Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women’s Hospital Board Review

Prep for ABIM Nephrology exams, expand your knowledge and integrate the latest guidelines into your daily practice.

Stay Current with Key Advances

Intensive Review of Nephrology is an extremely thorough CME course, covering all topics included in the ABIM certification and maintenance of certification exams. This well-laid-out program highlights recent advances in the field, along with case-based lectures on topics like membranous nephropathy, renal physiology, renal pathology, glomerulonephritis, metabolic management of kidney stones, etc. It will help you to better:

• Summarize current/recommended nephrology guidelines
• Explain the differential diagnosis of complex clinical presentations of patients with renal disorders
• Stay up-to-date on an expanding array of therapeutic options for diverse renal disorders
• Define pathophysiological mechanisms as they apply to management of renal disease
• Prepare for the ABIM Nephrology certification/recertification exams

Glomerulonephritis

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

• Basic Concepts of Immunology in Autoimmune Kidney Disease – Ramon G. Bonegio, MD

• Renal Pathology in 2018: Part 1 – Helmut G. Rennke, MD

• Renal Pathology in 2018: Part 2 – Helmut G. Rennke, MD

• Current Approaches to Urine Sediment Analysis – Martina M. McGrath, MB Bch
  

• Challenging Pathology Cases – Helmut G. Rennke, MD

• IgA Nephropathy – Gerald B. Appel, MD

• Membranous Nephropathy – David J. Salant, MD

• Rapidly Progressive Glomerulonephritis – John L. Niles, MD

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

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

• Metabolic Management of Kidney Stones – Gary C. Curhan, MD, ScD

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

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

Electrolytes and Acid Base

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

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

• Hypokalemia and Hyperkalemia – David B. Mount, MD

• Acidosis – Alan S.L. Yu, MB, BChir

• Alkalosis – Alan S.L. Yu, MB, BChir

• Cases from Renal Grand Rounds at The Brigham – David B. Mount, MD

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

• Genetics and Kidney Disease – Friedhelm Hildebrandt, MD

• Update on Polycystic Kidney Disease – Peter G. Czarnecki, MD

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

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

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

• Geriatric Nephrology – Ernest I. Mandel, MD

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

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

• Nephrology Board Review Practice 1 – David M. Charytan, MD, MSc

Acute Kidney Injury

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

• Acute Kidney Injury Syndromes – Sushrut S. Waikar, MD, MPH

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

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

• Clinicopathological Conference – Richard Glassock, MD, Joel M. Henderson, MD, PhD, & Martina M. McGrath, MB Bch
  

• Cardiorenal and Hepatorenal Syndromes – David J.R. Steele, MD

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

• Interstitial Nephritis: Overview for the Boards – Li-Li Hsiao, MD, PhD

• ICU Nephrology and Continuous Renal Replacement Therapies – Peter G. Czarnecki, MD

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, & Indira Guleria, PhD

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

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

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

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

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

• Pre-Transplant Evaluation of Recipients – Jamil R. Azzi, MD, & Sayeed Malek, MD, FACS

• Donor Evaluation – David Wojciechowski, DO

• Thrombotic Microangiopathies – Jean M. Francis, MD

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

• Must Know Board Zebras – Emily S. Robinson, MD, MPH

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

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

• Chronic Kidney Disease Epidemiology: A 2018 Update – Gearoid M. McMahon, MB BCh

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

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

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

• Nephrology Board Review Practice 2 – Finnian R. McCausland, MD

• How to Pass the Boards – David E. Leaf, MD, MMSc

Learning Objectives

After viewing this program, participants will be better able to:

• Summarize current/recommended nephrology guidelines in clinical practice
• Explain the differential diagnosis of complex clinical presentations of patients with renal disorders
• Identify/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
• Apply learning objectives to 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

Target Audience

The target audience for the Intensive Review of Nephrology Course is clinical and academic nephrologists, internists, pediatricians, and primary care physicians/trainees preparing for ABIM nephrology certification/recertification examinations and/or seeking a comprehensive update in renal medicine and its subspecialties.