KDIGO Controversies Conference

Novel techniques and innovation in blood purification: How can we improve clinical outcomes in hemodialysis?

14-15 October, 2011 Paris, France

CONFERENCE LEADERS

Christopher T. Chan, MD – Conf. Co-Chair Bertram Kasiske, KDIGO Co-Chair University of Toronto Hennepin County Medical Center Toronto, CANADA Minneapolis, MN, UNITED STATES [email protected] [email protected]

Nathan Levin, MD – Conf. Co-Chair Kai-Uwe Eckardt, MD – KDIGO Co-Chair Renal Research Institute University Hospital Erlangen New York, NY, UNITED STATES Erlangen, GERMANY [email protected] [email protected]

Francesco Locatelli, MD – Conf. Co-Chair Alessandro Manzoni Hospital Lecco, ITALY [email protected] ______

CONFERENCE ATTENDEES

Gavin J. Becker, MD Glen Chertow, MD, PhD Royal Hospital Stanford University School of Medicine Victoria, AUSTRALIA Palo Alto, CA, UNITED STATES [email protected] [email protected]

Peter J. Blankestijn, MD Alan Collins, MD University Medical Center University of Minnesota Utrecht, THE NETHERLANDS Minneapolis, MN, UNITED STATES [email protected] [email protected]

Bernard Canaud, MD Bruce A. Cooper, MB BS, MMed, PhD Lapeyronie University Hospital Royal North Shore Hospital Montpellier, FRANCE St. Leonards, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA [email protected] [email protected]

Adrian Covic, MD, PhD Victor Gura, MD Hospital CI Parhon Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Iasi, ROMANIA Beverly Hills, CA, UNITED STATES [email protected] [email protected]

Jonathan Craig, MD David Harris, MD Children’s Hospital at Westmead University of Westmead, AUSTRALIA Westmead, AUSTRALIA [email protected] [email protected]

Bruce Culleton, MD H. David Humes, MD Baxter Healthcare University of Michigan Chicago, Illinois, USA Ann Arbor, MI, UNITED STATES [email protected] [email protected]

Andrew Davenport T. Alp Ikizler, MD Royal Free and University College Medical School Vanderbilt University Medical Center , UNITED KINGDOM Nashville, TN, UNITED STATES [email protected] alp .ikizler @vanderbilt.edu

Thomas Depner, MD Michel Jadoul, MD University of California, Davis University of Louvain Medical School Sacramento, CA, UNITED STATES Brussels, BELGIUM [email protected] [email protected]

William Fissell, MD Kitty Jager, MD, PhD Cleveland Clinic Academic Medical Center, ERA-EDTA Registry Cleveland, OH, UNITED STATES , THE NETHERLANDS [email protected] [email protected]

Marc Goldstein, MD Vanita Jassal, MD University of Toronto, St. Michael’s Hospital University of Toronto Toronto, ON, CANADA Toronto, CANADA [email protected] [email protected]

David A Goodkin, MD Hideki Kawanishi, MD Arbor Research Collaborative for Health, Tsuchiya General Hospital Ann Arbor, MI, UNITED STATES Hiroshima, JAPAN [email protected] [email protected]

Frank Gotch, MD Peter Kerr, MD Renal Research Institute, Monash Medical Centre, Clayton New York, NY, UNITED STATES Victoria, AUSTRALIA [email protected] [email protected]

Roger Greenwood, MD Martin K. Kuhlmann, MD Lister Renal Unit Vivantes Klinikum im Friedrichshain Stevenage, UNITED KINGDOM Berlin, GERMANY [email protected] [email protected]

Eduardo Lacson, MD Louise Moist, MD, MSc Fresenius Medical Care North America London Health Sciences Centre Waltham, MA, UNITED STATES London, ON, CANADA [email protected] [email protected]

Ingrid Ledebo, PhD Ezio Movilli, MD Gambro Research and Development University of Brescia Lund, SWEDEN Brescia, ITALY [email protected] [email protected]

Edward Leonard, PhD Norma J. Ofsthun, PhD Columbia University Fresenius Medical Care North America New York, NY, UNITED STATES Lexington, MA, UNITED STATES [email protected] [email protected]

Philip K.T. Li, MD Ercan Ok, MD Chinese University of Hong Kong Ege University Shatin, HONG KONG Ismir, TURKEY [email protected] [email protected]

Robert M. Lindsay, MD, MBChB Robert Pauly, MD, MSc University of Western Ontario University of Alberta London, ON, CANADA Edmonton, AB, CANADA Robert .lindsay @lhsc.on.ca [email protected]

Gérard London, MD Luciano A Pedrini, MD Centre Hospitalier Manhes Ospedale Bolognini Fleury-Mérogis, FRANCE Seriate, ITALY [email protected] [email protected]

Daniele Marcelli, MD, MBA Ronald L. Pisoni, PhD Fresenius Medical Care Deutschland GmbH University Renal Research and Education Homburg, GERMANY Association [email protected] Ann Arbor, MI, UNITED STATES [email protected] Alejandro Martin-Malo , MD Universitario Reina Sofía, Fritz Port, MD, MS Cordoba, SPAIN Arbor Research Collaborative for Health [email protected] Ann Arbor, MI, UNITED STATES [email protected] Todd McAllister, PhD Cytograft Tissue Engineering Viatcheslav Rakov, MD Novato, CA, UNITED STATES Vifor Pharma [email protected] Zurich, SWITZERLAND [email protected] William McClellan, MD, MPH Emory University School of Medicine Atlanta, GA, UNITED STATES [email protected]

Brian Rayner, MBChB, FCP MMed Ciro Tetta, MD E13 Groote Schuur Hospital Fresenius Medical Care Observatory, SOUTH AFRICA Homburg, GERMANY [email protected] [email protected]

Miguel Riella, MD Robert Toto, MD Catholic University of Parana University of Texas, Southwestern Medical Center Curitiba, BRAZIL Dallas, TX, UNITED STATES [email protected] robert .toto @utsouthwestern.edu

Michael V. Rocco, M.D., M.S.C.E. Yusuke Tsukamoto, MD Wake Forest University Shuwa General Hospital Winston-Salem, NC, UNITED STATES Saitama, JAPAN [email protected] [email protected]

Prabir Roy-Chaudhury, MD, PhD Ashish Upadhyay, MD University of Cincinnati Tuft Medical Center Cincinnati, OH, UNITED STATES Boston, MA, UNITED STATES [email protected] [email protected]

Antonio Santoro, MD Raymond Vanholder, MD Università di Bologna University Hospital Ghent Bologna, ITALY Ghent, BELGIUM [email protected] [email protected]

Rukshana Shroff , MD, MRCPCH, PhD Christoph Wanner, MD Institute of Child Health University Hospital London, UNITED KINGDOM Wuerzburg, GERMANY [email protected] [email protected]

Paul Stevens, MBBS, BSc David Wheeler, MD Kent and Canterbury Hospital Royal Free and University College Medical School Canterbury, UNITED KINGDOM London, UNITED KINGDOM [email protected] [email protected]