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