About this event

  • Date and time Thu 1 May 2025 from 8:25am to 5:30pm
  • Location Royal Society of Medicine
  • Organised by Nephrology

Join us for this comprehensive conference for healthcare professionals and researchers, exploring renal and genetic disorders. The event will cover advanced clinical developments, innovative treatments, and management strategies for cystic kidney diseases, tubular disorders, and kidney stones.

The conference aims to share knowledge, promote collaboration, enhance clinical practice by giving participants actionable insights and evidence-based strategies to optimise diagnosis, treatment, and long-term management of these renal conditions.

Additionally we will raise awareness by emphasising the importance of early detection, patient-centered care, and preventative strategies in reducing the burden of renal disorders worldwide.

By attending the conference, you will:

  • Gain knowledge from world-renowned specialists and researchers in nephrology, genetics and urology
  • Stay ahead of the curve with presentations on groundbreaking studies
  • Enhance your clinical practice with actionable strategies for diagnosis, treatment, and patient management
  • Connect with peers, industry experts, and thought leaders from around the country

 

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Show Virtual / In Person rates

Tickets (In Person)

Early Bird pricing available until 20 March 2025.

Member

RSM Fellow RSM Retired Fellow RSM Associate RSM Trainee RSM Student
£55.00 £30.00 £30.00 £30.00 £15.00

Non - Member

Consultant / GP / SAS Doctors AHP / Nurse / Midwife Trainee Student
£80.00 £60.00 £60.00 £30.00

Tickets (Virtual)

Early Bird pricing available until 20 March 2025.

Member

RSM Fellow RSM Associate RSM Retired Fellow RSM Trainee RSM Student
£65.00 £40.00 £40.00 £40.00 £25.00

Non - Member

Consultant / GP / SAS Doctors AHP / Nurse / Midwife Trainee Student
£90.00 £70.00 £70.00 £40.00

Agenda

View the programme

Registration, tea and coffee
Welcome and introduction

Dr Francesco Rainone, Consultant Nephrologist, Salford Royal Hospital, Northern Care Alliance and President of Nephrology Section, Royal Society of Medicine 

Session 1 – Polycystic renal disease clinical and genetic updates

Session moderators to be confirmed

PKD - clinical spectrum and treatment options in 2025

Prof Ong, Professor of Nephrology, Sheffield Kidney Institute

Genetic in polycystic kidney diseases - who and when to test?

Speaker to be confirmed

Pain in PKD - causes and management

Dr Yuki Heath, Nephrology Specialty Doctor, University Hospitals Birmingham

Tea and coffee break

Session 2- Electrolytes and stones

Session moderators to be confirmed

Renal magnesium handling

Fiona Karet, Professor of Nephrology, Hon Consultant, Cambridge University Hospital

Overview of metabolic renal stone disease

Andrew Steward, Cambridge University Hospital

Role of genetic testing in Kidney Stone Disease

Speaker to be confirmed

Lunch

Session 3 – Genetic

Session Moderators: TBC 

Updates on Bartters disease

Speaker to be confimed

Updates on Gitelman’s disease

Speaker to be confirmed

Updates on Fabry’s disease

Speaker: To be confirmed

Tea and coffee break

Session 4 - TBC

Session Moderators: TBC

Diet in stones and tubulopathies. When MDT is the key

Speaker to be confirmed

Difficult clinical cases of tubulopathies

Speaker to be confirmed

Patients’ experiences and perspectives

Speaker to be confirmed

Closing remarks
Drinks reception
View the programme

Welcome and introduction

Dr Francesco Rainone, Consultant Nephrologist, Salford Royal Hospital, Northern Care Alliance and President of Nephrology Section, Royal Society of Medicine 

Session 1 – Polycystic renal disease clinical and genetic updates

Session moderators to be confirmed

PKD - clinical spectrum and treatment options in 2025

Prof Ong, Professor of Nephrology, Sheffield Kidney Institute

Genetic in polycystic kidney diseases - who and when to test?

Speaker to be confirmed

Pain in PKD - causes and management

Dr Yuki Heath, Nephrology Specialty Doctor, University Hospitals Birmingham

Comfort break

Session 2- Electrolytes and stones

Session moderators to be confirmed

Renal magnesium handling

Fiona Karet, Professor of Nephrology, Hon Consultant, Cambridge University Hospital

Overview of metabolic renal stone disease

Andrew Steward, Cambridge University Hospital

Role of genetic testing in Kidney Stone Disease

Speaker to be confirmed

Lunch

Session 3 – Genetic

Session moderators to be confirmed

Updates on Bartters disease

Speaker to be confirmed

Updates on Gitelman’s disease

Speaker to be confirmed

Updates on Fabry’s disease

Speaker to be confirmed

Comfort break

Session 4 - TBC

Session moderators to be confirmed

Diet in stones and tubulopathies. When MDT is the key

Speaker to be confirmed

Difficult clinical cases of tubulopathies

Speaker to be confirmed

Patients’ experiences and perspectives

Speaker to be confirmed

Closing remarks

Location

Royal Society of Medicine, 1 Wimpole St, Marylebone, London, W1G 0AE, United Kingdom

 

Registration for this event will close at 1:00 am on Wednesday 30 April 2025. Late registrations will not be accepted.

The agenda is subject to change at any time

If the event is recorded, we are only able to share presentations that we have received permission to share. There is no guarantee that all sessions will be available after the event, this is at the presenter’s and RSM’s discretion.

All views expressed at this event are of the speakers themselves and not of the Royal Society of Medicine, nor the speaker's organisations.

This event will be recorded and stored by the Royal Society of Medicine and may be distributed in the future on various Internet channels.

Domus - reception

While you’re attending this event

Why not stay in the comfort of our hotel, Domus Medica, book dinner in the restaurant, or even hire one of our private dining rooms to socialise with your peers?

RSM members enjoy access to our enviable club facilities. For more information, please contact our team at domus@rsm.ac.uk or restaurant@rsm.ac.uk.

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