Lawrence Y.C. AGODOA Mohammed BENGHANEM GHARBI

Lawrence Y.C. AGODOA
Mohammed BENGHANEM GHARBI
Mohammed Benghanem Gharbi is professor of Nephrology at the Faculty of Medicine and
the University Hospital of Casablanca, Morocco. Clinician nephrologist, he is particularly interested
in acute renal failure, epidemiology of chronic kidney disease and vascular accesses.
He was involved in the development of several structural project of Nephrology in Morocco
(National program of ESRD, national registry, CKD survey, regional schema of health care
providing, best practice clinical guidelines, promotion of organ donation…).
He is the Chair of ISN – African Regional Board Committee, Member of the African
Association of Nephrology Board and past-president of the Moroccan Society of Nephrology.

Yvanie CAILLÉ
Yvanie Caillé is the founder and the Executive director of Renaloo, a non profit organization
which helps patients living with kidney disease, dialysis and transplant. She is an engineer in
Applied Mathematics and holds a Master degree in Patient Education.
She co-founded and ran the Greffe de Vie Foundation, then the Pierre and Marie Curie
University Foundation. Between 2005 and 2011, she sat on the Advisory Board of the French
Biomedicine Agency. She’s been living with kidney disease since the age of 12.
Philippe CHAUVEAU
Medical director Aurad-Aquitaine, Bordeaux
Nephrologist, University Hospital, Bordeaux
Board member of the French Journal of nephrology and of the Journal of Renal Nutrition
Member of nephrology societies and American and European Society of nutrition
160 publications since 1985
Amino acids metabolism
Ketodiet
Clinical nutrition, body composition and physical activity
Nutrition in diabetic and CKD patients
Epidemiological studies
Hemodialysis technique

John DAVIS
John Davis is the Chief Executive Officer of Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes
or KDIGO. He serves as a Trustee of the corporation registered in Belgium as a Foundation in the
Public Interest. He has held those positions since 2004.
KDIGO is in its third year of independence and self-governance. John leads the
organization with three other staff members and hundreds of volunteer nephrology thought leaders
from around the world. KDIGO is a global organization dedicated to developing and implementing
evidence based clinical practice guidelines in all phases of kidney disease and its treatment.
As CEO, John directs the business affairs, resource development, strategic planning and
collaboration programs of the organization. KDIGO has emerged under his leadership as a truly
effective and independent part of the global kidney community. KDIGO is dedicated solely to
patients and its mission of translating the best and latest global science into practical treatment
recommendations for clinicians everywhere in the world.
John has had more than 30 years experience in the world of medical not-for-profit. Until
2011, he was the Chief Executive Officer of the National Kidney Foundation (NKF), a US charity.
He led NKF’s innovations in education, communication, program development, program
implementation, events and fund raising in the United States and in other countries. Under his
leadership NKF became one of the most effective and respected kidney organizations in the world.
He has written extensively on all aspects of kidney disease; its detection, treatment and prevention.
He has made hundreds of presentations to audiences. He has visited over 25 countries and knows
key opinion leaders throughout the global kidney and transplantation communities.
Over his career, John has raised over $200,000,000 for programs in kidney disease and
transplantation including testing 170,000 people for kidney disease in the US, Japan and Mexico;
providing CME educational programs to over 45,000 physicians and other professionals; bringing
transplant athletics to the US, recognizing donor families and creating the effort to bring evidence
based clinical practice guidelines to the field of kidney disease.

Timur ERK
Born in 1944, Timur Erk has received his Dipl. Engineering degree in chemical engineering
in Germany after completing his high school education at the German High School in Istanbul,
Turkey. Mr. Erk had taken an active role in establishment of the Turkish Chemical Manufacturers
Association (TCMA) during his professional life as an industrialist in chemical industry since 1971.
He served as a Board Member of the TCMA for several years and was the vice chairman of TCMA
for eight years prior to his election as the president of TCMA in February 2000. In addition to his
duties at the TCMA, Mr. Erk also serves as the Chairman of the Chemical Industry Assembly of the
Union of Turkish Chambers of Industry, Trade and Exchanges (TOBB) and Chairman of the
Turkish Chemical Sector Platform.
As a founder member of the Yesilyurt-Istanbul Lions Club since 1977, Timur Erk has served
as the first District Governor of the 118 E-Lions District in the 1993-1994 period. Mr. Erk was the
council Chairperson of the Turkish Lions Clubs during 1996-1997.
Timur Erk is the founder and the president of the Turkish Kidney Foundation for 28 years,
past-presidents of Turkish Children In-Need-Of Shelter Foundation and Turkish Heart Foundation,
immediate past chairman of the Turkish Federation of Sectoral Associations (SEDEFED), vice-
chairman of the Turkish Third Sector Foundation (TUSEV) and member of the Turkish Olympic
Committee.
Currently Mr. Erk serves at two important international positions; namely, as a board
member of the European Chemical Industry Council (CEFIC) and as Board member of the
International Federation Kidney Foundations (IFKF). He was also the chairman of the 10th annual
meeting of the IFKF which was held in Istanbul on May 2009. During IFKF Istanbul meeting, Mr
Erk was elected as the president of IFKF for the term of 2011-2013.
Timur Erk is married and father of a young man. He speaks English and German.

Sophie FAVÉ
Sophie FAVE has been the coordinator of the TIRCEL health network since 2004.
This network coordinates the care pathway (involving many disciplines) of over 1000
people affected by chronic kidney disease in Rhone-Alps Region.
She was trained as a paediatric nurse. She holds a degree in ethics and a Master 2 in
« philosophy of health » as well as a doctorate in public health which she got in 2013.
She is now particularly interested in the relationship between patients and caregivers in the
area of chronic diseases, and in the way of integrating the patients’ treatment pathway in their
everyday lives.
She takes part in teaching Ethics to student nurses and in teaching « care pathway » at
Claude Bernard University Lyon 1.
Mohamed GAMAL EL DIN SAADI
Professor of internal medicine and Nephrology, Faculty of medicine , Cairo University.
President Elect of the Egyptian Society of Nephrology and transplantation (ESNT) 2012
Head of stem cell therapy chapter of the ESNT
Past President of the Egyptian National Kidney Foundation
Founder member and Vice president of the Egyptian Society of Organ Transplantation 2013
Director of transplantation program at Cairo University Hospitals