Innovations in Nephrology

Geraldo Bezerra da Silva Junior is a physician and nephrologist. After studying at the School of Medicine of the Federal University of Ceará (UFC) he completed residencies in clinical medicine at César Cals General Hospital, Fortaleza, Brazil and in nephrology at the Walter Cantídio University Hospital of the UFC. He also holds a specialist degree from the Brazilian Society of Nephrology (SBN) / Brazilian Medical Association (AMB), and a Masters and PhD in Medical Sciences from the UFC. He also completed a postdoctorate in Public Health (Epidemiology) from the Federal University of Bahia (UFBA). He is a Full Professor of Medicine and Postgraduate Programs in Medical Sciences and Public Health at the University of Fortaleza (UNIFOR), Adjunct Professor of Medicine at the Federal University of Ceará (Brazil), and a member of the Brazilian Society of Nephrology (SBN), Latin American Society of Nephrology and Hypertension (SLANH), the International Society of Nephrology (ISN) and the Young Physician Leaders Program of the National Academy of Medicine in Brazil. Further he is a Productivity Scholar of the Brazilian Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq), PQ-1D.Author of the Springer book Tropical Nephrology (2020).Masaomi Nangaku is a vice dean and a professor and head of the division of nephrology and endocrinology, the University of Tokyo Graduate School of Medicine. He is President Elect of the International Society of Nephrology and Immediate Past President of the Asian Pacific Society of Nephrology. He is also President of the Japanese Society of Nephrology and President of the Japanese Society of Internal Medicine.He has published more than 430 original articles and 100 reviews articles in international journals, and has given 130 invited talks at international academic meetings. He served as a member of the Scientific Program Committee of American Society of Nephrology (ASN) meetings, a chair of the Scientific Program Committee of APCN 2016, and a chair of the program committee of the World Congress of Nephrology in 2019. He was also a co-organizer of the first Keystone Symposium on the kidney topic, “Unraveling Secrets of Kidney Disease” in 2019. He is a member of the editorial board of many prestigious journals, and is currently serving his second term as an associate editor of Kidney International.His goal is to apply knowledge gained from the bench to the bedside, making a significant contribution to advancement in clinical medicine and patient care.

• From Hippocrates to robotics – what the future holds for Nephrology?.- Genetic engineering and its application in nephrology.- Stem cells use in nephrology.- Proteomics and biomarkers for kidney diseases diagnosis.- Microbiome and kidney diseases.- 3D-printing in nephrology.- Innovations in hemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis.- The artificial kidney.- Artificial food and the future of nutrition for kidney health.- Artificial intelligence in nephrology.- Digital nephropathology.- Internet of things and wearables for kidney diseases.- Mobile health in nephrology.- Telenephrology.- Innovations in intensive care monitoring.- Robotics and the avant-garde role of urologic surgery.- Robotics as caregivers in nephrology.- Kidney diseases’ registries and big data.- Data protection and legal issues in the context of kidney diseases.- Innovative study designs for the nephrology research.- Patient’s engagement in nephrology research.- Social media and interaction between healthcare professionals and the kidney patients.- Innovations in nephrology education.- Innovations in nephrology services’ management