Program
2-Day Event | 18 & 19 March 2022

Program | Friday 18 March 2022
Moderators: Amaryllis Van Craenenbroeck (UZ Leuven) – Wim Terryn (Jan Yperman Ziekenhuis, Ieper)
Morning
09.00 – 09.05 Welcome
09.05 – 09.50 Jürgen Floege (University Hospital, Aachen) – Current treatment of IgA nephropathy
09.50 – 10.35 Hans-Joachim Anders (University Hospital, München) – Treatment of SLE nephritis: state-of-the-art and novel therapies
Coffee Break
11.00 – 11.30 An De Vriese (AZ Sint-Jan, Brugge) – Anticoagulation in CKD: practical questions and pragmatic answers
11.30 – 12.00 Hans Van Der Meersch (AZ Sint-Jan, Brugge) – Novel insights in Hyperaldosteronism
12.00 – 12.45 Sir Peter Ratcliffe (Francis Crick Institute, London) – Elucidation of cellular oxygen sensing mechanisms: implications for medicine
Moderators: Barbara Van den Bergh (AZ Sint-Jan Brugge) – Jill Vanmassenhove (UZ Gent)
Afternoon
13.45 – 14.30 Mark Perazella (Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven) – The intersections between the kidney and cancer, for clinicians
14.30 – 15.15 Biff Palmer (University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas) – New insights in the pathophysiology and treatment of hyperkalemia
Coffee Break
15.45 – 16.30 Sunil Badve (St George Hospital, Sydney) – Current insights in uric acid-lowering therapy
16.30 – 17.15 Biff Palmer (University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas) – Interesting electrolyte and acid-base cases
18.00 – 19.00 Reception in the Gothic Hall of the City hall with regional beer
Program | Saturday 19 March 2022
Moderators: Karlien François (UZ Brussel) – Bert Vandewiele (AZ Sint-Lucas Brugge)
Morning
09.00 – 09.05 Welcome
09.05 – 09.50 Fernando Fervenza (Mayo Clinic, Rochester) – Novelties in diagnosis and treatment of membranous nephropathy
09.50 – 10.35 Sanjeev Sethi (Mayo Clinic, Rochester) – Monoclonal gammopathies and the kidney
Coffee Break
11.00 – 11.30 Pieter Gillard (University Hospital, Leuven) – Pharmacotherapy of diabetic nephropathy: the endocrinologist perspective
11.30 – 12.00 Hiddo Lambers Heerspink (University Medical Center, Groningen) – Pharmacotherapy of diabetic nephropathy: the nephrologist perspective
12.00 – 12.30 Jens Van Praet AZ Sint-Jan, Brugge) - Prevention and treatment of SARS-CoV-2 infection in dialysis
Moderators: Pieter Vermeiren (AZ Sint-Jan Brugge) – Lissa Pipeleers (UZ Brussel)
Afternoon
13.30 – 14.15 Hariharan Sundaram (University of Pittsburgh) – Long-term survival after kidney transplantation
14.15 – 14.45 Vladimir Tesar (Charles University and General Hospital, Prague) – Complement inhibition in renal disease
14.45 – 15.15 Stefaan Vandecasteele (AZ Sint-Jan Brugge) – Update in the treatment of gramnegative infections in dialysis
Coffee Break
15.45 – 16.45 Sanjeev Sethi, Fernando Fervenza (Mayo Clinic, Rochester), Tom Dejagere (Jessa Hasselt), Line Heylen (ZOL Genk), Wendy Engelen (ZNA Antwerpen) – Clinicopathological Conference
16.45 – 17.15 Dries Deleersnijder, Ben Sprangers (UZ Leuven), Karel Van Damme, Steven Van Laecke (UZ Gent), for the FCGG (Flemish Collaborative Glomerulonephritis Group) - Epidemiology of Native Kidney Disease in Flanders
Event Properties
Event Date | 18-03-2022 8:00 am |
Event End Date | 19-03-2022 7:00 pm |
Location | Concertgebouw Brugge |