PROGRAM
Day 1
September 24, 2026
Day 2
September 25, 2026
18TH BALTIC NEPHROLOGY SOCIETIES MEETING
07:30 – 14:15
Participant registration
14:15 – 14:45
18th Baltic Nephrology Societies Meeting Opening
Inga Arune Bumblyte (President of the Lithuanian Nephrology, Dialysis and Transplantation Association)
Andrius Macas (Dean of the Faculty of Medicine, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences)
Roser Torra (President of the European Renal Association)
Inese Folkmane (President of the Latvian Association of Nephrologists)
Kulli Kolvald (President of the Estonian Society of Nephrology)
Marius Miglinas (President of the Lithuanian Kidney Foundation)
14:45 – 17:15
Session 1: Rare diseases
Chairs: Inga Arūnė Bumblytė, Marius Miglinas
Oral mini lectures:
14:45 – 15:15
Alport syndrome: rethinking classification and risk
Roser Tora, Spain
15:15 – 15:35
Beyond the microscope: evolving perspectives on rare glomerulopathies
Marius Miglinas, Lithuania
15:35 – 15:55
Challenges of antifibrotic therapy in chronic
kidney disease
Mai Rosenberg, Estonia
15:55 – 16:25
Coffee break
Oral scientific presentations and clinical case reports:
Chairs: Karlis Racenis, Mai Rosenberg, Neda Kušleikaitė-Pere
16:25 – 16:35
Intracranial aneurysms in autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease
Kārlis Eglītis, Latvia
16:35 – 16:45
Renal manifestations and clinical profile of tuberous sclerosis in latvian patients
Lelde Zīlmane, Latvia
16:45 – 16:55
Placenta derived stem cells therapy for renal fibrosis: biomarkers of acute and chronic kidney injury
Agnė Gryguc, Lithuania
16:55 – 17:05
IgG4-related disease: a diagnostic challenge
Liisi Leis, Estonia
17:05 – 17:15
Familial Mediterranean fever with a heterozygous MEFV mutation presenting as systemic AA
amyloidosis: a case report
Natasha Eftimovska Otovikj, Elizabeta Poposka, North Macedonia
17:15 – 18:00
STADA Scientific Symposium.
Changing the Course of IgA Nephropathy: Earlier Recognition, Individualized Treatment and Long-Term Kidney Protection
Finding IgA Nephropathy Earlier: Lessons from the Latvian Screening Program
Ieva Ziediņa, Latvia
Beyond Proteinuria: How Should We Assess Treatment Response and Long-Term Kidney Protection?
Ivan Rychlík, Czech Republic
Recurrent IgA Nephropathy After Kidney Transplantation: What Do the Evidence and Latvian Experience Tell Us?
Kārlis Rācenis, Latvia
Expert Panel: From Emerging Evidence to Clinical Decisions
Co-Chairs:
Marius Miglinas, Lithuania
Inga Skarupskienė, Lithuania
19:30
Gala Dinner
Archdiocese of Kaunas (Kauno arkivyskupija)
Papilio St. 5, Kaunas, Lithuania
Day 3
September 26, 2026
18TH BALTIC NEPHROLOGY SOCIETIES MEETING
07:30 – 08:15
Participant registration
08:15 – 10:35
Session 2: Epidemiology and quality assessment in chronic and acute kidney disease
Chairs: Viktoria Kuzema, Kristina Petrulienė
Oral mini lectures:
08:15 – 08:45
The use of outcome information to support a national quality system and patient care
Willem-Jan Bos, The Netherlands
08:45 – 09:05
The Czech experience with the national-wide data of quality assessment treatment of dialysis patients
Ivan Rychlik, Czech Republic
09:05 – 09:25
Trends in kidney replacement therapy in Lithuania, 2013-2024
Edita Žiginskienė, Lithuania
09:25 – 09:45
A national framework for quality assessment in kidney care: Latvia’s first clinical quality registry
Kārlis Rācenis, Latvia
09:45 – 10:05
From advanced CKD to transplantation: measuring what matters in kidney care – first data results from the new Latvian Kidney registry
Viktoria Kuzema, Latvia
Oral scientific presentations:
10:05 – 10:15
The occurrence of acute kidney disease has increased over time but mortality has decreased
Mai Rosenberg, Anne-Grethe Tuisk, Estonia
10:15 – 10:25
Etiology shapes outcome in severe acute kidney injury requiring continuous renal replacement therapy: a single-centre Latvian cohort
Svetlana Polnova, Latvia
10:25 – 10:35
Hidden kidney risks: ibuprofen and paracetamol use in dehydrated children
Dovilė Ruzgienė, Lithuania
10:35 – 11:00
Coffee break
11:00 – 11:45
Industry Symposium.
Accumulated experience with regional citrate anticoagulation in CRRT
Dr. Robert Pohlmeier, Fresenius Medical Care and Unihealth UAB
11:45 – 13:05
Session 3: Kidney transplantation
Chairs: Eglė Dalinkevičienė, Ieva Ziedina
Oral mini lectures:
11:45 – 12:05
Living kidney donors
Ieva Ziedina, Latvia
12:05 – 12:25
Obesity and its implications in kidney transplantation
Rūta Vaičiūnienė, Lithuania
Oral scientific presentations and clinical case reports:
12:25 – 12:35
Trends in immunosuppressive therapy for kidney transplant recipients in Latvia
Anna Stasulane, Latvia
12:35 – 12:45
Prognostic value of structural mri mapping in predicting long-term function of deceased donor kidney allografts
Emilė Čironytė, Andrejus Bura, Lithuania
12:45 – 12:55
A 10-year retrospective analysis of kidney transplant biopsies-prevalence and patterns of allograft rejection
Maira Kasa, Latvia
12:55 – 13:05
A case of recurrent citomegalovirus infection after kidney transplantation: a challenge in diagnosis and management
Žygimantas Mickus, Eglė Dalinkevičienė, Lithuania
13:05 – 13:15
Awards of scientific oral and poster presentations
13:15 – 14:00
Lunch
14:00 – 16:00
Session 4: Chronic kidney disease and kidney replacement therapy
Chairs: Diana Sukackienė, Aivars Petersons
Oral mini lectures:
14:00 – 14:20
The impact of physical activity on cognitive function in patients with chronic kidney disease
Justina Mikelaitė, Inga Arūnė Bumblytė, Lithuania
14:20 – 14:40
Monitoring the removal of classical uremic toxins during hemodialysis with an on-line optical sensor
Ivo Fridolin, Estonia
14:40 – 15:00
Strategies for infection prevention in dialysis catheters
Laurynas Rimševičius, Lithuania
Oral scientific presentations and clinical case reports:
15:00 – 15:10
Nonlinear and conventional microscopy in human AVF tissue assessment
Viltė Gabrielė Samsonė, Lithuania
15:10 – 15:20
Glim criteria for the diagnosis of malnutrition in dialysis patients: a single-center analysis
Irmantė Bagdžiūnienė, Lithuania
15:20 – 15:30
Intradialytic parenteral nutrition in a malnourished chronic hemodialysis patients: a one- center experience
Elina Valdmane, Latvia
15:30 – 15:40
Strengthening CKD and hemodialysis self-management through mhealth: implementation of the NephroGo App in Europe
Giedrė Žulpaitė, Lithuania
15:40 – 15:50
Nutritional status in peritoneal dialysis patients
Ilze Puide, Latvia
15:50 – 16:00
Standardized conditions improve accuracy of peritoneal dialysate turbidity assessment
Anna Jana Saulīte, Latvia
16:00 – 16:10
Closing remarks
Faculty
18th Baltic Nephrology Societies Meeting
(Alphabetical order by last name)
Irmantė Bagdžiūnienė, Lithuania
Altynay Balmukhanova, Kazakhstan
Willem-Jan Bos, The Netherlands
Inga Arūnė Bumblytė, Lithuania
Andrejus Bura, Lithuania
Emilė Čironytė, Lithuania
Eglė Dalinkevičienė, Lithuania
Kārlis Eglītis, Latvia
Ivo Fridolin, Estonia
Agnė Gryguc, Lithuania
Maira Kasa, Latvia
Neda Kušleikaitė-Pere, Lithuania
Viktoria Kuzema, Latvia
Liisi Leis, Estonia
Žygimantas Mickus, Lithuania
Marius Miglinas, Lithuania
Justina Mikelaitė, Lithuania
Aivars Petersons, Latvia
Kristina Petrulienė, Lithuania
Svetlana Polnova, Latvia
Elizabeta Poposka, North Macedonia
Ilze Puide, Latvia
Kārlis Rācenis, Latvia
Laurynas Rimševičius, Lithuania
Mai Rosenberg, Estonia
Dovilė Ruzgienė, Lithuania
Ivan Rychlik, Czech Republic
Viltė Gabrielė Samsonė, Lithuania
Anna Jana Saulīte, Latvia
Inga Skarupskienė, Lithuania
Anna Stasulane, Latvia
Diana Sukackienė, Lithuania
Roser Tora, Spain
Anne-Grethe Tuisk, Estonia
Rūta Vaičiūnienė, Lithuania
Elina Valdmane, Latvia
Ieva Ziedina, Latvia
Edita Žiginskienė, Lithuania
Lelde Zīlmane, Latvia
Evelina Žukauskaitė, Lithuania
Giedrė Žulpaitė, Lithuania
