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Conferences, Courses, & Grants
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Interventional Nephrology Series
Focus on Point-of-Care Ultrasound in Nephrology (POCUN) Series
Kidney Biopsy of the Month Series
Making Sense of Make (Major Adverse Kidney Events) After AKI
Sandhya Suresh, MD DrNB@SandyrvsdavNSMC 2022Department of Nephrology, SRIHER, Chennai, India Introduction: Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) affects nearly 13.3 million people every year with 85% of the cases occurring in the low and middle-income countries. Several epidemiological studies have…
Does Creation of an AVF Reduce Progression of Kidney Disease?
Sindhuri Prakash-Polet, MD, PhD & Sean Kalloo, MD, MBA, FASDIN Fellow in Interventional Nephrology & Assistant Professor of Medicine (in Radiology), Columbia University Medical Center @sprakashpolet Introduction: Efforts to find therapeutics and interventions that can modify the trajectory…
Women in Nephrology’s Fellow Leadership Institute
Introducing Women in Nephrology’s Fellow Leadership Institute! This is a one-year program designed for nephrology fellows (or post-doctoral fellows) to learn and practice leadership and career development skills that are typically not taught during fellowship. This is an…
Tick Tock Goes the Circadian Clock
Hannah Costello, PhDPostdoctoral Fellow, University of Florida Chronic kidney disease commonly occurs with aging. The aging population is increasing, with the World Health Organization stating that the population of adults aged 60 and older will increase from 12%…
Why be PICC-Y about Central Lines in Patients with CKD?
Tazeen Rizvi, MDAdvocate Christ Medical CenterOak Lawn, IL Epidemiology: A Peripherally inserted Central Catheter (PICC) is a 50 to 60 cm long single, double, or triple lumen catheter, which is placed in a peripheral arm vein and terminates…
Leukocyte Lysis in Dilute Urine
The influence of urine concentration on the cells we observe during urine microscopy is well known. Concentrated urine specimens with a high urine specific gravity (SG) preserve nucleated cellular morphology the best, however, some cellular structures (e.g.: erythrocytes)…
Can SGLT2 Inhibitors be Used in the Treatment of Hypomagnesemia?
Dr. Subashri MohanasundaramAssistant ProfessorDepartment of NephrologyGovernment Thoothukudi Medical College & Hospital, India@happiedoc SGLT2 inhibitors: Though much of the limelight of SGLT2 inhibitors is rightly focused on kidney protection and heart protection, there is less focus on the various…
 WIN’ing: Strategies to Lead Successfully in Nephrology
The WIN Leadership Conference is a 2-day interactive program that brings together speakers who are well-known leaders in Nephrology to provide sessions related to finding and succeeding in leadership roles. It includes context, tools, and knowledge pertinent to…
American Society of Transplantation (AST) Fellows’ Symposium: 9/23 – 9/25
The AST Fellows’ Symposium will be held September 23 – 25, 2022 in Grapevine, TX. Fellows can register here by August 10 (travel grants are available). Check out the full program here (and portions of it below) Travel…
Home Dialysis University 2022
Home Dialysis University Fall 2022 is now open for registrations. There will be 2 events (September and October), each with a limited capacity. The courses this fall will be for live participants only – no remote or virtual…