Attention Nephrology Fellows: Compete in the 2nd Annual NephMadness Invitational Tournament at the 2025 NKF Spring Clinical Meeting!
Onconephrology Early Program at ASN , titled “Onconephrology: Cancer, Its Treatments and the Kidneys.”
Leucine Crystals in the Urine – Still enigmatic after more than 150 years
Wanted: RFN Fellow Editor (Application Due 11/1)
Kidney Comics: The Nephron Factory
Skeleton Key Group Case #35: Rhabdo Fiasco
2025 NephSIM Nephrons: Application Due 11/1 (For Medical Students & Residents)
Advances in Peritoneal Dialysis Symposium: 9/27 (In-Person)
Skeleton Key Group Case #34: Adrenal Insufficiency- A Salty Saga
Is it time for a change of heart? Assessing cardiovascular risk in kidney transplant candidates
Dr Dilushi Wijayaratne, MBBS, MDSpecialist NephrologistUniversity of Colombo, Sri Lanka@Dilushiwijay The preoperative cardiac evaluation of kidney transplant candidates is a blurry area. Guidelines are variable and clinical practice is frequently reflexive or defensive rather than evidence-based. In this…
The Changing Tides of Immunosuppression
Post by: Aimen Liaqat, MD Nephrology Fellow, Cleveland Clinic We have come far since the first successful kidney transplant in 1954 when Ronald Herrick donated a kidney to his twin brother Richard at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston. This…
Basic Immunologic Principles in Transplantation
Understanding the basic immunologic principles is crucial for transplant management. Below is a summary of basic transplant immunology. Major Histocompatibility Complex (MHC) Proteins MHCs are the group of cell surface proteins which are important for self-recognition, self-tolerance and…
Virtual AST Fellows Symposium on Transplantation 2020
In exciting news, the American Society of Transplantation-led Fellows Symposium will be going virtual this year! The program will run Thursday, September 24th & Friday, September 25th, 11:00 am – 4:45 pm EST. There will be four 1 and…