ErangaWijewickrama Faculty of Medicine, University of ColomboSri Lanka

ErangaWijewickrama
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 current 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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First Name
Eranga
Last Name
Wijewickrama
Institution
Faculty of Medicine, University of Colombo
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Sri Lanka

Friday, February 7, 2025

Time Session
9:45 a.m.
11:15 a.m.
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  • Best Abstract Winner - Basic Science: miRNA Profiling of Urinary Exosomes for Predicting Renal Outcome After Acute Kidney Injury: A Pilot Study
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  • Q and A
  • Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Tropical Infections and the Kidney
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  • Challenges in the Tropics: When CKDu Becomes Less Unknown
    ErangaWijewickrama Speaker Faculty of Medicine, University of ColomboSri Lanka
  • Roundtable Discussion
    BiancaDavidson Speaker Groote Schuur Hospital, University of Cape TownSouth Africa
    ErangaWijewickrama Speaker Faculty of Medicine, University of ColomboSri Lanka
    MythriShankar Speaker Institute of NephrourologyIndia
    SourabhSharma Speaker Vardhman Mahavir Medical College & Safdarjung Hospital, New Delhi, IndiaIndia
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Champa Hall 304

Thursday, February 6, 2025

Time Session
1 p.m.
2:25 p.m.
Building a CKDu Research Methodology Toolbox
ErangaWijewickrama Chair Faculty of Medicine, University of ColomboSri Lanka
  • Study Designs to Answer Research Questions in CKDu
    Magdalena Madero Speaker Chief of Nephrology, Instituto Nacional de CardiolMexico
  • Distinguishing CKDu From Other Kidney Diseases in Research Studies
    SumitMohan Speaker Columbia UniversityUnited States
  • Q and A
Javakusum Hall 303
2:35 p.m.
4 p.m.
Building a CKDu Research Methodology Toolbox
ErangaWijewickrama Chair Faculty of Medicine, University of ColomboSri Lanka
  • What Should We Measure to Identify Disease in CKDu Research?
    BenCaplin Speaker University College LondonUnited Kingdom
  • How Can Kidney Biopsies Provide Causal Insight Into CKDu?
    ShuchiAnand Speaker
  • Q and A
Javakusum Hall 303