Apply for the NSMC 2019 Internship!
The Nephrology Social Media Collective (NSMC) internship was established in 2015 with the goal of training doctors to effectively harness social media in order to be leaders in medicine. The ability to define one’s personal online identity is a…
“Let’s Talk About Peritoneal Dialysis” Post 2: When There’s No Flow…
A common call the nephrologist will receive when managing a peritoneal dialysis (PD) patient is that of poor flow. This problem is classically described as “one way” or “two way.” One Way Obstruction: Classically defined as as slow…
RAAS is Your Friend: Pocket Guide to Heritable Blood Pressure Disorders
Throughout medical school and into residency, I have always found the interaction between renin and aldosterone very interesting, especially when learning about pathologies with hypertension that can alter their interactions. Despite this, I could never remember the pathophysiology…
Balancing the Sex and Gender Scale in Research: The American Physiology Society Sex and Gender Conference
Treatments and guidelines are created in the hopes of improving public health. However, the research foundations designing these guidelines have created an enormous sex imbalance in the field. During the second week of October, The American Physiology Society…
Checkpoint Inhibitors: Attack on the Tumor…and Kidney
The use of checkpoint inhibitors (CPIs) has revolutionized the approach to therapy in patients with aggressive hematological and metastatic solid malignancies. These novel immunotherapies have increased overall survival for our patients with an improved overall side effect profile…
NephroTalk: Learn & Practice Advanced Communication Skills
NephroTalk is an annual 3-day course for nephrology fellows modeled on the VitalTalk courses. NephroTalk has been published and led to improved communication skills after training. The course is designed for nephrology fellows to achieve core competencies in palliative care communication skills….
Dual ANCA and Anti-GBM Positive Disease: Double Trouble?
As a medical student, I encountered two cases of pulmonary renal syndrome within a few months of each other. In both cases, both anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA) and anti-glomerular basement membrane (GBM) antibodies were identified (the so called…
Resistant Hypertension: The 2018 Update
It was the last day of ASN Kidney Week and I decided to walk to the convention center to catch a bit of downtown San Diego on the way. I was listening to a podcast that featured one…
“Let’s Talk About Peritoneal Dialysis” Post 1: The Peritoneal Equilibration Test (PET)
Welcome to a series of posts titled “Let’s Talk About Peritoneal Dialysis.” Today, we will be discussing the Peritoneal Equilibration Test (PET) that is performed in peritoneal diaysis (PD) patients. I distinctly recall my first time as a…
Point-of-Care Ultrasound (POCUS) Videos
Check out these 4 videos by Abhilash Koratala, MD, FASN from the University of Florida on point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS): Introduction to Ultrasound Point-of-Care Renal Ultrasonography POCUS of the Lung, Inferior Vena Cava, & Heart Case Studies in Renal…
