International Association for the

The 12th Congress of the International Association for the History of Nephology (IAHN) took place in Istanbul on June 30-July 2, 2022, organized by Professor Ayse Balat, newly appointed President of IAHN and by Ahmet Aciduman, Professor of History of Medicine at the University of Ankara and Councillor of IAHN.

The Congress – in presence and online – started with a memorable cruise on the Bosphorus and included two State of the art lectures, 7 plenary lectures, 5 mini lectures, 24 oral presentations and an introduction dedicated to Istanbul.

The 12th IAHN Congress hosted presentations and/or chairs of many friends of EAPE, namely Garabed Eknoyan, Dana Baran, Halima Resic, Guido Bellinghieri, Athanasios Diamandopolous, Vincenzo Savica and Natale G. De Santo. At the 12th IAHN Congress they had the opportunity to meet with an outstanding group of Turkish Professors Emeriti and Emeritae who are historians of nephrology (Emel Akoglu, Ali Anarat, Ali Basci, Necla Buyan, Ruhan Düsünsel, Ayfer Gür Güven, Hulusi Kocak, Sevgi Mir, Ayşe Öner, Nil Sarı, Lale Sever and Mehmet Sükrü Sever. The hope is that both groups might be willing to collaborate for the progress of IAHN and EAPE

All together they were the salt of the 12th IAHN Congress.