Dr Nathan W Levin (Chairman) Medical and Research Director Renal Research Institute New York, NY USA	Dr James O Armitage Department of Internal Medicine University of Nebraska Medical Center Omaha, NE USA
Dr Lars Birgerson Vice President of Medical Affairs F. Hoffmann-La Roche Inc. Nutley, NJ USA	Dr Charles Herzog Director of Cardiovascular Special Studies Center United States Renal Data System Minneapolis, MN USA
Dr Adeera Levin St. Paul’s Hospital Division of Nephrology Chronic Kidney Disease Clinic Vancouver Canada	Dr Jean-François Morere Service d’Oncologie Médicale Hôpital Avicenne Bobigny-Cedex France
Dr Neil R Powe Chief, Medical Services San Francisco General Hospital University of California San Francisco, CA USA	Dr Eberhard Ritz Department of Nephrology University Heidelberg Heidelberg Germany