Curie Ahn National Medical CenterSouth Korea

Curie Ahn, MD, Ph.D. is a nephrologist from Seoul, Korea. She is the General Secretary of the Asian Society of Transplantation as well as a Councilor of The Transplantation of Society contributing to those societies for improving transplantation medicine especially in Asia. In addition, as a Director of the Vitallink, she has been actively participating in clinical capacity-building in nephrology and in deceased organ transplantation for the last 10 years. As a research scientist, she has established the national cohort for CKD(KNOW-CKD), ADPKD, and for organ transplantation(KOTRY, Korean Organ Transplantation Registry), to provide a translational research basis.

31 MARCH 2023

Time Session
08:30
10:00
Sang Youb Han Chairperson Inje UniversitySouth Korea
Hyeong Cheon Park Chairperson Gangnam Severance Hospital, Yonsei University College of MedicineSouth Korea
  • Epidemiology of CKD
    Jonathan Craig Speaker Flinders UniversityAustralia
  • SARS-CoV-2 and the implications for CKD
    Tobias Huber Speaker University Medical Center Hamburg-EppendorfGermany
  • Gender Disparity in Kidney Transplantation
    Curie Ahn Speaker National Medical CenterSouth Korea
  • CKD Prevalence and Supports in LMIC and LIC
    Surasak Kantachuvesiri Speaker surasak.kan@mahidol.ac.thNephrology DivisionThailand
  • Q and A
Plenary Hall 1
15:45
16:45
Adisorn Lumpaopong Chairperson Pharmongkutklao HospitalThailand
Elmi Muller Chairperson University of StellenboschSouth Africa
  • Overview of Asian Transplant Activities: Current Data, Future Challenges
    Curie Ahn Speaker National Medical CenterSouth Korea
  • A Health Systems Perspective on Transplantation in Low-income Countries
    Bianca Davidson Speaker Groote Schuur Hospital/ University of Cape TownSouth Africa
  • Improving Global Outcomes and Access to Healthcare in Transplantion
    Germaine Wong Speaker Westmead HospitalAustralia
  • Q and A
Ballroom 1