Committees

IPNA President

Rukshana Shroff

Rukshana Shroff, UK
President, International Pediatric Nephrology Association

IPNA 2027 Congress President

Koichi Nakanichi

Kazumoto Iijima, Japan
President, IPNA 2027 Congress

IPNA Treasurer

Koichi Nakanichi

John Mahan, USA
Treasurer, International Pediatric Nephrology Association

Scientific Committee Chairs

Marina Vivarelli, Italy
Scientific Committee Chair

Rulan Parekh, Canada
Scientific Committee Chair

Jun Oh, Germany
Scientific Committee Chair

IPNA 2027 Organizing Committee (Japan)

  • Kazumoto Iijima, Hyogo Prefectural Kobe Children’s Hospital
  • Kochi Nakanishi, Univeristy of the Ryukyus Hospital
  • Kenji Ishikura, Kitasato University Hospital
  • Yoshinori Araki, National Hospital Organization Hokkaido Medical Center
  • Akira Ashida, Osaka Medical and Pharmaceutical University
  • Shuichiro Fujinaga, Saitama Children’s Medical Center
  • Yoshimitsu Gotoh, Japanese Red Cross Nagoya Daini Hospital
  • Yuko Hamasaki, Toho University Faculty of Medicine
  • Yutaka Harita, The University of Tokyo Hospital
  • Hiroshi Hataya, Tokyo Metropolitan Children’s Medical Center
  • Motoshi Hattori, Tokyo Women’s Medical University
  • Yohei Ikezumi, Fujita Health Hospital School of Medicine
  • Shuichi Ito, Yokohama City University Graduate School of Medicine
  • Kaku Yoshitsugu, Fukuoka Children’s Hospital
  • Koichi Kamei, National Center for Child Health and Development
  • Kazunari Kaneko, Kansai Medical University
  • Kenichiro Miura, Tokyo Women’s Medical University
  • Tetsuji Morimoto, Tohoku Medical and Pharmaceutical University
  • Kandai Nozu, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine
  • Mayumi Sako, National Center for Child Health and Development
  • Yuko Shima, Wakayama Medical University
  • Hirokazu Tsukahara, Okayama University Hospital
  • Kazushi Tsuruga, NHO Hirosaki General Medical Center
  • Maki Urushihara, Tokushima University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences
  • Kunimasa Yan, Kyorin University Suginami Hospital
  • Takeshi Yanagihara, Nippon Medical School

IPNA 2027 Scientific Committee members

  • Ifeoma Anochie – AfPNA (Nigeria)
  • Pepe Ekulu – AfPNA (Democratic Republic of the Congo)
  • Alejandro Balestracci – ALANAPE (Argentina)
  • Macarena Gajardo – ALANAPE (Chile)
  • Nicholas Larkins – ANZPNA (Australia)
  • Cathy Quinlan – ANZPNA (Australia)
  • Irshad Bajeer – ASPNA (Pakistan)
  • Priya Pais – ASPNA (India)
  • Violeta M Valderrama – ASPNA (Philippines)
  • Xuhui Zhong – ASPNA (China)
  • Shina Menon – ASPN (USA)
  • Danielle Soranno – ASPN (USA)
  • Matko Marlais – ESPN (UK)
  • Stella Stabouli – ESPN (Greece)
  • Kandai Nozu – JSPN (Japan)
  • Chikako Terano – JSPN (Japan)

Organising Secretariat (C-IN, Czech Republic)

  • Monika Valterová, Project Manager
  • Kateřina Kročová, Scientific Programme Manager
  • Jiří Handl, IT Manager
  • Lukáš Mareček, Sponsorship Manager
  • Iveta Jinochová, Registration Manager

IPNA 2027 Congress Secretariat  (Convention Linkage, Japan)

  • Masumi Nagakawa, Japan
  • Aiko Ogawa, Japan
  • Sharon Ochiai, Japan
  • Momo Nishikawa-Toomey, Japan