http://www.ipna2010.org/

The International Pediatric Nephrology Association (IPNA) is comprised of 1,500 pediatric nephrologists and relevant professionals representing 89 countries around the world, dedicated to promote the optimal care of children with kidney disease worldwide by advocacy, education and training.

Every three years, IPNA has an international scientific Congress whose goals are to bring together the world’s pediatric nephrology scientific community in order to review advances in the prevention and treatment of kidney disease.

Intended Audience

The 2010 IPNA Congress is the leading educational Congress for scientists, pediatric urologists, physicians, nurses, social workers, nutritionists, and other health care professionals caring for children with kidney disorders. The program has been developed around five themes, each of which are continued horizontally throughout the Congress: Clinical Nephrology, Genetic and Molecular Basis of Renal Disease, Chronic and End-Stage Renal Disease, Transplantation, and Informatics and Outcomes.

Accreditation Statement

This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the Essential Areas and Policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through joint sponsorship of Albert Einstein College of Medicine and The International Pediatric Nephrology Association. Albert Einstein College of Medicine is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Albert Einstein College of Medicine designates this educational activity for a maximum of 26 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Program Topics

The Scientific Program of the Fifteenth Congress of IPNA will review the State-of-the-Art information on basic and clinical nephrology including:

  • Acute and Chronic Kidney Injury
  • Developmental Nephrology
  • Congenital Renal Disease
  • Ethics of Global Pediatric Nephrology
  • Genetic Etiology of Glomerular and Tubular Disorders
  • Growth and Development in CKD
  • Hypertension and Obesity
  • Imaging of the Genitourinary Tract
  • Immunology of Renal Disease
  • International Clinical Investigations and Registries
  • Interventional Genetics
  • Metabolic Disorders
  • Metabolic Bone Disease
  • Nephrolithiasis
  • Pediatric Urology
  • Renal Pathology
  • Renal Physiology and Pathophysiology
  • Renal Replacement Therapies and Transplantation
  • Translational Medicine
  • Tubulointerstitial Disorders
  • Urinary Tract Infection and Vesicoureteral Reflux

Conflict of Interest Statement

The "Conflict of Interest Disclosure Policy" of Albert Einstein College of Medicine requires that faculty participating in any CME activity disclose to the audience any relationship(s) with a pharmaceutical or equipment company. Any presenter whose disclosed relationships prove to create a conflict of interest with regard to their contribution to the activity, or who refuses to provide all their conflict of interest information, will not be permitted to present.

The Albert Einstein College of Medicine also require that faculty participating in any CME activity disclose to the audience when discussing any unlabeled or investigational use of any commercial product, or device, not yet approved for use in the United States.

Albert Einstein College of Medicine CCME staff, the staff of Association Headquarters, Inc. have no conflicts of interest with commercial interests related directly or indirectly to this educational activity.

Special Needs

Albert Einstein College of Medicine complies with the legal requirements of the American with Disabilities Act. If any participant of the 15th Annual International Congress of IPNA given by Albert Einstein College of Medicine is in need of accommodations, please do not hesitate to submit written requests to Shannon Fagan, IPNA Meeting/Exhibit Manager, (001) 856-439-0500, or sfagan@ahint.com, at least five weeks prior to the activity.

Dikkat Yorum Yazmak için tıklayınız


Yorumlar