Dr. Siami is MD, PhD, FACP, FASN, Prof. of Medicine and Nephrology at Vanderbilt School of Medicine. He was promoted to Prof. Emeritus in 2011. He received 50 Years’ Service Award from AMA. He published more than 100 Abstracts, Original Papers, Book Chapters and Editorials. He was President of Intern. Soc. for Apheresis and KEYNOTE Speaker opening several World Congress of Nephrology in recent years.

Nephrology and Dialysis

Jose L. Reyes, MD, PhD MD degree from National University of Mexico (1964), Pediatric Nephrologist from Hospital Infantil de Mexico Federico Gomez (1969, Sponsor Dr. Gustavo Gordillo), Research fellow (Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles CA, USA. Sponsor Dr. Jose Strauss ), PhD degree Center for Research and Advanced Studies. National Polytechnic Institute, Mexico (1977). Currently full professor at this institution and former Head of the Department of Physiology, Biophysics and Neurosciences. Invited Professor: University of Laussanne, Switzerland, 1983- 1984, Université de Paris VI.. Invited professor at Albert Einstein College of Medicine, USA, New York Medical College, USA, Université de Paris, France, Universite de Nice, France, Cambridge University, England and Universite de Lausanne, Switzerland. 135 publications

Nephrology, Physiology, Biophysics and Neurosciences

Dr Ioannis Griveas, MD, PhD is Medical Director of Nephrology Department 417 Veterans Army Administration Hospital of Athens (NIMTS), Professor-Consultant Hellenic Open University, Medical Director of Private Dialysis Unit “Nefroiatriki”, Athens, Greece, Consultant Nephrologist and Lt. Colonel of the Greek Army. He is also the owner of Private Renal Clinic «Athens-Nephrology». He has more than 152 presentations in Greek and international conferences and 61 publications in Greek and international journals. Dr Ioannis Griveas is the Editor-Author of the books “Principles of Renal Medical Procedures” and “Principles of Cellular Immunity in Peritoneal Dialysis Patients”. He has given more than 40 lectures in Greek and international conferences and he is currently Special Secretary of the board of Hellenic Hemapheresis Society.

Dialysis, Renal Medicine and Nephrology

Dr. Naohiko Ueno is the director of Ueno Internal Medicine and Diabetes Clinic, and a visiting lecturer at Kagoshima University Graduate School of Medical. He specializes in Diabetes and certified by the Japan Diabetes Society, and also specializes in Internal Medicine certified by the Japanese Society of Internal Medicine. He received his Ph.D. in 2000 at Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine. He studied as a postdoctoral fellow at the Department of Neuroscience of the University of Florida, USA. His current field of interest is diabetes treatment and body weight regulation. He has many publications in medical journals including Diabetes Care, Diabetologia, Endocrinology and Gastroenterology.

Diabetes treatment, Endocrinology and Gastroenterology

Dr. Andrew Lobashevsky has completed his PhD at the age of 27 years from Moscow Medical Academy, Russia and postdoctoral studies from University of Tennessee at Memphis. He is the associate professor and director of histocompatibility and transplant Immunology laboratory at Indiana University and IUHealth Inc. He has published more than 50 papers in reputed journals and has been serving as an editorial board member of 2 repute journals.

Organ Transplantation and Transplant Immunology