Intensive Review of Nephrology 2023

Overview

Intensive Review of Nephrology 2023 is a comprehensive on-demand digital education program designed to strengthen clinical knowledge and exam preparedness in the field of nephrology. This extensive course includes a rich collection of videos and PDF materials that cover state-of-the-art topics in renal medicine, presenting advances and clinical techniques essential for nephrologists and related specialists.

On-demand nephrology education — accessible anytime, anywhere.

Format: Videos, PDFs
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Agenda

This program features over 90 sessions including case-based lectures, Q&A discussions, and board exam preparation with nationally recognized speakers. Content emphasis is placed on practical clinical updates and relevant advances across major nephrology topics:

• Renal Physiology for the Boards — Melanie P. Hoenig, MD
• Basic Concepts of Immunology in Autoimmune Kidney Disease — Ramon Bonegio, MD
• Question and Answer Session — Faculty
• Renal Pathology in 2023 – Part 1 – Nephritic Conditions — Helmut G. Rennke, MD
• Renal Pathology in 2023 – Part 2 – Nephritic Syndrome — Astrid Weins, MD, PhD
• Current Approaches to Urine Sediment Analysis — Martina M. McGrath, MD
• Question and Answer Session — Faculty
• Pathogenesis, Diagnosis, and Treatment of IgA Nephropathy — Gerald B. Appel, MD
• Metabolic Management of Kidney Stones — Gary Curhan, MD, ScD
• Social Determinants – Disparities in Renal Disease — Winfred W. Williams, Jr., MD
• Question and Answer Session — Faculty
• Update on Lupus Nephritis — Gerald B. Appel, MD
• Membranous Nephropathy — Laurence H. Beck, Jr., MD, PhD
• Anemia Management – Update and Best Practices — Ajay K. Singh, MBBS, FRCP (UK), MBA
• Question and Answer Session — Faculty
• Acid-Base Disorders Part I – Anion Gap Metabolic Acidosis — Alan S.L. Yu, MB, BChir
• Acid-Base Disorders II – Non-Gap Acidosis and Metabolic Alkalosis — Alan S.L. Yu, MB, BChir
• Question and Answer Session — Faculty
• Hyponatremia and Hypernatremia — David B. Mount, MD
• Hypokalemia and Hyperkalemia — David B. Mount, MD
• Question and Answer Session — Faculty
• Important New Trials in Glomerular Disease — Saif Abdulkarim Muhsin, MB BCh
• Genetics and Kidney Disease — Friedhelm Hildebrandt, MD
• Update on Polycystic Kidney Disease — Cristian Riella, MD
• Pediatric Nephrology — Michael J.G. Somers, MD
• Genetics – How to Integrate It into Practice — Ana Onuchic-Whitford, MD
• Rapidly Progressive Glomerulonephritis — John L. Niles, MD
• Question and Answer Session — Faculty
• Why Do We Reject a Transplant? — Jamil R. Azzi, MD
• Transplant Immunosuppression for the Boards — Steven Gabardi, PharmD, BCPS, FAST, FCCP
• Question and Answer Session — Faculty
• Immunological Assessment Pre- and Post-Transplant — Melissa Y. Yeung, MD and Indira Guleria, PhD
• Early Post-Transplant Management — Anil K. Chandraker, MD
• Question and Answer Session — Faculty
• Donor Evaluation — Kassem Safa, MD
• Late Loss of the Kidney Transplant — John Choi, MD
• Infections in Transplant Recipients — Sarah P. Hammond, MD
• Monitoring Kidney Transplant Patients – Beyond Creatinine — Jamil R. Azzi, MD
• Pre-Transplant Surgical Evaluation of Recipients — Saif Abdulkarim Muhsin, MB BCh
• Question and Answer Session — Faculty
• Poisonings and Intoxications – What a Nephrologist Needs to Know — Timothy B. Erickson, MD
• Late Post-Transplant Medical Complications — Leonardo V. Riella, MD, PhD
• Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome (HUS) and Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura (TTP) — Jean M. Francis, MD
• Geriatric Nephrology — Ernest I. Mandel, MD
• Pathophysiology and Treatment of Diabetic Kidney Disease — Gearoid M. McMahon, MB BCh
• Management of Hypertension in CKD-Intensive or Standard Regimens — Richard J. Glassock, MD
• Question and Answer Session — Faculty
• Primary Aldosteronism — Anand Vaidya, MD, MMSc
• Xenotransplantation – The ImPossible Solution — Jayme E. Locke, MD, MPH, FACS, FAST
• Liver and the Kidney — Andrew S. Allegretti, MD, MSc
• 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
• Question and Answer Session — Faculty
• Acute Kidney Injury in Cancer — Raad Chowdhury, MD
• Dysproteinemia and Kidney Disease – The Clone Wars — Raad Chowdhury, MD
• Therapy of Focal and Segmental Glomerulosclerosis (FSGS) Lesions in 2023 — Richard J. Glassock, MD
• Cardio-Renal Syndrome — Finnian R. McCausland, MB BCh, MMSc, FRCPI
• APOL1 and Kidney Disease — Opeyemi Olabisi, MD, PhD
• Question and Answer Session — Faculty
• Patient Perspective – Dialysis Dosing — Moderators: J. Kevin Tucker, MD and Paul Moore, RN, Dialysis Patients: Daphne Bryant and Vanessa Evans
• Chronic Kidney Disease – Mineral and Bone Disease — David Bushinsky, MD
• Question and Answer Session — Faculty
• 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 — Gearoid M. McMahon, MB BCh
• Question and Answer Session — Faculty
• Introduction to Peritoneal Dialysis — Joanne M. Bargman, MD, FRCPC
• Complications of Peritoneal Dialysis — Joanne M. Bargman, MD, FRCPC
• Acute Kidney Injury Related to Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors — Shruti Gupta, MD
• Mesoamerican Nephropathy — Ricardo Correa-Rotter, MD
• Renal Ultrasound for the Clinical Nephrologist — Adina S. Voiculescu, MD
• Dialysis Vascular Access – Assessment and Complications — Dirk M. Hentschel, MD
• Glomerulonephritis – Questions & Answers Session — Gerald B. Appel, MD
• Must-Know Clinical Images in Nephrology — Ajay K. Singh, MBBS, FRCP (UK), MBA
• Electrolytes and Acid-Base Practice for the Boards – Part 1 — Alan S.L. Yu, MB, BChir
• Electrolytes and Acid-Base Practice for the Boards – Part 2 — Alan S.L. Yu, MB, BChir
• Chronic Kidney Disease in the Community – Leveraging Resources Effectively, Lessons Learned from KDSAP — Li-Li Hsiao, MD, PhD, FACP
• COVID-19 Vaccination Response in Transplant Patients — Ann Woolley, MD
• Update on Renovascular Disease — Joseph M. Garasic, MD
• Pre-Transplant Surgical Evaluation of Recipients — Sayeed Malek, MD
• Immunologic Basis of Kidney Disease — Vivek Kasinath, MD
• Use of Checkpoint Inhibitors in Kidney Transplant Recipients — Naoka Murakami, MD, PhD
• Interstitial Nephritis – Overview for the Boards — Julie M. Paik, MD, ScD, MPH
• Ethics in Nephrology — Valerie Luyckx, MD, MB BCh
• Pregnancy and Renal Disease — Jessica Tangren, MD
• Transplant Cases: Board Review Practice — Melissa Y. Yeung, MD and Edgar L. Milford, MD
• Transplant Board Review — Anil K. Chandraker, MD
• Must-Know Board Zebras — Emily Robinson, MD, MPH
• Nephrology Board Review Practice 1 — Finnian McCausland, MB BCh, MMSc, FRCPI
• Nephrology Board Review Practice 2 — Mallika Mendu, MD

Learning Objectives

Upon completion of this activity, participants will be able to:

• Summarize current/recommended nephrology guidelines in clinical practice
• Explain the differential diagnosis of complex clinical presentations of patients with renal disorders
• Identify and integrate current therapeutic options for specific renal disorders
• Review and interpret up-to-date literature relevant to clinical practice
• Describe pathophysiological mechanisms as they apply to management of renal disease
• Synthesize teachings to better performance on the ABIM Nephrology certification/recertification examinations

ACGME Competencies

This course is designed to meet one or more of the following Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education Competencies:

• Patient Care and Procedural Skills
• Medical Knowledge
• Practice-Based Learning and Improvement

Speakers

• Melanie P. Hoenig, MD
• Ramon Bonegio, MD
• Helmut G. Rennke, MD
• Astrid Weins, MD, PhD
• Martina M. McGrath, MD
• Gerald B. Appel, MD
• Gary Curhan, MD, ScD
• Winfred W. Williams, Jr., MD
• Laurence H. Beck, Jr., MD, PhD
• Ajay K. Singh, MBBS, FRCP (UK), MBA
• Alan S.L. Yu, MB, BChir
• David B. Mount, MD
• Saif Abdulkarim Muhsin, MB BCh
• Friedhelm Hildebrandt, MD
• Cristian Riella, MD
• Michael J.G. Somers, MD
• Ana Onuchic-Whitford, MD
• John L. Niles, MD
• Jamil R. Azzi, MD
• Steven Gabardi, PharmD, BCPS, FAST, FCCP
• Melissa Y. Yeung, MD
• Indira Guleria, PhD
• Anil K. Chandraker, MD
• Kassem Safa, MD
• John Choi, MD
• Sarah P. Hammond, MD
• Timothy B. Erickson, MD
• Leonardo V. Riella, MD, PhD
• Jean M. Francis, MD
• Ernest I. Mandel, MD
• Gearoid M. McMahon, MB BCh
• Richard J. Glassock, MD
• Anand Vaidya, MD, MMSc
• Jayme E. Locke, MD, MPH, FACS, FAST
• Andrew S. Allegretti, MD, MSc
• Joseph V. Bonventre, MD, PhD
• Alice Sheridan, MD
• David J.R. Steele, MB BCh
• Raad Chowdhury, MD
• Finnian R. McCausland, MB BCh, MMSc, FRCPI
• Opeyemi Olabisi, MD, PhD
• J. Kevin Tucker, MD
• Paul Moore, RN (Moderator)
• Daphne Bryant (Dialysis Patient)
• Vanessa Evans (Dialysis Patient)
• David Bushinsky, MD
• Joanne M. Bargman, MD, FRCPC
• Shruti Gupta, MD
• Ricardo Correa-Rotter, MD
• Adina S. Voiculescu, MD
• Dirk M. Hentschel, MD
• Li-Li Hsiao, MD, PhD, FACP
• Ann Woolley, MD
• Joseph M. Garasic, MD
• Sayeed Malek, MD
• Vivek Kasinath, MD
• Naoka Murakami, MD, PhD
• Julie M. Paik, MD, ScD, MPH
• Valerie Luyckx, MD, MB BCh
• Jessica Tangren, MD
• Edgar L. Milford, MD
• Emily Robinson, MD, MPH
• Mallika Mendu, MD

This program is published by Oakstone and is aligned with continuing medical education in nephrology.

Target Audience

This course is intended for clinical and academic nephrologists, internists, pediatricians, and primary care physicians or trainees preparing for ABIM nephrology certification or recertification examinations and for those seeking a thorough update in renal medicine and its subspecialties.

Why This Topic Matters

Intensive Review of Nephrology 2023 provides a comprehensive and current synthesis of nephrology knowledge relevant to clinical practice and board preparation within the specialty. This course addresses evolving diagnostic techniques, treatment options, and research integration critical to patient care.

Access to this program via MedHub Central supports clinicians in maintaining expertise, strengthening clinical confidence, and staying informed about key advances in nephrology without interruption by time or location constraints.