Harvard Intensive Review of Nephrology 2025

Welcome Remarks/Announcements

1. Renal Physiology for the Boards – Melanie Hoenig, MD

2. Basic Concepts of Immunology in Autoimmune Kidney Disease – Dr. Ramon Bonegio

3. Faculty Q&A – Dr. Gearoid McMahon

4. Renal Pathology in 2025 – Part 1 – Dr. Helmut Rennke

5. Renal Pathology in 2025 – Part 2 – Dr. Astrid Weins

6. Current Approaches to Urine Sediment Analysis – Dr. Martina McGrath

7. Faculty Q&A – Dr. Gearoid McMahon

8. IgA Nephropathy – Dr. Gerald Appel

9. Metabolic Management of Kidney Stones – Dr. Gary Curhan

10. Social Determinants/Disparities in Renal Disease – Dr. Winfred Williams

11. Faculty Q&A – Dr. Alice Sheridan

12. Update on Lupus Nephritis – Dr. Gerald Appel

13. Membranous Nephropathy – Dr. Laurence Beck

14. Anemia Management – Update and Best Practices – Dr. Ajay Singh

15. Faculty Q&A – Dr. Alice Sheridan

1. Acid-Base Disorders I: Anion Gap Metabolic Acidosis – Alan S. L. Yu, M.B., B.Chir

2. Acid-Base Disorders II: Non Gap Acidosis and Metabolic Alkalosis – Alan S. L. Yu, M.B., B.Chir

3. Faculty Q&A – Dr. Gearoid McMahon; Dr. Alan Yu

4. Hyponatremia and Hypernatremia – David Bruce Mount MD, FRCPC

5. Hypokalemia and Hyperkalemia – David Bruce Mount MD, FRCPC

6. Faculty Q&A – Dr. Gearoid McMahon; Dr. David Mount

7. Important New Trials in GN – David Bruce Mount MD, FRCPC

8. Genetics and Kidney Disease – Friedhelm Hildebrandt, MD

9. Update on Polycystic Kidney Disease – Fouad T. Chebib, MD, FASN

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

11. Genetics: How to Integrate It into Practice – Ana C. Onuchic-Whitford, MD

12. Rapidly Progressive Glomerulonephritis – John L. Niles, MD

1. Why Do We Reject a Transplant? – Jamil R. Azzi, MD, PhD, FAST

2. Transplant Immunosuppression for the Boards – Brittany L. Schreiber, MD

3. Faculty Q&A – Dr. Jamil Azzi; Dr. Brittany Schreiber

4. Immunological Assessment Pre- and Post-Transplant – Dr. Melissa Yeung; Dr. Indira Guleria, MD

5. Early Post-Transplant Management – Anil Chandraker, MD, FRCP, FASN, FAST

6. Faculty Q&A – Dr. Jamil Azzi; Dr. Indira Guleria; Dr. Melissa Yeung; Dr. Anil Chandraker

7. Donor Evaluation – Kassem Safa, MD, FASN, FAST

8. Late Loss of the Kidney Transplant – John Yongjoon Choi, MD

9. Infections in Transplant Recipients – Sarah Hammond, MD

10. Monitoring Kidney Transplant Patients – Jamil R. Azzi, MD, PhD, FAST

11. Pre-Kidney Transplant Recipient Medical Evaluation – Saif A. Alenizi, MBChB, MPH

12. Poisonings and Intoxications – What a Nephrologist Needs to Know – Timothy B. Erickson, MD, FACEP, FACMT, FAACT

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

14. Thrombotic Microangiopathies

15. Geriatric Nephrology – Ernest I. Mandel, MD, MSc

16. Faculty Q&A – Dr. Adina Voiculescu; Dr. Ernest Mandel

1. Cardio-Renal Syndrome – Finnian R. Mc Causland, MBBCh, MMSc, FRCPI

2. Management of Hypertension in CKD-Intensive or Standard Regimens – Richard J. Glassock, MD, MACP, FRCP, FASN

3. Faculty Q&A

4. Primary Aldosteronism – Anand Vaidya, MD MMSc

5. Keynote: Climate Change, Global Inequities, and the Kidney – Valerie A. Luyckx, MBBCh, MSc, PhD

6. Liver and the Kidney – Andrew S. Allegretti, MD MSc

7. Faculty Q&A

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

9. Acute Kidney Injury Syndromes – Alice M. Sheridan, M.D

10. ICU Nephrology and Continuous Renal Replacement Therapies – David Steele MD

11. Faculty Q&A

12. Cancer and Acute Kidney Injury – Raad B. Chowdhury, MD, FASN

13. Paraprotein-Induced Kidney Injury – Raad B. Chowdhury, MD, FASN

14. Therapy of FSGS Lesions in 2025 – Richard J. Glassock, MD, MACP

15. Pathophysiology and Treatment of Diabetic Kidney Disease – Gearoid M McMahon, MB, Bch

16. APOL1 and Kidney Disease – Opeyemi A. Olabisi MD, PhD

17. Faculty Q&A

1. Patient Perspective: Dialysis Dosing – J. Kevin Tucker, MD, Paul, Vanessa, and Daphne

2. Mineral and Bone Disease – David A. Bushinsky, MD

3. Faculty Q&A

4. Dialysis: A Case-Based Clinical Review and Update – J. Kevin Tucker, MD

5. Pearls in Mineral and Bone Disease – David A. Bushinsky, MD

6. Chronic Kidney Disease Epidemiology: A 2025 Update – Gearoid M McMahon, MB, Bch

7. Faculty Q&A

8. Peritoneal Dialysis – Joanne M. Bargman MD FRCPC

9. Peritoneal Dialysis Complications – Joanne M. Bargman MD FRCPC

10. Acute Kidney Injury Related to Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors – Shruti Gupta MD, MPH

11. Faculty Q&A

12. Mesoamerican Nephropathy – David Friedman, MD

13. Ultrasound for the Clinical Nephrologist – Adina S. Voiculescu MD, FASDIN

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

15. Faculty Q&A

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

2. Must-Know Clinical Images in Nephrology – Annie Liu DO, MS, MPH

3. Electrolyte and Acid-Base Disorders Questions & Answers Session Part 1 – Alan S. L. Yu, M.B., B.Chir

4. Electrolyte and Acid-Base Disorders Questions & Answers Session Part 2 – Alan S. L. Yu, M.B., B.Chir

5. Chronic Kidney Disease in the Community: Meeting Them Where They Are – Li-Li Hsiao, M.D., Ph.D

6. COVID-19 Vaccination in Immunocompromised Patients – Ann E. Woolley, MD, MPH

7. Update on Renovascular Disease – Joseph M. Garasic, M.D

8. Pre-Transplant Surgical Evaluation of Recipients – Sayeed K Malek, MD, FACS

9. Immunologic Basis of Kidney Disease – Vivek Kasinath, MD

10. Use of Checkpoint Inhibitors in Kidney Transplant Recipients – Naoka Murakami, MD PhD

11. Interstitial Nephritis – Julie Paik, MD, ScD, MPH

12. Ethics/ISN – Valerie A. Luyckx, MBBCh, MSc, PhD

13. Pregnancy and Renal Disease – Jessica Sheehan Tangren, MD, MPH

14. Transplant Cases – Board Review Practice – Edgar L. Milford, MD; Melissa Yeung, MD, FRCPC, FAST

15. Transplant Board Review – Anil Chandraker MD FRCP FASN FAST

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

17. Nephrology Board Review Practice 1 – Finnian R. Mc Causland, MBBCh, MMSc, FRCPI

18. Nephrology Board Review Practice 2 – Gearoid McMahon