Yong-Lim Kim (South Korea)

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Dr. Yong-Lim Kim is Professor of Medicine and Nephrology Division at Kyungpook National University Hospital, Daegu, South Korea. A strong advocate of research and development, he currently serves as Director of the Clinical Research Center for ESRD supported by the Ministry of Health & Welfare, Korean Government. In addition, he is Director of the Training and Education Committee of Korean Society of Nephrology. He received his MD summa cum laude in 1985 from Kyungpook University, Daegu. He was certified by the Korean Board of Nephrology in 1993 and studied in the post doctoral research fellowship at the University of Missouri, Columbia for one year in 1996. He leads the PD unit which holds more than 200 PD patients. General areas of interest include ESRD, peritoneal fibrosis, long-term preservation of peritoneal membrane, solution biocompatibility and renal fibrosis. He has published and co-authored over 130 papers of which about 60 have been published in international peer reviewed journals.

Contact information:, Tel +82-53-420-5553, Fax +82-53-423-7583

Committee Members

• Yong-Lim Kim - Chairman, Korea, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
• K S Nayak (India: Asia) - This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
• David Johnson (Australia: Oceania) - This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
• Rajnish Mehrotra (USA: North America) - This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
• Salah Naga (Egypt: Africa/M.East) - This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
• Joanna Rowinska (Poland: Europe) - This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
• Ramon Paniagua (Mexico: Latin America) - This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
• Qiang Yao (China: Asia) - This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Members

• Seven members representing at each six different continents.

Mandate

Responsible for

• Promoting new members in the ISPD and retaining current members
• Enhancing communications with members
• Finding out what members need
• Increasing the sense of belongs of members

Goals

• Foster affiliation with the ISPD by providing useful and relevant benefits
• Develop, implement, and evaluate innovative ways to recruit and retain members, with a particular emphasis on young physicians, academic physicians, and past members
• Review membership statistics and monitor any adverse trends.
• Seek ways to expand the services and benefits available to members of the PD community as an enticement to membership in the ISPD
• Attracting new members and retaining current members by fulfilling tailored demand from each continents
• Provide opportunities for member networking via the Online Membership Directory
• Relaying timely communications to the membership in regards to section-related issues via the ISPD Web site and other available resources