ELECTROLYTES AND ACID BASE

• Basic Physiology for Tackling
  Electrolyte/Acid Base Cases
• Electrolytes and Acid Base:
  Practice for the Boards
  Alan S.L. Yu, MD

• Hyponatremia and Hypernatremia
  
• Hypokalemia and Hyperkalemia
  
• Metabolic Acidosis and Metabolic Alkalosis
• Take-Home Messages
  David B. Mount, MD

GLOMERULONEPHRITIS

• Pathology Refresher
  Helmut G. Rennke, MD
  

• IgA Nephropathy
  Gerald B. Appel, MD
  

• Lupus Nephritis for the Boards
  Brad H. Rovin, MD

• Nephrology Board Review 1 (Glomerulonephritis)
  Gerald B. Appel, MD

• Workshop: Challenging Hematuria
  Cases for the Boards
  Brad H. Rovin, MD

• Rapid Progressive Glomerulonephritis (RPGN)
• Nephrotic Syndrome
  David J. Salant, MD

• Genetic Renal Disease: Overview
  Martin A. Pollak, MD

• Pediatric Kidney Disease: A Board Primer
  Julie R. Ingelfinger, MD

• Polycystic Kidney Disease
  
• Complications of PKD
  Vicente A. Torres, MD, PhD

• Light Chain Deposition Disease
  and Amyloidosis
  Laura M. Dember, MD

• Pregnancy and Renal Disease
  S. Ananth Karumanchi, MD

• Must Know Clinical Images for the Boards
• Take Home Messages
• Nephrology Board Review 2
  Ajay K. Singh, MD

• Interstitial Nephritis: An Overview
  for the Boards
  Li-Li Hsaio, MD, PhD

• Must Know Board Zebras
  Emily S. Robinson, MD

CKD AND GENERAL NEPHROLOGY

• Workshop: Kidney Stone Cases
  Gary C. Curhan, MD, ScD

• Hypertension: An Overview
  John Forman, MD

• Cardiovascular Disease and Renal Disease
  David M. Charytan, MD, MSc

• Renovascular Disease
  Joseph M. Garasic, MD

ACUTE KIDNEY INJURY

• Pathophysiology of AKI
  Joseph V. Bonventre, MD, PhD

• CVVH: An Overview
  Kenneth B. Christopher, MD

• AKI Syndromes
• Take Home Messages
  Sushrut S. Waikar, MD

• AKI and Cancer
  Benjamin Humphreys, MD, PhD

• Nephrology Board Review 3
  David M. Charytan, MD, MSc

• CPC
  Martina McGrath, MD, Vanessa Bijol, MD
  Mark Sarnak, MD, MS

• Nephrology Board Review 4
  Bradley M. Denker, MD

CKD (Cont'd) AND DIALYSIS

• Dialysis: An Overview for the Boards
• Poisonings and Intoxications
• Take-Home Messages
  J. Kevin Tucker, MD

• The Role of Hyperphosphatemia in the
  Pathogenesis of Vascular Calcification:
  Clinical Implications
  David Bushinsky, MD

• Dialysis Dose
• Dialysis Pearls for the Boards
  John T. Daugirdas, MD

• Dialysis Vascular Access
  Dirk M. Hentschel, MD, PhD

• Peritoneal Dialysis: An Overview
• PD Complications
  Joanne M. Bargman, MD

• Epo in Anemia Management
  Ajay K. Singh, MD

• Dialysis Complications
  Bertrand Jaber, MD

• Iron in Anemia Management
  Nephrology Board Review 5
  Steven M. Brunelli, MD

• Nephrology Board Review 6
  Julie Lin, MD

TRANSPLANTATION

• Key Transplant Studies - What You
  Should Know for the Boards
• Take-Home Messages in Transplantation
  Anil Chandraker, MD

• Transplantation Immunobiology for
  the Boards
  Nader Najafian, MD

• Transplant Immunosuppression
  for the Boards
  Steven Gabardi, PharmD, BCPS
  Anil Chandraker, MD

• Tissue Typing — a Boards Primer
  Edgar L. Milford, MD

• Pre-Transplant Evaluation of Recipients
  Nidyanandh Vadivel, MD

• Living Donor Evaluation
  Julie Lin, MD

• Deceased Donor Evaluation
  Didier Mandelbrot, MD

• Early Post-Transplant Medical& Surgical
  Complications: Cases for the Boards
  Nidyanandh Vadivel, MD,
  Syeed Malek, MD
  Stefan G. Tullius, MD, PhD

• Late Post-Transplant Medical Complications
  Leonardo Riella, MD

• Infections in Immunocompromised Hosts
  Sarah P. Hammond, MD

• Renal Pathology for the Boards
  Vanessa Bijol, MD

• Transplant Board Review
  Martha Pavlakis, MD

COURSE DIRECTORS

Ajay K. Singh, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical
School and Physician, Renal Division, Brigham
and Women's Hospital, Boston

HARVARD FACULTY

Vanesa Bijol, MD
Instructor in Pathology and Lab Medicine,
Harvard Medical School and Attending Renal
Pathologist, Brigham and Women’s Hospital,
Boston

Joseph V. Bonventre, MD, PhD
Robert E. Ebert Professor of Medicine, Harvard
Medical School, Director, Renal Division,
Brigham and Women’s Hospital, and Director,
Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and
Technology, Boston

Steven M. Brunelli, MD
Lecturer in Medicine, Harvard Medical School
and Associate Physician, Renal Division,
Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston

David M. Charytan, MD, MSc
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical
School and Associate Physician, Renal Division,
Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston

Kenneth B. Christopher, MD
Instructor in Medicine, Harvard Medical
School and Associate Physician, Renal Division,
Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston

Gary C. Curhan, MD, ScD
Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard
Medical School, and Physician, Renal Division,
Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston

Bradley M. Denker, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard
Medical School and Physician, Renal Division,
Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Chief of
Nephrology, Harvard Vanguard Medical
Associates, Boston and Chairman, Medical
Advisory board, NKF Serving New England

John P. Forman, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical
School and Associate Physician, Renal Division,
Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston

Steven Gabardi, PharMD, BCPS
Instructor in Medicine, Harvard Medical School
and Abdominal Organ Transplant Clinical
Specialist & Program Director, PGY-2 Organ
Transplant Pharmacology Residency,
Departments of Pharmacy Services/Transplant
Surgery/Renal Division, Brigham and Women’s
Hospital, Boston

Joseph M. Garasic, MD
Instructor in Medicine, Harvard Medical School
and Assistant Physician, Division of Cardiology,
Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston

Sarah P. Hammond, MD
Instructor in Medicine, Harvard Medical School
and Associate Physician, Division of Infectious
Diseases, Department of Medicine, Brigham and
Women's Hospital, Boston

Li-Li Hsiao, MD
Instructor in Medicine, Harvard Medical School
and Associate Physician, Renal Division,
Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston

Dirk M. Hentschel, MD
Instructor in Medicine, Harvard Medical
School and Associate Physician, Renal Division,
Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston

Benjamin Humphreys, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical
School and Associate Physician, Renal Division,
Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston

Julie R. Ingelfinger, MD
Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School,
and Senior Consultant in Pediatric Nephrology,
Massachusetts General Hospital for Children at
MGH, Boston

S. Ananth Karumanchi, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical
School, and Attending Physician, Division of
Nephrology and Senior Scientist, Department of
Obstetrics and Gynecology, Beth Israel Deaconess
Medical Center, Boston

Julie Lin, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard
Medical School and Physician, Renal Division,
Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston

Syeed Malek, MD, FACS
Instructor in Surgery, Harvard Medical School
and Clinical Director of Transplant Surgery,
Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston

Didier Mandelbrot, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard
Medical School and Director of the Living
Kidney Donor Program, Beth Israel Deaconess
Medical Center, Boston

Edgar L. Milford, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard
Medical School and Physician, Renal Division,
Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston

David B. Mount, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard
Medical School, Associate Physician, Renal
Division, Brigham and Women’s Hospital and
Staff Physician, Division of General Internal
Medicine, VA Boston Healthcare System, Boston

Nader Najafian, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical
School and Associate Physician, Renal Division,
Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston

Martha Pavlakis, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard
Medical School and Medical Director, Kidney
and Pancreas Transplantation, Transplant
Institute, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical
Center, Boston

Martin Pollak, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard
Medical School and Director, Renal Division,
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston

Helmut G. Rennke, MD
Professor of Pathology, Harvard Medical School
and Staff Pathologist and Director of Renal
Pathology Laboratory, Brigham and Women’s
Hospital, Boston

Leonardo Riella, MD
Clinical Fellow in Medicine, Harvard Medical
School, Renal Division, Brigham and Women’s
Hospital, Boston

Emily S. Robinson, MD
Instructor in Medicine, Harvard Medical School
and Associate Physician, Renal Division,
Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston

J. Kevin Tucker, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard
Medical School and Associate Physician and
Director, Joint BWH-MGH Nephrology
Fellowship Program, Renal Division, Brigham
and Women’s Hospital, Boston

Stefan G. Tullius, MD, PhD
Associate Professor of Surgery, Harvard
Medical School and Chief, Division of
Transplant Surgery, Brigham and Women’s
Hospital, Boston

Nidyanandh Vadivel, MD
Instructor in Medicine, Harvard Medical School
and Associate Physician, Renal Division,
Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston

Sushrut S. Waikar, MD
Instructor in Medicine, Harvard Medical School
and Associate Physician, Renal Division,
Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston

GUEST FACULTY

Gerald B. Appel, MD
Professor of Clinical Medicine, Columbia
University College of Physicians & Surgeons
and Director of Clinical Nephrology, Columbua
University Medical Center, New York, NY

Joanne M. Bargman, MD, FRCPC
Professor of Medicine, University of Toronto
and Director, Peritoneal Dialysis Program,
University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario,
Canada

John T. Daugirdas, MD
Editor, HDCN.com and Clinical Professor of
Medicine and Physician, Section of Nephrology,
Department of Medicine, UIC College of
Medicine, Chicago, IL

Laura M. Dember, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine, Boston
University School of Medicine and Staff
Physician, Renal Section, Boston University
Medical Center, Boston, MA

Bertrand L. Jaber, MD, MS, FASN
Associate Professor of Medicine, Tufts
University School of Medicine and Vice Chair
for Clinical Affairs, Department of Medicine,
Caritas St. Elizabeth’s Medical Center,
Newton, MA

Brad H. Rovin, MD, FACP, FASN
Professor of Medicine and Pathology, Vice
Chairman of Research for Internal Medicine,
Director, Division of Nephrology, The Ohio State
University College of Medicine, Columbus, OH

Mark Sarnak, MD, MS
Professor of Medicine, Tufts School of Medicine
and Director of Research, Division of Nephrology,
Tufts Medical Center, Boston, MA

David J. Salant, MD
Professor of Medicine, Boston University School of
Medicine and Chief, Renal Section, Boston
University Medical Center, Boston, MA

Vicente A. Torres, MD, PhD
Professor of Medicine, Department of Nephrology
and Hypertension, Rochester, MN

Alan S.L. Yu, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine, University of
Southern California, Los Angeles, CA