Harvard Comprehensive Updates in Nephrology 2024
March 17-22 2024
Full day 6 course videos +PDFs
UPDATES, ADVANCES AND PRACTICAL INFORMATION YOU CAN USE NOW TO SCREEN, DIAGNOSE AND MANAGE PATIENTS WITH KIDNEY DISEASE
With more than 50 interactive lectures and case-based sessions, this program provides a comprehensive update of the most important changes now impacting Nephrology with guidance on how to incorporate these changes into your clinical practice to optimize patient care and improve outcomes.
Many practicing nephrologists and physicians find it difficult to keep up with the rapid scientific and technological advances in renal care because medicine is changing at a faster pace than ever before. This live-streaming and fast-paced educational offering is taught by world-renowned experts and Harvard Medical School’s leading clinical faculty. The most important updates and advances in the diagnosis and treatment of kidney diseases will be taught, including practical information that you can use now to provide exceptional patient care.
We will address pathophysiologic and clinical issues in the major areas of nephrology, including:
- Glomerular disease
- Acute renal failure
- Renal transplantation
- Xenotransplantion
- Immunosuppressive management
- Hypertension
- Pregnancy and renal disease
- COVID-19
- Acid-base and fluid and electrolyte disorders
- Potassium balance
- Renal imaging
- Bone mineral disorders
- Lupus nephritis
- Diuretic resistance
- Dialysis
- Renal stones
- Polycystic kidney disease
- Genetic renal diseases
- Cardiorenal and hepatorenal syndrome
Presenters will also discuss diagnostic testing, well-recognized medical complications, evidence-based treatment plans and provide specific management strategies and recommendations to optimize care.
HIGHLIGHTS OF THIS PROGRAM INCLUDE
- Latest guidelines and management options for hypertension
- Expert discussions on the management of IgA Nephropathy, Membranous Nephropathy, Minimal Change Disease and FSGS
- Up-to-date guidance on genetic testing and its role in the CKD clinic
- Comprehensive overview of kidney transplantation including infections, malignancies, and well-recognized general complications
- Important updates on immunosuppressive therapies for kidney transplant recipients, including novel therapies
- Best practices for managing dialysis access and peritoneal dialysis, including complications
- State-of-the-art sessions on the physiology of electrolyte and acid base disorders
This is an excellent opportunity to learn the latest “best practices” and enhance your clinical skills. Both new and returning attendees will benefit from the comprehensive curriculum
Sunday, March 17, 2024
7:55am – 8:00am Introduction and Welcome
8:00am – 8:46am State-of-the-Art Approaches to Ronald J. Falk, MD
Small-Vessel Vasculitis
8:46am – 9:33am Renal Disease and Pregnancy* S. Ananth Karumanchi, MD
9:33am – 9:45am Question-and-Answer Session Falk, Karumanchi
9:45am – 10:00am BREAK AND GUIDED MEDITATION
10:00am – 10:50am Membranous Glomerulopathy and Focal Ronald J. Falk, MD
Segmental Glomerulosclerosis, Minimal
Change Disease
10:50am – 11:30am IgA Nephropathy and H-S Purpura: Ronald J. Falk, MD
Individualizing Therapy
11:30am – 11:35am BREAK
11:35am – 11:55am Question-and-Answer Session Falk
11:55am – 12:45pm Lunch Break
12:45pm – 1:35pm Prevention and Treatment of Common Adam M. Segal, MD, FASN
PD Complications: An Interactive Session
Q&A
1:35pm – 2:20pm Detours in Hypertension: Evaluation and Bradley M. Denker, MD
Management*
Q&A
2:20pm – 2:35pm BREAK AND REJUVENATION EXERCISES
2:35pm – 3:40pm Prevention and Treatment of Acute Kidney Paul M. Palevsky, MD
Injury: A Comprehensive Primer*
3:40pm –3:45pm BREAK
3:45pm – 4:45pm Optimizing Renal Support in Acute Paul M. Palevsky, MD
Kidney Injury: Case-Based Discussions
4:45pm – 5:00pm Question-and-Answer Session Palevsky
Monday, March 18, 2024
SELF-STUDY SESSION
On-Demand Acid-Base: Elementary Issues Michael Emmett, MD
8:00am – 8:56am The Anion Gap: An Enduring Concept Michael Emmett, MD
for Over 100 Years
8:56am – 10:03am Case-Based Workshop: Acid-Base Michael Emmett, MD
Clinical Cases
10:03am – 10:20am BREAK AND GUIDED MEDITATION
10:20am – 10:30am Question-and-Answer Session Emmett
Burton D. Rose Keynote Presentation
10:30am – 11:33am Relation Between Salt and Water Richard H. Sterns, MD
11:33am – 11:40am BREAK
11:40am – 12:33pm Case-Based Workshop: Fluid and Richard H. Sterns, MD
Electrolytes
12:33am – 12:45pm Question-and-Answer Session Sterns
12:45pm – 1:30pm Lunch Break
1:30pm – 2:10pm The Management of the Incidentally Anand Vaidya, MD, MMSc
Discovered Adrenal Mass
2:10pm – 3:10pm Endocrine Hypertension: Primary Anand Vaidya, MD, MMSc
Aldosteronism and Pheochromocytoma
3:10pm – 3:20pm Question-and-Answer Session Vaidya
3:20pm – 3:35pm BREAK AND REJUVENATION EXERCISES
3:35pm – 4:05pm Ophthalmology Update for the Deborah S. Jacobs, MD
Nephrologist
Q&A
4:05pm – 5:05pm Pathology and Mechanisms of Glomerular Astrid Weins, PhD, MD
Diseases
Q&A
5:05pm – 5:10pm BREAK AND STRETCH
5:10pm – 6:05pm The Forgotten Compartment: Tales Melanie P. Hoenig, MD
from the Tubulointerstitium
Q&A
Tuesday March 19, 2024
8:00am – 8:55am Updates on the Management of Chronic Bradley M. Denker, MD
Kidney Disease*
Q&A
8:55am – 9:37am Advanced Kidney Disease in Vulnerable Robert A. Cohen, MD, MSc
Patients: Prognosis and Treatment
Decision Conversations*
Q&A
9:37am – 9:55am BREAK AND GUIDED MEDITATION
9:55am – 10:46am Immunosuppressive Management in Daniel C. Brennan, MD, FACP
Acute Infection and Malignancy in
Renal Transplantation*
10:46am – 11:10am Human Xenotransplantation* Daniel C. Brennan, MD, FACP
11:10am – 11:25am Question-and-Answer Session Brennan
11:25am – 11:55am Amyloidosis: A Primer for the Nephrologist Ashish Verma, MBBS
Q&A
11:55am – 12:45pm Lunch Break
12:45pm – 1:15pm APOL1-Associated Kidney Disease Martin Pollak, MD
1:15pm – 1:47pm Comprehensive Genetic Analysis Ali Gharavi, MD
in Nephrology
1:47pm – 2:00pm Question-and-Answer Session Pollak, Gharavi
2:00pm – 2:15pm BREAK AND REJUVENATION EXERCISES
2:15pm – 3:05pm Hemodialysis Delivery: Complications J. Kevin Tucker, MD
and the Barriers to Adequate Dialysis*
Q&A
3:05pm – 4:00pm Disorders of Potassium Balance: Melanie P. Hoenig, MD
Something Old and Something New*
Q&A
4:00pm – 4:05pm BREAK
4:05pm – 5:10pm Advances in Phosphate Homeostasis Myles S. Wolf, MD, MMSc
Management
Q&A
Wednesday, March 20, 2024
8:00am – 8:50am What’s New? Controversies in Salt and Mark L. Zeidel, MD
Water
Q&A
8:50am – 9:48am Management of the Failing Kidney: Martha Pavlakis, MD
Best Practices for Care*
9:48am – 10:05am BREAK AND REJUVENATION EXERCISES
10:05am – 10:54am Maintenance of Immunosuppression in Martha Pavlakis, MD
Renal Transplantation
10:54am – 11:00am BREAK
11:00am – 11:50am Noninfectious Complications of Renal Martha Pavlakis, MD
Transplantation
11:50am – 12:05pm Question-and-Answer Session Pavlakis
12:05pm – 12:55pm Lunch Break
12:55pm – 1:45pm A Comprehensive Overview of Bradley M. Denker, MD
Hypertension Management in 2024
Q&A
1:45pm – 2:30pm Novel Dialysis Modalities for Chronic John Danziger, MD
Patients
2:30pm – 2:45pm BREAK AND REJUVENATION EXERCISES
2:45pm – 3:30pm Case-Based Workshop: Problems John Danziger, MD
in Dialysis
3:30pm – 3:40pm Question-and-Answer Session Danziger
3:40pm – 3:45pm BREAK
3:45pm – 4:40pm Challenges in Dialysis Access Amy R. Evenson, MD, MPH
Q&A
Thursday, March 21, 2024
8:00am – 8:38am Management of Nondiabetic Chronic George L. Bakris, MD, FASH, FASN
Kidney Disease
8:38am – 9:08am Management of Hypertension in George L. Bakris, MD, FASH, FASN
Nephropathy and Diabetes: An Update
9:08am – 9:25am Question-and-Answer Session Bakris
9:25am – 9:40am BREAK AND GUIDED MEDITATION
9:40am – 10:25am Challenging Clinical Questions: Robert S. Brown, MD
Case-Based Session
Q&A
10:25am – 10:50am Anemia in CKD and ESKD: What We Jeffrey H. William, MD
Know and What We Are Learning
Q&A
10:50am – 10:55am BREAK
10:55am – 12:00pm Case-Based Workshop: Challenging Helmut G. Rennke, MD
Cases in Glomerular Disease
Q&A
12:00pm – 12:50pm Lunch Break
12:50pm – 1:42pm Treating Lupus Nephritis in 2024 Gerald B. Appel, MD
1:42pm – 2:27pm Renal Aspects of Dysproteinemias Gerald B. Appel, MD
2:27pm – 2:45pm BREAK AND REJUVENATION EXERCISES
2:45pm – 3:45pm Case-Based Workshop: Challenging Gerald B. Appel, MD
Glomerular Biopsy Cases
3:45pm – 4:10pm Question-and-Answer Session Appel
Friday, March 22, 2024
8:00am – 8:39am Selected Management Issues in Jai Radhakrishnan, MD, MS
Nephrotic Syndrome
8:39am – 9:30am Management of Polycystic Kidney Peter G. Czarnecki, MD
Disease
9:30am – 9:45am Question-and-Answer Session Radhakrishnan, Czarnecki
9:45am – 10:00am BREAK AND GUIDED MEDITATION
10:00am – 10:50am Diuretic Strategies in CHF, NS, Cirrhosis Jai Radhakrishnan, MD, MS
and CKD
10:50am – 11:46am Diagnosis and Management of Jai Radhakrishnan, MD, MS
Thrombotic Microangiopathies
11:46am – 12:05pm Question-and-Answer Session Radhakrishnan
12:05pm – 12:55pm Lunch Break
12:55pm – 1:50pm What Urologists Wish Nephrologists Peter Steinberg, MD
Would Know
Q&A
1:50pm – 2:45pm A Comprehensive Look at Renal Stones: Gary C. Curhan, MD, ScD
Strategies and Treatment Options
Q&A
2:45pm – 3:00pm BREAK AND REJUVENATION EXERCISES
3:00pm – 4:00pm Highlights from the GlomCon Conferences Ali Poyan Mehr, MD
Q&A Isaac Stillman, MD
4:00pm – 5:00pm Challenging Cases in Renal Disease: Stewart H. Lecker, MD, PhD
An Interactive Session
Q&A
5:00pm – 5:05pm Closing Remarks
