Alport Syndrome Foundation Presents

ALPORT SYNDROME SYMPOSIUM FOR PHYSICIANS, RESEARCHERS, AND FAMILIES

Hilton New York, 1335 Avenue of the Americas, NY, NY, 10019
Saturday, August 28, 2010 in collaboration with

Alport Syndrome Treatments and Outcomes Registry (ASTOR)
15th Congress of International Pediatric Nephrology Association (IPNA)

Moderators:
Billy G. Hudson, PhD, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA
Clifford E. Kashtan, MD, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA

Acknowledgments:
The Alport Syndrome Foundation gratefully acknowledges AMGEN, Athena Diagnostics, and Alport Syndrome Hope for the Cure Foundation for their support of this symposium. Funding for travel awards for trainees and junior investigators was provided by the National Institute of Health Office of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) and the Office of Rare Disease Research.

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Symposium Program (click here to download)

Click links to view presentations:

Overview of Pathogenesis
Jeffrey H. Miner, PhD, Washington University,St. Louis, MO, USA
Current Diagnosis and Genetics
Martin C. Gregory, MD, PhD, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT USA
Outcomes and Transplants
Patrick Niaudet, MD, Hôpital Necker-Enfants Malades, Paris, France
Pharmaceutical Treatment
Christoph Licht, MD, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
Biological Treatment
Oliver Gross, PD, MD, FASN, University of Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany
Hearing Loss
Dominic Cosgrove, PhD, Boystown National Research Hospital, Omaha, NE, USA
Women and Alport Syndrome
Michelle Rheault, MD, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
Registries/Trials – Alport Syndrome Treatments and Outcomes Registry (ASTOR)
Clifford E. Kashtan, MD, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
Research Process Overview
Clifford E. Kashtan, MD, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
Children and Adolescents with Chronic Kidney Disease
Bradley Warady, MD, Children’s Mercy Hospital, Kansas City, MO, USA

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