Nephrology fellows are invited to submit a 1-page case summary of a challenging or unusual dialysis experience. Authors of the top 6-8 cases will be selected to present their cases in the Fellows Forum session of the main…
Abhilash Koratala, MD, FASN @NephroP, Medical College of Wisconsin Identification of pericardial effusion is one of the basic applications of focused cardiac ultrasound (FoCUS). As previously discussed, pericardial effusion appears as an anechoic or echo-free space between the…
Welcome to the 23rd case of the Skeleton Key Group, a team of 50-odd nephrology fellows who work together to build a monthly education package for the Renal Fellow Network. The cases are actual cases (without patient identifying…
Chicago KUH FORWARD is pleased to announce its new NIDDK-funded TL1 interdisciplinary training program for predoctoral and postdoctoral fellows in basic, translational, or clinical research in the fields of kidney, benign urologic, and benign hematologic diseases at one of the…
Abstract submission for the 20th Annual Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (SSCI) Nephrology Young Investigators’ Forum (NYIF) as well as the call for abstracts for Southern Regional Meeting (SRM) 2022 is now open. Fellows can submit an abstract to…
Accelerating discovery in PKD research! The Polycystic Kidney Disease Research Resource Consortium (PKD RRC) funded by The National Institutes of Diabetes, Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), consists of three national Research and Translation Core Centers (RTCC) and a…
Laura Slattery, Specialist Registrar in Nephrology and General Internal Medicine, Royal College of Physicians, Dublin. Paracetamol or acetaminophen ingestion can result in a variety of toxic syndromes predominantly related to alterations of glutathione metabolism and/or depletion of glutathione…
The University of Alabama Birmingham (UAB) CRRT Academy will be held on October 15th and 16th, 2021. This year we will use a completely virtual platform for attendees with live faculty on site for the hands on workshops. We will have a…
Paresh R. Jadav, MD (jadav_md)Dept of Nephrology, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY Introduction Kidney allograft monitoring is dependent upon non-specific markers like creatinine, estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR), and proteinuria. Kidney biopsy remains the gold standard…
The Renal Physicians Association (RPA) is inviting applications from nephrology fellows for its Public Policy Fellowship. Eligibility: One-year opportunity for second- or third-year nephrology fellows Required attendance at: RPA Billing and coding one-day workshop immediately preceding annual meetingRPA Annual…
