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
Urine Sediment of the Month: Another Look at Macroscopic Evaluation
Routine work with urine microscopy can lead to plenty of “surprises.” Sometimes not only the microscopic evaluation presents something new and unique, but the findings can be observed directly by looking at the sample. The original post on…
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…