ASN is pleased to announce the launch of the Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) Initiative. This initiative is designed to provide information on the key issues of CKD to generalists practicing in the United States. To this end, ASN will present symposia at three or more national meetings of physicians in 2006. The first session was a two-hour symposium presented at the annual meeting of the American College of Osteopathic Family Practitioners, scheduled at the Gaylord Texan Resort in Gaylord, Texas,

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... on March 24, 2006. There is another session scheduled as a three-hour symposium, which will be held at the annual convention of the American College of Osteopathic Internists later this year. Each of these meetings draws 2000 to 3000 attendees. The selected faculty will be divided equally between ASN and the American Osteopathic Association (AOA). Faculty members identified by ASN include Jonathan Himmelfarb and Mark Sarnak; AOA faculty members include Nelson Kopyt and Stuart Sprague. A third session was also held in coordination with the American College of Physicians (ACP) at their April 2006 Annual Meeting in Philadelphia. The session entitled, "CKD: The New Silent Killer," featured ASN faculty members Drs. Himmelfarb, Sprague, Parfrey, and Sarnak. Drs. Robert Narins and Derek Latos acted as Co-Chairs at a meeting that typically draws between 5000 and 6000 registrants. More to come! ASN International Meetings ASNЈs Renal Week is the preeminent nephrology meeting in the world and now, in addition to Renal Week, Renal Week Highlights Meetings, and the Board Review Course, ASN has been invited by local nephrology societies on other continents to develop "Highlights" meetings to be presented in Europe and South America. The first such meeting, held in January in Berlin, drew more than TWICE the expected number of participants. Similar local "Highlights" meetings are under development in Brazil and Barcelona, Spain. Details to follow!