IKSI RESEARCH INTIATIVES
What key initiatives and objectives does IKSI support?
Research Initiatives
- Shock wave lithotripsy improvement
- Percutaneous kidney stone removal
- Randall’s plaque and the prevention of stone disease
- Dietary studies
- Kidney stones in the bariatric population
- Stone treatment and hypertension/bone disease
Education
Programs and Conferences
The International Kidney Stone Institute will host the 2008 International Urolithiasis Research Symposium on March 27th, 28th, and 29th 2008, where physicians and researchers present and discuss the latest basic science and clinical findings in stone disease, the urologic treatment and medical management. In addition, the Institute will be hosting their first Patient Day on March 29th. This day will enable patients, medical care providers, school-age children and the public to hear the latest information regarding kidney stone disease.
2008 Stone ConferenceOnline atlas
A Web-based reference and resource of images and clinical scenarios from representative stone patients is now in development and will enable researchers and physicians worldwide to explore diagnoses, clinical decision-making, treatment options and outcomes.
Fellowships
A two-year fellowship in stone disease and minimally invasive urology has been offered since 1990 by Methodist Hospital in affiliation with the Indiana University School of Medicine. The fellowship provides urologists who have completed their residency with an extensive clinical and basic science experience in all aspects of kidney stone disease. (Click here to view the Methodist Urology Web site.) The fellowship is organized and approved by the Endourology Society (click here to view the Society’s Web site.)
