Welcome

The International Association for the History of Nephrology (IAHN) was founded in 1994 by a group of nephrologists with the purposes of promoting, stimulating and encouraging research, study, interest and writing in the history of medicine as it pertains to all aspects related to the kidney and urinary tract.

The IAHN supports and cooperates with local, national and international organizations having similar purposes. It organizes and arranges meetings, forums and seminars. It also presents awards and issues publications that serve its purposes. It conducts its activities solely for educational, scientific and literary purposes, and not for monetary profit. 

2010 Conference Announced

The seventh Congress of the International Association for the History of Nephrology will be held from Thursday, June 17th through Saturday, June 19th, 2010 in Torun, Poland.

CLICK HERE for more information about the congress (you will be directed to a website dedicated to the congress).

Evamaria Kinne-Saffran Lecture

The International Association for the History of Nephrology (IAHN) awards the Evamaria Kinne-Saffran Lecture in History of Medicine on the occasion of every conference.

Evamaria Kinne-Saffran (1941-2002) was a vivid supporter of the value of interdisciplinary bridges and a convincing advocate of the importance of the past in understanding the present and predicting the future.

The award is aimed to support scientists, nephrologists interested in History and historians interested in Nephrology alike, who have recently made a major contribution to the field of Nephrology. It includes a prize of US $2,000 to present a lecture at the Inaugural Ceremony of the IAHN Conferences."

The competition for 2010 is now closed.
The winner is Pavlos C. Goudas, a young Consultant Nephrologist at the Renal Unit of St. Andrews General State Hospital, in Patras, Greece, who has been researching in the History of Nephrology for several years, and has presented papers on this topic in national and international conferences. He has published historical articles, in collaboration with his mentor, Dr. Athanasios Diamandopoulos. In Torun, he will deliver a lecture entitled "On some exotic urine colours in Ancient and Byzantine Greek literature".