The Renal Association

Message from David Wheeler President

It was wonderful to meet so many members at the recent annual meeting, held in conjunction with the British Transplantation Society in Bournemouth. I hope that those of you who attended enjoyed both the scientific and social aspects. I’m sure you will agree that the standard of presentations was generally very high, with some excellent talks from our overseas guests.

We are now working on UK Kidney Week 2014, which will take place in The Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre in Glasgow between Tuesday 29th April and Friday 2nd May. This meeting is organised in partnership with the British Renal Society, a working arrangement that we intend to take forward into the future. The main meeting will run from Wednesday to Friday, but the Conference Centre  will be available on the Tuesday for satellite meetings. The “Kidney Week” concept is intended to bring together the multidisciplinary team and we hope that the extended availability of the conference centre will provide a cost effective opportunity for smaller groups to meet and do business. 

We are making progress with our strategic plan, central to which is an upgrade of our website. You will notice changes very soon and we would appreciate feedback, positive or negative, to renal@mci-group.com as we move forward with this project.  

 Dr David Wheeler 

President, The Renal Association

Combined Mayo Clinic 2 Day Meeting

Minnesota, 20- 21 September 2013

The Renal Association are working with the Mayo Clinic who run an annual Nephrology and Hypertension course in Minneapolis. There will be contributions from Renal Association members at the 2013 meeting.
The two day course will cover the following topics: fluid and electrolyte disorders, hypertension, glomerular diseases, dialysis, and kidney transplantation.
Please click here for further information and details on how to register for the Update in Nephrology and Kidney/Pancreas Transplantation course.

RA-RSM Rare Disease Workshop

London

The RA is holding a one day Workshop on Rare Diseases hosted by the RSM London on Friday July 5th 2013. The Rare Disease workshop will bring together UK and European experts on theory and practice in rare disease research and clinical management with an important focus on case ascertainment, driving best clinical practice, research and registry development. We invite all those interested to attend. Please click here to register on the RSM website. The organisers are Bruce Hendry, Mark Taylor, Fiona Karet and John Bradley.