Pediatric Nephrology, 3 Pts.

- Embryology
- Glomerular Circulation and Function
- Renal Tubular Development
- Perinatal Urology Renal Dysplasia/Hypoplasia
- Syndromes and Malformations of the Urinary Tract
- Sodium and Water: Developmental Physiology and Basic Disorders
- Potassium: Developmental Physiology and Basic Disorders
- Acid-Base Homeostasis:Developmental Physiology and Basic Disorders
- Calcium and Phosphorus:Developmental Physiology
- Disorders of Calcium and Phosphate and Therapy Nutrition: Developmental Physiology and Basic Disorders
- Fluid and Electrolyte Maintenance and Therapy of Basic Disorders (Na/H?O/K/Acid Base)
- Molecular Biology
- Animal Models
- Clinical Investigation
- Genomic Methods in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Pediatric Kidney Disease
- Renal Stem Cells
- Tissue Engineering
- Clinical Evaluation
- Laboratory Investigation
- Growth and Development
- Diagnostic Imaging
- Renal Pathology
- Congenital Nephrotic Syndrome
- Inherited Glomerular Diseases
- Idiopathic Nephrotic Syndrome: Genetic Aspects
- Idiopathic Nephrotic Syndrome:Clinical Aspects
- Immune Mediated Glomerular Injury
- Complement Mediated Glomerular Injury
- Acute Postinfectious Glomerulonephritis
- Immunoglobulin A Nephropathies (includes HSP)
- Membranoproliferative  and C3-Mediated GN
- Membranous Nephropathy
- Nephronophthisis-Medullary Cystic Kidney Disease
- Polycystic Kidney Disease
- Animoaciduria and Glycosuria
- Tubular Disorders of Electrolyte Regulation
- Renal Tubular Acidosis
- Nephrogenic Diabetes Insipidus
- Cystinosis
- Fanconi Syndrome
- Primary Hyperoaxaluria
- Tubulointerstitial Nephritis
- Vasculitis
- Systemic Lupus Erythematosis
- HUS
- Sickle Cell Nephropathy
- Diabetic Nephropathy
- Renal Manifestations of Metabolic Disorders
- Infectious Diseases and the Kidney Nephrotoxins
- Urinary Tract Infections
- Vesicoureteral Reflux and Scarring
- Obstructive Uropathy
- Bladder Dysfunction
- Urolithiasis
- Pediatric Renal

Ellis D. Avner, MD, is Professor of Pediatrics (Nephrology) and Professor of Physiology at the Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, USA and Director of the Clinical and Research Polycystic Kidney Disease Program, Children's Hospital and Health System of Wisconsin. He was also Founding Director of the Children's Research Institute, Children's Hospital and Health System of Wisconsin. He has received many awards, including the Henry L. Barnett Award for Excellence in Clinical Care and Education in Pediatric Nephrology from the American Academy of Pediatrics. Dr. Avner has undertaken numerous review and advisory activities, including with the National Institutes of Health and has served on the editorial boards of many leading journals.



William E. Harmon, MD, MA, has recently stepped down from his posts as Chief of the Division of Nephrology at Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA (a position he took up in 1987) and as Warren E. Grupe Chair in Pediatric Nephrology. Prior to the latter academic position, Dr. Harmon was Professor of Pediatrics at Harvard Medical School. During his long and distinguished career Dr. Harmon has held many important posts, including President of the American Society of Transplantation, Chairman of the Nation Kidney Foundation and President of the North American Pediatric Renal Transplant Cooperative Study.



Patrick Niaudet, MD, is a Consultant at the Hôpital Necker-Enfants Malades, Paris, France, where he was previously Chairman of Pediatrics and Head of the Pediatric Nephrology Department. In 1986 Dr. Niaudet was appointed Professor of Pediatrics at University Paris-Descartes, Paris. From 2008 to 2011 he served as President of the Société de Néphrologie Pédiatrique and he is also President of the Ethical Committee of the French Biomedical Agency. Dr. Niaudet is Editor for Pediatric Nephrology of "UpToDate" and is a past Assistant and Associate Editor of the