Global Kidney Care Podcast Provided by ISN

Cohort studies have played a pivotal role in advancing our understanding of chronic kidney disease (CKD), providing invaluable insights into disease progression, risk factors, and patient outcomes. In this episode of the Global Kidney Care Podcast , host Maarten Taal is joined by Roberto Pecoits-Filho and Natalia Alencar de Pinho to discuss the principles behind designing and conducting high-quali...

Building on the concepts introduced in the previous episode Rethinking the Design and Conduct of Kidney Trials , this episode explores how innovative ideas in nephrology research can be translated into practical trial strategies. Experts discuss novel approaches to trial design, evolving endpoint selection, and the importance of engaging patients, clinicians, regulators, and other stakeholders thr...

This session will discuss the rising demand for kidney care, key causes of workforce gaps, and the impact on patient outcomes. It would also highlight practical solutions to strengthen the nephrology nursing workforce. Moderator : Ana Figueiredo   Speakers : Rachael Walker Marques Shek Nam Ng Ginger Chu Laura Lunardi 

This ISN i3C podcast brings together leading ISN experts to unpack a new paper tackling one of nephrology’s biggest mysteries: chronic kidney disease of unknown origin (CKDu). The discussion explores why identifying the causes of CKDu has been so challenging—highlighting gaps in terminology, study design, and data collection—while questioning whether current research approaches are asking the righ...

Augusto Cesar Soares dos Santos Junior hosts the latest episode of the Global Kideny Care podcast, and this special episode is part of the offerings for NephMadness 2026. Augusto is joined by Ana Catalina Alvarez Elias: Renal Research Institute, Lili Chan: Mount Sinai, Neil Reza Evans: UC Davis Health, and Kuang-Yu Jen: UC Davis Health, where they discuss the emerging role of Artificial Intelligen...

World Kidney Day (WKD) is observed annually on the second Thursday of March and in 2026 falls on March 12, under the theme “ Kidney Health for All: Caring for People, Protecting the Planet ”. Read more about WKD 2026 here . In this episode, WKD Joint Steering Committee member Dr. Manjusha Yadla is joined by fellow committee members Dr. Natarajan Gopalakrishnan and Bill Wang to examine the growing...

The International Society of Nephrology Education Working Group has undertaken the development of a comprehensive online program to advance understanding and education in this rapidly evolving field. The new curriculum ‘ Genetics in Kidney Disease ’  led by Drs. Becky Ma and Anuja Java, features a series of 11 recorded lectures covering key topics in nephrogenetics, together with roundtable-style...

Jay L. Koyner, MD, is a Professor of Medicine in the Section of Nephrology at the University of Chicago where he also serves as the Medical Director of the Inpatient Dialysis Unit, Director of ICU Nephrology and the Associate Program Director of the Nephrology-Critical Care Fellowship. He hosted by Dr. Sola Aoun Bahous, Dean and Professor of the Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Nephrol...

Clinical trial design in nephrology is evolving. In this episode, leading experts explore why a paradigm shift is needed from traditional biomarkers to patient-centered outcomes and practical strategies for advancing trial implementation. This conversation draws on insights from the ISN Consensus Meeting on Changing Paradigms of Studies in CKD (Vancouver, Nov 22-23, 2024) where clinicians, trialis...

In the latest Episode of the Global Kidney Care podcast Augusto Cesar Soares dos Santos Junior interviews Rolando Claure-Del Granado, a Clinical Research Investigator at the Biomedical Research Institute (IIBISMED) at Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Mayor de San Simon (Cochabamba, Bolivia) and a visiting professor of the UNESP - São Paulo State University (Brazil). This podcast is part of an ong...

Winston Fung, an Associate Consultant at Prince of Wales Hospital and an Honorary Clinical Assistant Professor for the Chinese University of Hong Kong, hosts the second conversation on climate change and its impacts on kidney health. Winston is joined by Vivekanand Jha, The George Institute for Global Health, India, Professor of Nephrology at the University of Oxford, and the former President of t...

In the latest episode of the Global Kidney Care Podcast, host Winston Fung speaks to Luis Gustavo Modelli de Andrade, a Nephrologist at the Kidney Transplant Program, Hospital das Clínicas da UNESP – Botucatu in Brazil.  They discuss the frontiers of artificial intelligence and its applications in medicine. Dr. Gustavo discusses artificial intelligence, machine learning, and advanced modeling tech...

The latest episode of the Kidney Care Podcast is a Conversation with Peter Kotanko, a leading expert on artificial intelligence applications for kidney care and the Emeritus Director of the Renal Research Institute in New York, USA. This conversation on the intersection of AI and Nephrology is the first installment in a series of conversations on AI and is part of the new ISN Academy AI resource s...

This special episode's participants are Winston Fung , Clinical Assistant Professor/ Associate Consultant, Division of Nephrology at the Prince of Wales Hospital, The Chinese University of Hong Kong; Isabelle Ethier , Nephrologist, Centre Hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal (CHUM), Montréal, Canada and Caroline Stigant , Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Nephrology, University of Br...

This episode features a discussion among kidney nurses about the challenges patients face while on their renal replacement journey, and the various ways nurses can support them and their caregivers. The conversation includes suggestions for new nurses entering the field, thoughts on improving patient support, and discusses how approaches may vary in different contexts.   Ana Elizabeth Prado Lima F...

In this special World Kidney Day podcast episode, Martina Pirotta, WKD Campaign Manager on behalf of the ISN, welcomes Dr. José Moura-Neto, President of the Brazilian Society of Nephrology, and Dr. Viviane Calice Silva, Director of the Department of Epidemiology and Prevention of Kidney Diseases at the Brazilian Society of Nephrology to describe the current landscape of chronic kidney disease (CKD...

World Kidney Day (WKD) is observed annually on the second Thursday of March. In 2025, it falls on March 13, with the theme "Are Your Kidneys OK? Detect Early, Protect Kidney Health." In this episode, WKD Joint Steering Committee ISN co-chair Dr. Li-Li Hsiao is joined by IFKF-WKA co-chair Dr. Dina Abdellatif and Prof. Alessandro Balducci, past co-chair and current committee member. Together, they d...

In this episode Shilpanjali Jesudason (Faculty), Head of Unit, Central and Northern Adelaide Renal and Transplantation Service (CNARTS), Royal Adelaide Hospital, CALHN Clinical Professor, University of Adelaide and Rasha Shemies (Trainee) Assistant Professor of nephrology, Mansoura University, Egypt discuss the ISN Train the Trainer Program for Pregnancy and Kidney Disease. The Train the Trainer w...

Every year, the ISN Continuing Medical Education (CME) Program brings essential teaching and training to some 14,000 doctors and healthcare practitioners in the emerging world. This Program supports the conceptual design of local and regional meetings in resource-low countries by contributing to the organization of the meeting and helping arrange faculty for the meeting.  This episode is hosted by...

Haemodialysis (HD) requires safe and effective anticoagulation to prevent clot formation within the extracorporeal circuit during dialysis treatments to enable adequate dialysis and minimise adverse events, including major bleeding. Low molecular weight heparin (LMWH) may provide a more predictable dose, reliable anticoagulant effects and be simpler to administer than unfractionated heparin (UFH)...

For this episode of the Global Kidney Care Podcast, Jonathan Barratt, MD, MSc, PhD is Professor of Renal Medicine, Department of Cardiovascular Sciences at the University of Leicester and Richard Lafayette, MD, FACP is a Nephrologist and Professor of Medicine at the Division of Nephrology Department of Medicine, Stanford University discuss the changing landscape in IgAN and disease modification ap...

Recorded live at the WCN’ 24 in Buenos Aires Argentina this conversation focuses on the ISN Educational Ambassadors (EA) Program.  Renal centers around the world can apply for support of the Educational Ambassadors (EA) Program and receive expert guidance and hands-on training to advance new initiatives, skills or services, and community-based research and screening programs. EA Program Committee...

This latest episode of the Global Kidney Care Podcast is an effort of the ISN, ISPD, and Arbor Research Collaborative for Health (the coordinating center for the DOPPS family of studies). This episode is focused on PDOPPS, our international study of practice patterns and outcomes of peritoneal dialysis patients. The conversation is led by Roberto Pecoits-Filho, DOPPS Program Scientific Director an...

Helen Hurst, Ana Elizabeth Figueiredo and Rachael Walker members of the ISN's Kidney Health Professionals Working Group discuss shared decision making. This was recorded in person during the ISN's World Congress of Nephrology 2024 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. This podcast is supported by Baxter. 

Fatigue is a common and debilitating symptom amongst people with kidney failure but remains under appreciated and understudied. Interventions to address fatigue in people with kidney failure requiring dialysis are lacking, highlighted by the lack of recommendations on managing fatigue in clinical practice guidelines. A Cochrane review was published in 2023 summarizing the benefits and harms of pha...