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The Division of Nephrology is pleased to announce a CME-accredited course, “Nephrology Update for the Primary Care Provider.” The course will take place on April 2, 2016, please register here. This live activity is designed for health care professionals including physicians in training, internists, pharmacists, nephrologists, nurses, and nurse practitioners who are involved in the […]

Second year fellow Reem Daloul, MD, recently presented a poster at the Annual Dialysis Conference, February 27-March 2 in Seattle, Washington. The poster, entitled “Physician Reimbursement for In-Center Hemodialysis is Greater Than for Peritoneal or Home Hemodialysis,” identified financial disincentives for nephrologists to provide home renal replacement therapies for patients. One reason for this finding […]

Sanjay Jain, MD, PhD, Associate Professor of Medicine in the Division of Nephrology, won the inaugural Kidney Challenge Grant co-sponsored by the Center of Regenerative Medicine and the Division of Nephrology. Jain’s grant, entitled, “New frontiers in making kidneys and understanding kidney disease,” focuses on the development on human pluripotent stem cell lines that will […]

Dr. Tim Yau has introduced a new format for his popular Youtube nephrology teaching series – Medical Jeopardy. The fellows competed against each other with some surprisingly tough questions in the following categories: Totally Tubular, Urine Trouble, Critical Kidneys, Syndromes, Landmark Trials and Movies (since it is Oscar season). Follow along, and see how you […]

Washington University School of Medicine and the Division of Nephrology announces a scientific symposium in honor of the career of Eduardo Slatopolsky, MD. This event will takes place on April 8, 2016, in the Eric P. Newman Conference Center. CME credit is available. The registration fee is complimentary, but registration is required. Learning Objectives: 1) […]

David Windus, MD spent a week in February at Mekelle University in Ethiopia teaching nephrology to internal medicine residents. Topics included a range of electrolyte and acid-base disorders, glomerular diseases and acute kidney injury. Other activities included bedside teaching rounds covered with a range of interesting nephrology cases. Several of the Mekelle internal medicine residents […]

The Washington Manual of Nephrology Subspecialty Consult has been thoroughly updated and covers inpatient and outpatient management of nephrology with the same clinical practicality as the widely-popular Washington Manual™ of Medical Therapeutics. It has been written by the residents, fellows, and attending physicians of the distinguished Washington University School of Medicine and is tailored for residents performing inpatient […]

On February 25, 2016, the Washington University Division of Nephrology and the St. Louis University Renal Division will co-host our second city-wide renal grand rounds and dinner. The event features case presentations and discussion in a CPC-like format including audience participation. All area nephrologists are invited (RSVP required as seating is limited).

The Division of Nephrology is pleased to announce a CME-accredited course, “Nephrology Update for the Primary Care Provider.” The course will take place on April 2, 2016, please register here. This live activity is designed for health care professionals including physicians in training, internists, pharmacists, nephrologists, nurses, and nurse practitioners who are involved in the […]