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Hermann Haller MD

Hermann Haller is Full Professor and Chair in the Division of Nephrology, Hannover Medical School. He

sits on the editorial boards of several journals including Diabetologia, Hypertension and the Journal of

Hypertension. His major scientific interests are: Pathogenesis and consequences of hypertension and

kidney and vessel injury and regeneration.

Sadayoshi Ito MD, PhD

Sadayoshi Ito is Vice Dean for the Graduate School of Medicine at the Tohoku University School of

Medicine, and Professor in the Division of Nephrology, Endocrinology and Vascular Medicine. He is a

recipient of the Young Investigator Award (First Prize), from the Inter-American Society of Hypertension

and the Established Investigator Award, from the American Heart Association.

Joseph L. Izzo MD, PhD

Joseph Izzo is Professor of Medicine at the State University of New York in Buffalo and Clinical Director of

Medicine, Erie County Medical Center, Buffalo, NY. In a highly distinguished career he has received a

considerable number of awards and honours. He was a founding member of the American Society of

Hypertension and has been a Fellow of the Council for High Blood Pressure Research for the American

Heart Association since 1983.

Andrzej Januszewicz MD, PhD


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Andrzej Januszewicz is Chief of the Department of Hypertension, at the Institute of Cardiology, Warsaw,

Poland. His major clinical and research fields are related to the pathogenesis, diagnosis and treatment of

primary and secondary forms of hypertension, including pheochromocytoma and renovascular

hypertension.

Shigehiro Katayama MD, PhD

Shigehiro Katayama is Director of the Saitama Medical University Hospital, Japan. He is also Professor

and Chairman of the Division of Endocrinology and Diabetes in the same hospital. He is a member of

several professional societies including The Endocrine Society and the American Diabetes Association.

Albert Mimran MD, PhD

Albert Mimran is Chief of the Division of Hypertension, Department of Internal Medicine, at the University of

Montpellier, France. He is a Past- President of the International Society of Hypertension and his main areasof research are, Hypertension and the kidney, Experimental and clinical renal protection and Dietary salt

and cardiovascular and renal abnormalities.

Antonius J. Rabelink MD, PhD

Antonius J. Rabelink is Chair of the University Profile Vascular and Regenerative Medicine department at

Leiden University Medical Center, The Netherlands. He is an active member of several professional

societies and serves on the board of a number of notable organisations including as Chair of the Scientific

Board of the Dutch Heart Foundation and of the Scientific Board of the Dutch Kidney Foundation.

Astrid Koppers () 2008 Universiteit Leiden


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Eberhard Ritz MD, PhD

Eberhard Ritz is affiliated with the Department of Internal Medicine at the University of Heidelberg,

Germany. He is the immediate past president of the International Society of Nephrology and his main

interests concern calcium metabolism in renal failure, hypertension and the kidney, diabetic nephropathy

and cardiac problems in renal failure.

Luis M. Ruilope MD, PhD

Luis M. Ruilope is Head of the Hypertension Unit 12 at the Octubre Hospital, Madrid, Spain. He is the

current President of the Spanish Hypertension Society and International Fellow of the Council for High

Blood Pressure Research and of the Council of the Kidney in CV disease of the AHA. His main area of

interest is 'Hypertension and the Kidney'.

Lars Christian Rump MD

Lars Christian Rump is Professor and Chairman of Nephrology at the Heinrich-Heine-University in

Dsseldorf, Germany. He is a Board Member of the German Society of Hypertension and a referee for the

German Research Foundation (DFG) for Renal Impairment and Target organ damage for hypertension

projects, awarding research and travel grants.

Giancarlo Francesco Viberti MD

Giancarlo Viberti is Professor of Diabetes and Metabolic Medicine, at King's College London School of

Medicine and is head of the Unit for Metabolic Medicine, Cardiovascular Division Department of Diabetes,

Endocrinology and Internal Medicine. During a distinguished career he has received a number of awards

and is a regularly invited guest speaker and lecturer in several countries.

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