Caribbean Institute of Nephrology, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of the West Indies and University of Michigan (Ann Arbor) Present the 4th Annual International Conference On Nephrology and Hypertension January 26 - 29, 2012
Thursday January 26, 2012 7:00 am Moderator
Registration Professor E. Barton
9:00 am – 9:10 am 9:10am – 9:20am 9:20 am - 9:25 am 9:25 am– 9:30 am
Opening address – Prof. E. Barton Address from Michigan Address by Western Doctors Association Address by President, Medical Association of Jamaica Minister of Health State of the art Lecture: Political (engagements) strategies to deal with the growing epidemic of Chronic Kidney Disease. (Bill Kowsar, Larry Delguardo, Norrris)
9:30 am – 9:45 am 9:45 am – 10:30 am
10:30 am - 11:00 am
Exhibits and Abstract Sessions
Moderator
M. walwyn/C. Lewis
11:00 am – 11:30 am
Obesity and Renal disease: Strategies for prevention. M. Boyne
11:30 am – 12:00 am
Obesity-NCD link: Strategies to reduce its health impact on CKD – Dr. Fitzroy Henry – Chairman, Caribbean Food and Nutrition Institute Economic burden of chronic kidney disease –Dr. R. Smith
12:00 am – 12:30 pm 12:30pm – 1:30 pm
Lunch/ Exhibits
Lunchtime lecture Moderator
L. Roberts/T. Ferguson
1:30pm – 2:00 pm
Clinical implications of genetics in Health disparities – Dr. S. Nicholas
2:00 pm – 2:30pm 2:30 pm – 3:00 pm
Audit from an hypertension clinic – Dr. K. Connell
3:00 pm – 3:30 pm
Management of resistant hypertension – Dr. S. Nicholas
Management of masked hypertension – Dr. I. Thomas
Friday January 27, 2012 7:00 am –
Registration
Moderator
G. Schulman/R. Smith
9:00 am - 10:00 am
State of the Art Lecture – systems biology of chronic renal failure – F. Brosius
10:00 am – 10:30 am
Prevention and regression of diabetic kidney disease - S. Nicholas
10:30 am – 11:00am
Exhibits and Abstract Sessions
Moderator
A. Soyibo/C. Watson-brown
11:00 am – 11:30 am
Preventing cardiovascular outcome in chronic kidney disease – F. Brosius
11:30 am – 12:00 am
Data from Caribbean renal registry – AK Soyibo
12:00 am – 12:30 noon
Updates on polycystic kidney disease – P. Gibson
12:30 pm – 1:00 pm
HIV Nephropathy – J. Cijang
1:00pm – 2:00 pm
Lunch/ Exhibits
Moderator
K. Connell/W. WILLIAMS
2:00 pm - 2:30 pm
Podocytopathies and FSGS/Nephrotic syndrome – K. Campbell
2:30 pm – 2:50 pm
Na/Creatinine ratio and it association with blood pressure, BMI, pulse pressure and gender – D. Cohall
2:50 pm – 3:10 pm
Na/K ratio and its association with blood pressure and gender - T. ScantleburyManning Morning spot urine sample for the estimation of 24-hour urinary protein excretion – S. James
3:10pm – 3:30pm
Saturday January 28, 2012 7:00 am
Registration
Moderator
A. Ojo/F. Brosius
9:00 am – 10:00 am
State of the Art Lecture: Toward noninvasive molecular markers for the diagnosis and prognosis of CKD – W. Ju
10:00 am – 10:30 am
APOL1/MYH-9 and other renal candidate genes – Prof. A. Ojo
10:30 am – 11:00 am
Acute glomerulonephritis – P. Gibson
11:00 am – 11:30 am
Break/ Exhibits and Abstracts
Moderator
K. Campbell/ Dr. M. Banbury
11:30 am – 12:15 pm
The Ricardo Lee Foundation Lecture – Vasculitis: Remember the kidney
12:15 am – 1:00 pm
Short daily dialysis – G. Schulman
1:00 pm – 1:30
Nephrolithiasis – S. Frencher
1:30 pm – 2:30 pm
Lunch/ Exhibits
Moderator
j. East/L. DOUGLAS
2:30 pm – 3:00 pm
Kidney and Pancreas Transplant Surgery: challenges in a developing country - Dr. Andre Dick - University of Washington
3:00 pm – 3:30 pm
Immunosuppressive in Kidney Transplant – M. Salifu
3:30 pm – 4:00 pm
A Caribbean experience in kidney Transplantation – L. Roberts
4:00 pm – 4:30 pm
Cancer in the kidney transplant patients – P. Roberts
4:30pm – 5:00pm
Infection in the transplant patient – N. Duke
5:00pm – 5:30pm
“Fistula first” - Ottley
Sunday January 29, 2012 Moderator
C. Lawal/D. Dewar
9:00 am – 9:20 am
Nutrition in CKD – R. Brown
9:20 am – 9:40 am
Pregnancy and kidney disease – B. Babolal
9:40 am – 10:00 am
Exercise in patients with CKD/ESRD/Transplant - Physiotherapy
10:00 am – 10:30 am
EXHIBITS
Moderator
W. Chin/McGreggor
10:30 am – 10:50 noon
Emerging role of laparoscopy in kidney disease – P. Leake
10:50am – 11: 10am
Role of dialysis care technician – C. Riley
11:10am – 12:10pm
Ethical considerations for initiation and termination of RRT – Dr. A. Mullings