Nephrology & Transplantation Update Course Program

Nephrology & Transplantation Update Course Program

2nd – 3rd September 2023

Please note this is a provisional program and subject to change as the program is confirmed. Please check this page regularly for any updates.

Rāhina, 2 Mahuru, 2023 | SATURDAY 2 September 2023

0815 – 0845 Whakawhanaungatanga | Registration & Networking
0845 – 1030 OPENING PLENARY #1
CHAIR Sharmila Chandran
0845 – 0900 Official Welcome
0900 – 0930 Breaking Barriers, Building Bridges: Why Sex and Gender Equity and Diversity Matters for the Nephrology Workforce and for Patient Outcomes
Melanie Wyld
0930 – 1000 Treatment of Dyslipidemia in CKD
Thimoteus Speer
1000 – 1030 SGLT2inihibitors in Non-DM
Muh Geot Wong
1030 – 1100 Kai and kōrero | Morning Tea 
1100 – 1230 PLENARY #2
CHAIR Sharmila Chandran
1100 – 1130 Anaemia and CKD: New treatment options for an old problem
Nicholas Gray
1130 – 1200 Gold Standard care in Lupus Nephritis
Wei Chen (APSN)
1200 – 1230 Pregnancy Management peri-transplantation
Shilpa Jesudason
(virtual)
1230 – 1330 Kai and kōrero | Lunch 
1330 – 1515 CONCURRENT SESSION #1
THEME Interventional Nephrology
Management of ESRF
CHAIR David Voss Drew Henderson
1330 – 1335 Chairs’ introduction to concurrent session
1335 – 1405 Interventional Nephrology is an awesome sub-specialty
David Voss
ISPD peritonitis guideline recommendations: 2022 update on prevention and treatment
Mark Marshall
1405 – 1410 Move rooms
1410 – 1440 My personal journey as an Interventional Nephrologist
Mahmoud Amer
Development of a sustainable high volume PD service
Drew Henderson
1440-1445 Move rooms
1445 – 1515 Tackling common problems in Interventional Nephrology
Gerald Waters
Educating and supporting CKD patients in the community from Christchurch renal society
Jo Houghton
1515 – 1545 Kai and kōrero | Afternoon Tea
1545 – 1730 CONCURRENT SESSION #2
THEME Intrinsic Renal Disease Chronic Kidney Disease
CHAIR Richard Kitching Surjit Tarafdar
1545 – 1550 Chairs’ introduction to concurrent session
1550 – 1620 New options and challenges in the management of ANCA-associated vasculitis
Richard Kitching
Managing gout in people with chronic kidney disease
Lisa Stamp
1620 – 1625 Move rooms
1625 – 1655 Cancer and Mortality in Anti-Neutrophil Cytoplasm Antibody-Associated Vasculitis
Joanna Tieu (virtual)
Renal Tubular Acidosis
Surjit Tarafdar

1655 – 1700 Move rooms
1700 – 1730 Drug Testing using Kidney Organoids
Alan Davidson
Hypertensives disorders of Pregnancy
Renuka Shanmugalingam
1730 – 1900 Nephrology & Transplantation Update Course Networking Event 

 

Rāhina, 3 Mahuru, 2023 | SUNDAY 3 September 2023

0815 – 0845 Whakawhanaungatanga | Registration & Networking

0845 – 1030 PLENARY #3
CHAIR Sharmila Chandran
0845 – 0900 Day 2 Welcome
0900 – 0930 Preventing Cardiovascular Complications after Renal Transplantation
Helen Pilmore

0930 – 1000 Management of CMV in renal transplantation
Samuel Chan
1000 – 1030 The role of NIKKT (national indigenous kidney transplantation taskforce) and ANZDATA
Stephen McDonald
1030 – 1100 Kai and kōrero | Morning Tea 
1100 – 1230 PLENARY #4
CHAIR Chanel Chong
1100 – 1130 Management of BK nephropathy
Chanel Chong
1130 – 1200 Overcoming immune barriers in Xenotransplantation
Paul Tan
1200 – 1230 Update on Pancreas and Islet Transplantation
Natasha Rogers

1230 – 1330 Kai and kōrero | Lunch 
1330 – 1500 CONCURRENT SESSION #3
THEME Transplants Sustainability & Children
CHAIR  Ross Francis Amali Mallawaarachchi
1330 – 1335 Chairs’ introduction to concurrent session
1335 – 1405 Long term dosing of immunosuppression of renal transplants
Grant Pidgeon
Sustainability practices in dialysis facilities across Australia and NZ
Matthew Sypek
1405 – 1410 Move rooms
1410 – 1440 Recent advances in therapeutic option in IgA
Seung Hyeok Han (APSN)
From Childhood to Adulthood: Navigating the lifelong Impact of Kidney Disease
Melanie Wyld
1440 – 1445 Move rooms
1445 – 1515 Is your patient a transplant candidate?
Sine Donnellan
Pneumococcal HUS in children
Amanda Dickens
1515 – 1545 Kai and kōrero | Afternoon Tea
1545 – 1655 CONCURRENT SESSION #4
THEME  CS-A Research/Genetics
CHAIR Sharmila Chandran Amali Mallawaarachchi 
1545 – 1550 Chairs’ introduction to concurrent session
1550 – 1620 Virtual Crossmatching
Ross Francis
Mainstreaming Genomics in the Transplant Clinic
Cathy Quinlan
1620 – 1625 Move rooms
1625 – 1655 Psychological support work for children
Alison Lap-tak Ma (APSN)
Utility of Genetic Investigation in Nephrology
Amali Mallawaarachchi
1700 Nephrology & Transplantation Update Course Concludes

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