Harvard Comprehensive Updates in Nephrology 2026

1. Introduction & Welcome

2. Immunosuppressive Management in Acute Infection and Malignancy in Kidney Transplantation – Daniel C. Brennan, MD, FACP

3. Human Xenotransplantation: The Next Frontier in Transplant Medicine – What I’ve Learned – Daniel C. Brennan, MD, FACP

4. Question-and-Answer Session

5. Onco-Nephrology Essentials: A Primer for the Nephrologist – Kavita Mistry, MD, PhD

6. Question-and-Answer Session

7. Prevention and Treatment of Common PD Complications: An Interactive Session – Adam M. Segal, MD, FASN

8. Question-and-Answer Session

9. Navigating Renal Disease in Pregnancy – S. Ananth Karumanchi, MD

10. Question-and-Answer Session

11. A Comprehensive Overview of Hypertension Management in 2026 – Bradley M. Denker, MD

12. Question-and-Answer Session

13. Prevention and Treatment of Acute Kidney Injury: A Comprehensive Primer – Paul M. Palevsky, MD

14. Optimizing Renal Support in Acute Kidney Injury: Case-Based Discussions – Paul M. Palevsky, MD

15. Question-and-Answer Session

1. Acid-Base Disorders in 2026: What’s New, What’s Next? – Michael Emmett, MD

2. Question-and-Answer Session

3. Acid-Base Workshop: Clinical Cases – Michael Emmett, MD

4. Question-and-Answer Session

5. Relation Between Salt and Water – Richard H. Sterns, MD

6. Controversies in Salt and Water: Solving the Puzzle – Richard H. Sterns, MD

7. Question-and-Answer Session

8. The Management of the Incidentally Discovered Adrenal Mass – Anand Vaidya, MD, MMSc

9. Endocrine Hypertension: Primary Aldosteronism and Pheochromocytoma – Anand Vaidya, MD, MMSc

10. Question-and-Answer Session

11. Dialysis Access Dilemmas: A Surgeon’s Perspective – Amy R. Evenson, MD, MPH

12. Question-and-Answer Session

13. The Forgotten Compartment: Tubulointerstitial Tales Revealed – Melanie P. Hoenig, MD

14. Question-and-Answer Session

1. State-of-the-Art Approaches to Small-Vessel Vasculitis – Ronald J. Falk, MD

2. Membranous Glomerulopathy and Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis, Minimal Change Disease – Ronald J. Falk, MD

3. Individualizing Therapy for IgA Nephropathy and H-S Purpura – Ronald J. Falk, MD

4. Question-and-Answer Session

5. Updates on the Management of Chronic Kidney Disease – Bradley M. Denker, MD

6. Question-and-Answer Session

7. APOL1-Associated Kidney Disease – Martin Pollak, MD

8. Question-and-Answer Session

9. Comprehensive Genetic Analysis in Nephrology – Ali Gharavi, MD

10. Question-and-Answer Session

11. Genetics Workshop: Clinical Cases – Peter G. Czarnecki, MD

12. Question-and-Answer Session

13. Hemodialysis Delivery: Complications and the Barriers to Adequate Dialysis – J. Kevin Tucker, MD

14. Question-and-Answer Session

15. Advances in Phosphate Homeostasis Management – Jessica Kendrick, MD

16. Question-and-Answer Session

17. Pathology and Mechanisms of Glomerular Diseases – Joel M. Henderson, MD, PhD

18. Question-and-Answer Session

1. Maintenance of Immunosuppression in Kidney Transplantation – Martha Pavlakis, MD

2. Noninfectious Complications of Kidney Transplantation – Martha Pavlakis, MD

3. Finding the Right Pathway for a Patient with the Declining Allograft – Martha Pavlakis, MD

4. Question-and-Answer Session

5. Cutting Edge Concepts in Salt and Water – Mark L. Zeidel, MD

6. Question-and-Answer Session

7. Novel Dialysis Modalities for Chronic Patients: What’s New and What Works:? – John Danziger, MD, MPhil

8. Question-and-Answer Session

9. Workshop: Problems in Dialysis – John Danziger, MD, MPhil

10. Question-and-Answer Session

11. SPECIAL LECTURE: Heat Induced CKD in the Age of Climate Stress – David J. Friedman, MD

12. Question-and-Answer Session

13. Detours in Hypertension: Evaluation and Management – Bradley M. Denker, MD

14. Question-and-Answer Session

15. Disorders of Potassium Balance: Old Lessons, New Insights – Melanie P. Hoenig, MD

16. Question-and-Answer Session

1. Management of Nondiabetic Chronic Kidney Disease – Lesley Inker, MD, MS

2. Question-and-Answer Session

3. Management of Diabetic Kidney Disease: Key Strategies and Emerging Therapies – Sylvia E. Rosas, MD, MSCE

4. Question-and-Answer Session

5. Challenging Glomerular Biopsy Cases – Gerald B. Appel, MD

6. Question-and-Answer Session

7. Anemia in CKD and ESKD: What We Know and What We Are Learning – Jeffrey H. William, MD

8. Question-and-Answer Session

9. Challenging Cases in Glomerular Disease – Helmut G. Rennke, MD; Bradley M. Denker, MD

10. Question-and-Answer Session

11. Treating Lupus Nephritis in 2026 – Gerald B. Appel, MD

12. Renal Aspects of Dysproteinemias – Gerald B. Appel, MD

13. Question-and-Answer Session

14. Clinical Conundrums in Nephrology – Robert S. Brown, MD

15. Question-and-Answer Session

1. Selected Management Issues in Nephrotic Syndrome – Jai Radhakrishnan, MD, MS

2. Diuretic Strategies in CHF, NS, Cirrhosis and CKD – Jai Radhakrishnan, MD, MS

3. Thrombotic Microangiopathies: Diagnosis and Management – Jai Radhakrishnan, MD, MS

4. Question-and-Answer Session

5. Management of Polycystic Kidney Disease – Peter G. Czarnecki, MD

6. Question-and-Answer Session

7. What Urologists Wish Nephrologists Would Know – Peter Steinberg, MD

8. Question-and-Answer Session

9. A Comprehensive Look at Kidney Stones: Strategies and Treatment Options – Gary C. Curhan, MD, ScD

10. Question-and-Answer Session

11. Challenging Cases in Renal Disease: An Interactive Session – Stewart H. Lecker, MD, PhD

12. Question-and-Answer Session

1. Acid-Base: Elementary Issues – Michael Emmett, MD (60 minutes)

2. The Anion Gap: An Enduring Concept for Over 100 Years – Michael Emmett, MD (60 minutes)

3. Salt and Water Workshop: Clinical Cases – Richard H. Sterns, MD (45 minutes)

4. Advanced Kidney Disease in Vulnerable Patients: Prognosis and Treatment Decision Conversations – Robert A. Cohen, MD, MSc