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

Faculty Lead- Matthew A. Sparks, MD
2nd/3rd Year Boot Camp - July 21st, 2023
Title |
Speaker |
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9:00am |
Landing the Perfect Job: Interviews, CV, Cover Letters, Strategy, Contracts |
Matt Sparks |
10:15-11:00am |
Private Practice Nephrology |
Anthony Provenzano |
11:00-11:45am |
Private Practice Nephrology/Billing |
Eric Raasch |
12:00pm |
What are the Possibilities During 2nd & 3rd Year? Medical Directorship/Dialysis Rotation |
Harpreet Singh |
1:00pm |
Preparing for Success in Academia |
Christina Wyatt |
Acid Base Disturbances Block
Date |
Title |
Speaker |
John Roberts |
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Acidosis (needs to end by 12:45) |
John Roberts |
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7/31/24 Wed |
Nephropathology |
Sparks |
8/7/24 |
Alkalosis |
Mike Berkoben |
8/14/24 |
Acid Base Problem Based Learning |
John Roberts |
Sodium/Water Block
Date |
Title |
Speaker |
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John Roberts |
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Wed |
Clinical Hyponatremia |
Daniel Edmonston
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8/28/24 |
Sodium/Water Homeostasis |
Mike Berkoben |
9/4/24 |
Sodium/Water Problem Based Learning |
Sparks |
CKD/ESKD Block
Title |
Speaker |
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Mike Berkoben |
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9/11/24 |
Management of CKD |
Eugene Kovalik |
Wed |
Hemodialysis I |
John Middleton |
9/25/24 |
SGLT2 Inhibitors: Primer to Becoming an Expert Flozinator |
Matt Sparks |
10/2/24 Wed |
Hemodialysis II |
John Middleton |
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Cardiovascular Disease and CKD |
Daniel Edmonston |
Title |
Speaker |
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10/16/24 Wed |
PD1 |
Rebecca Frazier
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10/18/24 |
PD2 |
Rebecca Frazier |
10/23/24 |
No conference ASN this week |
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Hepatorenal Syndrome |
Susan Murray |
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11/1/24 |
Management of Anemia |
Rasha Raslan |
11/6/24 Wed |
PD3 |
Rebecca Frazier |
11/08/24 |
HHD |
Rebecca Frazier |
Nephropathology
Title |
Speaker |
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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
Title |
Speaker |
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11/13/24 Wed |
FSGS/Minimal Change |
Olabisi |
11/15/24 |
Membranous Nephropathy |
Sparks |
11/20/24 |
TMA/C3G/drug related TMAs/MPGN |
Shweta Punj |
11/27-29/24 |
Off Thanksgiving |
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Off Thanksgiving |
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12/4/24 Wed |
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12/6/24 (Friday 1pm) |
Combined Rheum/Neph SLE Conf 1 (Medicine Chairs CR DAV.461) |
Singh/Rogers |
12/11/24 |
IgA Nephropathy |
Sparks |
12/13/24 |
Combined Rheum/Neph SLE Conf 2(Medicine Chairs CR DAV.461) |
Singh/Rogers |
12/18/24 11 am |
GN Jeopardy |
Ortiz |
Kidney Transplant Block
Title |
Speaker |
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1/3/25 Friday |
Transplant Immunology and Rejection |
Scott Sanoff |
1/8/25 Wed |
Introduction to Immune Suppression |
Jennifer Byrns |
1/10/25 |
Infectious Disease and Kidney Transplantation |
Goni Katz-Greenberg, Micah Schub |
1/15/25 Wed |
Long Term Medical Management of the Kidney Transplant Recipient |
John Roberts |
1/17/25 |
The Transplant Process |
Gayle Vranic |
1/22/25 |
Real Life Decisions: Evidence Based Management of IS |
Sanoff/Byrns |
POCUS Curriculum
Title |
Speaker |
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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 |
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 |
Research Retreat, No conference |
cancelled |
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1/29/25 (Wed) 11 am start |
Hypertension I |
Crystal Tyson |
Hypertension II |
Crystal Tyson |
Date |
Title |
Speaker |
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Physiology Series |
Fellow 1 and 2 |
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CKD and ESKD Bone Mineral Metabolism Cases |
Timothy Hopper |
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Physiology Series |
Fellow 3 and 4 |
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2/21/25 (Friday) |
Physiology Series |
Fellow 5 and 6 |
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2/24/25 (Mon) |
Physiology Series |
Fellow 7 and 8 |
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Water and Reactions During Hemodialysis |
Eugene Kovalik |
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2/28/25 (Friday) |
Physiology Series |
Fellow 9 and 10 |
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Myeloma and the Kidney |
Nilou Yarandi, Mayo Clinic |
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Clinical Debriefs |
Tony Galanos |
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3/12/25 (Wed) |
NephMadness |
Matthew Sparks |
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3/14/25 (Fri) |
NephMadness |
Matthew Sparks |
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Fibrils in Kidney Disease |
Pamela Vasquez Scotland Nephrology, Laurinburg, NC |
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Vascular Access |
Ellen Dillavou, WakeMed |
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Pregnancy in Kidney Disease |
Eugene Kovalik |
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Open |
Open |
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4/2/25 (Wed) |
ASN In training Exam |
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4/04/25 (Fri) |
ASN In training Exam |
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4/9/25 Wed |
Cancelled NKF Boston |
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4/11/25 Fri |
Cancelled NKF Boston |
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Hyponatremia in Cirrhosis |
Sean Mertz, PharmD |
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(Fri) |
Clinical Debriefs |
Tony Galanos |
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Plasmapheresis |
Grace Lee, Duke |
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Weight loss in CKD |
Michelle Ponder, Duke Endocrinology |
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Interventional Nephrology Cases |
Sejan Patel (NC Nephrology)
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Disorders of Calcium and Phosphate |
Rebecca Frazier |
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5/7/25 (Wed) |
PD Case Review |
Rebecca Frazier |
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(Fri) |
Onconephrology |
David Ortiz-Melo |
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5/14/25 Wed |
Global Health Nephrology |
Anna Strasma |
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Fri |
ADPKD |
David Ortiz-Melo |
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Kidney Disease and Aging |
Rasheeda Hall |
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Tubulointerstitial Kidney Disease
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David Ortiz-Melo
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NephroTalk Communication and Palliative Care I |
Jonathan Fischer |
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5/30/25 (Fri) |
Tubulointerstitial/ADPKD Jeopardy |
David Ortiz-Melo |
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NephroTalk Communication and Palliative Care I |
Jonathan Fischer |
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6/6/25 (Fri) |
Kidney Stones |
Jodi Antonelli |
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6/11/25 (Wed) |
Kidney Nutrition |
Annabel Biruete, PhD, RD |
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Clinical Debriefs |
Tony Galanos |
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6/18/25 (Wed) |
End of year cancelled |
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6/20/25 (Fri) |
End of year cancelled |
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6/25/25 (Wed) |
End of year cancelled |
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6/27/25 (Fri) |
End of year cancelled |
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