EKITA & ITN Nephrology Course 2026

EKITA & ITN Nephrology Course is designed as an intensive update in contemporary transplant nephrology, bringing together leading experts in immunology, rejection, infection, living donation and long-term recipient follow-up. Delivered for the first time, the programme runs in parallel with the surgical track while preserving dedicated nephrology-focused content and selected common plenary sessions. The course aims to provide a compact, high-yield academic environment where delegates can review current evidence, practical consensus documents and emerging clinical strategies relevant to daily transplant practice.

Objectives
• To update participants on core and emerging topics in transplant immunology and nephrology.
• To review current approaches to rejection phenotyping, Banff classification and molecular diagnosis.
• To discuss donor evaluation, living donor follow-up and the nephrology interface of transplant ethics.
• To strengthen evidence-based post-transplant follow-up in infection, metabolic complications and malignancy.
• To explore strategies for expanding the donor pool without compromising recipient outcomes.

Learning Outcomes
• Interpret key immunologic concepts relevant to pre-transplant evaluation and post-transplant monitoring.
• Discuss current frameworks for rejection diagnosis, including Banff and molecular tools.
• Apply updated approaches to transplant infection, living donor care and long-term graft follow-up.
• Review consensus-based management of DSA follow-up, biopsies, diabetes and malignancy after transplantation.
• Assess expanded-criteria and suboptimal kidney use from a nephrology and outcome-oriented perspective

📢 Young Professionals in Transplantation (YPT) Opportunities 📢

A limited number of funded and discounted places are available for eligible YPT members.

Fully Funded Places (2 available)

• Complimentary registration
• Free airport transfers
• Up to 4 nights of complimentary accommodation (bed & breakfast)

Please note: Flights are not included and must be arranged by the participant.

Discounted Places (10 available)

• Complimentary registration
• Free airport–hotel–airport transfers
• 50% discount on a double room or 25% discount on a single room

Application Process

To ensure eligibility, these opportunities will be managed via email rather than public links. We will provide private registration links to selected individuals. The selection will be based on a first-come, first-served basis, provided applicants meet the following criteria:

• Be an active ESOT member.
• Be affiliated with YPT at the time of application and remain affiliated throughout the course.