ErangaWijewickrama Faculty of Medicine, University of ColomboSri Lanka

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 SabineKaram Chair University of MinnesotaUnited States SourabhSharma Chair Vardhman Mahavir Medical College & Safdarjung Hospital, New Delhi, IndiaIndia Best Abstract Winner - Basic Science: miRNA Profiling of Urinary Exosomes for Predicting Renal Outcome After Acute Kidney Injury: A Pilot Study JaskiranKaur Oral Abstract Presenter Department of Experimental Medicine and BiotechnologyIndia Best Abstract Winner - Clinical Science: Randomised Controlled Trial Comparing Rituximab to Mycophenolate Mofetil in Children and Young Adults With Steroid-Dependent Idiopathic Nephrotic Syndrome AndreaAngeletti Oral Abstract Presenter Italy Q and A Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Tropical Infections and the Kidney MythriShankar Speaker Institute of NephrourologyIndia 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 VivekKumar Speaker Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, IndiaIndia Champa Hall 304
2:15 p.m. 3:45 p.m.	Bridging the Clinical Gap: Sustainable Strategies and Innovative Therapies for Global Kidney Health ErangaWijewickrama Chair Faculty of Medicine, University of ColomboSri Lanka Prof (Dr ) SanjeevGulati Chair Executive Director Nephrology and Kidney Transplant, Fortis gp of Hospitals and Adjunct Professor, Manipal University India Sustainable Community Approaches to Early CKD Detection RonaldGansevoort Speaker Dept. Nephrology, University Medical Center GroningenNetherlands Kidney Disease Treatment Gaps Worldwide - Where Are the Solutions? AdeeraLevin Speaker University of British Columbia and Providence Health CareCanada The Promise of Emerging Therapies in Reducing the Global Kidney Disease Burden DavidWheeler Speaker University College LondonUnited Kingdom Co-opting Patients as Partners in Kidney Care: How Do We Do It? ShilpanjaliJesudason Speaker Royal Adelaide Hospital and University of Adelaide, AustraliaAustralia Co-opting Patients as Partners in Kidney Care: How Do We Do It? ShyamsundarMuthuramalingam Speaker Central Adelaide Local Health Network Australia Q&A 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 GavinDreyer Chair Barts Health NHS TrustUnited Kingdom Time to Act on Kidney Health Inequalities in the UK Shivani Sharma Speaker United Kingdom Targeting Equitable Kidney Health Through the Global Kidney Health Atlas ErangaWijewickrama Speaker Faculty of Medicine, University of ColomboSri Lanka Bridging the Access Gap in Rural Communities RobertKalyesubula Speaker Makerere, UniversityUganda 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

GavinDreyer Chair Barts Health NHS TrustUnited Kingdom

Time to Act on Kidney Health Inequalities in the UK

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

ErangaWijewickrama Speaker Faculty of Medicine, University of ColomboSri Lanka
Bridging the Access Gap in Rural Communities

RobertKalyesubula Speaker Makerere, UniversityUganda

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 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, part 2 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 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 AminuBello Spotlight Chairperson University of AlbertaCanada ISN-GKHA: Advancing Global Kidney Health – Updates and Achievements AminuBello Spotlight Speaker University of AlbertaCanada Insights into Global Kidney Health Disparities: A Regional Perspective Using the Interactive Map ErangaWijewickrama Spotlight Speaker Faculty of Medicine, University of ColomboSri Lanka The ISN-GKHA Interactive Map: Bridging Gaps Through Data-Driven Action SomkanyaTungsanga Spotlight Speaker Thailand Spotlight One (Exhibition)