Participants of the 23rd Budapest Nephrology School (BNS) came from 22 countries. The six-day conference, hosted by the Department of Transplantation and Surgery, was opened by its founder, professor, former head of the Institute of Pathophysiology, Dr. László Rosivall. According to him BNS is a cultural and a professional scientific event.
“During this internationally well-known and accredited course the participants can learn from the internationally recognized key figures of nephrology, and apart from this, students have the opportunity to establish new professional relations. A school is good if the teachers are good, internationally recognized nephrologists with teaching experience were involved in the programme of BNS. Up until now 67 countries were represented by the participating students. The main topic of this year’s BNS was pathology. Taking the lack of pathologists into consideration, this is an especially important topic nowadays.”, expressed Dr. Rosivall.
Dr. Andrzej Wiecek, president of the European Renal Association – European Dialysis and Transplant Association (ERA-EDTA), highlighted that their main aim is to stimulate the nephrological education and research, as well as to reinforce the international relations and collaborations. He also emphasized that the association, which was founded in 1963, intends to publish more and more professional articles on their webpage.
Dr. György Reusz, professor at the 1st Department of Paediatrics, president of the Hungarian Society of Nephrology emphasized in his speech that the conference programme always provides the most important topics related to nephrology, yet the participants also have the opportunity to enrich their knowledge with new messages and the latest results of the studies.
Dr. Miklós Molnár, vice-dean of the Faculty of Medicine pointed on the fact that this programme was developed for the students, it is meant for extending student knowledge. He also added that the relations being established at the conference could serve as the base for future collaborations.
Dr. Zoltán Máthé, director of the Department of Transplantation and Surgery welcomed the participants as the host of the event. He introduced the building to the audience, and he highlighted that the building renovation of 1994 was especially dedicated to transplantation. According to Dr. Máthé currently all the conditions are available for a successful organ transplantation programme.
As Dr. Rosivall expressed at the end of the six-day conference: “Many new discoveries, scientific results, clinical observations and solutions were announced during the conference that have not yet been published. The conference has again gained “The best training course” title on the basis of the feedback by the participating students. Due to the lectures, the lecturers and the interactive ‘from the molecule to the patient bed’ approach the participants were contented with the programme, and the special, well-organized cultural programmes and events also contributed to this success. Participating students had the opportunity to try Tai Chi, to participate in a building tour within Semmelweis University, to take a city tour as well as to visit the Parliament, to participate in an organ concert and to see the Holy Right at Saint Stephen’s Basilica. Among the former students of BNS several participants already gave lectures during this year’s programme, and there are more and more returning students and teachers.”
Pálma Dobozi
Photo: Attila Kovács, Semmelweis University
Translation: Katalin Romhányi
