Nephrology Core Curriculum | Duke Department of Medicine

Conferences held each Wednesday and some Fridays from 11:45 am to 12:55 pm via Zoom and fellows watch together in Duke North Room 7733.

Faculty Lead- Rasha Raslan, MD

2nd/3rd Year Boot Camp - July 24th, 2026

Date	Title	Speaker
8:30-9:15 am	Landing the Perfect Job: Interviews, CV, Cover Letters, Strategy, Contracts	Matthew Sparks
9:15-9:45 am	Medical Directorship	Rasha Raslan
9:45 – 10:00 am	BREAK	BREAK
10:00 am – 10:45 am	Private Practice Nephrology	Anthony Provenzano Eastern Nephrology
11am-12pm	Business of Nephrology	Jennifer Huneycutt, CPA, CMPE- Executive Director of Metrolina
12pm	Lunch Served	Assorted Sandwiches
12:15-1pm	What are the Possibilities During 2nd & 3rd Year? Medical Directorship/Dialysis Rotation	Rasha Raslan
1-2pm	Private Practice Nephrology/Billing	Eric Raasch NC Nephrology

Acid Base/Sodium Water Disturbances Block

Date	Title	Speaker
videos to watch	Ph, buffering and the big picture (18 min) Proximal bicarbonate absorption (8 min) Distal tubule acid secretion and overview of urinary acid and buffering (15 min) Acid Base Disorders 101: A simple overview and brief introduction(23 min)	John Roberts
7/29/26 Wed 11:45 am	Sodium/Water Homeostasis	Sparks
8/5/26 Wed 11:45 am	Alkalosis	Kirsten Martin
8/7/26 Fri 11:45 am	Approach to Polyuria	Aruna Phekoo
8/12/26 Fri 11:45 am	Acidosis	John Roberts
8/19/26 Wed 11:45 am	Sodium/Water Problem Based Learning	Sparks
8/26/26 Wed 11:45 am	Acid Base Problem Based Learning	Sparks
9/2/26 Wed 11:45 am	Clinical Hyponatremia	Daniel Edmonston

CKD/ESKD Block

Date	Title	Speaker
9/9/26	Hemodialysis I	Timothy Hopper
9/16/25 Wed	Anemia	Rasha Raslan
9/23/26 Wed	Hemodialysis II	Timothy Hopper
9/25/26 Wed 11:45 am	CKD and ESKD Bone Mineral Metabolism Cases	Timothy Hopper
9/30/26 Wed 11:45 am	Cardiovascular disease and CKD	Daniel Edmonston
10/7/26 Wed 11:45 am	GLP1/MRA	Ben Catanese
10/9/26 Fri 11:45 am	SGLT2 Inhibitors: Primer to Becoming an Expert Flozinator	Matt Sparks

Date	Title	Speaker
10/14/26 Wed 11:45 am	PD1	Rebecca Frazier
10/16/26 Fri 11:45 am	Tablo HHD presentation	Frazier
10/21/26 Wed	ASN WEEK	CANCELLED
10/23/26 Friday	ASN WEEK	CANECELLED
10/28/26 Wed 11:45 am	PD2	Rebecca Frazier
10/30/26 Fri 11:45 am	PD3	Rebecca Frazier
11/4/26 11:45 am	Home hemodialysis	Rebecca Frazier
11/6/26 Fri 11:45 am	PD Case Review	Rebecca Frazier

Nephropathology

Date	Title	Speaker
10/6/2025	Nephropathology Overview	Dr Sparks
10/15/2025 Mon (noon)	Nephropathology Cases	Fellows
10/20/2025 Wed (4pm)	Nephropathology Cases	Fellows
10/27/2025 Mon (8pm)	Nephropathology Cases	Fellows
10/29/2025 Wed (4pm)	Nephropathology Cases	Fellows

Glomerular Disorders Block

Date	Title	Speaker
11/12/25 Wed	APOL1	Olabisi
11/14/25 Friday	Combined Rheum/Neph SLE Conf 1 (Medicine Chairs CR DAV.461)	Singh/Rogers
11/19/2025	Clinical Debriefs with Galanos	Tony Galanos
11/21/25 Fri	FSGS/Minimal Change Treatment	Vasquez
11/26/25	Off Thanksgiving
11/28/25 Friday	Off Thanksgiving
12/3/25 Wed	ANCA Vasculitis	Singh
12/5/25 Friday	TMA and MPGN	Shweta Punj
12/10/25 Wed	IgA Nephropathy	Sparks
12/12/25 Friday	Membranous Nephropathy	Sparks
12/17/25 Wed	Clinical Debriefs with Galanos	Tony Galanos
12/19/25	GN Holiday Jeopardy	Ortiz

Kidney Transplant Block

Date	Title	Speaker
1/7/26 Wed	Kidney transplant process 1: Allocation and Recipient Evaluation	Goni Katz-Greenberg
1/9/26 Friday	Kidney Transplant Process 2: Living donor and multi-organ transplantation	Gayle Vranic
1/14/26 Wed	Transplant Immunology	Irma Husain
1/16/26 Fri	Transplant Rejection	Scott Sanoff
1/21/26 Wed	Transplant Pharmacology	Jen Byrns
1/21/26 Wed 4pm	Transplant Infectious Disease	Micah Schub
1/23/26 Fri	Case Based Immunosuppression Management	Lauren Kring
1/28/26 Wed	Transplant Surgery	Brian Shaw

Hypertension

Date	Title	Speaker
1/30/26 Fri	Secondary HTN (primary hyperaldo)	Matthew Sparks
2/4/26 Wed	Hypertension	Crystal Tyson

Date

Title

Speaker

1/30/26

Fri

Secondary HTN (primary hyperaldo)

Matthew Sparks

2/4/26

Wed

Hypertension

Crystal Tyson

POCUS Curriculum

Date	Title	Speaker
2/3/25 (Mon)	Ultrasound Basics	TBD
2/5/25 (Wed)	Kidney/Bladder Ultrasound	TBD
2/7/25 (Friday) Noon – 1:30	Practical- Durham VA 8th Floor (B8017) (noon-1:30)	TBD
2/10/25 (Mon)	Cardiac Exam	TBD
2/12/25 (Wed)	Volume Assessment, Lung and IVC	TBD
2/14/25 (Friday) Noon- 1:30	Practical Durham- VA 8th Floor (B8017) (noon-1:30)	TBD

Miscellaneous Block I

Date	Title	Speaker
2/23/26 Monday	Physiology Series	Fellow 1 and 2
2/25/26 Wed	Pregnancy in Kidney Disease	Eugene Kovalik
2/25/26 (Wed pm)	Physiology Series	Fellow 3 and 4
2/27/26 Friday	Physiology Series	Fellow 5 and 6
2/30/26 Mon	Physiology Series	Fellow 7 and 8
3/4/26 Wed	CKD and ESKD Bone Mineral Metabolism Cases	Timothy Hopper
3/6/26 Friday (pm)	Physiology Series	Fellow 9 and 10
3/6/26 Friday	NephMadness	Matthew Sparks
3/11/26 Wed	NephMadness	Matthew Sparks
3/13/26 Friday	Onconephrology	David Ortiz-Melo
3/18/26 Wed	Myeloma and the Kidney	Nilou Yarandi, Mayo Clinic
3/20/26 Friday	Fibrils in Kidney Disease	Pamela Vasquez
3/25/26 Wed	Water and Reactions During Hemodialysis	Aruna Phekoo
3/27/26 Friday	ASN InTraining Exam	Cancelled
4/1/26 Wed	Vascular Access	Ellen Dillavou
4/3/26 Fri	Disorders of calcium and phos	Rebecca Frazier
4/8/26 Wed	PD Case Review	Rebecca Frazier
4/10/26 Fri	C3G, Fabry and Alport	Shweta Punj
4/15/26 Wed	Hyponatremia in Cirrhosis	Sean Mertz, PharmD
4/17/26 Friday	Clinical Debriefs	Tony Galanos
4/22/26 Wed	Plasmapheresis	Grace Lee, Duke Hematology
4/24/26 Friday	CRRT	Sparks
4/29/26 Wed	Interventional Nephrology Cases	Sejan Patel (NC Nephrology)
5/1/26 Friday	CRRT Cases	John Musgrove
5/6/26 Wed	Cancelled – NKF NOLA
5/8/26 Friday	Cancelled – NKF NOLA
5/13/26 Wed	Clinical debriefs	Tony Galanos
05/15/26 Friday	ADPKD	David Ortiz-Melo
5/20/26 Wed	Kidney Disease and Aging (conservative management)	Rasheeda Hall
5/22/26 Friday	Tubulointerstitial Kidney Disease	David Ortiz-Melo
5/27/26 Wed	Vascular access	Brian Gilmore (Duke)
5/29/26 Friday	Tubulointerstitial/ADPKD Jeopardy	David Ortiz-Melo
6/3/26 Wed	Global Health Nephrology	Anna Strasma
6/5/26 Friday	Kidney Stones	Jodi Antonelli
6/10/26 Wed	Clinical debriefs	Tony Galanos
6/12/26 Friday	Hepatorenal syndrome	Susan Murray
6/17/19 Wed	Kidney Nutrition	Annabel Biruete, PhD, RD Purdue University
6/19/26 Friday	End of year cancelled
6/24/26 Wed	End of year cancelled
6/26/26 Friday	End of year cancelled