Kathryn Riner, MS, RD, LD, a dietitian at our WashU Nephrology Chromalloy Kidney Center, was one of three speakers at a recent National Kidney Foundation (NKF) Renal Patient Symposium. Her talk, titled “Promoting a Healthy Relationship with Food While Living with Chronic Kidney Disease,” was part of a virtual event aimed at uniting patients and […]
Category: Symposium
Second Annual Washington University Glomerular Disease Symposium: An Update on Disease Mechanisms and Management a Success
Kudos to everyone who helped make the 2nd Annual Glomerular Disease Symposium: An Update on Disease Mechanisms and Management, held September 6 – 7, 2024, a success. The event was organized and chaired by WashU Nephrology’s Tingting Li, MD, MSCI, with the support of the planning committee members Michelle Bloom, BSN, RN, Reena Gurung, MD, […]
Second Annual Washington University Glomerular Disease Symposium: An Update on Disease Mechanisms and Management
WashU Nephrology is proud to announce that registration is now open for the 2nd Annual Glomerular Disease Symposium: An Update on Disease Mechanisms and Management, to be held on Saturday, September 6 – 7, 2024, at the Eric P. Newman Education Center, located on the WashU Medical Campus. This in-person, two-day symposium will feature leading […]
Inaugural Glomerular Diseases Symposium a Success; Glomerular Center of Excellence Announced
The inaugural Glomerular Diseases Symposium: An Update on Disease Mechanisms and Management, held on September 9, 2023, was a rousing success. The event, organized and chaired by WashU nephrologist Tingting Li, MD, MSCI, boasted case presentations, panel discussions, and lectures from experts here at WashU and across the United States. With the landscape of glomerular […]
Save the Date: Midwest Transplant and Nephrology Symposium October 13-15, 2023
The Midwest Transplant & Nephrology Symposium, chaired by Tarek Alhamad, MD, MS, Associate Professor of Medicine, Division of Nephrology, and Medical Director of Transplant Nephrology at WashU, will be held October 13-15, 2023, at the Institute of Public Health, St. Louis, MO. The event provides an opportunity for health care professionals to learn more […]
WashU Nephrologist Andreas Herrlich and Columbia University Geneticist Gerard Karsenty Co-host Upcoming Organismal Physiology Symposium
Andreas Herrlich, MD, PhD, Division of Nephrology, Washington University in St. Louis, and Gerard Karsenty, MD, PhD, Department of Genetics and Development, Columbia University, are co-hosts of the symposium “Molecular Mechanisms of Organismal Physiology in Health and Disease” to be held September 7, 2023 in St Louis. The day-long event is free, but registration is […]
WashU Nephrology Chief, Ben Humphreys, and Alumnus David Basile speak at The University of Alabama at Birmingham Annual Renal Symposium 2023.
The University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) recently hosted the 8th Annual Renal Symposium 2023. A roster of leading experts highlighted the latest insights into acute kidney injury, cystic disorders, and therapeutic interventions. Two of those experts included Benjamin Humphreys, MD, PhD, Joseph Friedman Professor of Renal Diseases in Medicine and Chief, WashU Division of […]
NKF Fellows Renal Roundtable to Discuss Nephrology Care Challenges and Clinical Innovations for 2023
It’s not too late to register for the National Kidney Foundation Fellows Renal Roundtable, to be held Wednesday, December 7, 2022, 5:45 – 7:30 PM CST. The professional education and networking event is a collaboration of Washington University School of Medicine, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, and the University of Missouri School of Medicine. […]
Clinical Nurse Coordinator Cheryl Cress and Transplant Nephrologist Tarek Alhamad Present at NKF Virtual Kidney Social Summit
The National Kidney Foundation (NKF) Kidney Social Summit, held Sunday, February 6, 2022, featured two presenters from Washington University School of Medicine Division of Nephrology: Cheryl Cress, RN, CNN, Clinical Nurse Coordinator, Home Modalities, and Tarek Alhamad, MD, MS, FACP, FASN, Associate Professor of Medicine, Medical Director of Transplant Nephrology. The annual event (held via […]
Renal Fellows from WashU and SLU Discuss “Kidney Care During the Pandemic” at NKF Renal Roundtable
“Adapting Kidney Care to the COVID-19 Pandemic” was the topic of the latest Renal Roundtable Lecture Series, a professional education and networking event held December 2, 2021. The Zoom webinar was presented by nephrology fellows Jason Cummings, MD, and Mohamed “Mo” Ibrahim, MD, from Washington University and Mehdi Pahlavani, MD, and Usama Elewa, MD, from […]