25th Annual GDCN Meeting
Saturday, May 15- Sunday, May 16, 2010
The Friday Center, Chapel Hill, NC
2010 Registration and Meeting Information
To celebrate 25 years of the GDCN, this year's meeting will take an in-depth look at past, present, and future research discoveries during "mini-workshops" focused on specific glomerular diseases. We hope to see you in May!
2009 Meeting Info
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The 24th Annual Meeting of the Glomerular Disease Collaborative Network (GDCN) convened over the weekend of April 18 and 19, 2009 in Chapel Hill, NC. The GDCN is a network of health care professionals and researchers that help recruit patents into a long-term registry that seeks to learn more about diseases that affect the filters (glomeruli) in the kidney. Every year, network members meet up for continuing education and to review ongoing and new studies involving patients with glomerular disease.
This featured topic this year was Diabetic Nephropathy, with guest speaker Dr. Katherine Tuttle, Research and Medical Director of the Providence Medical Research Center, updating the group on new approaches to treat diabetic nephropathy.
Dr. John Buse, Chief of the UNC Endicrinology Division gave a broad overview of diabetes management and new treatment guidelines and Dr. Charles Jennette spoke about the pathogenesis of the disease. An interactive session was held Saturday afternoon in conjunction with the UNC Nephropathology Laboratory to discuss kidney biopsy cases with clinical and pathological correlations.
The GDCN is administered by the UNC Kidney Center and is co-directed by Drs. Ronald Falk and J. Charles Jennette. Research registries are coordinated by Susan Hogan, PhD (adult), and Debbie Gipson, MD (pediatric).
Download copies of this year's presentations:
Saturday presentations
Pathology and Pathogenesis of Diabetic Nephropathy - J. Charles Jennette, MD
Diabetes Update- the Good, the Bad and Ugly - John B. Buse, MD, PhD
Nutritional Management for CKD and CVD: Putting it All Together - Katherine R. Tuttle, MD, FASN, FACP
GDCN Study Updates - Susan L. Hogan, MPH, PhD
Clinical Trials Update - Patrick H. Nachman, MD
Sunday presentations
Predictors of Diabetic Kidney Disease and its Progression - Amy K. Mottl, MD, MPH
Novel Therapies for Diabetic Kidney Disease (And a Few New Thoughts about Old Matters) - Katherine R. Tuttle, MD, FASN, FACP
New Discoveries in Membranous Nephropathy - Ronald J. Falk, MD
Current Lupus Nephritis Trials in the GDCN - Mary Anne Dooley, MD
FSGS Studies Update - Debbie Gipson, MD
Central Coordinating Office:
Glomerular Disease Collaborative Network (GDCN)
7024 Burnett-Womack Bldg
Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7155
E-Mail: gdcnunc@med.unc.edu
Phone: 1-866-462-9371
