Prof LizLightstone Imperial College LondonUnited Kingdom

Prof LizLightstone
Prof. Liz Lightstone completed her medical training at Cambridge University and Kings College Hospital Medical School and her renal training at the Hammersmith Hospital. She is Prof of Renal Medicine at Imperial College London. Her main research interests are in improving outcomes for patients with lupus nephritis (LN) and pregnancies in women with kidney disease. She also advocates to reduce health inequities in renal medicine, to hear the patient voice in research and support women in nephrology. Prof. Lightstone has been involved in a number of research projects and clinical trials to attempt to find better solutions to the management of conditions in her field. She pioneered steroid sparing approaches in treating lupus nephritis and also established one of the largest obstetric renal clinics in the UK as well as a dedicated pre-pregnancy counselling service for women with kidney disease. She has contributed to guidelines on best management of lupus nephritis and pregnancy for women with kidney disease. She has contributed to NICE guidance on these topics and has served on multiple pharma advisory boards regarding lupus nephritis and other glomerulonephritides. She is chair of a data monitoring committee of a global lupus nephritis trial, and is on the faculty a major ISN global initiative “Training the trainers” to improve awareness and management of pregnancy in women with kidney disease. Alongside her clinical practice, Professor Lightstone holds senior posts within Imperial College London and is now on the Council of the College; she serves or has recently served on the executive councils / steering groups of major national and international kidney charities and organisations including Kidney Research UK (Trustee and lead for health inequalities strategy), the International Society of Nephrology (on ExCom, on Council and Chair, Western European Regional board), International Society of Glomerular Disease, Renal Pathology Lupus Nephritis Working Group, Women in Nephrology and SONG-GD. She is an editor for Nephrology, Dialysis and Transplantion, for the domains “Pregnancy” and “Policy and Equity”.
Institution

Day 1 - Sunday April 14, 2024

Time Session
3 p.m.
4 p.m.
DinaAbdellatif Chairperson dina.abdellatif@gmail.comCairo University HospitalEgypt
VassiliosLiakopoulos Chairperson liakopul@otenet.gr2nd Department of Nephrology, AHEPA Hospital, Medical School, Aristotle University of Thesalloniki, GreeceGreece
  • Building Bridges to Reduce Fragmentation of Kidney Care
    RicardoCorrea Rotter Speaker correarotter@gmail.comInstituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador ZubiránMexico
  • Transforming Kidney Care Through Equitable Breakthrough Therapies
    KatherineTuttle Speaker Katherine.Tuttle@providence.orgUniversity of Washington, Department of NephrologyUnited States
  • Closing the Gaps: Implementing Best Practices for CKD Care Worldwide
    ValerieLuyckx Speaker valerie.luyckx@uzh.chUniversity of ZurichSwitzerland
  • A Patient's Perspective on Gaps in Care
    MariaSeijas Speaker Mseijas@ifc.orgCFAArgentina
  • Q and A
Hall C1

Day 2 - Monday April 15, 2024

Time Session
12:15 p.m.
1:15 p.m.
AlejandraOrozco Guillen Chairperson ale_gaba@hotmail.comNational Institute of Perinatology, Nephrology depMexico
IvanRychlik Chairperson ivan.rychlik@fnkv.czCharles University, Third Faculty of Medicine, Department of Internal MedicineCzech Republic
Rita MarcelaFortunato Chairperson marcelafortunator@gmail.comFundacion Favaloro University Hospital, Faculty of Medicine, University of Buenos AiresArgentina
  • Women and CKD
    UrmilaAnandh Speaker uanandh@gmail.comAmrita Hospitals, Faridabad, Delhi NCRIndia
  • Pregnancy and CKD
    Prof LizLightstone Speaker l.lightstone@imperial.ac.ukImperial College LondonUnited Kingdom
  • Pregnancy and Transplantation
    SilviShah Speaker silvishah2108@gmail.comUniversity of Cincinnati, Ohio, United StatesUnited States
  • Global and African Epidemiology, Management and Outcomes of CKD and dialysis in Men and Women: A Perspective on Gender Disparities
    RashaDarwish Speaker dr.rasha-darwish@hotmail.comKasr Aleiny medical school , Cairo UniversityEgypt
  • Q and A
Hall C4

Day 3 - Tuesday April 16, 2024

Time Session
9 a.m.
10 a.m.
DebasishBanerjee Chairperson dbanerje@sgul.ac.ukSt George's University Hospital NHS Foundation TrUnited Kingdom
MegJardine Chairperson meg.jardine@sydney.edu.auNHMRC Clinical Trials Centre, University of Sydney, AustraliaAustralia
  • Setting the Scene
    MegJardine Speaker meg.jardine@sydney.edu.auNHMRC Clinical Trials Centre, University of Sydney, AustraliaAustralia
  • DM and CKD: Which Treatment Should I Use for Different Populations?
    KatherineTuttle Speaker Katherine.Tuttle@providence.orgUniversity of Washington, Department of NephrologyUnited States
  • How to Design Studies on Answering Unanswered Questions
    VladoPerkovic Speaker vlado.perkovic@unsw.edu.auUniversity of New South Wales, Sydney, AustraliaAustralia
  • The Effect of SGLT2 Inhibitors in Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease, With or Without Type 2 Diabetes
    DavidWheeler Speaker d.wheeler@ucl.ac.ukUniversity College LondonUnited Kingdom
  • Q and A
Hall C4
11 a.m.
12:15 p.m.
AlessiaFornoni Chairperson afornoni@med.miami.eduUnited States
Prof LizLightstone Chairperson l.lightstone@imperial.ac.ukImperial College LondonUnited Kingdom
MasaomiNangaku Chairperson mnangaku@m.u-tokyo.ac.jpJapan
  • Acceptance Speech: Bywaters Award
    MotokoYanagita Speaker motoy@kuhp.kyoto-u.ac.jpKyoto UniversityJapan
  • Insights into SGLT2 Inhibitors: A Story of Discovery. Donald Seldin Lecture
    EleFerrannini Speaker eleferrannini@gmail.comUniversity of PisaItaly
  • ELP2 Graduation
    MasaomiNangaku Speaker mnangaku@m.u-tokyo.ac.jpJapan
Hall A
12:30 p.m.
1:30 p.m.
AnujaJava Chairperson ajava@wustl.eduWASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE IN ST. LOUISUnited States
Prof LizLightstone Chairperson l.lightstone@imperial.ac.ukImperial College LondonUnited Kingdom
  • Complement in Kidney Disease: Overview of the Complement Cascade in Kidney Injury
    Peter Zipfel Speaker Peter.Zipfel@hki-jena.deLeibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection BiologyGermany
  • C3 Glomerulopathy: New Developments and Therapeutic Targets
    CarlaNester Speaker carla-nester@uiowa.eduUniversity of IowaUnited States
  • Challenges in Diagnosing C3G
    SallyJohnson Speaker sallyajohnson73@gmail.comNational Renal Complement Therapeutics Centre, Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, United KingdomUnited Kingdom
  • Q and A
Hall C1

Pre-Congress - Saturday April 13, 2024

Time Session
2:15 p.m.
4:15 p.m.
AdrianLiew Chairperson draliew2@gmail.comMount Elizabeth Novena Hospital, SingaporeSingapore
HeatherReich Chairperson Heather.Reich@uhn.caUniversity of Toronto, University Health NetworkCanada
HernánTrimarchi Chairperson htrimarchi@hotmail.comHOSPITAL BRITÁNICO DE BUENOS AIRESArgentina
JonathanBarratt Chairperson jb81@leicester.ac.ukUniversity of Leicester, Leicester, UKUnited Kingdom
  • Approach to Nephritic Syndrome
    HernánTrimarchi Speaker htrimarchi@hotmail.comHOSPITAL BRITÁNICO DE BUENOS AIRESArgentina
  • Case Presentation and Discussion 5
    Prof LizLightstone Speaker l.lightstone@imperial.ac.ukImperial College LondonUnited Kingdom
  • Case Presentation and Discussion 6
    JonathanBarratt Speaker jb81@leicester.ac.ukUniversity of Leicester, Leicester, UKUnited Kingdom
  • Case Presentation and Discussion 7
    AdrianLiew Speaker draliew2@gmail.comMount Elizabeth Novena Hospital, SingaporeSingapore
Hall E
4:30 p.m.
6 p.m.
  • ISN President's Address
    MasaomiNangaku Speaker mnangaku@m.u-tokyo.ac.jpJapan
  • Tribute to Stewart Cameron
  • Welcome by WHO Director of Non-Communicable Diseases Dr Bente Mikkelsen
  • Welcome by Dr. Marina Papaginovic, SAN President; Dr. Guillermo Rosa Diez, WCN Local Organising Group Chair; and Dr. Jorge Rico, SLANH President and WCN Local Organizing Group co-Chair
    GuillermoRosa Diez Speaker guillermo.rosadiez@hospitalitaliano.org.arHospital Italiano de Buenos Aires; Argentinean Society of Nephrology; Latinoamerican Society of Nephrology and Hypertension; International Society of NephrologyArgentina
    JorgeRico Speaker jorgericof@yahoo.comColombia
    MariaPapaginovic Leiva Speaker drapapaginovicleiva@gmail.comArgentina
  • Welcome by Minister of Health for Buenos Aries Dr Fernán González Bernaldo de Quirós
  • Welcome by SPWG Chair Alessia Fornoni
    AlessiaFornoni Speaker afornoni@med.miami.eduUnited States
  • The Origin of the Universe
    DanielDe Florian Speaker deflo@unsam.edu.arUniversidad Nacional de San MartinArgentina
  • Acceptance Speech: Hamburger Award
    AdeeraLevin Speaker alevin@providencehealth.bc.caCanada
Hall A