease
1.55-2.30 Histological Classification of FSGS
 
Ian Roberts
2.30-2.45 Discussion
2.45-4.15 pm LUNCH
4.15-5.45 pm CPC 2 (MISCELLANEOUS)
5.45 - 6.15 pm COFFEE BREAK
6.15-7.15 pm CONTROVERSY
   
Early Protocol Biopsies: Lack of Benefit versus Usefulness
Jeremy Chapman (Pro)
Ahmed Shokr (Con)
7 .15 pm ASSEMBLY TO MOVE TO THE “SOUND AND LIGHT EXHIBITION” ---------
9.30 pm DINNER  
FRIDAY 16/1/2009
9.00-9.35 am GUEST LECTURE
  FTY720 versus MMF in de novo kidney transplantation
 
Ahmed Shokr
9.35-10.30 am NEPHROLOGY GRAND-ROUND
  • Ian Robert
• Riyad Said
11.00 am NUBIAN VILLAGE VISIT
3.00-5.00 pm LUNCH
5.00-7.00 pm RENAL TRANSPLANTATION : EXPANDING LOCAL EXPERIENCES TO GLOBAL
  ---------------- STANDARDS
5.00-5.35 Making Global Transplantation Pathology Standards Truly Global
 
Kim Solez
5.35-6.10 Transplantation tolerance: Harvard experience
 
David Sachs
6.10-6.45 Kidney Transplantation in Pediatric Patients
 
Franz Shaefer
6.45-7.00 Discussion
7.00-7.15 pm COFFEE BREAK
7.15-8.30 pm CONTEMPORARY VIEWS ON IMMUNOLOGY OF RENAL TRANSPLANTATION
7.15-7.45 Role of Dendritic Cells and Regulation of MHC Expression in Allo-
recognition
 
Ghislaine Bernard
7.45-8.15 Virtual Cross-matches: Are We There Yet?
 
Medhat Askr
8.15-8.30 Discussion
8.30-10.00 pm CPC 3 (GLOMERLULAR DISESE)
 

Illustrating Cases From an Expert Rick Johnson, Wesam Ismail
Cases from Arab Nephrologists

10.00 pm GALA DINNER
   
SATURDAY 17/1/2009
9.00-10.15am MEET THE EXPERTS (Free Discussion)
10.15-12.15 pm RENAL TRANSPLANTATION: A NEW LOOK AT OLD PROBLEMS
10.15 -10.50 Acute Kidney Injury in Renal Transplantation
 
Norbert Lamier
10.50-11.25 Chronic Allograft Nephropathy; what is it and How Can We Prevent it?
 
Jeremy Chapman
11.25 -12.00 Accuracy to Estimate Rates of Decline in GFR in Renal Transplant Patients
 
Ahmed Shokr
12.00-12.10 Discussion
12.10 - 12-20 COFFEE BREAK
12.20-2.00 pm CPC 4 (MISCELLANEOUS)
12.20-1.00 Illustrating Case From an Expert
 
Norbert Lamier
1.00-2.00 Cases From Arab Nephrologists
2.00-2.30 pm CLOSING REMARKS
2.30 pm GROUP LUNCH