Nephrology Core Curriculum

Duke Nephrology Logo Small

Conferences held each Wednesday from 12:00-1pm via Zoom and fellows will be able to watch together in Duke North Room 7733.

Sparks

Faculty Lead- Matthew A. Sparks, MD

Orientation Schedule

Orientation 2023

2nd/3rd Year Boot Camp - July 21st, 2023

MSRB2 2nd floor, Room 2018 - Zoom Option Available

 

Date

Title

Speaker

9:30am

Preparing for Success in Academia

Christina Wyatt

10:15am

Landing the Perfect Job: Interviews, CV, Cover Letters, Strategy, Contracts

Matt Sparks

11:30pm

Private Practice Nephrology/Billing

Racquel Holmes
NC Nephrology

12:00pm

Private Practice Nephrology

Anthony Provenzano
Eastern Nephrology

1:00pm

What are the Possibilities During 2nd & 3rd Year? Medical Directorship/Dialysis Rotation

Harpreet Singh

Acid Base Disturbances Block

Date

Title

Speaker

videos to watch

John Roberts

7/26/2023
Wed

Acidosis

John Roberts

8/9/23
Wed

Alkalosis
video on Alkalosis

Mike Berkoben

8/16/23
Wed

Acid Base Problem Based Learning

John Roberts

Sodium/Water Block

Date

Title

Speaker

videos to watch

John Roberts

8/23/23

Wed

Clinical Hyponatremia

 

Daniel Edmonston

 

8/30/23
Wed

Sodium/Water Homeostasis

Mike Berkoben

9/6/23
Wed

Sodium/Water Problem Based Learning

Sparks

CKD/ESKD Block

Date

Title

Speaker

videos to watch

Mike Berkoben

9/13/23
Wed

Management of CKD (including anemia)

Eugene Kovalik

9/20/23
Wed

SGLT2 Inhibitors: Primer to Becoming an Expert Flozinator

Matt Sparks

9/27/23

Wed

Hemodialysis I 

John Middleton

10/4/23

Wed

Hemodialysis II

John Middleton

Needs to be 2-3pm

10/11/23
Wed

CKD and ESRD Bone Mineral Metabolism

Ruediger Lehrich

10/13/23
Friday

Cardiovascular Disease and CKD

Daniel Edmonston

Nephropathology

Date

Title

Speaker

10/28/2024 Mon (noon)

Nephropathology Cases 

Fellows

10/30/2024 Wed (4pm)

Nephropathology Cases

Fellows

11/11/2024 Mon (8pm)

Nephropathology Cases

Fellows

11/18/204 Wed (4pm) Nephropathology Cases Fellows

Glomerular Disorders Block

Date

Title

Speaker

11/15/23

Wed

FSGS/Minimal Change

Olabisi

11/17/23
Friday

Membranous Nephropathy

Sparks

11/22/23
Wed

OFF Thanksgiving

 

11/29/23

TMA/C3G/drug related TMAs/MPGN

Shweta Punj

12/1/23
(Friday 1pm)

Combined Rheum/Neph SLE Conf 1(Medicine Chairs CR DAV.461)

Singh/Rogers

12/6/23

ANCA-Associated Vasculitis/anti-GBM

Singh

12/8/23

(Friday 1pm)

Combined Rheum/Neph SLE Conf 2(Medicine Chairs CR DAV.461)

Singh/Rogers

12/13/23
Wed

IgA Nephropathy

Singh

12/15/23
Fri

Glomerular Disorders Holiday Jeopardy

Ortiz-Melo

Peritoneal Dialysis and Home Hemodialysis Block

Date

Title

Speaker

10/18/23

Wed

PD1

Rebecca Frazier

 

10/20/23
Friday

PD2

Rebecca Frazier

10/25/23
Wed

Hepatorenal Syndrome

Susan Murray

11/8/23

Wed

PD3

Rebecca Frazier

11/10/23
Fri

HHD

Rebecca Frazier

Kidney Transplant Block

Date

Title

Speaker

1/3/24

Wed

Transplant Immunology and Rejection

Scott Sanoff

1/5/24

Friday

Introduction to Immune Suppression 

 Jennifer Byrns

1/10/24
Wed

Infectious Disease and Kidney Transplantation

Goni Katz-Greenberg, Micah Schub

1/12/24 Fri

Long Term Medical Management of the Kidney Transplant Recipient  

John Roberts

1/17/24
Wed

The Transplant Process

Gayle Vranic

1/19/24
Friday

Real Life Decisions: Evidence Based Management of IS 

 Sanoff/Byrns

POCUS Curriculum

Date

Title

Speaker

2/5/24

Ultrasound Basics

TBD

2/7/24

Kidney/Bladder Ultrasound

TBD

2/9/24

Practical- Durham VA 8th Floor (B8017) (noon-1:30)

TBD

2/12/24

Cardiac Exam

TBD

2/14/24

Volume Assessment, Lung and IVC

TBD

2/16/24

Practical Durham- VA 8th Floor (B8017) (noon-1:30)

TBD

Miscellaneous Block I

Date

Title

Speaker

2/21/24 (Wed)

Clinical Debriefs

Tony Galanos

2/23/24 (Friday)

Water and Reactions During Hemodialysis

Eugene Kovalik

2/28/24 (Wed)

Myeloma and the Kidney

Nilou Yarandi, Mayo Clinic

3/6/24 (Wed)

Kidney Disease and Aging

Rasheeda Hall

3/8/24 (Fri)

NephMadness

Matthew Sparks

3/13/24 (Wed)

NephMadness

Matthew Sparks

3/15/24 (Fri)

Vascular Access

Dr Dillavue

3/20/24 (Wed)

Fibrils in Kidney Disease

Pamela Vasquez Scotland Nephrology, Laurinburg, NC

3/27/24 (Wed)

Pregnancy in Kidney Disease

Eugene Kovalik

3/29/24 (Fri)

Clinical Debriefs

Tony Galanos

4/3/24 (Wed)

Nephropathology Cases

Matthew Sparks

4/5/24 (Fri)

Nephropathology Cases

Matthew Sparks

4/10/24 (Wed)

ASN In training Exam

 

4/12/24 (Fri)

ASN In training Exam

 

4/17/24 (Wed)

Post-ITE Lunch

 

4/19/24

(Fri)

Tubulointerstitial Kidney Disease

David Ortiz-Melo

4/24/24 (Wed)

Kidney Nutrition

Annabel Biruete, PhD, RD
Purdue University

5/1/24 (Wed)

Interventional Nephrology Cases

Sejan Patel (NC Nephrology)

5/3/24 (Fri)

ADPKD

David Ortiz-Melo

5/8/24 (Wed) 

Onconephrology

David Ortiz-Melo

5/10/24 (Fri)

Tubulointerstitial/ADPKD Jeopardy

David Ortiz-Melo

5/15/24 (Wed)

Cancelled NKF SCM

 

5/17/24 (Fri)

Cancelled NKF SCM

 

5/22/24 (Wed)

Clinical Debriefs

Tony Galanos

5/24/24 (Fri)

PD Case Review

Rebecca Frazier

6/26/24 (Wed)

End of year cancelled

 

6/28/24 (Fri)

End of year cancelled