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…
Renal Fellow Network (RFN) is a highly trafficked blog, with 20,000 – 30,000 visitors per month in 2019. Want to join our team? We are looking for an individual to serve a 2-year term as a co-editor of…
The 28th International Congress of The Transplantation Society will be held in Seoul, Korea from September 12 – 16, 2020. The deadline for abstract submission is March 3rd, 2020. 30 Young Investigator Awards and 30 Mentee-Mentor Awards are…
As nephrologists, we remember the not so distant past when there were few options available to help patients battle the debilitating effects of anemia of chronic kidney disease. Fortunately, advances over the past two decades have led to…
