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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…