Before the first cohort of nephrology fellows entered the hallowed grounds of the Mount Desert Island Biological Laboratories (MDIBL) in 2008, this treasured playground for comparative physiology was a summer home to the famed Dr. Homer Smith,…
During a night call in my first year of nephrology fellowship, I was asked a question that I had never heard before: ‘What do we do when we see black effluent draining out of the peritoneal dialysis (PD)…
NephMadness has begun! Submit your 2025 NephMadness picks here. We’ll review some NephMadness basics below and leak our picks for this year. What is NephMadness? NephMadness is an educational game played out across social media, modeled after…
Welcome to the 36th case of the Skeleton Key Group, a team of nephrologists from around the world who build a periodic education package for the Renal Fellow Network. Author: Matan Khanian MD A. Stem A 79-year-old man…
The 2nd annual NephMadness Invitation Tournament (NIT) is coming to the National Kidney Foundation 2025 Spring Clinical Meeting (SCM) in Boston, MA! Who: Current nephrology fellows are eligible to complete. Selected fellows will receive free registration to the 2025 SCM meeting What & When: During this…
Onconephrology Early Program at ASN , titled “Onconephrology: Cancer, Its Treatments and the Kidneys “which will take place during ASN Kidney Week 2024 on Wednesday, October 23rd, 2024. The program will cover essential topics such as AKI, electrolyte abnormalities, and the management of…
Exemplary case A 65-year-old patient with a history of cholangiocarcinoma was admitted with abdominal pain, increasing ascites and jaundice. He was diagnosed with spontaneous bacterial peritonitis. Shortly afterwards he developed septic shock and an acute kidney injury. The…
We are looking the next fellow editor of Renal Fellow Network, a highly trafficked nephrology blog with 40-50K views per month. This is a call to current nephrology fellows (medicine or pediatrics), PhD students, or PhD post docs….
The Nephron FactoryBy Momen Abbasi
Welcome to the 35th case of the Skeleton Key Group, a team of nephrologists from around the world who build a periodic education package for the Renal Fellow Network. Authors: Marc Soco (@msocoMD) A. The Stem A 38-year-old…