CeDAR Scientific Symposium Agenda

Saturday, October 1, 2005

Opening

Ravi   I. Thadhani, M.D., M.P.H.

OVERVIEW

Update on Vitamin D and Vitamin D Analog Cell Biology

Alex Brown ( Washington U.)

CARDIAC

Vascular Smooth Muscle Function  

David Gardner (UCSF)

Smooth Muscle Proliferation and Vitamin D Analogs

Jose Valdivielso (Spain)

Left Ventricular Hypertrophy in Dialysis Patients

Carlos Ayus, MD

Commentary/Moderator

Paul Vanhoutte (University of Hong Kong)

CANCER AND ALLERGY/IMMUNOLOGY

Epidemiology of Cancer

Edward Giovannucci (Harvard)

Prostate Cancer Trials

Srinivasan Vijayakumar (UC Davis)

Allograft Survival

Luciano Adorini (Bioxell, Italy)

Asthma

Carlos Camargo (Harvard)

Commentary/Moderator

Vikas Sukhatme (Harvard)

RENAL AND METABOLISM

Chronic Kidney Disease-Overview

Dennis Andress (U. Washington)

Dialysis Survival Update

Ravi Thadhani (Harvard)

Commentary

Isidro Salusky (UCLA)           

Bone Disease

David Goltzman (McGill)

FGF-23

Masafumi Fukagawa (KOBE, Japan)

Parathyroid Hyperplasia

Adrianna Dusso (Washington U.)

Tissue Selective VDRs

Thomas Burris, (Lilly)

Vitamin D Levels and Outcomes

Myles Wolf (Harvard)

Closing

Ravi Thadhani (Harvard)