Advancing Kidney Health Symposium

When and Where?

Wednesday, October 14, 2026
12 pm – 6 pm

Stony Brook University, East Hall - Wang Center

Description about symposium

Continuing Medical Education Credits: 

The School of Medicine, State University of New York at Stony Brook, is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

The School of Medicine, State University of New York at Stony Brook designates this live activity for a maximum of 4.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should only claim the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

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Event Agenda:

 Introduction
TimeTitleSpeaker(s)Min
12 pm – 12:30 pmLunch30 min
12:30 pm – 12:45 pmIntroductionSandeep Mallipattu, Chief of Nephrology & Hypertension;
Peter Igarashi, Knapp Dean, Renaissance School of Medicine
15 Min
Keynote
12:45 –
1:15 pm
 Lav Varshney, Della Pietra Infinity Professor and Director of the AI Innovation Institute30 min
Session I: Novel Biomarkers and Targeted Therapies for Kidney Disease (Moderator - Ken-Chi Takemaru, Professor of Pharmacological Sciences)
1:15 – 1:30 pm Ryan Williams, SUNY Empire Innovation Associate Professor15 min
1:30 pm - 1:45 pm Shipra Agrawal, Associate Professor of Medicine15 min
1:45 pm - 2:00 pm Karam Aboudehen, Assistant Professor of Medicine15 min
Break and Annuncement
2:00 pm - 2:10 pmBreak 10 min
Session II: Impact of Kidney Disease on Overall Health: (Moderator - Farrukh Koraishy, Professor of Medicine)
2:10 pm - 2:25 pm Susan Hedayati, Lina Obeid Chair in Biomedical Sciences,
Vice Dean for Research, Renaissance School of Medicine
15 min
2:25 pm - 2:40 pm Navjot Pabla, Professor of Medicine 15 min
2:40 pm - 2:55 pm Andreas Kalogeropoulos, Professor of Medicine15 min
Session III: Immunometabolic Regulation in the Kidney (Moderator - Chelsea Estrada, Associate Professor of Medicine)
2:55 pm - 3:10 pm Partha Biswas, Professor of Microbiology and Immunology15 min
3:10 pm - 3:25 pm Sian Piret, Assistant Professor of Medicine15 min
3:25 pm - 3:40 pm Jun Wang, Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering 
Break
3:40 pm - 3:50 pmBreak10 min
Announcement
3:50 pm - 4: 05 pmAnnouncementSandeep Mallipattu, Professor of Medicine15 min
Session IV: Fireside Chat: Building the Future of Kidney Research (Moderator - Sandeep Mallipattu, Professor of Medicine)
4:05 pm - 4:45 pmFireside ChatDoug Johnson, CEO, DCI; 
Monica Bugallo/Nina Maung-Gaona, Interim Vice President for Research and Innovation;
Peter Igarashi, Knapp Dean, Renaissance School of Medicine
40 min
4:45 pm - 5:00 pmClosing RemarksSamuel Becker, Dept. of Medicine15 min
Reception
5:00 pm - 6:00 pmReception 60 min