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Scientific Programme

THURSDAY, 26 MAY 2022
ADULT CME 1- DAY 1
Histopathology Course
VENUE: MR 22
ADULT CME 2- DAY 1
VENUE: MR 12
ADULT CME 3- DAY 1
Saving Young Lives (SYL)/SANS Critical Care Nephrology Workshop
VENUE: HALL 3A
Chairpersons
Indiran Naiker & Mpumelelo Msimang
Chairpersons
Feziwe Bisiwe & Remi Adeniyi
Chairpersons
Mignon McCulloch & Brett Cullis
09:00-09:15 Basic histology and laboratory practice
Wesam Ismail (Egypt)
2020 KDIGO Clinical Practice Guideline on Glomerular Diseases: Highlights
Zaheera Cassimjee (SA)
Welcome & Introduction
Mignon McCulloch & Brett Cullis
09:15-09:30 Crush injury and management
David Skinner
09:30-09:45 HIV and kidney in the expanded ART era
Christie Esterhuysen (SA)
Paediatric nephrology for the adult nephrologist
Rajendra Bhimma (SA)
09:45-10:00 Fluid management in critically ill children
Mignon McCulloch (SA) and Martie Wege (SA)
10:00-10:15 The pathology of crescentic glomerulonephritis
Pulane Mosiane (SA)
Membranous nephropathy: an update
Shoyab Wadee (SA)
10:15-10:30 AKI in the critically ill COVID patient
Nicola Wearne (SA)
10:30-10:45 Vascular and tubulointerstitial lesions
Christie Esterhuysen (SA)
Lupus nephritis management: An update
Kwazi Ndlovu (SA)
10:45-11:00 Timing of dialysis initiation and dosing in critically ill patients
Brett Cullis (SA)
11:00-11:10 COFFEE BREAK DASA Presentation
11:10-11:15 EXHIBITION HALL - HALL 2CDE
11:00-11:30 SPONSORED BY NIPRO
Chairpersons
Priyesh Mody & Mpumelelo Msimang
Chairpersons
Sudesh Hariparshad & Nomandla Madala
Chairpersons
Mignon McCulloch & Brett Cullis
11:30-11:50 Diagnostic dilemmas in transplant pathology
Wesam Ismail (Egypt)
Vaccination and chronic kidney disease
Mduduzi Mshabane (SA)
SLED as an alternative to CVVH
Nicola Wearne (SA)
11:50-12:00 Debate - CVVHDF is the best modality for managing critically ill patients in ICU
Pro - David Skinner
Con - Brett Cullis
12:00–12:10 Lupus Nephritis histopathology
Pulane Mosiane (SA)
Anaemia in chronic kidney disease: An update
Alain Assounga (SA)
12:10-12:30 Drugs and AKI
Nicola Wearne (SA)
12:30-13:00 COVID kidney pathology
Wesam Ismail (Egypt)
Diabetes in chronic kidney disease
Malcolm Davies (SA)
Practical approach to prescribing acute dialysis in children
Stefano Picca (Italy)
13:00-14:00 BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM LUNCH SYMPOSIUM
VENUE: MR 22

Brian Rayner (SA)
13:00-14:00 LUNCH BREAK - EXHIBITION HALL - HALL 2CDE
Chairpersons
Yazied Chothia & Geoff Bihl
Chairpersons
Zunaid Barday & Graham Paget
Rotate each group for 30 minutes
14:00-14:30 The podocyte in glomerular disease
Agnes Fogo (USA)
Vaccination in Kidney Transplantation
Feziwe Bisiwe (SA)
PD for paediatrics - Manual and automated
Mignon McCulloch
14:30-15:00 Heart failure in CKD
Kagiso Motse (SA)
Evaluation and Management of Candidates for Kidney Transplantation: Update
Graham Paget (SA)
Acute PD cases - prescribing and complication
Brett Cullis
15:00-15:10   Mahogany Trust Presentation  
15:00-15:30 COFFEE BREAK - EXHIBITION HALL - HALL 2CDE - SPONSORED BY NIPRO
Chairpersons
Malcolm Davies & Mduduzi Mashabane
Chairpersons
Alain Assounga & Feziwe Bisiwe
15:30-16:00 Ethics Lecture: Vaccine Mandates
Prof Ames Dhai (SA)
Hypertension: Update on evidence-based standards of care
Brian Rayner (SA)
The ins and outs of CVVHD and IHD machine
Nicola Wearne & Daniel Mweli
16:00-16:15 Home Haemodialysis - new technology, prescription principles, benefits and future directions
Vakhtang Rekhviashvili (SA)
Paeds dialysis cases
Stefano Picca
16:15-16:30 Barriers to kidney transplantation
Nina Diana (SA)
16:30-16:45 Long term complications of hypertensive disorders of pregnancy
Erika Jones (SA)
16:45-17:05 ISN: Advancing kidney health worldwide. Together
Saraladevi Naicker (SA)
17:10   SANS EXCO MEETING (BY INVITE ONLY)
VENUE: MR 12
RCSSA EXCO MEETING (BY INVITE ONLY)
VENUE: HALL 3A


FRIDAY, 27 MAY 2022
ADULT CME 1- DAY 2
VENUE HALL 3A
ADULT CME 2 - DAY 2
VENUE MR 12
PAEDIATRIC CME
VENUE MR 22
Chairpersons
Nina Diana & Reena Moodley
Chairpersons
Nicoline Van Zyl & Ehrard Bezuidenhout
Chairpersons
Mignon McCulloch & Daina Ruredzo
08:00-08:30 Placement and care of central venous catheters
Chetan Bhula (SA)
Electrolytes and acid-base disorders
Razeen Davids (SA)
Paeds hypertension guidelines
Joseph Flynn (USA)
08:30-09:00 AV fistula and graft canulation techniques
Rajen Moodley (SA)
Kidney disease associated with COVID
Nicola Wearne (SA) Nutrition in
Hypertension in SA
Bonisiwe Chauke Makamba/ Peter Nourse (SA)
09:00-09:30 Early identification of the failing AV fistula
Mueen Saley (SA)
CKD
Ehrard Bezuidenhout (SA)
Renal tubular acidosis pearls
Detlef Böckenhauer (UK)
09:30-10:00 Recorded case: Creation of HeRO graft. My experience
Vinesh Padayachy (SA)
Hyperkalaemia diagnosis and management
Yazied Chothia (SA)
Neuropathic bladders - how to fix them
Anne Wright (UK)
10:00-10:30 COFFEE BREAK - EXHIBITION HALL - HALL 2CDE
Chairpersons
Wesley van Hougenhouck-Tulleken & Mark Padavattan
Chairpersons
Saraladevi Naicker & Riaan Flooks
Chairpersons
Patience Sigwadi & Rashinta Moodley
10:30-11:00 Training the 2030 nephrologist
Nicola Wearne (SA)
Predictive performance of eGFR equations
Nomandla Madala (SA)
Renal transplants in kids
Steve Marks (UK)
11:00-11:30 KDOQI Vascular Access Guidelines: 2019 Update
Tushar Vachharajani (USA)
Measured versus Estimated GFR in Sub-Saharan Africa - findings from the African Research on Kidney Disease (ARK) Study
June Fabian (SA)
Beginners guide to urodynamics
Jeanette Raad (SA)
11:30-12:00 Local kidney care access and sustainability: private provider experience
Jenni Noble (SA)
CKDu
Sudesh Hariparshad (SA)
Audit of paeds urodynamic service over 15yrs
Thembisile Mosalakatane (Botswana)
12:10-13:20 ASTELLAS MEDICAL LUNCH SYMPOSIUM
VENUE: MR 12

Quality Renal Care
Landscape of CKD-Anaemia
Dr Sunil Bhandari (UK)

CKD-Anaemia: Underlying Mechanism of Disease
Prof Nicola Wearne (SA)
12:00-13:30 LUNCH BREAK - VENUE: EXHIBITION HALL - HALL 2CDE
PARALLEL I
VENUE: MR 12
PARALLEL II
HALL 3A
Chairpersons
Rafique Moosa & Tholang Khumalo
Chairpersons
Saraladevi Naicker & Vakhtang Rekhviashvili
13:30-14:00 Management of ANCA-associated vasculitis: Update
David Jayne (UK)
CKD MBD: From bench to bedside
Charles Swanepoel (SA)
14:00-14:30 Analgesia in CKD
Geoff Bihl (SA)
Kidney Care Access and/or Big Data in Pathology
Agnes Fogo (USA)- ISN President
14:30-15:00 The new MAC on transplantation: Improvements to enhance Ministerial approvals
Rafique Moosa (SA)
Reasons for discrepancies between the number of patients on renal replacement therapy in public versus private in South Africa
Zubair Asmal (SA)
15:00-15:30 COFFEE BREAK - VENUE: EXHIBITION HALL - HALL 2CDE
  PLENARY SESSION
VENUE: HALL 3A
Chairpersons
Alain Assounga & David Mphuthi
15:30-16:00 Monogenic kidney diseases in an African context
Jeffrey Kopp (USA)
16:00-16:30 Paeds/adolescent scoring system for acceptance on renal transplant program
Mignon McCulloch (SA)
16:30-17:00 Pregnancy related kidney disease: Update
S. Ananth Karumanchi (USA)
17:00-17:15 LEG STRETCH / COMFORT BREAK
  CONGRESS OPENING SESSION
VENUE: HALL 3A
Chairpersons
Kwazi Ndlovu & Jonathan Maree
17:15-17:30 Welcome Addresses:
Dr Shoyab Wadee, SANS President
Prof David Mphuthi, RCSSA President
Prof Alain Assounga, Congress Chairperson
17:30-17:40 Patient Perspective
Noreen Perryman (SA)
17:40-17:50 Patient Perspective
Henk Goris (SA)
17:50-18:05 Early identification and intervention in CKD: Implications for burden of disease
Saraladevi Naicker (SA)
18:05-18:20 Saving Young Lives - Managing acute kidney injury in low resource settings
Mignon McCulloch (SA)
18:20-19:00 NHI: What does is mean for access to Renal Care and the management of the non-communicable disease epidemic?
Honourable Deputy Minister of Health Dr Sibongiseni Maxwell Dhlomo
19:00-21:00 COCKTAIL FUNCTION
VENUE: EXHIBITION HALL - HALL 2CDE


SATURDAY, 28 MAY 2022
ADULT & PAEDIATRIC NEPHROLOGY COMBINED
VENUE: MR 12
RCSSA
VENUE: HALL 3A
Chairpersons
Kwazi Ndlovu & Brian Rayner
Chairpersons
David Mphuthi & Jonathan Maree
08:00-08:30 APOL1 variants in CKD and kidney transplant
Jeffrey Kopp (USA)
Ethics Lecture: Issues relating to the employment of practitioners
M Kwinda (SA)
08:30-09:00 COVID-19 - from pandemic to endemic
Shoyab Wadee (SA)
Improving quality renal care through health literacy testing
Elsabet Van Rensburg (SA)
09:00-09:30 Lung-kidney interactions in critically ill patients: Lessons from COVID 19
Claudio Ronco (Italy)
Incidence, associated risk factors and outcomes of pregnancy-related acute kidney injury in North Central, Nigeria
Bala Waziri (Nigeria)
09:30-09:40 The causes of hypertension in children less than 18 years at Red Cross War Memorial Children's Hospital
Bonisiwe Chauke-Makamba (SA)
Cultural practices and diet adherence of patients living on haemodialysis
Verosha Ramkelawan (SA)
09:40-09:50 Shedding of HIV-1 into peritoneal dialysis effluent and associated risk factors
Teboho Mooko (SA)
09:50-10:00 Peritoneal dialysis-related peritonitis and outcomes in a tertiary level hospital in Johannesburg
Midhu Sunnyraj (SA)
10:00-10:30 POSTER VIEWING & COFFEE BREAK - VENUE: EXHIBITION HALL - HALL 2CDE
  ADULT & PAEDIATRIC NEPHROLOGY COMBINED
VENUE: MR 12
RCSSA
VENUE: HALL 3A
Chairpersons
Mignon McCulloch & Razeen Davids
Chairpersons
Vusi Mkhatshwa & Thembi Nteta
10:30-11:00 Monoclonal antibodies in immunologic glomerular diseases
David Jayne (UK)
The South African national consensus statement on Renal Supportive Care - a signpost for the future
Frank Brennan (Australia)
11:00-11:30 Can you transplant into a Bad Bladder?
Jo Clothier (UK)
Ethics Lecture: Criminal prosecution of practitioners: Unprofessional conduct vs. criminal conduct
M Kwinda (SA)
11:30-12:00 Building consensus around controversial aspects of managing hyperkalaemia
Yazied Chothia (SA)
Pain management of patients with chronic renal failure: A case study of patients in a private renal facility
Shamanie Govender (SA)
12:00-12:05 COVID-19-related AKI and dialysis: What are the outcomes in South Africa?
Wesley van Hougenhouck-Tulleken (SA)
COVID-19 in dialysis patients, A South African experience
Chevon Clark (SA)
12:05-12:10 Successful management of a Jehovah's Witness patient with ANCA-associated vasculitis following Pfizer- BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine, declining blood products
Wilhelm Herbst (SA)
12:10-12:15 Ethical Culture, Ethical Leadership and Turnover Intention in the Private Sector
Nicola Ferreira (SA)
12:15-12:20 Comparison of quality of life in patients with advanced chronic kidney disease undergoing haemodialysis, peritoneal dialysis and conservative management
Neelu Mathew (SA)
12:20-12:25 Demographic and clinical profile of black patients with chronic kidney disease attending Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital (CMJAH) in Johannesburg, South Africa
Alfred Meremo (SA) / Saraladevi Naicker (SA)
12:25-12:30 Assessing the hydration status of South African children on chronic haemodialysis: A comparison of techniques
Neliswa Sinezeliwe Mbatha (SA)
12:30-12:35 The evolving spectrum of renal histology in HIV positive patients in South Africa in the antiretroviral and tuberculosis era
Nicola Wearne (SA)
Haemodialysis practitioners' knowledge and practice on prevention of haemodialysis vascular catheter-related infections
Siyanda Alex Ngema (SA)
12:35-13:00 Questions and Answers
13:00-14:00 NOVO NORDISK LUNCH SYMPOSIUMVENUE: MR 12

Insulin Therapy in Renal Disease
Dr Alkesh Magan (Specialist Physician & Endocrinologist, Sandton Mediclinic)
13:00-14:00 LUNCH BREAK - VENUE: EXHIBITION HALL - HALL 2CDE - SPONSORED BY ADCOCK INGRAM CRITICAL CARE
PLENARY I
VENUE: HALL 3A
Chairpersons
Mark Padavattan & Shoyab Wadee
14:00-14:30 The management of Inborn Errors of Metabolism: Medical therapy and RRT
Stefano Picca (Italy)
14:30-15:00 Improving Quality of Care in Haemodialysis: Lessons from the Standardized Outcomes in Nephrology (SONG) initiative
Tushar Vachharajani (USA)
15:00-15:30 Infections and the kidney
Wesam Ismail (Egypt)
15:30-16:00 COFFEE BREAK - VENUE: EXHIBITION HALL - HALL 2CDE
  ADULT & PAEDIATRIC NEPHROLOGY COMBINED
VENUE: MR 12
RCSSA
VENUE: HALL 3A
Chairpersons
Graham Paget & Mduduzi Mashabane
Chairpersons
Chevon Clark & Stephanie Viljoen
16:00-16:30 COVID-19 - opportunities for CKD in the broader national noncommunicable chronic disease agenda
Vivek Jha (India)
Record review of post-haemodialysis blood results to assess adherence to guidelines for End Stage Renal Disease
Yolinda Louise van der Nest (SA)
16:30-17:00 HIV CKD: Clinicopathologic correlations and outcomes
Nina Diana (SA)
Monitoring factors influencing clotting during chronic haemodialysis therapy
Nthabiseng Patricia Melato (SA)
17:00-17:10 The impact of diabetes and hypertension on renal allograft survival-a single centre study
Sumesh Padayachee (SA)
Patients' perspectives on fluid management on a haemodialysis programme
Xolisa Xolo (SA)
17:10-17:20 COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy in patients attending an outpatient dialysis unit in Johannesburg, South Africa
Zaheera Cassimjee (SA)
17:20-17:30 Incidence and one-year survival in elderly South Africans starting kidney replacement therapy
Thabiet Jardine (SA)
17:30-17:35 A retrospective study of the epidemiology and outcome of patients with dialysis-requiring acute kidney injury at Helen Joseph Hospital, Johannesburg, South Africa
Yashika Naidu (SA)
 
17:35-17:40 Chronic kidney disease among treatment-naïve HIV infected patients in Kano Nigeria
Aliyu Abdu (Nigeria)
 
17:40-17:45 Prevalence and Determinants of Endothelial dysfunction among HIV-positive, ART-treated adults at the Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital, Kano, Nigeria
Aishatu Nalado (Nigeria)
 
17:45-17:50 Questions and Answers  
17:45-19:30   RCSSA AGM


SUNDAY, 29 MAY 2022
  PLENARY II
VENUE: HALL 3A
  Chairpersons
Kagiso Motse & Saraladevi Naicker
08:00-08:30 History of SARS (Adult and Paeds)
Tony Meyers (SA)
08:30-08:50 History and development of nephrology nursing in South Africa – role of the Renal Care Society of South Africa
Heilie Uys (SA)
08:50-09:20 Laparoscopic donor nephrectomy: Current status
Vijaya Rajakumari (India)
09:20-09:50 Innovations of the 4th Industrial Revolution in responding to the challenges of non-communicable diseases in South Africa
Barry Dwolatzky (SA)
09:50-10:20 Big data: Contribution to chronic kidney care globally
Vivek Jha (India)
10:20-10:50 COFFEE BREAK - VENUE:  HALL 3BC
  PLENARY SESSION
VENUE: HALL 3A
  Chairpersons
Shoyab Wadee & David Mphuthi
10:50-11:50 Panel Discussion
Renal medical care post-COVID-19 - the future and NHI
Dr Nicholas Crisp, Deputy Director General: National Health Insurance

Panellists
Albert Muranda (SA)
Dr Fareed Abdullah (SA)
Kwazi Ndlovu (SA)
Vakhtang Rekhviashvili (SA)
Mark Padavattan (SA)
Jenni Noble (SA)
  ADULT & PAEDIATRIC NEPHROLOGY COMBINED
VENUE: MR 12
RCSSA
VENUE: HALL 3A
  Chairpersons
Rajendra Bhimma & Charles Swanepoel
Chairpersons
Ansuné Korb & Lesego Makgakge
11:50–12:20 SA Renal Registry Annual Report
Razeen Davids (SA)
An overview of high-risk kidney transplants
Vijaya Rajakumari (India)
12:20–12:50 Adsorption:  The New Frontier in Blood Purification
Claudio Ronco (Italy)
Dialysis for Acute Kidney Injury (AKI): Indications, timing & intensity, and approaches to dialysis
Tadesse Yemondwossen (Ethiopia)
12:50-12:55 A descriptive study of chronic kidney disease (stages 3-5) in children at Chris Hani Baragwanath Academic Hospital, 2000-2019
Nokukhanya Ngubane-Mwandla (SA)
An audit of dialysis water quality at Groote Schuur Hospital
Daniel Mweli (SA)
12:55-13:00 Prevalence and predictors of kidney tubular dysfunction in HIV-positive adults in South-Western Nigeria
Muzamil Hassan (Nigeria)
13:00-13:20 Questions and Answers
13:20 CONGRESS SUMMARY & CLOSURE RCSSA CLOSING AND AWARDS CEREMONY