Website of PGI Nephrology Deptt. Launch

By 1 2 1 News Reporter
Chandigarh 22nd April:-- The website of the nephrology dept
www.nephropgi.org was launched today by Prof K S Chugh, Emeritus Prof
PGI during the CME on Nephrology Updates and Controversies organized
by Department of Nephrology, PGIMER. The CME was attended by over
150 Nephrologists all over the country, which included all the
stalwarts in the field of Nephrology in India. The recent
developments in the field of Nephrology, dialysis and transplantation
were discussed. These included advances in the field of vasculitis by
Prof Ramdas from Trivandrum, Newer strategies in the management of
renal transplant rejection by Dr Vijay Kher, Chairman, Nephrology,
Medanta Mediciti, Gurgaon. Management of hepatitis C in renal
transplant recipients was discussed by Prof SK Agarwal. HOD
Nephrology, AIIMS, New Delhi, Cross match techniques was lucidly
described by Prof RK Sharma, Director, SGPGIMS, Lucknow. An
interesting session on Interventional nephrology was conducted by Dr
Valentine Lobo from Pune and Dr Mukesh Yadav from PGI, Management
issues in peritoneal dialysis were also discussed.
Controversial issues in the field of nephrology with many brain
storming sessions included prevention of diabetic nephropathy,
intensification of dialysis in the Indian cohort and management issues
in Lupus nephritis. Prof Vinay Sakhuja, Director MSSH, Mohali spoke on
recovery of patients with acute kidney injury. There was an
interesting description of newer entity IgG4 related disease by Dr
Raja Ramachandran. The CME was concluded by teaching session on
radiology and renal pathology by faculty of PGIMER, Chandigarh.