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Received for publication August 21, 2007. Accepted for publication August 21, 2007.

	RENAL WEEK UPDATE

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General Information
Renal Week (October 31-November 5) is just around the corner! Please see below for information regarding our "Featured Free Communication Presentations", onsite registration, and "Program and Abstracts-On-Line." Also, read the Policy & Public Affars Update below for information about Renal Week policy sessions.

Featured Free Communication Presentations
New this year, the ASN will be holding Featured Free Communication Presentations to highlight some of Renal Week's most exciting original science. These sessions will occur from 10 a.m. –Noon on Friday November 2, Saturday November 3, and Sunday November 4, 2007. Each session will focus on "cutting edge" studies, which will report data that broadly appeals to the renal community. On Friday, the session entitled, "Diabetic Nephropathy Genes: New Information from the Gene Hunters," will report unpublished data from the major consortia funded by NIDDK to identify genetic variants that regulate diabetic nephropathy pathogenesis. Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes (KDIGO) will be the topic of a second "Featured Free Communication Presentation" on Friday morning. Saturday's topic for this exciting new feature is called "This Year's Outstanding Abstracts." The outstanding abstracts selected for the session were selected by the Program Committee from over 4600 submissions for presentation. To allow maximum opportunity for these exciting abstracts, each of these presentations is also programmed as part of a regular Free Communication session during the meeting. Finally on Sunday, the session will focus on results from "Late Breaking Clinical Trials and Studies."

Stay tuned to the ASN website at www.asn-online.org for additional information on these new featured sessions.

Onsite Registration
Online registration for the annual meeting has ended. On-site registration for the annual meeting will be held at the Moscone Center West during the following hours:

Thursday November 1st 8:00 a.m.-6:00 p.m.

Friday November 2nd 7:00 a.m.-6:00 p.m.

Saturday November 3rd 7:30 a.m.-5:00 p.m.

Sunday November 4th 7:30 a.m.-4:00 p.m.

If registering onsite, you are encouraged to register on Thursday, November 1, 2007.

Program and Abstracts Online
The ASN is pleased to announce that our Renal week 2007 Abstracts-on-Line is available through the ASN website at www.asn-online.org. The Program and Abstracts-On-Line includes the complete program and submitted abstracts for Renal week 2007.

As in years past, the Abstracts Supplement to JASN will be distributed onsite in San Francisco and all members who cannot attend Renal Week will receive their copy by mail after the conclusion of the meeting in November.

	POLICY & PUBLIC AFFAIRS UPDATE

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Policy Sessions at Renal Week
The ASN Public Policy Board will present a session at Renal Week this year entitled "The Past, Present, and Future of Clinical Nephrology Practice." It will take place on Friday, November 2, 2007 in Room 304. Drs. Jonathan Himmelfarb and Connie Davis will act as Moderators and the Panelists will include Peter DeOreo, MD, from Case Western School of Medicine, and Allen Nissenson, MD, from David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA.

The Renal Physicians Association (RPA) will also be sponsoring a session at Renal Week. It will take place on Saturday, November 3, 2007, also in Room 304. This session will be titled: "Nephrology Practice in the "Gray Zone": Exploring Industrial Influence in Clinical Practice Guideline Development" and will address the role of industry in the development of clinical practice guidelines. It will be moderated by Keith Bellovich, DO, from St. Clair Specialty Physicians, PC, in Detroit, MI.

Physician Fee Schedule
The Proposed Rule for Revisions to Payment Policies under the Physician Fee Schedule for Calendar Year (CY) 2008 (Proposed Rule) was released on July 12, 2007. The ESRD provisions were mostly a continuation of policies outlined in previous fee schedules.

In our comment letter, ASN joined with Kidney Care Partners (KCP) to urge the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to work transparently with the renal community as it considers a CY 2010 transition to trend analysis using ASP (Average Sales Price)-based historical expenditure data for ESRD-related drugs. ASN also requested further clarification of the budget neutrality calculation used for the geographic wage index due to its significant consequences for small providers and expressed support for the inclusion of ESRD and CKD-related measures in the Physician Quality Reporting Initiative (PQRI).

ASN 2007 Grant Recipients
The ASN recognizes the need to support the clinical and basic science research of its members. The Society offers a number of grants to assist researchers at various points in their careers. Here are the 2007 applicants who have recently been awarded grants:

Carl W. Gottschalk Research Scholar Grant

Steven Crowley, MD

Wenzheng Zhang, PhD

Samuel Todd Lamitina, PhD

Susan Kiefer, PhD

Anil Karihaloo, PhD

Manjula Kurella Tamura, MD, MPH

Shuta Ishibe, MD

Ikuyo Yamaguchi, MD, PhD

Reena Rao, PhD

M. James Scherbenske Grant

Henry Sackin, PhD

Mary Foster, MD

The Halpin Foundation-ASN Research Grant

Changli Wei, PhD, MD

The ASN-AST John Merrill Transplant Scholar Grant

Reza Abdi, MD

Alaska Kidney Foundation-ASN Research Grant

Hai-Tao Yuan, MD, PhD

Norman Siegel Research Grant

Tino D. Piscione, MD, PhD

	Footnotes

 
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