2024 NephMadness Tournament Challenge: Bracket Submissions Due March 31st!
Continuous renal replacement therapy Education Module
Applications open for the WIN Fellow School for Leadership Education
American Transplant Congress 2024: Medical Student & Resident Travel Grant Applications Due 3/11
High Output Cardiac Failure and Pulmonary Hypertension in Kidney Transplant Recipients
The first annual NephMadness Invitation Tournament (NIT) is coming to the National Kidney Foundation 2024 Spring Clinical Meeting (SCM) in Long Beach, CA!
Skeleton Key Group Case #32: Hitting the Reset Button on Hyponatremia
2024 NephSIM Nephrons: Applications Due 11/15
Skeleton Key Case #31: Paralyzing Potassium
Origins of Renal Physiology Course: Fellows 2024
Mount Desert Island Biological Laboratories will be hosting the National Course for Nephrology Fellows. When: August 24– 31, 2024Location: MDI Biological Laboratory (travel information)For: Nephrology Fellows Applications close on June 6, 2024. The course is supported by the…
American Transplant Congress 2024: Medical Student & Resident Travel Grant Applications Due 3/11
Please see below re: available medical student/resident travel grants to attend the American Transplant Congress (up to $1000) June 1-5 in Philadelphia, PA. The deadline is March 11th. The application can be submitted here. “The American Transplant Congress (ATC) is the…
2024 NephSIM Nephrons: Applications Due 11/15
Applications are now open for the 2024 NephSIM Nephrons/National Kidney Foundation Program, a 6-month virtual mentoring and education program for medical students and residents interested in learning more about nephrology & careers in nephrology. The 2024 program curriculum is available here and additional program details are below. Applications are…
2023 Advances in Peritoneal Dialysis Annual Symposium (Hybrid): Friday 9/29, Free for Trainees
Register here (Trainees: $25 in person, FREE for virtual attendance) Date & Location:Friday, September 29th (7:45A – 4P) Hybrid: Virtual + Goldwurm Auditorium (Icahn Medical Institute, 1425 Madison Avenue at East 98th Street New York, NY 10029) Course…
Midwest Transplant Symposium: October 13-15 (Travel Grants Available!)
The Midwest Transplant Symposium will be held at Washington University in St. Louis, MO from October 13 – 15, 2023 and provide an annual review and update on kidney transplantation with workshops in immmunology and pathology. See the…
Urine Sediment of the Month: Fibrin Casts in Urine Microscopy
Casts form in the distal tubules and collecting ducts when either Tamm-Horsfall mucoprotein or fibrin agglutinate and become molded into cylindrical structures within the tubular lumen. Cells and various substances, when present in the tubule, are incorporated into…
Quick Guide to Converting ESAs
Amy Yau, MD Erythropoietin stimulating agent (ESA) dosing is a black box of knowledge until you go into nephrology or hematology. Especially between hospitalized patients and dialysis units and outpatient clinics. Maybe this will be obsolete with HIF…
Origins of Renal Physiology Course: Fellows 2023
Mount Desert Island Biological Laboratories will be hosting the National Course for Nephrology Fellows. When: August 26– September 2, 2023Location: MDI Biological Laboratory (travel information)For: Nephrology Fellows Applications close on June 6, 2023. The course is supported by…
Nephmadness 2023!
Nephmadness is here!! Submit your 2023 Nephmadness picks here. We will review some Nephmadness basics below and reveal our picks for this year. 1. What is Nephmadness? Nephmadness is an educational game played out across social media, modeled…
Glomerular Diseases Symposium for the Clinician 2023
The Loma Linda University Glomerular Diseases Symposium for the Clinician 2023 will be providing an update on current therapies and ongoing clinical trials in this area. This one day symposium will be held both in-person and online. This…