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#NephMadness 2020: Vaccines Region

March 13, 2020 // 0 Comments

Submit your picks! | NephMadness 2020 | #NephMadness | #VaccineRegion Selection Committee Member: Ibironke Apata Ibironke Apata is an Assistant Professor in the Renal Division at Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA. She is a [read more...]

#NephMadness 2019: Hypertension Region

March 15, 2019 // 1 Comment

Submit your picks! | NephMadness 2019 | #NephMadness | #HTNRegion Selection Committee Member: Susan Steigerwalt Susan Steigerwalt has been a hypertension specialist and nephrologist since 1986. She is a clinical Associate Professor at the [read more...]

#NephMadness 2019: Pain Region

March 15, 2019 // 3 Comments

Submit your picks! | NephMadness 2019 | #NephMadness | #PainRegion Selection Committee Member: David Juurlink David Juurlink is a staff internist and head of the Division of Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology (DCPT) at Sunnybrook. He is [read more...]

#KidneyWk 2018: Shaping the Future of Nephrology Education

November 6, 2018 // 0 Comments

The “Shaping the Future of Nephrology Education” session was held at the ASN KidneyWk on Oct 26, 2018. This Kidney Week session, always filled with wonderful innovations in education, was moderated by two leaders in nephrology [read more...]

Kidney CRISPR: How Close Are We?

August 10, 2018 // 0 Comments

CRISPR (clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats) gene editing is making huge waves in biomedical research. In fact, the lay press is devoting significant coverage to CRISPR as well. See this interesting piece on CRISPR from 60 [read more...]

Increasing Familiarity with Nephrology Among Internal Medicine Interns

August 4, 2017 // 2 Comments

Nephrology is currently undergoing a renaissance in education. These are exciting times to be involved in nephrology. We are beginning to see multiple stakeholders invest in education at both the local and national level. Clinicians, researchers, [read more...]

#NephMadness 2017: Biomedical Research Region

March 7, 2017 // 1 Comment

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Submit your picks! | NephMadness 2017 | #NephMadness or #BioMedRegion The 2017 edition of NephMadness features 4 techniques that have or will alter the face of biomedical research. This is a who’s who of cutting-edge research, all with [read more...]

E-Consultation in Nephrology

December 13, 2016 // 1 Comment

The use of electronic (e-) consultation in nephrology has the potential to have a positive impact on patient care. This benefit can come in a variety of forms. First, the nephrologist will be able to make recommendations for a greater number of [read more...]

The State of Procedures in Nephrology Fellowships

July 19, 2016 // 8 Comments

Nephrology fellows have seen a decline in the number of procedures performed over the last several years. In fact, some have questioned whether or not it is even necessary to continue training nephrologists to perform certain procedures. Most [read more...]

NephMadness 2016: Let the Madness Begin

March 10, 2016 // 1 Comment

What is NephMadness? NephMadness is an homage to the NCAA Basketball Tournament, March Madness, but while the basketball tournament seeds the top ranked basketball teams, we use some of the most important, newest, and controversial concepts in [read more...]

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