• Transplantation Immunobiology for the Boards
  Nader Najafian, MD

• Pre-Transplant Evaluation of Recipients/Donors
  Javeed Ansari, MD
  

• Transplant Immunosuppression for the Boards
• Transplant Cases Studies
• Late Allograft Dysfunction
• Take-Home Messages in Transplantation
  Anil K. Chandraker, MD

• Tissue Typing – A Boards Primer
  Edgar L. Milford, MD

• Post-Transplant Infectious Complications
  Jay A. Fishman, MD

• Pancreatic Transplantation
  Martha Pavlakis, MD

• Renal Transplant Pathology Review
  Helmut G. Rennke, MD

• Surgical Aspects of Kidney Transplantation
  Stefan G. Tullius, MD, PhD
  

• Acute Kidney Injury (AKA Acute Renal Failure)
  Joseph V. Bonventre, MD, PhD

ELECTROLYTES AND ACID BASE

• Basic Physiology for Tackling Electrolyte/Acid Base Cases
  
• Sodium Disorders
  
• Potassium Disorders
  David B. Mount, MD
  

• Nephrology Board Review 1
  Robert S. Brown, MD

• Workshop: Challenging Cases for the Boards
  
• Acid Base Basics
  
• Nephrology Board Review 2 (Electrolytes)
  
• Nephrology Board Review 3 (Acid Base)
  Alan S.-L. Yu, MD

GLOMERULONEPHRITIS

• Pathology Refresher: Part A & B
  Helmut G. Rennke, MD
  

• Lupus Nephritis
• Nephrology Board Review 4 (Glomerulonephritis)
  Gerald B. Appel, MD
  

• Take-Home Messages
  Ajay K. Singh, MD
  

• Genetic Renal Disease: Overview
  Martin A. Pollak, MD
  

• Membranous and FSGS
• GN Cases for the Boards
• Vasculitis
  Fernando C. Fervenza, MD, PhD
  

• Pediatric Kidney Disease: A Board Primer
  Michael Somers, MD
  

• Treating GN: Current and Newer Options
• IgA Nephropathy
  Jai Radhakrishnan, MD

• RPGN
  David J. Salant, MD

• Polycystic Kidney Disease
  Theodore I. Steinman, MD

• Pregnancy and Renal Disease
  Robert A. Cohen, MD

• Light Chain Deposition Disease and Amyloidosis
  Laura M. Dember, MD
  

• Nephrology Board Review 5 (Dialysis)
  Daniel M. Coyne, MD

DIALYSIS, CKD AND GENERAL NEPHROLOGY

• Dialysis Epidemiology: An Overview for the Boards
  Lynda M. Szczech, MD
  

• Hemodialysis: An Overview
  J. Kevin Tucker, MD
  

• Calcium-Phos/Vitamin D Overview
• Iron, Anemia, and Kidney Disease
  Daniel M. Coyne, MD
  

• Dialysis Vascular Access
  Dirk M. Hentschel, MD

• Peritoneal Dialysis: An Overview
• PD Complications
  Joanne M. Bargman, MD
  

• Dialysis Dose: Pearls for the Boards
  Jeremy S. Duffield, MD, PhD
  

• HIV Nephropathy in CKD Patients
  Lynda Szczech, MD
  

• Epo, Anemia, and Kidney Disease
• Take-Home Messages
• Nephrology Board Review 6 (Dialysis)
  Ajay K. Singh, MD
  

• Poisonings and Intoxications
  J. Kevin Tucker, MD

• Workshop: Kidney Stone Cases
  Gary C. Curhan, MD, ScD
  

• CKD Epidemiology: An Overview for the Boards
  Li-Li Hsiao, MD, PhD
  

• Measuring Kidney Function
  Julie Lin, MD
  

• Hypertension Overview
• Review of Renin-Angiotensin System for the Boards
  John P . Forman, MD
  

• Cardiovascular Disease and Renal Disease
  David M. Charytan, MD
  

• Renovascular Disease
  Joseph M. Garasic, MD

ACUTE KIDNEY INJURY

• AKI Epidemiology
  Sushrut S. Waikar, MD
  

• The Kidney and Cancer: Case Studies for the Boards
• Nephrology Board Review 7 (AKI Syndromes)
  Benjamin D. Humphreys, MD, PhD
  

• CVVH: An Overview
  Kenneth B. Christopher, MD
  

• Take Home Messages
  Sushrut S. Waikar, MD

Program Chair

Ajay K. Singh, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine,
Harvard Medical School
Director, Dialysis Service and Physician,
Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Harvard Faculty

Javeed Ansari, MD
Instructor in Medicine, Harvard Medical School and Fellow, Renal Division Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Joseph V. Bonventre, MD, PhD
Robert H. Ebert Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School; Director, Renal Division Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Director, Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology

Robert S. Brown, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School and Clinical Chief of Nephrology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Joslin Diabetes Center

Anil K. Chandraker, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School and Director, Renal Transplant Clinics and Associate Physician, Brigham
and Women’s Hospital

David M. Charytan, MD
Instructor in Medicine, Harvard Medical School and Associate Physician, Renal Division, Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Kenneth B. Christopher, MD
Instructor in Medicine, Harvard Medical School and Associate Physician, Renal Division, Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Robert A. Cohen, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School and Attending Nephrologist, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston

Gary C. Curhan, MD, ScD
Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, and Physician, Renal Division, Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Jeremy S. Duffield, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School and Associate Physician, Renal Division, Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Jay A. Fishman, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School and Associate Director, MGH Transplantation Center and Director, Transplant Infectious Disease & Compromised Host Program, Massachusetts General Hospital

John P. Forman, MD
Instructor in Medicine, Harvard Medical School and Associate Physician, Renal Division, Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Joseph M. Garasic, MD
Instructor in Medicine, Harvard Medical School and Director, Peripheral Vascular Intervention and Associate Physician, Brigham
and Women’s Hospital

Dirk M. Hentschel, MD
Instructor in Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Associate Physician, Renal Division, Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Li-Li Hsiao, MD, PhD
Instructor in Medicine, Harvard Medical School and Associate Physician and Director, Asian Renal Clinic, Renal Division, Brigham
and Women’s Hospital

Benjamin D. Humphreys, MD, PhD
Instructor in Medicine, Harvard Medical School and Associate Physician, Renal Division, Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Julie Lin, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School and Associate Physician, Renal Division, Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Edgar L. Milford, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School and Physician, Renal Division, Brigham and Women’s Hospital

David B. Mount, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Associate Physician, Renal Division, Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Staff Physician, Division of General Internal Medicine, VA Boston Healthcare System

Nader Najafian, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School and Associate Physician, Renal Division, Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Martha Pavlakis, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School and Staff Physician, Renal Division, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

Martin R. Pollak, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School and Physician, Renal Division, Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Helmut G. Rennke, MD
Professor of Pathology, Harvard Medical School and Staff Pathologist and Director of Renal Pathology Laboratory, Brigham
and Women’s Hospital

Michael Somers, MD
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School and Director of Clinical Services, Division of Nephrology, Children’s Hospital Boston

Theodore I. Steinman, MD
Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Renal Divisions and Senior Physician, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Brigham and Women’s Hospital

J. Kevin Tucker, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School and Associate Physician, Renal Division, Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Stefan G. Tullius, MD, PhD
Associate Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School and Chief, Division of Transplant Surgery, Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Sushut S. Waikar, MD
Instructor, Harvard Medical School and Associate Physician, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Renal Division

Guest Faculty

Gerald B. Appel, MD
Professor of Clinical Medicine, Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons and Director of Clinical Nephrology, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY

Joanne M. Bargman, MD
Professor of Medicine, University of Toronto and Director, Peritoneal Dialysis Program, University Health Network, Toronto,
Ontario, Canada

Daniel W. Coyne, MD
Professor of Medicine, Renal Diseases, Washington University School of Medicine

Laura M. Dember, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine and Staff Physician, Renal Section, Boston
University Medical Center

Fernando C. Fervenza, MD, PhD
Associate Professor of Medicine, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine

Jai Radhakrishnan, MD
Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine, Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons and Director, Nephrology Fellowship, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY

David J. Salant, MD
Professor of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine and Chief, Renal Section, Boston University Medical Center

Lynda M. Szczech, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine, Duke Clinical Research Institute and Duke University Medical Center

Alan S.-L. Yu, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine, University of Southern California

• Understand current pathophysiological mechanisms of renal disease
• Discuss differential diagnosis of complex clinical presentations of patients with renal disorders
• Identify therapeutic options for specific renal disorders
• Review renal pathology relevant to both the nephrology boards and clinical practice
• Understand pathophysiology and discuss the management of clinical problems in transplant patients