
Through lectures, case discussions and board preparation sessions, the Intensive Review of Nephrology online CME course provides a highly focused look at all major fields of nephrology. Harvard Medical School clinical faculty help you stay current and prepare for exams as they discuss:
Renal Physiology for the Boards
Melanie P. Hoenig, MD
Basic Concepts of Immunology in Autoimmune Kidney Disease
Ramon Bonegio, MD
Renal Pathology in 2020: Part 1
Helmut G. Rennke, MD
Renal Pathology in 2020: Part 2
Astrid Weins, MD, PhD
Current Approaches to Urine Sediment Analysis
Martina M. McGrath, MD
IgA Nephropathy
Gerald B. Appel, MD
Membranous Nephropathy
Laurence H. Beck, Jr., MD, PhD
ANCA Vasculitis
John L. Niles, MD
Update on Lupus Nephritis
Gerald B. Appel, MD
Metabolic Management of Kidney Stones
Gary Curhan, MD, ScD
Anemia Management: Update and Best Practices
Ajay K. Singh, MBBS, FRCP (UK), MBA
Glomerulonephritis: Questions & Answers Session
Gerald B. Appel, MD
Must-Know Clinical Images in Nephrology
Ajay K. Singh, MBBS, FRCP (UK), MBA
Must-Know Board Zebra
Emily Robinson, MD, MPH
Nephrology Board Review Practice 1
Finnian McCausland, MB BCh, MMSc, FRCPI
Nephrology Board Review Practice 2
Mallika Mendu, MD
Workshop: Hyponatremia and Hypernatremia
David B. Mount, MD
Hypokalemia and Hyperkalemia
David B. Mount, MD
Acid-Base Part I - Acidosis
Alan S.L. Yu, MB, BChir
Acid-Base Part II - Alkalosis
Alan S.L. Yu, MB, BChir
COVID-19 and Kidney Disease
Daniel Batlle, MD
Genetics and Kidney Disease
Friedhelm Hildebrandt, MD
Update on Polycystic Kidney Disease
Cristian Riella, MD
Pediatric Nephrology
Michael J.G. Somers, MD
Pregnancy and Renal Disease
Ravi I. Thadhani, MD, MPH
Electrolyte and Acid Base Disorders - Questions & Answers Session - Part 1
Alan S.L. Yu, MB, BChir
Electrolyte and Acid Base Disorders - Questions & Answers Session - Part 2
Alan S.L. Yu, MB, BChir
Chronic Kidney Disease in the Community: Meeting Them Where They Are
Li-Li Hsiao, MD, PhD, FACP
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 and Indira Guleria, PhD
Early Post-Transplant Management
Anil K. Chandraker, MD
Poisonings and Intoxications: What a Nephrologist Needs to Know
Timothy B. Erickson, MD
Late Loss of the Kidney Transplant
Andrew M. Siedlecki, MD
Infections in Transplant Recipients
Sarah P. Hammond, MD
COVID-19 and Transplant Patients
Enver Akalin, MD, FAST, FASN
Renal Transplant Recipient Medical Evaluation
Jamil R. Azzi, MD
Pre-Transplant Surgical Evaluation of Recipients
Sayeed Malek, MD, FACS
Donor Evaluation
Kassem Safa, MD
Late Post-Transplant Medical Complications
Leonardo V. Riella, MD, PhD
Thrombotic Microangiopathies
Jean M. Francis, MD
Geriatric Nephrology
Ernest I. Mandel, MD
Transplant Cases: Board Review Practice
Melissa Y. Yeung, MD, and Edgar L. Milford, MD
Transplant Board Review
Leonardo V. Riella, MD, PhD
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
Cardiorenal Syndrome
Finnian R. McCausland, MB BCh, MMSc, FRCPI
Liver and the Kidney
Andrew S. Allegretti, MD, MSc
Pathophysiology of Acute Kidney Injury
Joseph V. Bonventre, MD, PhD
Acute Kidney Injury Syndromes
Alice Sheridan, MD
ICU Nephrology and Continuous Renal Replacement Therapies
David J.R. Steele, MB BCh
COVID-19 in the ICU
Jeremy B. Richards, MD
Cancer and Acute Kidney Injury
Albert Q. Lam, MD
Paraprotein Induced Kidney Injury
Albert Q. Lam, MD
FSGS: A Lesion, Not a Disease
Richard J. Glassock, MD
Interstitial Nephritis: Overview for the Boards
Julie M. Paik, MD, ScD, MPH
APOL1 and Kidney Disease
Martin R. Pollak, MD
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
Chronic Kidney Disease Epidemiology: A 2019 Update
Gearoid M. McMahon, MB BCh
Peritoneal Dialysis
Joanne M. Bargman, MD, FRCPC
Peritoneal Dialysis Complications
Joanne M. Bargman, MD, FRCPC
COVID-19 and Patients on Dialysis
Giuliano Brunori, MD
Renal Ultrasound for the Clinical Nephrologist
Adina S. Voiculescu, MD
Dialysis Vascular Access: Assessment and Complications
Dirk M. Hentschel, MD
Professor of Medicine
Harvard Medical School
Constantine L. Hampers, MD Distinguished Chair in Renal Medicine
Chief, Renal Division
Chief, Division of Engineering in Medicine
Department of Medicine
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Past President, American Society of Nephrology
Associate Professor of Medicine
Harvard Medical School
Medical Director of Kidney and Pancreas Transplantation
Director, Transplantation Research Center
Renal Division
Department of Medicine
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Past President, American Society of Transplantation
Associate Professor of Medicine
Harvard Medical School
Director, Kidney Transplant Fellowship
Transplantation Research Center
Associate Physician, Renal Division
Department of Medicine
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Instructor in Medicine
Harvard Medical School
Director, Ambulatory Services
Associate Physician, Renal Division
Department of Medicine
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Harvard Medical School
Director of Critical Care Nephrology
Division of Nephrology
Department of Medicine
Massachusetts General Hospital
Professor of Medicine, Part-time
Harvard Medical School
Professor of Epidemiology
Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Senior Physician, Renal Division
Department of Medicine
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine
Harvard Medical School
Physician, Department of Emergency Medicine
Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Harvard Medical School
Abdominal Organ Transplant Specialist
Departments of Pharmacy Services/Transplant Surgery/Medicine
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Harvard Medical School
Director, Peripheral Vascular Intervention
Division of Cardiology
Department of Medicine
Massachusetts General Hospital
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Harvard Medical School
Renal Division
Department of Medicine
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Harvard Medical School
Associate Physician, Division of Infectious Disease
Department of Medicine
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Harvard Medical School
Associate Physician, Renal Division
Department of Medicine
Brigham and Women's Hospital
William E. Harmon Professor of Pediatrics Nephrology
Harvard Medical School
Chief, Division of Nephrology
Department of Pediatrics
Boston Children’s Hospital
Associate Professor of Medicine
Harvard Medical School
Division of Nephrology
Department of Medicine
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Harvard Medical School
Associate Physician, Renal Division
Department of Medicine
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Part-time
Harvard Medical School
Associate Physician, Renal Division
Department of Medicine
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Harvard Medical School
Associate Physician, Renal Division
Department of Medicine
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Instructor in Medicine
Harvard Medical School
Associate Physician, Renal Division
Department of Medicine
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Harvard Medical School
Associate Physician, Renal Division
Department of Medicine
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Instructor in Medicine
Harvard Medical School
Associate Physician, Renal Division
Department of Medicine
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Harvard Medical School
Attending Physician, Renal Division
Department of Medicine
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Associate Professor of Medicine
Harvard Medical School
Director, Tissue Typing Laboratory
Physician, Renal Division
Department of Medicine
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Harvard Medical School
Clinical Chief, Renal Division
Department of Medicine
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Staff Physician, Division of General Internal Medicine
VA Boston Healthcare System
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Harvard Medical School
Division of Nephrology
Department of Medicine
Massachusetts General Hospital
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Harvard Medical School
Associate Physician, Renal Division
Department of Medicine
Brigham and Women's Hospital
George C. Reisman Professor of Medicine
Harvard Medical School
Chief, Division of Nephrology
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Professor of Pathology
Harvard Medical School
Director, Renal Pathology Laboratory
Department of Pathology
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Harvard Medical School
Physician, Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Instructor in Medicine
Harvard Medical School
Renal Division
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Harvard Medical School
Harold and Ellen Danser Endowed Chair in Transplantation
Massachusetts General Hospital
Instructor in Medicine
Harvard Medical School
Associate Physician, Renal Division
Department of Medicine
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Harvard Medical School
Division of Nephrology
Department of Medicine
Massachusetts General Hospital
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Harvard Medical School
Renal Division
Department of Medicine
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Harvard Medical School
Associate Physician, Renal Division
Department of Medicine
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Senior Associate Dean for Postgraduate Medical Education
Associate Professor of Medicine
Harvard Medical School
Physician, Renal Division
Department of Medicine
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Harvard Medical School
Division of Nephrology
Department of Pediatrics
Boston Children’s Hospital
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Harvard Medical School
Division of Nephrology
Department of Medicine
Massachusetts General Hospital
Professor of Medicine
Harvard Medical School
Chief Academic Officer
Partners HealthCare
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Harvard Medical School
Associate Physician, Renal Division
Department of Medicine
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Associate Professor of Medicine
Harvard Medical School
Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Hypertension
Department of Medicine
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Harvard Medical School
Associate Physician, Renal Division
Department of Medicine
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Assistant Professor of Pathology
Harvard Medical School
Department of Pathology
Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Harvard Medical School
Associate Physician, Renal Division
Department of Medicine
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Professor of Medicine and Surgery
Albert Einstein College of Medicine Medical Center
Medical Director, Kidney and Pancreas Transplant Program
Director, Transplant Nephrology Fellowship
Montefiore Medical Center
New York, NY
Professor of Clinical Medicine
Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons
Director of Clinical Nephrology
Columbia University Medical Center
New York, NY
Professor of Medicine
University of Toronto
Director, Peritoneal Dialysis Program
University Health Network
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Earle, del Greco, Levin Professor of Nephrology/Hypertension
Professor of Medicine
Division of Nephrology/Hyertension
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
Chicago, IL
Associate Professor of Medicine
Boston University School of Medicine
Renal Section, Department of Medicine
Boston Medical Center
Boston, MA
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Boston University School of Medicine
Renal Section
Boston Medical Center
Boston, MA
Chief, Department of Spec. Medicine
Chief, Nephrology and Dialysis Unit
Provincial Health System of Trento, Italy
President, Italian Society of Nephrology
Professor of Medicine and Pharmacology and Physiology
University of Rochester School of Medicine
Nephrology Division
University of Rochester Medical Center
Rochester, NY
Associate Professor of Medicine
Boston University School of Medicine
Medical Director
Kidney Transplant Program
Renal Section
Boston Medical Center
Medical Director
Pancreas Transplant Program
Renal Division
Department of Medicine
Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Professor Emeritus
Department of Medicine
Geffen School of Medicine
University of California
Los Angeles, CA
Harry Statland and Solon Summerfield Professor of Medicine
Director, Division of Nephrology and Hypertension and The Kidney Institute
University of Kansas Medical Center
Kansas City, KS
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The Harvard Medical School designates this enduring material for a maximum of 44.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits ™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Date of Original Release: October 15, 2020
Termination Date: January 31, 2023 (Please note that AMA PRA Category 1 Credits ™ will no longer be issued for the activity after this date)
Estimated Time to Complete the Activity: 44.75 hours
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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.
Provider: Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Course Director:
Joseph V. Bonventre, MD, PhD
Harvard Medical School
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Anil K. Chandraker, MD
Harvard Medical School
Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Jamil R. Azzi, MD
Harvard Medical School
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Gearoid M. McMahon, MB BCh
Harvard Medical School
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Credits: Earn up to 44.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits ™ and ABIM MOC points
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