The Nephrology & Transplantation Update Course will be held all day on Saturday 31st August and Sunday 1st September 2024 in Riverbank 7-8 rooms at the Adelaide Convention Centre. The course aims to promote understanding and knowledge in the recent advances in the field of nephrology and to outline the current available evidence and gaps in knowledge with the view to promote future research.
| 0815 – 0845 | Registration & Networking | Riverbank Foyer | ||
| 0845 – 1030 | PLENARY #1: Advancements in Kidney Transplant | ||
| Session Chair | Cathy Quinlan | ||
| 0845 – 0900 | Acknowledgement of Country Official Welcome |
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| 0900 – 0930 | LATEST DEVELOPMENTS IN KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION Professor Steve Chadban, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital |
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| 0930 – 1000 | AN UPDATE IN TRANSPLANT IMMUNOLOGY – WHAT’S NEW AND WHAT DO WE NOT UNDERSTAND? Professor Natasha Rogers, Western Sydney Local Health District |
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| 1000 – 1030 | IMPROVING OUTCOMES WITH PRE-TRANSPLANT GRAFT CARE: RETRIEVAL AND MACHINE PERFUSION Associate Professor John Whitlam, Austin Health |
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| 1030 – 1100 | Morning Tea | Riverbank Foyer | ||
| 1100 – 1230 | PLENARY #2: Clinical Updates in Nephrology | ||
| Session Chair | Eoin O’Sullivan | ||
| 1100 – 1130 | UPDATES IN RENAL THERAPEUTICS Professor Sunil Badve, UNSW Sydney |
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| 1130 – 1200 | CONTEMPORARY CONCEPTS IN AKI AND THE JOURNEY TO PERSONALISED CARE Dr Emily See, Royal Melbourne Hospital |
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| 1200 – 1230 | THE IgAN TREATMENT LANDSCAPE: MAKING SENSE OF THE NEW THERAPIES NEPHROPATHY Professor Brad Rovin, The Wexner Medical Center for Clinical Research Management, United States |
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| 1230 – 1330 | Lunch | Riverbank Foyer | ||
| 1330 – 1500 | PLENARY #3: Genetics in Kidney Care (combined session with KidGen delegates) | ||
| Session Chair | Hugh McCarthy | ||
| 1330 – 1400 | RENAL GENETIC AND TUBULAR DISORDERS IN THE UK – A MODEL FOR PATIENT CARE AND RESEARCH
Professor Fiona Karet, University of Cambridge, UK |
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| 1400 – 1430 |
UMOD AS A PARADIGM FOR THE GENETIC ARCHITECTURE OF KIDNEY DISEASE |
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| 1430 – 1500 | THE FUTURE OF KIDNEY CARE: APPLYING GENOMICS IN NEPHROLOGY PRACTICE
Dr Amali Mallawaarachchi, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital |
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| 1500 – 1530 | Afternoon Tea | Riverbank Foyer | ||
| 1530 – 1700 | PLENARY #4: Nephrology: A Lifelong Journey | ||
| Session Chair | Monica Ng | ||
| 1530 – 1600 | NAVIGATING THE NEXUS OF PREGNANCY AND KIDNEY HEALTH: AN OBSTETRIC NEPHROLOGY UPDATE Dr Jennifer Yo, Monash Health |
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| 1600 – 1630 | ONCONEPHROLOGY Dr Dharmenaan Palamuthusigham, Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital |
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| 1630 – 1700 | DECISION MAKING AROUND DIALYSIS VERSUS CONSERVATIVE KIDNEY MANAGEMENT Dr Kirsten Hepburn, Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital |
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| 1700 – 1830 | Networking Event | Riverbank Foyer | ||
| 0815 – 0845 | Registration & Networking | Riverbank Foyer | ||
| 0845 – 1030 | PLENARY #5: Modern approaches to CKD | ||
| Session Chair | Thomas Forbes | ||
| 0845 – 0900 | Day 2 Welcome | ||
| 0900 – 0930 | INTEGRATING GENETIC COUNSELLING INTO NEPHROLOGY PRACTICE: A PRIMER FOR GENERAL NEPHROLOGISTS USING THE NEW MBS ITEM NUMBERS Ella Wilkins, Victorian Clinical Genetics Services |
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| 0930 – 1000 | UPDATE ON UREMIC TOXINS AND LOWERING STRATEGIES Professor I-Wen Wu, Taipei Medical University Hospital, Taiwan |
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| 1000 – 1030 | HARNESSING ANZDATA: LESSONS LEARNED AND FUTURE DIRECTIONS FOR NEPHROLOGISTS Dr Georgina Irish, Royal Adelaide Hospital |
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| 1030 – 1100 | Morning Tea | Riverbank Foyer | ||
| 1100 – 1230 | PLENARY #6: Whats new in Peritoneal Dialysis? | ||
| Session Chair | Emily See | ||
| 1100 – 1130 | ENHANCING OUTCOMES IN PERITONEAL DIALYSIS: RECENT DEVELOPMENTS AND FUTURE DIRECTIONS Dr Louis Huang, Monash University |
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| 1130 – 1200 | HOW TO MAINTAIN PATIENTS ON PD: STRATEGIES AND PRACTICAL TIPS Professor KM Chow, Prince of Wales Hospital, Hong Kong |
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| 1200 – 1230 | ADVANCEMENTS IN PAEDIATRIC KIDNEY REPLACEMENT THERAPIES: WHAT NEPHROLOGISTS NEED TO KNOW Dr Simon Carter, Royal Children’s Hospital |
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| 1230 – 1330 | Lunch | Riverbank Foyer | ||
| 1330 – 1500 | PLENARY #7: The future of GN | ||
| Session Chair | Simon Carter | ||
| 1330 – 1400 | BEYOND ONCOLOGY: EXPLORING THE POTENTIAL OF CAR-T THERAPY IN NEPHROLOGY Dr David Metz, Royal Children’s Hospital |
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| 1400 – 1430 | CARING FOR PEOPLE WITH ANCA-ASSOCIATED GLOMERULONEPHRITIS AND LUPUS NEPHRITIS: A GUIDE TO UPDATED MANAGEMENT GUIDELINES Professor Richard Kitching, Monash Health |
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| 1430 – 1500 | THE EVOLVING LANDSCAPE OF GLOMERULONEPHRITIS TREATMENT: AN EXPERT UPDATE Dr Jessica Ryan, Monash Health |
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| 1500 – 1530 | Afternoon Tea | Riverbank Foyer | ||
| 1530 – 1700 | PLENARY #8: The Nephrology of Tomorrow | ||
| Session Chair | Eoin O’Sullivan | ||
| 1530 – 1600 | AKI AND BIOMARKERS Dr Jihyun Yang, Sungkyunkwan University Kangbuk Samsung Hospital |
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| 1600 – 1630 | FROM STEM CELLS TO THERAPIES: ADVANCES IN ENGINEERED KIDNEY TISSUE Dr Jessica Vanslambrouck, Murdoch Children’s Research Institute |
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| 1630 – 1700 | THE CUTTING EDGE OF NEPHROLOGY: PERSONALISED MEDICINE IN GLOMERULONEPHRITIS Associate Professor Simon Jiang, Australian National University |
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| 1700 | Update Course Concludes | ||
| 1630 – 1830 | Research & Career Opportunity Event – CLICK HERE | ||
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