Explore Key Topics in Nephrology

Through lectures, case discussions and board preparation sessions, Intensive Review of Nephrology provides a highly focused look at all major fields of nephrology. Harvard Medical School clinical faculty help you stay current and prepare for exams as they discuss:

• The latest options for diagnosis: what to choose, when, and why
• Current evidence-based treatment and care management strategies to optimize patient outcomes
• Improved approaches to common and complex clinical challenges
• Navigating clinical controversies
• Avoiding medical mistakes
• And more…

Expand Your Skills

Available online or via USB, Intensive Review of Nephrology provides a maximum of 44.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits ™ and 44.75 ABIM MOC points and access to unbiased, evidence-based content and case-based reviews so you can prep for exams while learning to incorporate the latest guidelines into your daily practice.

Date of Original Release: October 15, 2020
Termination Date: January 31, 2023

Topics/speakers:

Glomerulonephritis

• Renal Physiology for the Boards - Melanie P. Hoenig, MD

• Basic Concepts of Immunology in Autoimmune Kidney Disease - Ramon Bonegio, MD

• Renal Pathology in 2020: Part 1 - Helmut G. Rennke, MD

• Renal Pathology in 2020: Part 2 - Astrid Weins, MD, PhD

• Current Approaches to Urine Sediment Analysis - Martina M. McGrath, MD

• IgA Nephropathy - Gerald B. Appel, MD

• Membranous Nephropathy - Laurence H. Beck, Jr., MD, PhD

• ANCA Vasculitis - John L. Niles, MD

• Update on Lupus Nephritis - Gerald B. Appel, MD

• Metabolic Management of Kidney Stones - Gary Curhan, MD, ScD

• Anemia Management: Update and Best Practices - Ajay K. Singh, MBBS, FRCP (UK), MBA

• Glomerulonephritis: Questions & Answers Session - Gerald B. Appel, MD

• Must-Know Clinical Images in Nephrology - Ajay K. Singh, MBBS, FRCP (UK), MBA

• Must-Know Board Zebra - Emily Robinson, MD, MPH

• Nephrology Board Review Practice 1 - Finnian McCausland, MB BCh, MMSc, FRCPI

• Nephrology Board Review Practice 2 - Mallika Mendu, MD

Electrolytes and Acid Base

• Workshop: Hyponatremia and Hypernatremia - David B. Mount, MD

• Hypokalemia and Hyperkalemia - David B. Mount, MD

• Acid-Base Part I - Acidosis - Alan S.L. Yu, MB, BChir

• Acid-Base Part II - Alkalosis - Alan S.L. Yu, MB, BChir

• COVID-19 and Kidney Disease - Daniel Batlle, MD

• Genetics and Kidney Disease - Friedhelm Hildebrandt, MD

• Update on Polycystic Kidney Disease - Cristian Riella, MD

• Pediatric Nephrology - Michael J.G. Somers, MD

• Pregnancy and Renal Disease - Ravi I. Thadhani, MD, MPH

• Electrolyte and Acid Base Disorders - Questions & Answers Session - Part 1 - Alan S.L. Yu, MB, BChir

• Electrolyte and Acid Base Disorders - Questions & Answers Session - Part 2 - Alan S.L. Yu, MB, BChir

• Chronic Kidney Disease in the Community: Meeting Them Where They Are - Li-Li Hsiao, MD, PhD, FACP

Transplantation

• Why Do We Reject a Transplant? - Jamil R. Azzi, MD

• Transplant Immunosuppression for the Boards - Steven Gabardi, PharmD, BCPS, FAST, FCCP

• Immunological Assessment Pre and Post Transplant - Melissa Y. Yeung, MD and Indira Guleria, PhD

• Early Post-Transplant Management - Anil K. Chandraker, MD

• Poisonings and Intoxications: What a Nephrologist Needs to Know - Timothy B. Erickson, MD

• Late Loss of the Kidney Transplant - Andrew M. Siedlecki, MD

• Infections in Transplant Recipients - Sarah P. Hammond, MD

• COVID-19 and Transplant Patients - Enver Akalin, MD, FAST, FASN

• Renal Transplant Recipient Medical Evaluation - Jamil R. Azzi, MD

• Pre-Transplant Surgical Evaluation of Recipients - Sayeed Malek, MD, FACS

• Donor Evaluation - Kassem Safa, MD

• Late Post-Transplant Medical Complications - Leonardo V. Riella, MD, PhD

• Thrombotic Microangiopathies - Jean M. Francis, MD

• Geriatric Nephrology - Ernest I. Mandel, MD

• Transplant Cases: Board Review Practice - Melissa Y. Yeung, MD, and Edgar L. Milford, MD

• Transplant Board Review - Leonardo V. Riella, MD, PhD

CKD and General Nephrology

• Update on Renovascular Disease - Joseph M. Garasic, MD

• Management of Hypertension after SPRINT - Richard J. Glassock, MD

• Secondary Hypertension: Primary Aldosteronism and Pheochromocytoma - Anand Vaidya, MD, MMSc

• Cardiorenal Syndrome - Finnian R. McCausland, MB BCh, MMSc, FRCPI

• Liver and the Kidney - Andrew S. Allegretti, MD, MSc

Acute Kidney Injury

• Pathophysiology of Acute Kidney Injury - Joseph V. Bonventre, MD, PhD

• Acute Kidney Injury Syndromes - Alice Sheridan, MD

• ICU Nephrology and Continuous Renal Replacement Therapies - David J.R. Steele, MB BCh

• COVID-19 in the ICU - Jeremy B. Richards, MD

• Cancer and Acute Kidney Injury - Albert Q. Lam, MD

• Paraprotein Induced Kidney Injury - Albert Q. Lam, MD

• FSGS: A Lesion, Not a Disease - Richard J. Glassock, MD

• Interstitial Nephritis: Overview for the Boards - Julie M. Paik, MD, ScD, MPH

• APOL1 and Kidney Disease - Martin R. Pollak, MD

Dialysis

• Dialysis Dosing - J. Kevin Tucker, MD

• Mineral and Bone Disease - David Bushinsky, MD

• Dialysis: A Case-Based Clinical Review and Update - J. Kevin Tucker, MD

• Pearls in Mineral and Bone Disease - David Bushinsky, MD

• Chronic Kidney Disease Epidemiology: A 2019 Update - Gearoid M. McMahon, MB BCh

• Peritoneal Dialysis - Joanne M. Bargman, MD, FRCPC

• Peritoneal Dialysis Complications - Joanne M. Bargman, MD, FRCPC

• COVID-19 and Patients on Dialysis - Giuliano Brunori, MD

• Renal Ultrasound for the Clinical Nephrologist - Adina S. Voiculescu, MD

• Dialysis Vascular Access: Assessment and Complications - Dirk M. Hentschel, MD