Elena Zakharova was born on October 14 1957 in Moscow, graduated from Moscow School N61 in 1974, studied General Medicine in Moscow Medical Institute named after N.A. Semashko 1975-1981. Graduated 2-years residency in Nephrology (1981-1983) in the Nephrology Department of Research Institute of Transplantology and Artificial Organs in Moscow, and worked the same Department as a nephrologist and a research assistant till 1987. Since 1987 worked as a nephrologist in the Nephrology Department of Moscow City Clinical Hospital named after S.P. Botkin, in 1992 became a head of named Department, and keep this position till present time. In 2005 defended PhD Thesis “Prognostic factors of outcome in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus and Systemic Vasculitis with Kidney Involvement”, same year became an associate professor of Nephrology Chair of Russian Medical Academy of Postgraduate Education, and in 2008 – an associate professor of Nephrology Chair of Moscow State University of Medicine and Dentistry, keeping both positions till now days. Member of several professional societies: Russian Dialysis Society (vice-president), Scientific Society of Nephrologists of Russia (Executive Committee member), International Society of Nephrology (Regional Board Chair, EAP and SRC committee member), European Renal Association (CME committee member), American Society of Nephrologists, KDIGO (Executive Committee member), World Kidney Day Steering Committee member, ERA-EDTA/EULAR Working Group member. Member of editorial boards of several professional journals: Russian journal Nephrology and Dialysis (Deputy Editor), Case Reports in Nephrology and Dialysis Journal (Editorial Board Member), Journal Nephrology Reviews (Associate Editor).
Research Interest
Kidney pathology; Clinical and pathology correlations Immunology; Diagnostics and treatment of Glomerulonephritis; Systemic lupus erythematosus; Lupus nephritis; Systemic vasculitidies; Thrombotic micro angiopahties; Acute kidney injury; Kidney damage in lymph proliferative disorders
Senior Editors
Assoc. Professor Costas Fourtounas University of Thessaly Greece
Costas Fourtounas is an Associate Professor of Internal Medicine-Nephrology in the Faculty of Medicine of the School of Health Sciences of the University of Thessaly in Larissa Greece. He received his medical degree from the Medical School of the Aristotelian University in Thessaloniki. He completed his fellowship training in Nephrology in Athens Greece and had extra training in UK and USA. He has published more than 130 papers in national and international peer-reviewed medical journals and has contributed with chapters in more than 10 medical books. He has been an editorial board member of 10 International Journals and has served as a reviewer for more than 50 medical journals.
Research Interest
Pathogenesis of diabetic nephropathy and its optimal treatment in CKD stage 5, Kidney or simultaneous kidney- pancreas transplantation
Honorable Editors
Dr Terry Willmott Hensle Columbia University USA
Professor Bruce C Kone University of Texas Health Science Center USA
Professor Douglas J Gould Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine USA
Dr Michael Kwey-sen Yu Dayton Physicians Network USA
Vice Chairman Chris Cooper University of Iowa USA
Professor Christopher Eden University of Surrey England
Dr Sonja Gracin Central Hospital Karlstad Karlstad Sweden
Assoc. Professor Daniele Minardi Marche Polytechnic University Italy
Prof. Dr Zhang Junwei Third Military Medical University China
Prof. Dr Angeles Sanchis Bonet University of Alcala Spain
Dr Anwar Hamdi K Alenazi King Salman Hospital Saudi Arabia
Dr Andres Sempere Gutiierrez Queen Sofia General University Hospital Spain
Prof. Dr Havva Asuman Yavuz Medikal Park Hospital Antalya Turkey
Prof. Dr EF Ehtuish Tripoli University Libya
Wasim S El Nekidy Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi UAE
Pedro Paulo Gattai Gomes Federal University of São Paulo Brazil
Godfrey Mutashambara Rwegerera University of Botswana Botswana
Dr Ahmed Akl University in Mansoura Egypt
Associate Editors
Asst. Prof. Dr Asad Khan
Texas A&M University, Bryan Kidney Center Inc USA
Asst. Professor Gautam M Phadke
University of North Dakota School of Medicine USA
Dr Rupesh Raina
Case Western Reserve University USA
Dr Mahmoud A Mohamed
New York Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital USA
Dr Arnav Agarwal
University of Toronto Canada
Dr Viet Trong Do
Westmead Hospital Australia
Dr Evangelos Mazaris
Hinchingbrooke NHS Trust UK
Asst. Professor Mohammed Mahdi Babakri
Aden University Yemen
Dr Qaiser Javed
Al Ahli Hospital Qatar
Dr Thomas Ryzlewicz
Via Medis Dialysis center Germany
Dr Periklis Dousdampanis
University of Patras Greece
Dr Mohamed Essam
Kidney and Urology Center Egypt
Dr Faissal Tarrass
Hemodialysis Centre of 2 Mars Morocco
Dr Thiagarajan Thandavan
TIDES Institute of Health and Medical Sciences LLP India
