As March comes to a close, we’re getting closer to the crowning of the next NephMadness champion. If you haven’t submitted your 2 brackets (per email address) yet at nephmadness.com, there’s still time (but not much)! If you’re…
The American Transplant Congress (ATC) is the Joint Annual Meeting of the American Society of Transplant Surgeons (ASTS) and the American Society of Transplantation (AST) and will be held June 4 – 8, 2022 in Boston, MA. The AST Trainee and…
To stain, or not to stain, that is the question. Different illumination techniques are available to visualize the formed elements in the urinary sediment. The two most commonly used are brightfield and phase contrast. Brightfield illumination provides high…
The Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai’s Annual Symposium on “Advances in Peritoneal Dialysis” will be held on September 25th, 8 AM – 5 PM ET. Register here ($25 for fellows). Find the agenda below and download…
Welcome to the 8th case of the Skeleton Key Group, a team of twenty odd nephrology fellows who work together to build a monthly education package for Renal Fellow Network. The cases are actual cases (without patient identifying information) that…
Urine acanthocytes are a distinct type of dysmorphic erythrocytes that can be found during microscopic examination of the urinary sediment. Their unique characteristics make them rather pathognomonic of hematuria that originates from a glomerular disease, i.e., glomerular hematuria…
Submit your 2020 NephMadness picks here by April 30th, 6 PM EDT! Below are some NephMadness basics and our picks for this year. 1.What is NephMadness? NephMadness is an educational game played out across social media, modeled after…
Welcome to the 7th case of the Skeleton Key Group, a team of twenty odd nephrology fellows who work together to build a monthly education package for Renal Fellow Network. The cases are actual cases (without patient identifying information) that…
Cystinuria is the most common kidney stone disease with Mendelian genetics. Caused by mutations in SLC7A9 and SLC3A1, affected patients excrete high amounts of cystine in their urine and are vexed by recurrent episodes of nephrolithiasis. Cystine stones…
Welcome to the 6th case of the Skeleton Key Group, a team of twenty odd nephrology fellows who work together to build a monthly education package for Renal Fellow Network. The cases are actual cases (without patient identifying information) that…
