The Journal C-JASN has begun a new monthly feature: “The Nephrology Hall Of Fame”, in which each month an outstanding contributor to the field of Nephrology will be honored by an article describing their major contributions. The first-ever…
Beginning in the 2009, Nephrology became one of the final medical subspecialities (along with Endocrinology) to join the Medical Specialties Matching Program (MSMP), a division of the National Residency Matching Program, a.k.a. “The Match.” Prior to this, individual…
I saw a patient in my clinic today with the diagnosis of von Hippel-Lindau Disease. She has a Cr in the mid 2’s as a result of prior vascular disease as well as being status-post nephrectomy for a…
Check out this video I found of the alleged first-ever home dialysis patient in England. Very civilized, except for the fact that it looks like the patient is using a permanent femoral dialysis catheter–something which would be used…
Heard a very good Renal Grand Rounds yesterday from visiting professor Michael Emmett, currently chair of the Dept. of Medicine at Baylor, regarding the anion gap. Amongst the pearls I took away from his lecture: 1. “Gamblegrams” (left),…
What’s a picture of Mozart doing on the Renal Fellow Network? Fellow renal fellow Lisa Cohen gave a presentation on nephrotic syndrome at our Renal Grand Rounds and discussed evidence that Mozart, who died at the young age…
The history of IgA Nephropathy is notable, in large part due to the many famous names of medicine which are associated with it. The disease was first described in 1801 by Heberden (of “Heberden’s nodes” fame) in a…
Homer Smith is considered the Father of Renal Physiology. He was a PhD (rather than an MD) whose studies on the fish renal system are amongst the first renal physiology experiments. For instance, his work on the goosefish…
When discussing the history of dialysis, any renal fellow worth his weight in urine will know that the inventor of the first practical dialysis machine (the “rotating drum” machine shown at left, which consisted of 30-40 meters of…
