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Fellowship Program

Disseminating Pediatric Nephrology Expertise Across Underserved Areas of the World

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Introduction

The International Pediatric Nephrology Association established fellowship training for pediatricians who are remote from nephrology training centers.

Find out more about what we do in our annual reports:

IPNA_Fellowship_Handbook 2024_update Facilities and Resources Table Training centres 2025 Fellowship & Training centers FAQs

IPNA in numbers

IPNA’s successes in this program include the following:

307
completed fellowships since 2004
71
countries young fellows are coming from

Process of program

Applications for IPNA Fellowship programs are received twice per year

  • Applicants should contact their preferred training centre in advance of applying to submit the required documents
  • Once deemed acceptable by the training centre, the applicant should then proceed with the online application
  • Applications are received in the spring (deadline May 1) and autumn (deadline October 1) each year. Online applications are open usually 2-3 months before the deadline.
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Program centers

IPNA Fellowship Program Centers

The Hospital for Sick Children
City Toronto
Country Canada
Working language English
Contact person Damian Noone
E-mail damien.noone@sickkids.ca
Instituto da Criança FMUSP
City Sao Paulo
Country Brazil
Contact person Andreia Watanabe
E-mail andwata@terra.com.br
Peking University First Hospital
City Beijing
Country China
Working language Chinese, English
Contact person Huijie Xuhui Yong, Xiao Zhong
E-mail huijiexiao2@hotmail.com
Children’s Medical Institute National University Hospital / Shaw-NKF
City Singapore
Country Singapore
Contact person Yap Hui Kim
E-mail hui_kim_yap@nuhs.edu.sg
Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children
City London
Country UK
Working language English
Contact person Kjell Tullus
E-mail kjell.tullus@gosh.nhs.uk
University Hospital Sahloul – Sousse
City Sousse
Country Tunisia
Working language French
Contact person Samek Mabrouk
E-mail sameh.mabrouk1@gmail.com
Inkosi Albert Luthuli Central Hospital
City Durban
Country South Africa
Working language English
Contact person Rajendra Bhimma
E-mail BHIMMA@ukzn.ac.za
Kobe University Hospital
City Kobe
Country Japan
Working language Japanese
Contact person Iijima Kazumoto
E-mail iijima@med.kobe-u.ac.jp
CHU de Nantes
City Nantes
Country France
Working language French
Contact person Rossey Gwenaelle
E-mail gwenaelle.roussey@chu-nantes.fr
Hospital Universitario Central de Asturias
City Oviedo
Country Spain
Working language Spanish
Contact person Fernando Santos
E-mail santosrfernando@gmail.com
Hospital Roosevelt/Fundanier
Country Guatemala
Contact person Randall Lou-Meda
E-mail randall_lou@yahoo.com
East African Kidney Institute
City Nairobi
Country Kenya
Working language English
Contact person Bashir Admani
E-mail bashir.admani@aku.edu
Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital (level 2)
City Johannesburg
Country South Africa
Working language English
Contact person Shaegan Irusen
E-mail shaeganirusen@gmail.com
Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital (level 2)
City Johannesburg
Country South Africa
Working language English
Contact person Karen Peterson
E-mail karen.petersen@wits.ac.za
University of Pretoria (level 1)
City Pretoria
Country South Africa
Working language English
Contact person G. van Biljon
E-mail Ida.vanbiljon@up.ac.za
All India Institute of Medical Science
City New Delhi
Country India
Contact person Arvind Bagga
E-mail arvindbagga@hotmail.com
Hospital Sant Joan de Deu
City Barcelona
Country Spain
Working language Spanish, English
Contact person Pedro Sancho, Alvaro Madrid
E-mail parango@sjdhospitalbarcelona.org, amadrid@sjdhospitalbarcelona.org
Hospital Universitari Vall d’ Hebron
City Barcelona
Country Spain
Working language Spanish
Contact person Gema Ariceta
E-mail gariceta@vhebron.net
Hannover Medical School
City Hannover
Country Germany
Contact person Dieter Haffner
E-mail haffner.dieter@mh-hannover.de
Dr. Luis Calvo Mackenna Hospital
City Santiago de Chile
Country Chile
Contact person Francisco Cano
E-mail fcanosch@gmail.com
Cairo University Hospital
City Cairo
Country Egypt
Working language English
Contact person Hesham Safouh
E-mail heshamsafouh@hotmail.com
Mansoura University Children Hospital
City Mansoura
Country Egypt
Working language English
Contact person Ayman Hammad
E-mail aymnhamad@yahoo.com
Children’s Hospital of Fudan University
City Shanghai
Country China
Working language Chinese, English
Contact person Hong Xu
E-mail hxu@shmu.edu.cn
Bai Jerbai Wadia Hospital for Children
City Mumbai
Country India
Contact person Uma Ali
E-mail dr_usali@yahoo.com
Hopital Femme Mere Enfant & Universite de Lyon
City Lyon
Country France
Working language French
Contact person Justine Bacchetta
E-mail justine.bacchetta@chu-lyon.fr
Regina Margherita Hospital
City Turin
Country Italy
Working language Italian
Contact person Licia Peruzzi
E-mail liciaperuzzi@hotmail.com
Santa Casa de Belo Horizonte
City Minas Gerais
Country Brazil
Working language Spanish, English and Portuguese
Contact person Maria Goretti Penido
E-mail mariagorettipenido@yahoo.com.br
Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires
City Buenos Aires
Country Argentina
Contact person Horacio Jorge, Repetto Ferraris
E-mail harepetto@yahoo.com.ar, jorge.ferraris@hospitalitaliano.org.ar
Lagos University Teaching Hospital
City Lagos
Country Nigeria
Working language English
Contact person Christopher Esezobor
E-mail esezobor@gmail.com
Hong Kong Children´s Hospital
City Hong Kong
Country China
Working language Chinese, English
Contact person Alison Lap-tak
E-mail malta@ha.org.hk
Children’s Kidney Care Center at St. John’s Medical College Hospital
City Bangalore
Country India
Contact person Anil Vasudevan
E-mail anil.vasudevan@sjri.res.in
Clinique de l´Espérance (level 1)
City Liége
Country Belgium
Contact person Laure Collard
E-mail laurecollard@gmail.com
Hopital d’enfants Reims (level 1)
City Reims
Country France
Working language French
Contact person Christine Pietrement
E-mail cpietrement@chu-reims.fr
Armand Trousseau Hospital – APHP.6 and Sorbonne University (level 2)
City Paris
Country France
Working language French
Contact person Tim Ulinski
E-mail tim.ulinski@aphp.fr
Paris-Hopital Necker Enfants Malades (level 2)
City Paris
Country France
Working language English, French
Contact person Olivia Boyer
E-mail olivia.boyer@aphp.fr
Robert Debré Hospital (level 2)
City Paris
Country France
Working language French
Contact person Julien Hogan
E-mail julien.hogan@hotmail.fr
Institute of Pediatrics
City Moscow
Country Russia
Working language Russian
Contact person Alexey Tsygin
E-mail a_tsygin@mail.ru
Hospital Universitario Fundación Valle del Lili
City Valle del Cuaca
Country Colombia
Working language Spanish
Contact person Jaime Restrepo
E-mail restrepojaime@hotmail.com
McGill University, The Montreal Children’s Hospital
City Montreal
Country Canada
Working language English
Contact person Martin Bitzan
E-mail martin.bitzan@mcgill.ca
Red Cross War Memorial Children’s Hospital
City Cape Town
Country South Africa
Working language English
Contact person Mignon McCulloch
E-mail mignon.mcculloch@uct.ac.za
Seoul National University Children’s Hospital
City Seoul
Country South Korea
Contact person Hee Gyung Kang
E-mail kanghg1@gmail.com
Unit of Pediatric Nephrology in Padova
City Padova
Country Italy
Working language Italian
Contact person Giovanni Montini
E-mail giovanni.montini@unimi.it
Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital
City Johannesburg
Country South Africa
Working language English
Contact person Shaegan Irusen
E-mail shaeganirusen@gmail.com
Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital
City Johannesburg
Country South Africa
Working language English
Contact person Karen Peterson
E-mail karen.petersen@wits.ac.za
University of Pretoria
City Pretoria
Country South Africa
Working language English
Contact person G. van Biljon
E-mail Ida.vanbiljon@up.ac.za
Clinique de l´Espérance
City Liége
Country Belgium
Contact person Laure Collard
E-mail laurecollard@gmail.com
Hopital d’enfants Reims
City Reims
Country France
Working language French
Contact person Christine Pietrement
E-mail cpietrement@chu-reims.fr
Armand Trousseau Hospital – APHP.6 and Sorbonne University
City Paris
Country France
Working language French
Contact person Tim Ulinski
E-mail tim.ulinski@aphp.fr
Paris-Hopital Necker Enfants Malades
City Paris
Country France
Working language French, English
Contact person Olivia Boyer
E-mail olivia.boyer@aphp.fr
Robert Debré Hospital
City Paris
Country France
Working language French
Contact person Julien Hogan
E-mail julien.hogan@hotmail.fr
Abass Ndao Hospital
City Dakar
Country Senegal
Working language French, English
Contact person Younoussa Keita
E-mail younoussa.keita@ucad.edu.sn
Starship Children’s Hospital-Auckland
City Auckland
Country New Zealand
Working language English
Contact person Robin Erickson
E-mail robine@adhb.govt.nz
The Children’s Hospital at Westmead
City Sydney
Country Australia
Working language English
Contact person Anne Durkan
E-mail anne.durkan@health.nsw.gov.au
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Testimonials

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Dr. Azizur Rahman IPNA Fellow, NUH Singapore

Children’s kidney Centre at NUH has a warm, and supportive atmosphere for learning. This training also gave me opportunity to enhance procedural skills in pediatric nephrology. It has boosted my confidence. I will serve children who are suffering from renal disease in Bangladesh, who cannot afford advance care like developed country.

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Dr. Zihui Lin IPNA Fellow, Children´s Hospital at Fudan University, Shanghai

After a year of study, I have mastered standard methods of diagnosis and treatment of common kidney diseases in children especially the management of critical complications of kidney diseases, renal replacement therapy and the management before kidney transplantation. I also participated in the collation of some scientific research data, which improved my research capacity.

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Dr. Beatrice Nyann IPNA Fellow

The opportunity given me by  IPNA to train in pediatric nephrology has been one of utmost importance in my medical career. The exposure through this training has been remarkably excellent. The support, teaching and supervision of my consultants have been amazing; not only in academic or professional engagements but social engagements as well. I have been able to meet my prior set objectives and additionally acquired other skills that were not originally part of my envisaged target goals.

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