Currently emeritus professor of internal medicine and nephrology, former head of nephrology Al Azhar university. He is immediate past president of the Arab society of nephrology and renal transplantation ASNRT, and ASNRT Fellowship in Clinical Transplantation Academic Lead. Former president of the Egyptian society of nephrology and transplantation ESNT. He currently holds chair of ESNT clinical nephrology chapter. He has interest in adequacy of dialysis and vascular calcification with 32 publications. He is a member of ISN & ERA-EDTA. Has been on various boards for nephrology education as well as several steering committees. Has been strongly indulged in nephrology education in Egypt through founding an outreach program and the virtual online ESNT Academy.

Dr Ali Abu-Alfa is a tenured Professor of Medicine, and Chairperson of the Department of Internal Medicine at the American University of Beirut (AUB), and Professor Adjunct at Yale University School of Medicine, Section of Nephrology. He is the Director for the Human Research Protection Program at AUB. He is the immediate past Head of the Division of Nephrology and Hypertension at AUB.

He is the current chair for the International Society of Nephrology - Renal Disaster Preparedness Working Group. He is also the founding Chair for the International Society for Peritoneal Dialysis-Middle East Chapter (ISPD). He completed a 3-year term as member of the KDIGO Executive committee in Dec 2018. He is a past President of the Lebanese Society of Nephrology and Hypertension.

He co-chaired the Local Organizing and Scientific Program Committees for the ISPD 2024 Global Congress held in Dubai, UAE, September 26-29, 2024.

Professor of Internal Medicine and Nephrology Cairo University

Past President of the Egyptian Society of Nephrology and Transplantation

President of the African Society of Organ Transplantation

Consultant in Internal Medicine, Nephrology & Kidney Transplant

Head of Nephrology Division in Jaber Al- Ahmad Hospital, Kuwait

Head of Nephrology Division in AL- Sabah hospital, Kuwait

• Board in Internal Medicine in Kuwait Institute for Medical Specialization (KIMS) Board in Internal Medicine
• Nephrology Clinical Fellowship, University of Toronto, Canada, 2014
• Renal Transplant fellowship at McGill University, Montreal, Canada, McGill University Health Center (MUHC), accredited and certified by American Society of Transplantation (AST), 2015
• Received a Young Investigator Award for the American Transplant Congress (ATC) 2015 meeting
• Member to the Houston Methodist Global Alliance, from January, 2018 till present
• Member of Kuwait Nephrology Association (kna.org.kw)
• Member of Kuwait society of Transplantation
• Reviewer in many international journals, Transplantation, Annals of Medicine & others

M.D.(Damascus), F.R.C.P. (Edinburgh). DIS (Paris) DIU (Lyon)Consultant Pediatric Nephrologist at Farah Association for Child with kidney disease in Syria President and Founder of Farah Association for Child with Kidney Disease in Syria since 2013Deputy chair of the Middle East Regional board of ISN 2023 - 2025Past president of the Middle East Society for Organ Transplantation MESOT from 2018-2020.Founder of Pediatric nephrology fellowship program in Syria in Nov. 2003Founder of Pediatric Nephrology Department & Pediatric Dialysis Unit & pediatric Kidney transplant program at Surgical Kidney Hospital / Damascus since February 2002I have served on MESOT since 2004, as Councilor and Region representative, treasurer, secretary and president. Representative the Middle East Region on the ISN Continuing Medical Education Committee 2022- 2024Representative of Syria on the ISN Middle East regional board since 2013 to date. Member of the Declaration of Istanbul Custodian Group (DICG)Member of the Honorary Committee of the Advanced International Training Course in Transplant Procurement Management. TPM-DTI Foundation. Barcelona – Spain Founding member of the World Academy of Medical, Biomedical, and Ethical Sciences Country Liaison representing Syria in The Transplantation Society (TTS). Regional Representative of the Middle East/Africa region in the KDIGO Associate Editor of Experimental and Clinical Transplantation (ECT) Journal. Founder of the MESOT Fellowship Program Editorial Board member and reviewer in many journals I have received numerous AWARDS from several institutions and Societies. including one from the Transplantation Society TTS as emerging economy countries award in Buenos Aires Argentina during TTS Congress 2022 for my research entitled "Rabies acquired through kidney Transplantation in a Child. Publications: 56 published papers in peer reviewed journals most of them are accessible through the following link to profile on research gate: Bassam SAEED | Chairman of Farah Association / Consultant Pediatric Nephrologist | Pediatric Nephrology | Research profile

Dr Ahmed is a distinguished Consultant in Nephrology and Internal Medicine at Al Zahra Hospital Dubai and an Adjunct Clinical Assistant Professor at the University of Sharjah.

With over two decades of expertise, he has established himself as a prominent authority in nephrology across the MENA region.

Dr Ahmed serves as the Scientific Lead for the Glomerulonephritis Chapter at the Emirates Society of Nephrology and Transplantation and holds the position of Treasurer on the board of the Arab Society of Nephrology & Renal Transplantation.

His pioneering contributions to dialysis care in the UAE, including the establishment of the region’s first home haemodialysis program, reflect his unwavering commitment to advancing clinical standards and medical education.

MBChB MS FRCPC

Dr. Almuhaiteeb graduated from the University of Aberdeen in 2006. He completed his internal medicine residency in 2013 at McGill University (Montreal, CA). In 2015, he did Nephrology fellowship at McGill University. Dr Almuhaiteeb is certified in Internal medicine and Nephrology by the Royal College of Physicians of Canada in addition to American board of internal medicine. In 2019, He did Glomerulonephritis Fellowship at the University of Toronto, CA.

Currently, Dr Almuhaiteeb is working as Nephrologist Consultant in Al Amiri Hospital (Kuwait). Beside his general nephrology duties, Dr Almuhaiteeb focuses in treating patient with glomerulonephritis and Lupus.

• Former Head of Department of Medicine in Jahra Hospital
• Past President of KNA
• Former country representative for Kuwait in ISN Middle East Regional Board
• Former Head of Nephrology Division in Jahra hospital

Currently

Consultant Nephrologist in Jahra Hospital & principal investigator of CKDOPPS in Kuwait

• Senior Consultant of Nephrology and EX chief of nephrology and transplantation unit at Urology & Nephrology Center, Mansoura University, Egypt.
• President, the Egyptian Society of Nephrology & Transplantation (ESNT)
• President, Transplantation Chapter (ESNT)
• Editor-in-Chief, Journal of the Egyptian Society of Nephrology & Transplantation (JESNT)
• Member, Supreme committee of Organ Transplantation, MOH, Egypt
• Prof. Refaie’s main fields of clinical and basic research are nephrology, dialysis, kidney transplantation and stem cell research for treatment of diabetes mellitus. He has authored or co-authored more than 70 articles published in high ranked international journals.

• Emeritus Professor of Nephrology, Ain Shams university
• President Elect of the Egyptian society of Nephrology ESNT
• Past President of Nephrology Department Ain Shams University Hospital, Cairo – Egypt
• Chair of the Hemodialysis chapter of ESNT
• Editor of the ESNT Hemodialysis Guideline
• Chair of the African Committee for Hemodialysis
• Academic Director of Renal Replacement therapy and blood purifications, world kidney academy
• R&D Director for Hemodialysis Membrane and dialyzers optimization and Evaluation
• Many publications in hemodialysis, hemodiafiltrations, AKI and Renal transplantation

A practical Clinical Nephrologist with clarity of vision and good knowledge of all simple and complex Nephrology problems with an ample experience in General Medical cases.

Determined, practical, enthusiastic and confident.

Accurately applies his experience backed by practical & theoretical knowledge in real situations.

Flexible and adaptable with good language and administrative skills.

A keen researcher with intriguing mind who has innovative ideas.

Published more than 35 papers in peer reviewed journals.

Teacher for under and post graduate students.

Examiner MRCP Paces and KIMS

• Best Graduate of Medical College Jammu 1981.
• University GOLD medal.
• Pfizer Post Graduate Medical award and a Gold Medal.

Has added interest in DEBATES, DRAMAS AND PUBLIC SPEAKING.

IS A COMPERE IN RADIO KASHMIR JAMMU.

Dr. Mohamed Yahya Alseiari serves as Consultant Transplant Nephrologist at Sheikh Khalifa Medical City in Abu Dhabi. Since 2023, he has been the Chair for the Transplant Institute at Abu Dhabi Health Services Company.

After completing his Internal Medicine training at St. Elizabeth Hospital, affiliated with Tufts University School of Medicine in Boston, Dr. Alseiari pursued his education in various prestigious institutions. He obtained a Clinical Decision Making and Medical Informatics fellowship from Tufts University, a Nephrology Fellowship from Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island, and a Transplant Nephrology Fellowship from the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF). Dr. Alseiari holds American Board certifications in both Internal Medicine and Nephrology.

As a dynamic figure in the regional Renal Transplant field, Dr. Alseiari actively contributes his expertise to advancing transplant services within the UAE. A passionate reader and medical technology aficionado, his research interests encompass Decision Modeling, Machine Learning, and Deep Learning applications in Medicine and renal care.

Dr Nada Alshatti is a highly accomplished clinician and academic with a deep expertise in diagnostic and investigative immunology. She serves as the Head of the Immunology and Transplant Lab at kuwait cancer control center and as the Director of Medical Laboratories at Al-Rashid Allergic Diseases Center. In addition, Dr Nada is the program director of the Clinical Immunology Diagnostics Program at Kuwait Institute of Medical Specialization.

Dr Nada is also an Executive Elected Board Member of the Arabian Society of Histocompatibility and Immunogenomics (ARSHI), contributing to the regional advancement in Immunogenomics and transplantation field

MD, MRCP (UK), FRCP (Lond), FRCP (Ire)

Senior Consultant in Nephrology and Transplant, Program Director of Internal Medicine Training (IMT, UK), KIMS Health Hospital, Trivandrum, Kerala, India. He completed his undergraduate and post graduate medical studies in India and underwent his super speciality training in Nephrology and renal transplant in UK for 5 years.

During his training in UK, he successfully obtained MRCP UK in 1993 and later was awarded FRCPs from the Royal Colleges of London and Ireland. He joined the Ministry of Health Kuwait in 1995 and was working as a Senior consultant Nephrologist and Transplant Physician at Organ Transplant Centre, Kuwait till November 2023.

He is an astute academician and has successfully trained many under graduate, post graduate and MRCP doctors and is a local and international MRCP examiner since 2008. He has above 150 publications in international peer reviewed journals. He brings more than 30 years of expertise in Nephrology and transplant and is a doctor with high degree of professionalism and competence.

Dr Basset ElEssawy M B B Ch., MSc MD PhD FASN, FAST, FISN is a Prof of Internal Medicine and Nephrology in Al-Azhar University Egypt and Prof and X-associate Dean of Medicine, Ras Al-Khaimah Medical Health and Science University. Current Adjunct Clinical Prof of Medicine Sharjah Medical College, Ras Al-Khaimah School of Medicine and Fakeeh University Hospital United Arab Emirates. Hence elected as Secretary General of Emirate Medical Association Nephrology and Transplantation.

Visiting Professor in Medicine at Harvard Medical School and Scientist at Brigham and women’s Hospital in Boston – USA since 2018. He is, also currently a Fellow of American Society of Nephrology and a Fellow of American Society of Transplantation. He is also the President of Update in Nephrology, Metabolic Disorders and Transplantation meeting series started in 2012 in UAE (25 meetings to date www://unt-uae.com) Current.

Dr ElEssawy During his stay in France,1993-2000; has obtained 6 subspecialty diplomas in clinical immunology and various Nephrology subspecialities and transplantation. Maître es Sciences Medicals (Nephrology, France), DIU Organ Transplantation (France), DIU Pediatric Nephrology (France), AFSA Clinical Nephrology and Hypertension (France) C1 and C2 Immunology and immunopathology (France), DEA Immunology of Organ Transplantation (France) and Doctorate Degree in Nephrology.

MD, BA, BAO, Bch, MB (Trinity), FRCPI, MRCP (UK), FRCP (UK), MIPH, PhD (AUS), FASN (USA)

I have had a long clinical experience since 1993 and worked at various hospitals and countries. I covered both general internal medicine and renal medicine patients at both acute and chronic presentations. I worked in endocrinology and diabetes care and diabetic center for years before joining nephrology. My interest in diabetes has been in my student time with great dedication to clinical and research components and the number of publications and meetings.

We regularly review cases for kidney transplantation, follow our transplanted patients very closely, and manage various medical problems that are associated with their diseases and transplants. In addition, I review patients as referrals from various medical, surgical, and psychiatric departments with various diagnostic and management challenges.

Also, we managed many patients in acute dialysis within and outside the intensive care units. We have regular daily morning meetings with acute medical intake units. We have twice weekly ground round meetings of our entire unit in patients. We held a regular weekly journal club on the latest updates in renal medicine. Furthermore, we have monthly histopathology meetings to discuss all biopsy cases. We have a nephrology forum meeting once every two months. In addition, we discuss any concerns about patients from outpatient clinics during the ground-round meetings.

I have a great interest in clinical work, health system organization and management, education, and research. I have a lot of experience in clinical education for students, junior doctors, nurses, and paramedics. I have a very good background in research since 1995 which resulted in many publications. I participate in quality assurance practices at various levels of clinical and administrative levels and departments.

In addition to my work in the medical department as a Physician/Nephrologist, I regularly have meetings with vascular surgeons, urologists, and ICU staff regarding the management of patients with acute and chronic kidney diseases. Also, I regularly review patients in general surgical words, urology, vascular words, and gynecological words. We held regular meetings to discuss the issues of transplantation and patients’ admission and transplant list.

Professor Khalid Alhasan is a distinguished pediatric nephrologist and researcher, currently serving as a Professor of Pediatrics at College of Medicine, King Saud University and a Consultant Renal Transplant Physician at the Organ Transplant Center of Excellence, King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Center. He is also the President of the Saudi Society of Nephrology and Transplantation.

Dr. Alhasan graduated from King Faisal University in Saudi Arabia and completed his Pediatric Nephrology Fellowship and Kidney Transplant Fellowship at BC Children’s Hospital, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada. He has held prominent positions, including Chairman of the Pediatric Department at King Saud University (2017-2021) and Counselor for the International Pediatric Nephrology Association (2017-2022).

An active contributor to the field, Dr. Alhasan serves as an Associate Editor for the Saudi Journal of Kidney Diseases and Transplantation and the Journal of Nature and Science of Medicine, and is on the editorial board of the Asian Journal of Pediatric Nephrology. He is also a reviewer for several esteemed medical journals, including Kidney International, Journal of the American Society of Nephrology, Pediatric Nephrology and Pediatric Transplantation Journals

With over 125 peer-reviewed publications, Dr. Alhasan's research focuses on nephrotic syndrome, Renal replacement therapy ,aHUS, critical care nephrology, and renal genetic disease. His contributions to clinical trials and practice guidelines underscore his commitment to advancing nephrology.

• Professor of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine «A», Charles Nicolle Hospital and Faculty of Medicine of Tunis, Tunisia.
• Vice-President of the Tunisian Society of Nephrology Dialysis and Kidney Transplantation (STNDT).
• Expert and Permanent Guest of the Scientific Council of the National Centre for the Promotion of Organ Transplantation (CNPTO), Tunisia.
• Chair of the African Association of Nephrology (AFRAN) Transplantation Committee and Member of the AFRAN Board.
• Council Member in the Mediterranean Kidney Society (MKS).
• Member of the International Society of Nephrology (ISN), Middle East Society for Organ Transplantation (MESOT).
• Chair of the Organizing Committee of the 2025 AFRAN Congress, that will be held on April, 15-18, 2025 in Tunis, Tunisia.

Certifications

• Inter-University Diploma (DIU) in Paediatric Nephrology, Faculty of Medicine René Descartes, Paris, France.
• Inter-University Diploma (DIU) in Organ Transplantation, Faculty of Medicine René Descartes, Paris, France.
• Certificate of Specialized Training (AFS) in Nephrology, Faculty of Medicine of Nantes, France.
• Certificate of Advanced Specialized Training (AFSA) in Nephrology, Faculty of Medicine Xavier-Bichat, University Paris 7 Denis Diderot, Paris, France.
• Certificate of Complementary Studies (CEC) in Statistical Methodology, Epidemiology and Methodology of Clinical Research, Faculty of Medicine of Tunis, Tunisia.
• Certificate of Complementary Studies (CEC) of Medical Pedagogy, Faculty of Medicine of Sousse (FMSo), Tunisia.
• Certificate of Complementary Studies (CEC) in Health Services Management, Faculty of Medicine of Tunis, Tunisia.

• Professor of Medicine, King Abdulaziz University Medical School, Retired July 2022
• Consultant Nephrologist, Department of internal medicine, King Abdulaziz University Hospital and King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Center-Jeddah, July 2000 to date
• Medical director of Prince Abdulmajeed Dialysis Center. Diaverum, From 15 November 2022 to date
• Regional Medical Director of Diaverum, Western Province, From November 15th 2023
• Deputy Director of King Abdulaziz University Hospital since September 2013 to July 2018
• Ex-Director Renal Dialysis Unit, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center-Jeddah, From June 16th 2000 until May 28th 2005, and from November 2006 to July 2013
• Ex. Chairman of Department of medicine at King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Center-Jeddah branch (January 2002 to August 20113
• Past-President of Arab Society of Nephrology and Renal Transplantation from May 10th 2010 to December 12th 2014
• Representative of Saudi Arabia in the International Society of Nephrology CME Middle East committee and the Middle East regional council since 2014
• Member of DOPPS, Saudi and GCC-Research group since 2009 to date
• GCC Representative and Councilor in MESOT since 2020
• Reviewer in Annals of Saudi Medicine, Saudi Medical Journal, and Saudi Journal of Kidney Disease and Renal Transplantation

Dr Levin is a Professor of Medicine, Head, Division of Nephrology at the University of British Columbia, and Consultant nephrologist at Providence Health Care / St Paul’s Hospital, in Vancouver Canada.

She is the Executive Director of the BC Renal Agency, which oversees the care, planning and budgets for Kidney services in the province of British Columbia

She is active in international activities across the spectrum of kidney activities, and has served as in leadership roles at the International Society of Nephrology (ISN), as President (2015-17), and is Chair of the ISN ACT (Advancing clinical Trials) Committee. She was one of the founding members of the Declaration of Istanbul Custodian Group (DICG), serving as one of the first Co-Chairs of that Group.

Her major research interests include non- traditional risk factors for CVD in CKD patients and progression of CKD variability, as well as models of care. She has over 600 peer reviewed publications, and numerous book chapters. She is the Principal Investigator on a large national patient-oriented research network grant CAN SOLVE CKD. She collaborates with investigators across Canada and internationally.

She has received numerous teaching and research awards, from Canadian Society of Nephrology, Kidney Foundation of Canada, British Columbia Health Research Institute and is a Fellow of Canadian Academy of Health Sciences, and, was awarded the highest civilian honour, The Order of Canada in 2015. She received the ISN Jean Hamburger Award in 2024.

Dr. Cole received his Master of Science from the University of Toronto in 1973 and his M.D. from Memorial University of Newfoundland in 1975. He is a former Physician-in-Chief of UHN and previously served on the Board of Directors of The UHN Foundation. He is founder and past Chair of The Canadian Transplantation Society Kidney Working Group and past Chair of the Steering Committee for National Kidney Registries. In 2012, he received the Canadian Transplantation Society Lifetime Achievement Award. He received The Order of Canada in June, 2024.

Dr. Cole’s major research interests are in immunosuppressive drugs and clinical trials in renal transplantation with over 150 peer reviewed publications. He has been a member of the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Toronto since 1981 and is presently a staff nephrologist at The University Health Network and a Professor of Medicine at The University of Toronto

Graduated 1979 Cairo University. Training in Nephrology, Necker, Paris 1992 - Boston USA 1998 - Spain 2014 and 2017 – Emeritus Professor of Medicine and Nephrology – Cairo University Egypt from 2015 till now.

Supervised numerous masters and doctorate theses in nephrology in Egypt.External Examiner in Many Nephrology Examination for Boards in Middle East and Africa (eg Jordan, Iraq, Sudan and Ethiopia)

Received many national and international awards in education, including the Global Kidney Academy in 2011

Director of kasr ElAini Internal Medicine Hospital 2004-2007

Secretary General of National Egyptian Board 2009-2015

Past President Egyptian Society 0f Nephrology & Transplantation (ESNT)2018-21

Chief of nephrology Councils of Egyptian and Arab boards – Regional Councilor DICG (declaration of Istanbul Custodian Group)

Secretary General of Middle East Society of Organ transplantation (MESOT)

President of African Association of Nephrology (AFRAN)

Dr Colin Forman is a Consultant Transplant Surgeon at Sheikh Jaber Al-Ahmed Al Sabah Hospital in Kuwait.

He was educated at Cambridge University and University College London. His higher surgical training was in the Royal Free Hospital, the Royal London Hospital and Guy’s Hospital. He holds the Fellowship of the Royal College of Surgeons of England and is accredited as a specialist in vascular and kidney transplant surgery. He has held academic positions at University College London Medical School and has led the both the paediatric vascular service at Great Ormond Street, London and the renal transplant service at the Royal Free Hospital, London.

Professor of Medicine and Nephrology since 2000.

Past president of the department of nephrology Cairo University (August 2014 – 2016),

Past board member of the Supreme Committee of Organ Transplantation, Ministry of Health

Immediate past President of the Egyptian Society of Nephrology and Transplantation (ESNT)(2021-2024) and Head of its Registration Chapter,

North Africa representative of the Middle East Society of Transplantation, ( MESOT),

Africa Regional Board representative of International Society of Nephrology, ( ISN).

Board member of the Egyptian Society of Organ Transplantation, (ETS), African Society of Organ Transplantation, (ASOT), and Egyptian Nephrology Fellowship.

She is Chief consultant of Nephrology in Arab Contractors Medical Center and member of the board.

• Graduated from Jordan University in 1985
• Post Graduate studies in Internal Medicine and Nephrology, University of London, UK 1994
• Immunology of Kidney Transplantation, Harvard University, Boston-USA, 1999
• Fellow of the American College of Physicians (FACP)
• Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh (FRCPE)
• President of the Middle East Society for Organ Transplantation (MESOT)
• President Elect of the Arab Society of Nephrology and Renal Transplantation (ASNRT)
• President of the Arab Society of Internal Medicine (ASIM)
• Emeritus Regional Advise of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh
• Former Chair of the ISN Middle East Board Region
• ISN Pioneer Award for an Extraordinary effort to advance nephrology in the Middle East and around the world in 2022

Mona Alrukhaimi is Professor of Medicine at Dubai Medical College, United Arab Emirates, Consultant physician & Nephrologist and Ex-Head of Medical and Renal Department, Dubai Hospital. She is the current President of the Emirates Medical Association Nephrology Society, Ex-Vice-president of Arab society of Nephrology & Renal Transplantation and the leader of the KDIGO Implementation Task Force for the Middle East & African Regions. She is elected as a member of WHO Task Force on Donation and Transplantation of Human Organs and Tissues (2018- 2021). She was the ISN Council (2011-2017), ISN Executive Committee Member (2015-2017) and Ex-chair of ISN Middle East Region. She is the first female Nephrologist and Internist in UAE. Graduated from the University of Kuwait in 1983 and subsequently received her MRCP (UK) in 1989, FRCP Edinburg - 2001 and FRCP London - 2005 Prof. Alrukhaimi has actively organized World Kidney Day activities in the UAE since 2006 and the past seventh rounds of the ISN Update Course in Nephrology. She played an active role in the Declaration of Istanbul on Organ Trafficking and Transplant Tourism. She was a member of the Steering Committee for Women in Transplantation under TTS. She is regular Examiner at the Royal College of Physician of UK. She is country investigator in DOPPS 5 and 6, 7 She Co-Chaired the 13th MESOT Meeting in 2012 and Chaired the 12th Congress of the Arab Society of Nephrology and Renal Transplantation (ASNRT), The 7th ISN-EMAN Update Course in Nephrology in 2017 and the 13thISHD Congress in 2018. Act as Congress Co-chair for the 51st International Congress of the ISODP in November 2019 in Dubai which was the first of its kind to be done in ME region. Prof. Alrukhaimi has received various prestigious awards, including the Ministry of Education Award, UAE (1976), Sheikh Rashid AL Maktoum Award for Postgraduate achievement (1989), the National Kidney Foundation International Distinguished Medalist, USA (2007). Sheikh Hamdan Bin Rashid AL Maktoum Award for Medical Science (2012) and a special honor and award of recognition by Gulf Medical University (2012)

As president of the society she has organized two annual meetings since 2022 that is glomerulonephritis and RRT. She was the president of ISPD 2024 in Dubai, the first to be conducted in ME region.

• Graduate, Cairo University, Medical School 1968 Trained in both Internal Medicine and Nephrology at Northwestern University (1972-1977) Chicago, USA
• American Board of Internal Medicine 1976 American Board of Nephrology 1978 Fellow, American Society of Nephrology
• Professor of Medicine and Nephrology Jordan University Medical School 1997
• Past Chairman, ISN-COMGAN Middle East Region ISN Council Member for the Middle East 2005-2011 Recipient of ISN Pioneers Award, Middle East Region 2017
• Past President, Jordan Society of Nephrology 2002-2006 Past President, the Arab Society of Nephrology and Renal Transplantation 2000-2002
• Director, of Medical Education and Training Chairman, Department of Medicine
• Director of Nephrology Fellowship Program
• Director of Renal Transplant Program Jordan Hospital and Medical Center - Amman
• More than 50 publications in the field of Nephrology in local, regional and international Journals

• Nephrologist
• Graduated 1989 MD from the Faculty of Medical Sciences, Lebanese University.
• DIS Nephrology, DIU Kidney Transplantation from Claude Bernard University Lyon, France.
• Head of nephrology department at Lebanese Hospital Geitaoui, UMC
• Head of Nephrology department at Lebanese University, faculty of Medical Sciences.
• Immediate Past President Lebanese Society of Nephrology and Hypertension.
• Immediate past president of ASNRT
• President Ethical Committee for Living Organ donation at MOPH
• Board member of SFNDT
• International Society of Hypertension, MMM country leader

Senior specialist surgeon - Organ Transplant Department - Jaber Al-Ahmed Hospital, Kuwait

• A Kidney transplant senior specialist surgeon at Jaber Al-Ahmed Hospital, Kuwait.
• Qualified from the Arabian gulf university, Bahrain in 2006.
• Post graduate Kuwaiti board in general surgery in 2014
• Joined the organ transplant department in Hamid AlEssa Center in Kuwait in 2016.
• Trained at Royal free hospital-London, UK on kidney transplant and vascular access surgery in 2019.
• Became the deputy head of organ transplant department in 2021 then became the head of organ transplant department in 2022.
• Main interest is kidney transplantation and lap. Donor nephrectomy.

Consultant Pediatric Nephrologist in Maternity and Children Hospital in Abba Member of the Scientific Renal services to improve, Renal services in MOH

Work Experience:

Clinical Director of Nephrology & Dialysis Renal Center (Adult & Pediatric) in AFHSR (April 2011-April 2021)

Consultant Pediatric Nephrologists, AFHSR (April 2011-April 2021)

Asst. Medical Director Technical & Support of Armed Forces Hospital Southern Region (December 2018 - October 2019)

Deputy Medical Director of Armed Forces Hospital Southern Region (September 2019 - May 2020)

Regional Director of Southern & Western Region In Davita company 2015

Gained Experiences:

• Nephropathology with immunofluorescence techniques and electron microscopic studies since 2006 till now at a rate of 800 cases/year.
• Renal transplant pathology since 2007 till now at a rate of 100 cases/year.
• Confocal microscope studies and techniques.
• Stem cell studies and techniques.
• Immunofluorescence studies and techniques.
• Immunohistochemistry studies and techniques.
• Electron microscopic studies and techniques.
• Tissue microarray studies and techniques.

Dr. Hamad Behbehani is a consultant in Nephrology and Internal Medicine at Kuwait Hospital. He is also a staff Nephrologist at Jaber Al-Ahmad Hospital.

He obtained his Degree in Medicine and Surgery (MBcHB) from the university of Dundee, Scotland, UK in 2007.

He completed his postgraduate residency in Internal Medicine at McGill University, Montreal, Canada, and he became a fellow of the Royal Collage of Physician of Canada (FRCPC). He also obtained American Board of internal Medicine (ABIM).

He completed his Fellowship in Adult Nephrology and Hypertension from McGill University, and He also obtained The American Board of Internal Medicine certification in Nephrology.

Dr. Hamad Behbehani is a board member of Kuwait Nephrology Association.

• Consultant Nephrologist
• Head of Nephrology and Dialysis Centre Farwaniya Hospital
• Vice President of Kuwait Nephrology Association

Dr Dupont qualified from the Royal College of Surgeons Medical School, Ireland in 1993 and went on to complete his specialist training in Renal Medicine and General Internal Medicine in London. Dr Dupont was awarded a PhD in transplantation immunology from Imperial College London, Hammersmith Hospital in 2005. He was appointed Consultant Nephrologist/ UCL Honorary Associate Professor at the Royal Free Hospital, London in 2006 and was inducted as a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians in Ireland in 2008.

Dr Dupont has a subspecialty interest in renal transplantation with a particular focus on living donor transplantation and transplantation of the medically complex recipient. He has acted as principal investigator for a number of clinical trials in renal transplantation and is an active member of the UK Renal Association, British Transplantation Society and The Transplantation Society. He has co-authored four book chapters in renal medicine and published more than 40 clinical papers and meeting abstracts in peer-reviewed journals.

Qualifications

MB BCh BAO (Hons) LRCSI LRCPI MRCPI DIC PhD FRCPI

I am board certified in internal medicine and nephrology. I am also a certified specialist in clinical hypertension by the American society of hypertension

I am a consultant in the Nephrology department of the Medical Subspecialties Institute at Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi. I am also the director of the outpatient nephrology clinics and helped set up multiple subspecialty clinics over the past few years: The hypertension clinic and more recently the glomerular diseases clinic which focuses on managing patients with complex glomerular disorders.

I have published my work in various medical journals and have a special interest in Glomerular Disorders and Hypertension

Dr. Peter Blake is a Professor of Medicine at Western University and staff nephrologist at London Health Science Centre. Since 2013 he has been Medical Director of the Ontario Renal Network, now part of Ontario Health. For 10 years prior to that he was Chair of the Division of Nephrology at Western University.

He has a longstanding research and educational interest in chronic dialysis and has published over 200 papers, edited 2 major textbooks and lectured widely in this field. He is former Editor-in-Chief of Peritoneal Dialysis international and former President of the North American Chapter of International Society of Peritoneal Dialysis. He has served on Guideline Committees for the Canadian Society of Nephrology and the US National Kidney Foundation, and on Task Forces and Committees for the ISN, ASN and ISPD.

Consultant of Internal Medicine and Nephrology, Cairo University Hospital.

President-Elect & Secretary General, International Federation of Kidney Foundations-World Kidney Alliance (IFKF-WKA)

President-Elect, Mediterranean Kidney Society (MKS)

Program Director, World Kidney Academy: Renal Replacement Therapy Fellowship

Member of World Kidney Day ISN/IFKF-WKA Joint Steering Committee ISN World Kidney Day Champion

Member of the European Rena Association (ERA) Kidney Relief Disaster Task Force, 2024

Member of WHO Regional Expert Network for Chronic Kidney Diseases for Eastern Mediterranean Region

Fellowship, ISN, Feb 2010 – August 2011 at the Sheffield Kidney Institute, UK, in peritoneal dialysis.

Member of ESNT, ISN, ERA, ASN, MKS, AFRAN, MESOT, ASRNT, IFKF-WKA

Has been invited as a guest speaker at many local and international congresses. Has several publications in many international journals. Has been a reviewer in several Journals. Actively participated in organizing committees of several local and international congresses.

• Senior Nephrology & Transplantation Consultant
• Chief Head of Nephrology Department Cairo University Student Hospital
• Chief Head of Transplantation Department Airforce Specialized Hospital
• Vice President of Arab Society of Nephrology & Transplantation (ASNRT)
• ⁠General Co-ordinator Egyptian Society of Nephrology & Transplantation

Nephrogy Senior Specialist Alsabah Hospital and Alnafisi kidney Center

Consultant Nephrologist, Farwaniya Hospital

Qualifications: MBBCH, MSc, MRCP (London), MD, SCE Nephrology (UK)

Dr. Salah Mohamed Abdou is an accomplished consultant nephrologist with extensive experience in clinical nephrology, research, and leadership roles. He has served in various prestigious institutions, including military hospitals and teaching hospitals, such as Ahmed Maher Teaching Hospital. His leadership roles include being the Head of Nephrology at Al-Rass General Hospital and Sultan Qaboos Hospital in Salalah, Oman. He was also a valued member of the nephrology team at King Abdulaziz Specialized Hospital in Taif, Saudi Arabia.

Dr. Abdou is actively engaged in advancing nephrology through participation in numerous scientific activities and research projects. He brings a wealth of expertise in managing complex nephrological cases and has a strong commitment to improving patient outcomes through evidence-based care.

• I am Dr. Ahmed Ramadan Abouzaid, Professor of Internal Medicine and Nephrology at Ain Shams University, Egypt, Cairo. Now I am a consultant at Amiri Hospital, MOH, Kuwait since 2003 till now.
• I graduated by an excellent degree of M.B, B.ch.1991, master of int. med. 1996 .and Ph.D., M.D. 2001.Ain Shams University. Egypt.
• I am interesting to practice all autoimmune mediated glomerulonephritis disorders, mainly SLE, renal biopsies interpretation & procedure, and metabolic bone disease with CKD.
• I have a lot of published scientific papers in Egypt, Kuwait & an international level.
• Members of the Egyptian society of Nephrology since 1997 & Kuwait society of renal transplant and kidney diseases since 2005.I have been attended & participated in the annual congresses of Egyptian society of Nephrology since 1997, Kuwait and international congresses of ASN and EDTA.

• Hosam Mohamed Attiah Specialist Radiologist at Ibn Sina Hospital dedicated to body imaging.
• Mbbch Ain Shams University, MD Radiology Ain Shams University special interstitial on post transplant imaging

• Supervisor of Jaber Al Ahmed dialysis center Al Jahra hospital
• Bachelor of medicine and surgery 1998
• Master degree of medicine 2005
• MRCP UK London 2013
• Consultant Nephrologist MKH

• Bachelor of medicine and surgery 1998
• Master degree of medicine 2005
• MRCP UK London 2013
• Consultant Nephrologist MKH

MD, FACP, FAST

Dr. Khalid Al Meshari is a Clinical Professor of Medicine at Alfaisal University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Consultant Adult Transplant Nephrology, Organ Transplant Centre of Excellence at King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center (KFSH&RC), Fellow of the American College of Physicians (FACP), Fellow of the American Society of Transplantation (FAST), and the previous Chairman of the Department of Kidney and Pancreas Transplantation at KFSH&RC, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

Additionally, he is the Chairman of the National Paired Kidney Donation Committee at Saudi Center for Organ Transplantation (SCOT) and Director of HLA and ABO Incompatible Kidney Transplantation and Paired Kidney Donation (PKD) at KFSH&RC.

He is an American Board certified in medicine and nephrology, and ASHI certified Director of HLA and Immunogenetics Laboratory. During his tenure as Director of Renal Transplant Unit and later as the Chairman of the Department of Kidney and Pancreas Transplantation (2001-2013), he led the most active and advanced renal transplant program in the region (the first ever to be accredited by AST for fellowship training outside North America).

Fields of clinical and research interests include HLA and ABO incompatible transplants, ECD kidney transplants, Paired Kidney Donation and long-term outcome of kidney transplantation.

He has numerous publications in peer review journals.

MBBCH - MSc Med - MSc Neph - MD Nephrology - MRCP UK - ESENeph RCP

Nephrology Senior Specialist - Farwaniya Hospital

FRCP London - FRCPE
SCE Nephrology UK
Consultant Nephrologist
Al-Amiri Hospital

Professor and Head of Nephrology and Director of renal transplantation
program at the Faculty of Medicine Ain-Shams University, Egypt.
Also the Director of the Nephrology Department, and a Consultant of Nephrology and Renal Transplantation at Nasser Institute Hospital, Cairo.
Board member of ISHD
Vice president of the ESNT.
NKF Chair of Egypt.
working member of ERA-EDTA, ISN, ASN, ESOT, ECE, ADA.

Graduate of Kuwait Faculty of Medicine. Trained in internal medicine at McGill university. Competed training in Nephrology in University of Toronto with additional year focusing on Home Dialysis (home hemodialysis and PD), in addition to Renal disease in pregnancy.

MBBCH, Msc, MRCP, FRCP

Consultant of Nephrology, Mubarak Alkabeer Hospital

I earned my medical degree and completed my specialization from Cairo University Kasr Alieny medical school then more specializatin through MRCP and FRCP from London University, UK.

I am interested in ADPKD

My passion for cystic kidney disease specially ADPKD stems from a commetment to adressing both the clinical challenges and the emotional burden faced by patients and their families. In addition to clinical practice i am actively involved in research and education aim to bridge the gap between cuting edge science and real world patient care.

Summary

Quality driven healthcare provider with 3-year experience in the first established Health Cluster C-Suite. Led the clinical transformation of top-down controlled organization suffering from fragmented care delivery, reactive and acute episodic care, and low patients' satisfaction scores to integrated and team-based network, proactive management of health, wellness, and chronic disease, and improved customers' satisfaction

Disciplined and confident physician with North American training and Board Certification in Internal Medicine, Adult Nephrology, and Transplant Nephrology. Strong experience and background in all nephrology and kidney transplantation sittings. Passionate researcher and dedicated Teacher

Current Position

Chairman, Kidney and Pancreas Transplant Department, Multi-Organ Transplant Center, King Fahad Specialist Hospital, Dammam, Saudi Arabia

Consultant, Transplant Nephrology, Multi-Organ Transplant Center, King Fahad Specialist Hospital, Dammam, Saudi Arabia

• Consultant of nephrology, Al-Adan hospital, Kuwait.
• Professor of Nephrology, Theodor Bilharz Research Institute, Cairo, Egypt
• MMBS faculity of medicine, Kasr Alaini, Cairo University
• Msc Internal medicine and Nephrology, Faculty of Medicine, Kasr Alaini, Cairo University
• MD Internal Medicine and Nephrology, Benha Faculty of Medicine, Zagazig University
• Published about 65 articles in many an international journals
• An Editor and Reviewer for many an international journals
• Member of International Society of Nephrology (ISN)
• Member of Egyptian Society of Nephrology and Transplantation
• Member of Arab Society of Nephrology and Transplantation
• My interest in studying serum and urinary Biomarkers and Proteins for early detection of Kidney diseases. Also interested in studying pattern of glomerulonephritis

MD, PhD Internal Medicine and Nephrology

• Specialist Nephrology and Renal Transplantation at Hamed Alessa Organ Transplant Center
• Former Specialist Nephrology and Renal Transplantation at Mansoura Urology & Nephrology Center

Dr. Chee Kay Cheung is a Consultant Nephrologist and Honorary Associate Professor at the University Hospitals of Leicester, United Kingdom. His interests are in clinical trials in glomerular diseases, including in IgA nephropathy, vasculitis and lupus nephritis. He leads a number of investigator-initiated studies in this area, and has served as UK national chief investigator and principal investigator on multiple clinical trials. He leads specialist clinics in glomerular diseases and in vasculitis and lupus nephritis. He is a steering committee member of the International IgAN Network, and active member of the UK IgAN, membranous nephropathy and lupus nephritis rare disease groups.

• Transplant Nephrologist and Associate Professor at King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences.
• Deputy Executive Director of Clinical Strategy at the Ministry of National Guard Health Affairs.
• Chairman of the National Kidney Transplant Committee at the Saudi Center for Organ Transplantation.(SCOT).

• Consultant in Internal Medicine & Nephrology
• BMBCh Faculty of Medicine, Kuwait University 2002
• Canadian Board Certified in Internal Medicine, 2008 and in Nephrology, 2009 from University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
• Head of nephrology and dialysis centers at Amiri Hospital, Kuwait
• President of Kuwait Nephrology Association

• Graduated from RCSI medical school in Ireland in 2006.
• Did Internal medicine residency in McGill university, Canada and obtained Canadian and American Board in internal medicine in 2012 & 2013.
• Trained in nephrology at McGill university and obtained FRCPC in Nephrology in 2014.
• Hypertension fellowship in 2015 from McGill university.
• Currently, consultant nephrologist at Mubarak Al-Kabeer Hospital and a tutor in Kuwaiti board of internal medicine.

Dr. Mark Canney is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Medicine at the University of Ottawa, Associate Scientist at the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, and Staff Nephrologist at The Ottawa Hospital (2020 - present). He completed his undergraduate medical degree at National University of Ireland Galway and undertook his internal medicine and nephrology training in Ireland. He completed a Ph.D. in Population Health Epidemiology at Trinity College Dublin in 2017 before moving to Canada to pursue a post-doctoral research fellowship at the University of British Columbia. His current research interests include the optimization of blood pressure and cardiovascular risk management in patients with glomerular disease. He is the principal investigator for a number of collaborative studies from the International Network of CKD Studies (iNET-CKD) investigating regional differences in CKD risk factors and complications. Based on his contributions to these international studies, Dr. Canney was awarded the title of “ISN iNET-CKD Named Fellow” in 2022. His work is supported by the Kidney Foundation of Canada, a KRESCENT New Investigator award, the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute’s ELEVATE program for early career investigator, and the Canadian Institutes for Health Research.

• Consultant staff Nephrologists and Transplant Physician at King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center at Riyadh, KSA January 2007 - current.
• Chairman of Morbidity and Mortality, Renal Transplant Unit, King Faisal Specialist Hospital may 2009 - now
• Founding member of Saudi Society of Hypertension
• Member of scientific committee for Saudi hypertension conference march 29-31/2010
• Chairman for Saudi Society of Nephrology Website march 2007 – now
• Acting section head of adult transplant nephrology July 2014 - now
• Adult transplant nephrology fellowship program director July 2013 – now

Dieter Haffner is a professor of pediatrics and head of the Department of Pediatric Kidney, Liver, Metabolic and Neurological Diseases and is coordinating the Center for Congenital Kidney Diseases at the Center for Rare Diseases at Hannover Medical School. His main interests are the genetic and mechanistic exploration of rare kidney diseases and mineral and bone disorders in children with chronic kidney disease (CKD-MBD). He is President of the European Society for Paediatric Nephrology (ESPN), IPNA Executive Councilor, Associate Editor the IPNA Journal Pediatric Nephrology and co-chair of the Workgroup Immune Glomerulopathies of the European Network for Rare Kidney Diseases (ERKNet). He is a past chair of the IPNA Best Practices and Standards committee, the IPNA Publication Committee, the ESPN CKD-MBD working group, and the ERKNet - Guidelines & Pathways Task Force. He has led, or been heavily involved in, several randomized controlled clinical trials, patient registries, and national, European and international Clinical Practice Guidelines (AWMF, ESPN, ERKNeT, and IPNA). He has also published more than 300 original scientific articles, reviews, editorials and book chapters.

Consultant Pediatric Nephrologist and Renal Transplant - Kuwait Adan Hospital

Dr. Mohammad Almomen is a consultant nephrologist working in the Nephrology Unit at Mubarak Al-Abdullah Al-Sabah Dialysis Centre. He obtained his medical degree from the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland and completed his medical residency program in Kuwait. He has obtained his Nephrology Fellowship training from McMaster University in Canada followed by a subspeciality training in Glomerulonephritis. He has special interest in chronic kidney disease in pregnancy.

Dr. Mousa Akbar is the Head of the Cardiology Unit at Al-Sabah Hospital in Kuwait. He holds several prestigious fellowships, including FACP, FRCPC, FACC, FESC, FSCAI, and FGHA. With extensive experience in interventional cardiology, Dr. Akbar is recognized for his expertise in advanced cardiovascular care and his leadership in the hospital's cardiology department.

Director of Nephrology and Kidney Transplantation at Prince Sultan Military Medical City

Chairman of Scientific Council of Nephrology at Saudi Commission for Health Specialties

Affiliation: Senior International Product Manager Immunoadsorption

Education: Study in Biology, Human Physiology with a focus on neuro-ophthalmology and cybernetics. Biology Diploma at the University of Tübingen, Germany, PhD at the University Eye Clinic, Tübingen

Experience summary: Dr. Kramer worked in medical industry in several positions in sales and marketing. For 18 years he is involved in product management for lipoprotein apheresis and immunoadsorption for Fresenius Medical Care. He organized numerous workshops and trainings on Immunoadsorption for various target groups in the medical field.

• Canadian Board of Internal Medicine
• Canadian Board of Nephrology
• American Board of Internal Medicine
• American Board of Hypertension

B.Med.Sc., B.M.B.Ch., ABIM, FRCPC (IM), FRCPC (Nephrology), HomeDialysis Fellowship (Western University, Canada)

• Graduate of Kuwait University Faculty of Medicine
• Canadian board of Internal medicine
• Canadian board of Nephrology
• Head of Nephrology Unit Adan Hospital
• Program Director of the Nephrology Board

• Professor of Pediatric Nephrology
• Head of Renal Transplantation Unit
• Cairo University Children’s Hospital
• Secretary General of the Egyptian Society Pediatric Nephrology and Transplantation

• From April 2016 till now: Consultant Nephrologist, Head of Nephrology Department, Sur Reference Hospital, and Supervisor of South Ash Sharqiyah Governate, Sultanate of Oman.
• From Jan. 2011 till April 2016: Supervisor & Consultant Nephrology in Tanta Oncology institute which serve Delta Region.
• From Jan. 2011 till April 2016: Consultant Nephrology in El Mogamaa El Teby Health Insurance Hospital (400 beds, 17 hemodialysis machine, and ICU nephrology, Plasmapheresis).
• From Jan. 2011 till April 2016: consultant Nephrologist (Ali BinAbi Taleb, Khaled Bin Al-Walid Clinics).
• October 2010 till October 2014: Specialist then consultant Nephrologist, El-Menshawy General Hospital (early detection of Kidney disease program, 30 hemodialysis machines, clinical nephrology 10 beds) & Health Insurance Hospital, (early detection of Kidney disease program, 20 hemodialysis machines, inpatients consultations) Tanta, Egypt.

• Consultant Nephrologist, Adan Hospital Kuwait
• Graduated from Ain Shams University in 1993
• Master of medicine 2001
• MRCP 2008

• Kuwait university graduate
• Canadian and American board certified in Internal Medicine and Nephrology
• KBIM tutor
• Head of Nephrology unit in Jahra hospital

• Professor of Internal Medicine and Nephrology, National Institute of Urology and Nephrology (NIUN), Cairo
• Dean of the National Institute of Urology and Nephrology (NIUN)
• Secretary General of the Egyptian Society of Nephrology and Transplantation (ESNT)
• Secretary General of the Arab Society of Nephrology and Renal Transplantation (ASNRT)
• ISN council and deputy chair of Africa in the ISN board
• Moderator of the nephrology division of the national committee for Egyptian guidelines in the Ministry of Health
• Head of the supreme committee of Nephrology in the General Organisation of teaching Hospitals and Institutes (GOTHI)
• Nephrology representative in the national committee of the NCDs

Dr. Wadei is a Professor of Medicine at Mayo Clinic College of Medicine. He holds joint appointments as a Consultant Transplant Nephrologist in the Transplant Center and in the Division of Nephrology and Hypertension at Mayo Clinic Florida.

Dr. Wadei obtained his medical degree at Cairo University, Egypt. He completed 2 years of internal medicine residency at Cairo University hospitals before moving to the United States where he completed Internal Medicine residency at Sinai-Grace Hospital, Wayne state University in Detroit, MI. Dr. Wadei completed his nephrology fellowship at Harper Hospital, Wayne State University in 2004 before moving to Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN where he completed a transplant nephrology fellowship.

Dr. Wadei is a Fellow of the American Society of Nephrology and the American Society of Transplantation. He authored multiple papers and book chapters in the field of nephrology, hypertension and kidney transplantation. His main focus is studying kidney dysfunction in patients with hepatic cirrhosis and liver transplant recipients and studying indications and outcomes of liver-kidney transplantation.

• Consultant Internal Medicine and Nephrology
• Divisional Chief of Nephrology and Hypertension
• Rahba Hospital - Managed by Johns Hopkins International
• Private Office HH Sheikh Sultan Bin Zayed Al Nahyan
• Private Physician to the UAE Presidents Representative His Highness Sheikh Sultan Bin Zayed Al Nahyan
• Division Chief of Nephrology and Hypertension
• Mafraq Hospital- SEHA Healthcare Facility