Drs Namrata Parikh, Gary Chan and Nick Medjeral-Thomas are nephrologists and complement enthusiasts interested in the diagnosis and management of complement mediated kidney diseases. In this conversation, we discussed key clinical and pathology features of inappropriate, pathogenic complement activity that guide physicians to a diagnosis of C3 glomerulopathy. We discussed differences in investigation and management strategies between our respective clinical centers in Ottawa, Hong Kong and London, including access to clinical trials of therapeutic complement inhibitors. To finish, we speculated on the future impact on clinical nephrology of complement pathway analysis and inhibition.

Make sure to also check out the Complement-Mediated Kidney Diseases Toolkit here

The latest episode of the Global Kidney Care Podcast is hosted by Edmund Chung, Cochrane and Kidney Transplant Knowledge, Translation and Decimation Editor and he is joined by Karolis Azukaitis, Senior Pediatric Nephrologist at Vilnius University Hospital and Elisabeth Hodson, Honorary consultant Pediatric Nephrologist at the Children’s Hospital at Westmead in Sydney. They discuss highlights of their Cochrane updated Review of Interventions for Minimal Change Disease in Adults with Nephrotic Syndrome (new evidence summary).

Cochrane Kidney and Transplant was established in 1997 with its editorial base currently in Sydney Australia. They are one of 53 Cochrane Review Groups that are part of Cochrane, an international, independent not-for-profit dedicated to providing up-to-date, accurate information about the effects of health care. Cochrane produces and disseminates systematic reviews of research on healthcare interventions.

Roberto and Smeeta interview: 

• Jonathan Craig Coordinating Editor
• Giovanni Strippoli Deputy Co-ordinating Editor
• Elisabeth Hodson  Senior Editorial Board Member, and Feedback Editor
• Edmund Chung Editorial Board Member, and Knowledge Translation and Dissemination Editor

Their discussion covers both the history and the future of Cochrane Kidney and Transplant.  

Roberto and Smeeta are joined by Elaine Bowes, Clinical Nurse Specialist PD at Kings College NHS; Ana Elizabeth Prado Lima Figueiredo, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul - PUCRS; and Barbara Crisp, Greys Hospital, Pietermaritzburg. All three discuss their roles on the leading edge of PD catheter insertion by nurses. 

World Kidney Day (WKD) every year is observed on the Second Thursday of March, this year it falls on March 10th. This initiative launched in 2006 jointly by the International Society of Nephrology and the International Federation of Kidney Foundations - World Kidney Alliance is a daylong campaign to raise awareness about the ever-increasing burden of kidney diseases worldwide and strives for kidney health for all. 

On this episode Roberto and Smeeta are joined by Robyn Langham (Australia), Co-chair for ISN and SF Lui (Hong Kong), IFKF-WKA Project Director of the WKD Steering Committee to discuss the history of WKD and 2022’s campaign and goals. 

Roberto and Smeeta are joined this episode by Maolynne Miller, Jamaica's first pediatric nephrologist. She is today the Director/Founder of Jamaica Kidney Kids Foundation and a Pediatric Nephrologist at University Hospital of the West Indies.  Maolynne returned home from her residency in Toronto in 1984 and since then has been instrumental in every advancement of pediatric nephrology in her country. She has had a direct influence in all six practicing pediatric nephrologists in Jamaica. she sits down with Roberto and Smeeta and recounts what inspired her when she was starting out and what drives her on still today. 

Roberto is joined by Ronald Pisoni, Senior Research Scientist, Fritz (Friedrich) Port, nephrologist/epidemiologist and Bruce Robinson VP for Clinical Research all at the Arbor Research Collaborative for Health. They are discussing the 25 year history of DOPPS (Dialysis Outcomes and Practice Pattern Study) program. 

Roberto and Smeeta are joined Michael G. Shlipak, MD from the University of California San Francisco  and Sri Lekha Tummalapalli, MD, MBA from Weill Cornell Medicine to discuss their representation at the KDIGO Controversies Conference and its resulting ISN-KDIGO Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) Early Identification and Intervention Toolkit, which offers a series of tools for CKD early identification and intervention aimed at kidney health professionals, primary care physicians and nurses working in primary care settings. Dr. Tummalapali and Shlipak discuss current screening recommendations, testing, treatments and how can nephrologists and other specialities prevent CKD and delay complications for those with early CKD.

Learn more at: https://www.theisn.org/initiatives/ckd-early-screening-intervention/

Dr. Tushar Vachharajani has spent the last decade dedicating his time and effort to ISN Education and is one of the founders of The ISN Academy. The Academy has become one of the premier online educational resources in the field of nephrology and Dr. Vachharajani is stepping down as the Chair of Education Working Group that oversees the Academy. In his conversation with Roberto and Smeeta in this episode he provides the history of ISN's online education that culminated in the presentation of WCN'21, a full virtual congress. 

Smeeta Sinha was joined by guest host Sibel Bek, Assistant Professor, Kocaeli Univeristy Hosptial Kocaeli Turkey she is also an ISNEducation Social Media Team Deputy Chair. They are hosting a conversation with Kate Bramham, Consultant Nephrologist and Senior Clinical lecturer, King's College Hospital and Rolando Claure-Del Granado, Nephrology Chief of Service. Hospital Oberro No2-CNS, Cochabamba, Bolivia

Kate and Rolando are discussing their talks at the WCN'21 on the topic of AKI.