ErangaWijewickrama Sri LankaFaculty of Medicine, University of Colombo

Eranga Wijewickrama is a professor in the Department of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Colombo. He also is an honorary consultant nephrologist at the National Hospital of Sri Lanka. His research interests include acute kidney injury in snakebites and epidemiology of CKD and CKD of unknown aetiology (CKDu). His noteworthy contributions include development of a case definition for CKDu in Sri Lanka and recognition of thrombotic microangiopathy as a marker of severe AKI following snakebites. He is the immediate past president of the Sri Lanka Society of Nephrology. He is a fellow of the Ceylon College of Physicians, the Royal College of Physicians London, the American Society of Nephrology and the International Society of Nephrology (ISN). He is the current Chair of the i3C working group on CKDu of the ISN. He is also a member of the ISN’s South Asia Regional Board, the Educational Ambassadors Program Committee, and the Emerging Leaders Program First Cohort 2021-22.

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Eranga

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Wijewickrama

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Faculty of Medicine, University of Colombo

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Sri Lanka

Friday, February 7, 2025

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9:45 a.m. 11:15 a.m.	Hot Topics From the Tropics YN SabineKaram Chair United StatesUniversity of Minnesota SourabhSharma Chair IndiaVardhman Mahavir Medical College & Safdarjung Hospital, New Delhi, India Best Abstract Winner - Basic Science: miRNA Profiling of Urinary Exosomes for Predicting Renal Outcome After Acute Kidney Injury: A Pilot Study YN-01 JaskiranKaur Oral Abstract Presenter IndiaDepartment of Experimental Medicine and Biotechnology Best Abstract Winner - Clinical Science: Randomised Controlled Trial Comparing Rituximab to Mycophenolate Mofetil in Children and Young Adults With Steroid-Dependent Idiopathic Nephrotic Syndrome YN-02 AndreaAngeletti Oral Abstract Presenter Italy Q and A YN-03 Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Tropical Infections and the Kidney YN-04 MythriShankar Speaker IndiaInstitute of Nephrourology Challenges in the Tropics: When CKDu Becomes Less Unknown YN-05 ErangaWijewickrama Speaker Sri LankaFaculty of Medicine, University of Colombo Roundtable Discussion YN-06 BiancaDavidson Speaker South AfricaGroote Schuur Hospital, University of Cape Town ErangaWijewickrama Speaker Sri LankaFaculty of Medicine, University of Colombo MythriShankar Speaker IndiaInstitute of Nephrourology SourabhSharma Speaker IndiaVardhman Mahavir Medical College & Safdarjung Hospital, New Delhi, India VivekKumar Speaker IndiaPostgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India Champa Hall 304
2:15 p.m. 3:45 p.m.	Bridging the Clinical Gap: Sustainable Strategies and Innovative Therapies for Global Kidney Health BKH02 ErangaWijewickrama Chair Sri LankaFaculty of Medicine, University of Colombo Prof (Dr ) SanjeevGulati Chair IndiaExecutive Director Nephrology and Kidney Transplant, Fortis gp of Hospitals and Adjunct Professor, Manipal University Sustainable Community Approaches to Early CKD Detection BKH02-01 RonaldGansevoort Speaker NetherlandsDept. Nephrology, University Medical Center Groningen Kidney Disease Treatment Gaps Worldwide - Where Are the Solutions? BKH02-02 AdeeraLevin Speaker CanadaUniversity of British Columbia and Providence Health Care The Promise of Emerging Therapies in Reducing the Global Kidney Disease Burden BKH02-03 DavidWheeler Speaker United KingdomUniversity College London Co-opting Patients as Partners in Kidney Care: How Do We Do It? BKH02-04 ShilpanjaliJesudason Speaker AustraliaRoyal Adelaide Hospital and University of Adelaide, Australia Co-opting Patients as Partners in Kidney Care: How Do We Do It? BKH02-05 ShyamsundarMuthuramalingam Speaker AustraliaCentral Adelaide Local Health Network Q&A BKH02-06 Kesar Hall 202

Sunday, February 9, 2025

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11 a.m. 12 p.m.	Equitable Kidney Health- Making it Part of The Day Job SpS-Shiv GavinDreyer Chair United KingdomBarts Health NHS Trust Time to Act on Kidney Health Inequalities in the UK SpS-Shiv-1 Shivani Sharma Speaker United Kingdom Targeting Equitable Kidney Health Through the Global Kidney Health Atlas SpS-Shiv-2 ErangaWijewickrama Speaker Sri LankaFaculty of Medicine, University of Colombo Bridging the Access Gap in Rural Communities SpS-Shiv-1 RobertKalyesubula Speaker UgandaMakerere, University Amaltas Hall B101-A

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Session

11 a.m.

12 p.m.

Equitable Kidney Health- Making it Part of The Day Job

SpS-Shiv

GavinDreyer Chair United KingdomBarts Health NHS Trust

Time to Act on Kidney Health Inequalities in the UK

SpS-Shiv-1

Shivani Sharma Speaker United Kingdom
Targeting Equitable Kidney Health Through the Global Kidney Health Atlas

SpS-Shiv-2

ErangaWijewickrama Speaker Sri LankaFaculty of Medicine, University of Colombo
Bridging the Access Gap in Rural Communities

SpS-Shiv-1

RobertKalyesubula Speaker UgandaMakerere, University

Amaltas Hall B101-A

Thursday, February 6, 2025

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1 p.m. 2:25 p.m.	Building a CKDu Research Methodology Toolbox, part 1 i3C-1 ErangaWijewickrama Chair Sri LankaFaculty of Medicine, University of Colombo Study Designs to Answer Research Questions in CKDu i3C-1-01 Magdalena Madero Speaker MexicoChief of Nephrology, Instituto Nacional de Cardiol Distinguishing CKDu From Other Kidney Diseases in Research Studies i3C-1-02 SumitMohan Speaker United StatesColumbia University Q and A i3C-1-03 Javakusum Hall 303
2:35 p.m. 4 p.m.	Building a CKDu Research Methodology Toolbox, part 2 i3C-2 ErangaWijewickrama Chair Sri LankaFaculty of Medicine, University of Colombo What Should We Measure to Identify Disease in CKDu Research? i3C-2-01 BenCaplin Speaker United KingdomUniversity College London How Can Kidney Biopsies Provide Causal Insight Into CKDu? i3C-2-02 ShuchiAnand Speaker United States Q and A Javakusum Hall 303
6:45 p.m. 7:30 p.m.	Spotlight on Global Kidney Health: Interactive Mapping and Key Insights SL01 AminuBello Spotlight Chairperson CanadaUniversity of Alberta ISN-GKHA: Advancing Global Kidney Health – Updates and Achievements SL01-01 AminuBello Spotlight Speaker CanadaUniversity of Alberta Insights into Global Kidney Health Disparities: A Regional Perspective Using the Interactive Map SL01-02 ErangaWijewickrama Spotlight Speaker Sri LankaFaculty of Medicine, University of Colombo The ISN-GKHA Interactive Map: Bridging Gaps Through Data-Driven Action SL01-03 SomkanyaTungsanga Spotlight Speaker Thailand Spotlight One (Exhibition)