Adrian Covic, MD, PhD, FERA, FESC, FRCP (London) Professor Internal Medicine & Nephrology University of Medicine,Grigore T. Popa,Iasi, Romania Mehmet Kanbay, MD Professor of Medicine and Nephrology Department of Medicine Division of Nephrology University School of Medicine Istanbul, Turkey Edgar V. Lerma, MDClinical Professor of MedicineSection of NephrologyUniversity of Illinois at Chicago College of MedicineAssociates in Nephrology, SCChicago, Illinois