Hermann Haller MD

Hermann Haller is Full Professor and Chair in the Division of Nephrology, Hannover Medical School. He
sits on the editorial boards of several journals including Diabetologia, Hypertension and the Journal of
Hypertension. His major scientific interests are: Pathogenesis and consequences of hypertension and
kidney and vessel injury and regeneration.

Sadayoshi Ito MD, PhD

Sadayoshi Ito is Vice Dean for the Graduate School of Medicine at the Tohoku University School of
Medicine, and Professor in the Division of Nephrology, Endocrinology and Vascular Medicine. He is a
recipient of the Young Investigator Award (First Prize), from the Inter-American Society of Hypertension
and the Established Investigator Award, from the American Heart Association.

Joseph L. Izzo MD, PhD

Joseph Izzo is Professor of Medicine at the State University of New York in Buffalo and Clinical Director of
Medicine, Erie County Medical Center, Buffalo, NY. In a highly distinguished career he has received a
considerable number of awards and honours. He was a founding member of the American Society of
Hypertension and has been a Fellow of the Council for High Blood Pressure Research for the American
Heart Association since 1983.

Andrzej Januszewicz MD, PhD

Andrzej Januszewicz is Chief of the Department of Hypertension, at the Institute of Cardiology, Warsaw,
Poland. His major clinical and research fields are related to the pathogenesis, diagnosis and treatment of
primary and secondary forms of hypertension, including pheochromocytoma and renovascular
hypertension.

Shigehiro Katayama MD, PhD

Shigehiro Katayama is Director of the Saitama Medical University Hospital, Japan. He is also Professor
and Chairman of the Division of Endocrinology and Diabetes in the same hospital. He is a member of
several professional societies including The Endocrine Society and the American Diabetes Association.

Albert Mimran MD, PhD

Albert Mimran is Chief of the Division of Hypertension, Department of Internal Medicine, at the University of
Montpellier, France. He is a Past- President of the International Society of Hypertension and his main areas
of research are, Hypertension and the kidney, Experimental and clinical renal protection and Dietary salt
and cardiovascular and renal abnormalities.

Antonius J. Rabelink MD, PhD

Antonius J. Rabelink is Chair of the University Profile Vascular and Regenerative Medicine department at
Leiden University Medical Center, The Netherlands. He is an active member of several professional
societies and serves on the board of a number of notable organisations including as Chair of the Scientific
Board of the Dutch Heart Foundation and of the Scientific Board of the Dutch Kidney Foundation.

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Eberhard Ritz MD, PhD

Eberhard Ritz is affiliated with the Department of Internal Medicine at the University of Heidelberg,
Germany. He is the immediate past president of the International Society of Nephrology and his main
interests concern calcium metabolism in renal failure, hypertension and the kidney, diabetic nephropathy
and cardiac problems in renal failure.

Luis M. Ruilope MD, PhD

Luis M. Ruilope is Head of the Hypertension Unit 12 at the Octubre Hospital, Madrid, Spain. He is the
current President of the Spanish Hypertension Society and International Fellow of the Council for High
Blood Pressure Research and of the Council of the Kidney in CV disease of the AHA. His main area of
interest is 'Hypertension and the Kidney'.

Lars Christian Rump MD

Lars Christian Rump is Professor and Chairman of Nephrology at the Heinrich-Heine-University in

Düsseldorf, Germany. He is a Board Member of the German Society of Hypertension and a referee for the
German Research Foundation (DFG) for Renal Impairment and Target organ damage for hypertension
projects, awarding research and travel grants.

Giancarlo Francesco Viberti MD

Giancarlo Viberti is Professor of Diabetes and Metabolic Medicine, at King's College London School of
Medicine and is head of the Unit for Metabolic Medicine, Cardiovascular Division Department of Diabetes,
Endocrinology and Internal Medicine. During a distinguished career he has received a number of awards
and is a regularly invited guest speaker and lecturer in several countries.