ASN Collaboration with the Home Dialysis University
Origins of Renal Physiology Course: Fellows 2023
Nephmadness 2023!
Skeleton Key Group Case #29: Hyponatremia and Liver Disease: don’t let it bring you down!
Radial Artery Cardiac Catheterization in Patients with Kidney Disease
Trainee Travel Grants Available to Attend 2023 American Transplant Congress
Kidney Comics: Kidneys in the Stone Age
Should Tunneled Dialysis Catheters be Placed at the Bedside in Critically-Ill Patients?
Urine Sediment of the Month: Another Look at Macroscopic Evaluation
In Person KIDNEYcon 2023: 1 Full day of Critical Care Nephrology plus 2 Days of Workshops
KIDNEYcon 2023 is back in person in 2023 in Little Rock, Arkansas, Thursday April 20th to Saturday April 22, 2023. This is a must attend for all nephrology fellows, and attendings. This years conference will be focusing on…
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…
The Bidirectional Impact of Climate Change on Kidney Health and Kidney Care
Anoushka Krishnan, MD Department of Nephrology, Royal Perth Hospital, Perth, Australia “The truth is that climate change is presenting the greatest challenge humanity has ever faced”- Al Gore Climate change is rapidly making its presence felt across the…
Embracing International Medical Graduates in Nephrology: Time to Get Serious
Sujith Palleti, MDLoyola University, Chicago, Illinois Dr. Palleti is a 2nd-year nephrology fellow in an ACGME-accredited program in the US who entered training through an exceptionally qualified candidate pathway. He completed his medical school training in India and…
Kidney Comics: Membranous Nephropathy
We are proud to announce a new series on RFN called Kidney Comics. This series is is led by Dr Momen Abbasi and will cover various topics in nephology. Let us know if you have any ideas or…
Cannulate No Fistula Before It’s Time: AVF Maturation 101
Sherida Edding MD, IM PGY-3 Lincoln Medical and Mental Health CenterAndrew Kowalski MD, MPH, FASN, Nephrology Associates of Northern Illinois, Loyola University Stritch School of Medicine/ Macneal Hospital Acknowledgements: This post is part of a collaboration between The…
Mayo Clinic Nephrology, Hypertension and Kidney Transplantation Update for the Clinician 2023
The Mayo Clinic Nephrology, Hypertension and Kidney Transplantation Update for the Clinician 2023 is designed to update participants on a range of nephrology topics relevant to current medical practice. This symposium delivers up-to-date and cutting-edge information that can…
Side Effects of SGLT2 Inhibitors
Kavitha Ramaswamy, MDNSMC intern 2022 Sodium Glucose Cotransporter 2 (SGLT2) inhibitors have become the standard of care for primary care, nephrology, cardiology and endocrinology. It is imperative to know how they work and specifically side effects in order…
Urine Sediment of the Month: RBC “Lookalikes”
Red blood cells (RBCs) in the urine are normally 7-8 µm in diameter, circular or slightly oval and biconcave in appearance. They may appear crenated, with symmetric spiked membrane contour in hypertonic urine, or spherical, with near loss…