Pierre Cochat, MD, PhD

Professor of Pediatrics

Vice President

University Claude Bernard, Lyon

Chief, Pediatric Nephrology, Rheumatology and Dermatology

Hospital Femme Mère Enfant

Coordinator, Pediatric Renal Transplantation Programme

President, International Pediatric Nephrology Association

8:00 a.m. – 9:00 a.m.

Auditoria E&F, Rubin Building, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center

Co-sponsored by the Section of Nephrology and the Department of Medicine

The Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth

Learning Objectives: 

1. Understand the basis of the pathophysiology of primary hyperoxaluria

2. Recognize primary hyperoxaluria in the presence of early symptoms

3. Discuss current and future therapeutic options according to genotype and phenotype of primary hyperoxaluria.

Pierre Cochat is Professor of Pediatrics at University Claude-Bernard, Lyon France. He is head of the Department of Pediatric Nephrology, Rheumatology and Dermatology, and he leads the Reference Center for Rare Renal Diseases as well as the program for Kidney and Combined Liver & Kidney Transplantation in children at University Hospital Femme Mere Enfant (Hospices Civils de Lyon). He is the Dean for Medical Education at University Claude-Bernard, Lyon, and is also currently President of IPNA (International Pediatric Nephrology Association). Dr. Cochat’s main fields of interest are inherited nephrolithiasis and kidney transplantation and has 432 articles in PubMed. He is also strongly involved in medical education in developing countries, with special links with Brazil, Paraguay, Morocco and Haiti.

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