Divisional/Departmental and Educational Conferences
Weekly Calendar
| Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri |
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12-1 PM Bipsy/Pathology Conference (week 1) |
12-1 PM POCUS training |
12-1 PM |
11:30 AM-1 PM PD Training (5x/year) 1-2 PM 1-2 PM |
12-1 PM PD Meeting (quarterly) |
| 1-2:30 PM once monthly Sept to May F2 Fellows FACE program |
Division and Departmental Conferences
The Division Conference is held three times per month. During 2 of these sessions, journal club articles are critically appraised and a wide array of cases/state of the art presentations are held. In addition, guest speakers are invited to this conference and the senior fellows present their research and scholarly activity projects at the end of second year. During one of these sessions, Pathology Biopsy Conference is held, in which our renal pathologists share results of recent biopsies for discussion and review
The Internal Medicine Fellows Conference is held twice monthly from Sept to May for all the fellows in the department of internal medicine and offers a shared curriculum.
Fellows Education Conferences
Fellows Core Blocks
The Core lecture series is the backbone of didactic education for the Nephrology fellowship program. It consists of more than 80 lectures over two years covering major concepts, treatments, diseases, complications, and molecular and physiological mechanisms of kidney medicine. The majority of lectures are prepared and presented by the core nephrology faculty with invited lecturers from Pathology, Apheresis, Palliative Medicine, Urology, Genetic Counseling, Gastroenterology, and other subspecialties. The curriculum spans the full 2 years of nephrology fellowship with yearly presentation of core topics early in the academic year (i.e. dialytic modalities, emergencies, urine electrolyte analysis, GFR estimation). The curriculum has been revised yearly and underwent significant overhaul in 2023.
In addition to the Core lecture series, fellows participate in Morbidity and Mortality conferences, an Ultrasound curriculum, CRRT hands-on practical series, PD lecture series, and fellow-prepared Renal Best Practices lectures.
POCUS: Renal Ultrasound Curriculum
The 5 US sessions are on Thursdays at 1 PM. They are split into basics and advanced sessions. Here are the dates, with alternate dates in case the fellows are on A or vacation and cannot make the session.
Session 1: 08/10/23 (alt 08/17, 08/24, 08/31, 09/07)
Session 2: 10/19/23 (alt 10/26, 11/02, 11/09, 11/16)
Session 3: 12/28/23 (alt 01/04, 1/11, 1/18, 1/25)
Session 4: 03/07/24 (alt 03/14, 03/21, 03/28, 04/04)
Session 5: 05/16/24 (alt 05/23, 05/30, 06/06, 06/13)
All first year fellows are expected to attend these 5 Basic Ultrasound sessions. In addition to these sessions conducted by the internal medicine residency program, there will be 2-3 advanced sessions in the spring (once you have some comfort with the machine) that we will set up with Dr. Rappaport on Tuesdays. These will include 2 sessions for static and dynamic volume status assessment with VExUS, which will be more advanced than the topics addressed in the resident sessions.
CRRT Education and Simulation
CRRT simulations will be conducted 2-3 times per year. Fellows and ARNPs will be expected to participate in simulated clinical scenarios and troubleshooting as well as demonstrate knowledge of the CRRT machine, including vascular access, patient fluid management and emergency situations. The CRRT education team consists of adult (Lisa Antes, Ben Griffin) and pediatric (Kyle Merrill) nephrologists and pediatric nurses (MaryLee Neuberger, Jen Ehrlich) and ARNPs (Brynna VanWyck).
Fellows Advanced Education Opportunities
The Nephrology Division values the important role fellows assume as teachers. On the consult service, the fellow will have daily opportunities to teach medical students and residents. For those fellows interested in further enhancing their teaching skills or in pursuing a career in academic medicine, the fellow may apply to additional programs for study during the standard 2 year fellowship training program.
Masters of Medical Education
This degree offers the opportunity to develop a community of academic medical faculty with formal training in education who will create and sustain a culture of educational excellence within the College of Medicine, the university, and the medical education community at large. Read more about the MME program.
Fellows as Clinician Educators (FACE)
The FACE Program is designed to introduce future clinician-educators to a set of skills that may be of use in their career. The program presents concepts of educational design and research, lecture development, evaluation, observation, and feedback. At the conclusion of the program, FACE participants are required to develop a teaching portfolio.
Additional Educational Opportunities
Renal Board Review
The ASN Board Review was purchased for all fellows to use. The questions are designed for the fellows to reinforce knowledge and clinical reasoning, key points, and test-taking skills.
Special Lecture Series
Transplant Conferences
| Mon | Tue | Fri |
|---|---|---|
| 7:30-8:30 AM Review of Potential Living Donors |
8-9 AM Issues in Transplantation CME |
1-3 PM Transplant Listing conference |
| 3-4 Biweekly Combined Transplant Patient Conference / Rounds | 3-4 PM Biweekly Combined Transplant Patient Conference / Rounds |
The Transplant multi-disciplinary listing conference is a 90-minute long conference held weekly where newly evaluated transplant candidates and living donors are presented for discussion and approval for transplantation. The Transplant Nephrology fellow will be responsible for presenting the new patients that he/she has evaluated with guidance from Transplant Nephrology Faculty.
Issues in Transplantation CME conference is a weekly conference devoted solely to issues in solid organ transplantation. Presentations are given by Visiting Professors, by Transplant Center faculty and at least twice a year by the Transplant Nephrology fellow and cover a wide range of issues in the field. These Tuesday sessions are also used for Morbidity and Mortality conferences and for transplant related QAPI meetings. Attendees include faculty and trainees from Transplant Surgery, Transplant Nephrology, Transplant Hepatology, Transplant Infectious Diseases, Transplant Cardiology and Transplant Pulmonology.
Biweekly combined transplant patient conference/rounds is an hour-long conference attended by transplant surgery, transplant nephrology, infectious diseases, hepatology, Physician Assistants, pharmacy staff, social works and nurse coordinators to review and discuss patients admitted to the multidisciplinary transplant floor. The Transplant Nephrology or General Nephrology Fellow presents the patients seen on the Transplant Nephrology Consult Service providing a brief discussion on at least one clinical problem relevant to the patients being managed.
Annual Annette Fitz Memorial Fellowship Lecture
This lecture is given in memory of the many contributions of Dr. Annette Fitz to our Nephrology Division and Department of Medicine for over 30 years until her untimely death in 1995. Dr. Fitz was a consummate educator and clinician and her life was dedicated to the pursuit of knowledge and the desire to share that knowledge with her students at all levels of training.
In celebration of Dr. Fitz’s dedication to education, we annually challenge our renal fellows to identify a topic in Nephrology and a speaker whom they feel would most contribute to their own education and pursuit of knowledge.
April 19, 2023 - "Urolithiasis: An Integral Part of the Metabolic Syndrome"
Dr. Orson Moe, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas Texas
December 18, 2019 - "Updates and Interesting Cases in Acid/Base and Electrolyte Disorders"
Dr. Biff Palmer
June 14, 2018 - "IgA Nephropathy where are we, where are we going?"
Dr. Richard LaFayette
June 14, 2017 - "Kidney Disease in Pregnancy"
Dr. Phyllis August
April 27, 2016 - "The Three Faces of FGF-23"
Dr. L Darryl Quarles
May 27, 2015 - "Onco-Nephrology: Can Targeted Therapy Toxicities Inform Renal Regeneration Strategies?"
Dr. Benjamin Humphreys
June 4, 2014 - "Membranous Nephropathy: New Insights Regarding Treatment"
Dr. Fernando Fervenza
June 19, 2013 - "Treatment of Membranous GN"
Dr. Patrick Nachman
John B. Stokes Renal Physicians Day
Purpose: To update physicians and other nephrology care providers in the new initiatives and advances in nephrology, discuss problems related to the practice of nephrology, and teach new approaches and therapies to treat patients with kidney disease.
Sponsored by: Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Iowa Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine.
Invited Faculty - Keynote Speakers
September 29, 2022 - "Insights into the pathogenesis of polycystic kidney disease"
Peter C. Harris, PhD
Professor, Division of Nephrology and Hypertension
Departments of Medicine and Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota
May 2, 2019 - "Kidney disease in African Americans: The genetic basis of a major health disparity"
Martin R. Pollak, MD
Professor of Medicine
Chief, Division of Nephrology
Harvard Medical School
Boston, Massachusetts
May 3, 2018 - "Update on Vasopressin V2-Receptor Blockade to Treat Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease"
Vicente Torres, MD, PhD
Professor, Nephrology and Hypertension
Mayo Clinic
Rochester, Minnesota
May 4, 2017 - "Transplant- transmitted infections. Let's talk about communication"
Rachel Miller, MD
Professor of Medicine
Duke University School of Medicine
Durham, North Carolina
May 5, 2016 - "Treatment of Hypertension - 2016"
Jackson T. Wright, Jr. MD, PhD
Professor of Medicine
Program Director of the William T. Dahms MD Clinical Research Unit
Clinical and Translational Science Collaborative at Case Western Reserve University
Director of the Clinical Hypertension Program
Cleveland, Ohio
May 7, 2015 - "Renovascular Hypertension – Where Are We Now?"
Stephen C. Textor, MD
Professor of Medicine and Hypertension
Mayo Clinic
Rochester, Minnesota
May 1, 2014 - "Anion Gap Metabolic Acidosis- A “Graduate” Discussion"
Michael Emmett, MD
Professor and Chair
Department of Internal Medicine
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, Texas
May 2, 2013 - "Is Dietary Protein a Risk Factor for Progression of Kidney Disease?"
Thomas D. DuBose, Jr, MD
Tinsley R. Harrison Professor and Chair of Internal Medicine
Wake Forest School of Medicine
Winston-Salem, North Carolina
May 17, 2012 - "Genetics of Diabetic Nephropathy"
Katalin Susztak, MD
Associate Professor, Dept of Medicine
Division of Nephrology and Dept of Geriatrics
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Bronx, New York
May 5, 2011 - "Prevention of Kidney Stones"
Gary Curham, MD
Professor of Medicine
Harvard Medical School
Boston, Massachusetts
May 6, 2010 - "Disorders of Mineral Metabolism and Survival in Kidney Disease"
Myles S. Wolf, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine
University of Miami Nephrology
Coral Gables, Florida
May 7, 2009 - "Update on the Pathogenesis and Treatment of Vasculitis"
Ronald J. Falk, MD
Chief, Division of Nephrology
Director, UNC Kidney Center
University of North Carolina School of Medicine
Chapel Hill, North Carolina