RENAL PHYSIOLOGY (day 1)
Acid – base Disorders- Clinical emergencies
Prof. Jayson Rappaport – Kaplan Medical Center
Assessment of kidney function and
interpretation of:
1. Proteinuria/ albuminuria/ microalbuminuria
2. Hematuria
3. Urine sediment
4. eGFR vs MDRD vs CrCl in monitoring the progression
of CKD
Dr. Linda Shavit – Shaare Zedek Medical Center
Disorders of potassium - Clinical emergencies
Dr. Ronen Levi – Hadassah Medical Center
Polycystic Kidney Disease
Dr. Yossi Haviv – Hadassah Medical Center
GLOMERULAR DISEASES (day 2)
IgA Nephropathy– Oxford classification – Treatment
Implications
case discussions
Prof. Daniel Cattran – Toronto General Hospital, Canada
Treatment of Lupus Nephritis
Prof. Joanne Bargman – Toronto General Hospital, Canada
Vasculitis and Rapidly Progressive Glomerulonephritis
(RPGN)
Prof. Joanne Bargman – Toronto General Hospital, Canada
Clinical approach and management of
Mesangiocapillary Proliferative GN (MPGN) and Focal
Segmental Glomerular Sclerosis (FSGS)
Case discussions
Prof. Daniel Cattran – Toronto General Hospital, Canada
Diabetes – An overview of new treatment approaches
Prof. Gil Leibobittz – Hadassah Medical Center
Pathology classification of Diabetic Nephropathy
Prof. Juri Kopolovitch – Hadassah Medical Center
HYPERTENSION (day 3)
New drug combination in the treatment of hypertension
Prof. Joshua Weissgarten – Assaf Harofe Medical Center
Reno-vascular hypertension
Prof. Uzi Gafter – Rabin Medical Center
Emergencies in Hypertension
Prof. Ehud Grossman – Sheba Medical Center
Pregnancy and hypertension; Clinical Approach
Cases discussion
Dr. Naomi Levin-Iaina – Sheba Medical Center
CKD AND DIALYSIS MODALITIES
Hemodialysis vascular access and complications
Dr. David Shemesh – Shaare Zedek Medical Center
Peritoneal dialysis and Complications – An Overview
Prof. Joanne Bargman – Toronto General Hospital, Canada
Iron management – Clinical approach to Anemia in CKD
Hemoglobin target
Case Presentation
Prof. Danilo Fliser – Saarland University Medical Center, Germany
Accurate dialysis measurement - Dialysis Efficiency
Dr. Michele Susca – B. Braun Company
TRANSPLANTATION (day 4)
Kidney transplantation overview – achievements and
Problems
Prof. Eytan Mor – Rabin Medical Center
Pre-transplant evaluation of donor and recipient
Dr. Ruth Rachamimov – Rabin Medical Center
Transplant immunobiology
Dr. Michal Elhalel-Dranitzky – Hadassah Medical Center
Transplant pathology
Dr. Anna Tobar – Rabin Medical Center
Short term follow up after transplantation
Dr. Yanos Winkler – Rabin Medical Center
Long term follow up after transplantation
Dr. Ruth Rahamimov – Rabin Medical Center
Overcoming transplantation barriers in organ donation
and recipient sensitization
Dr. Alex Yussim – Rabin Medical Center
HDF – Online
Dr. Michele Susca – B. Braun Company
MINERAL DISORDERS (day 5)
Calcium, Phosphate, PTH, vitamin D and FGF23: Key
physiological principles
Prof. Justin Silver – Hadassah Medical Center
Disorders of magnesium
Dr. Dganit Dinor – Sheba Medical Center
Disorders of Calcium, Phosphate, PTH, vitamin D and FGF23
in CKD
Prof. Justin Silver – Hadassah Medical Center