Nephrology
Rasheed Gbadegesin, MD (he/him/his)
Duke University
Durham, North Carolina, United States
Hua Sun, MD. PhD.
Pediatric Nephrologist
University of Iowa Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine
Iowa City, Iowa, United States
This symposia will include the H. William Schnaper Lectureship (Dr. Moin Saleem.) Dr. Schnaper was an outstanding leader of our society and contributed greatly to the understanding of childhood glomerulonephritis, as well as factors that contribute to renal fibrosis. He served as a distinguished leader of the ASPN and the International Pediatric Nephrology Association.
This session will provide updates on cutting edge research on therapeutics, genetic factors, “omics”, and disease recurrence in childhood-onset nephrotic syndrome (NS). There will be a detailed update about the treatment of childhood onset NS (corticosteroid course, alternative medications for steroid sensitive NS, updates from clinical trials in FSGS.) The session will include an overview of new findings regarding mechanisms of podocyte injury in genetic forms of nephrotic syndrome. The session will highlight research and advances in genomics, proteomics, and metabolomics that will be used to develop personalized treatment approaches in childhood NS. The symposia will conclude with a discussion about the epidemiology of recurrence, risk factors for recurrence and the treatment of recurrent disease following kidney transplant.
Speaker: Debbie S. Gipson, MS, Epidemiology; MD – University of Michigan Medical School
Speaker: Nina Mann, MD – Boston Children's Hospital
Speaker: Moin Saleem, MD PhD (he/him/his) – University of Bristol
Speaker: Eliza Blanchette, MD, MS – Children's Hospital Colorado