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 | |||
| Time | Title | Speaker(s) | Min |
| 12 pm – 12:30 pm | Lunch | — | 30 min |
| 12:30 pm – 12:45 pm | Introduction | Sandeep 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 Institute | 30 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 Professor | 15 min | |
| 1:30 pm - 1:45 pm | Shipra Agrawal, Associate Professor of Medicine | 15 min | |
| 1:45 pm - 2:00 pm | Karam Aboudehen, Assistant Professor of Medicine | 15 min | |
| Break and Annuncement | |||
| 2:00 pm - 2:10 pm | Break | 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 Medicine | 15 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 Immunology | 15 min | |
| 3:10 pm - 3:25 pm | Sian Piret, Assistant Professor of Medicine | 15 min | |
| 3:25 pm - 3:40 pm | Jun Wang, Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering | ||
| Break | |||
| 3:40 pm - 3:50 pm | Break | — | 10 min |
| Announcement | |||
| 3:50 pm - 4: 05 pm | Announcement | Sandeep Mallipattu, Professor of Medicine | 15 min |
| Session IV: Fireside Chat: Building the Future of Kidney Research (Moderator - Sandeep Mallipattu, Professor of Medicine) | |||
| 4:05 pm - 4:45 pm | Fireside Chat | Doug 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 pm | Closing Remarks | Samuel Becker, Dept. of Medicine | 15 min |
| Reception | |||
| 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm | Reception | 60 min | |