Nephmadess is Back
Nephmadness, the renal counterpoint to the NCAA tournament is back again this year. It is being hosted by eAJKD and the new website looks great. I am looking forward to setting my bracket when the tournament starts on…
CJASN eJournalClub: Patient/Provider Characteristics and timing of dialysis start
CJASN’s eJournal Club has recently been revamped with host institutions presenting a chosen article at their hospital on a rotational basis and feeback gathered by the host center. This month’s journal club was hosted by the Division of…
Dream RCT in Nephrology: what would you choose?
The DreamRCT initiative, driven by Jordan Weinstein of UKidney & Joel Topf of PBFluids, has gone live. The project can be seen as an online reaction to the dearth of clinical trials in nephrology. It has been supported…
Top 10 Nephrology 2013 – Summaries
Four days left to vote for the top nephrology story of 2013. So far, the top 3 are: The CORAL Trial The Nephron-D Trial JASN paper showing improved mortality for online HDF compared with standard HD. The first…
Ten Things Every Primary Care Physician Should Know
An article from a few years ago that might provoke some discussion. Some of the recommendations are a little out of date (I don’t think I would target a Hb of 12 anymore in patients with CKD) but…
Origins of Renal Physiology
Every year we like to publicize the MDIBL origins of renal physiology course. This is a great opportunity for renal fellows and the fact that it is free apart from transportation costs is a huge bonus. This is…
New Opportunity for Future Nephrologists
The ASN has out together this video announcing a new initiative to attract trainees to nephrology early in their careers. This would involve sponsoring medical students to attend the week-long origins of renal physiology course in Bar Harbor,…
Keeping up with the Neighbours
These days, the proliferation of medical journals makes it difficult to keep up with all the changes in our field. There are a number of means that people employ to manage their reading. I personally use google reader…
Lupus Foundation of America Grant
The Lupus Foundation of America is proud to announce its new Career Development Award RFA. The purpose is to facilitate the professional development of nephrology, dermatology, and rheumatology fellows, in the U.S. and Canada, interested in lupus research towards a…
Conference Review: Home Dialysis University
It doesn’t take much to get me to take a trip to San Diego so when the opportunity came up to attend this year’s Home Dialysis University conference I booked my flight. Having lived in San Diego for…