Nephrology Core Curriculum

8:30-9:15 am

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

Matthew Sparks

9:15-10am

Medical Directorship

Harpreet Singh

10-10:10 am

Break

10:10-11am

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

Rasha Raslan

11am-12pm

Business of Nephrology

Jennifer Huneycutt, CPA, CMPE- Executive Director of Metrolina

12pm

Lunch Served

Assorted Sandwiches

12:15-1pm

Private Practice Nephrology

Anthony Provenzano
Eastern Nephrology

1-2pm

Private Practice Nephrology/Billing

Eric Raasch
NC Nephrology

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

7/30/25

Wed

Acidosis

John Roberts

8/6/25
Wed

Clinical Hyponatremia

Daniel Edmonston

8/13/25
Wed

Alkalosis
video on Alkalosis

Mike Berkoben

videos to watch

• Physiologic Approach to Hyponatremia (10 min)
• Regulation of Extracellular Fluid Volume (8 min)
• Body Fluid Compartments (10 min)
• Regulation of Body Fluid Osm, Part 1 (9 min)
• Regulation of Body Fluid Osm, Part 2 (13 min)

John Roberts

8/15/25

Fri

Sodium/Water Homeostasis

Mike Berkoben

8/20/25

Wed

Sodium/Water Problem Based Learning

Sparks

8/27/25
Wed

Approach to Polyuria

Aruna Phekoo

9/3/25
Wed

Acid Base Problem Based Learning

John Roberts

videos to watch

• Hemodialysis basics

Mike Berkoben

9/10/25
Wed

Anemia

Rasha Raslan

9/17/25

Wed

Cardiovascular Disease and CKD

Daniel Edmonston

9/24/25
Wed

GLP1/MRA

Ben Catanese

10/1/25

Wed

SGLT2 Inhibitors: Primer to Becoming an Expert Flozinator

Matt Sparks

10/8/25
Wed

Hemodialysis I 

Timothy Hopper

10/15/2025

Hemodialysis II

Timothy Hopper

10/17/25

Fri

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

Singh/Rogers

10/22/25
Wed

PD1

Rebecca Frazier

10/24/25

Friday

PD2

Rebecca Frazier

10/29/25

Wed

PD3

Rebecca Frazier

10/31/25
Fri

Home Hemodialysis 

Rebecca Frazier

11/5/25

Wed

ASN WEEK, Houston, TX

11/7/25
Friday

ASN WEEK, Houston, TX

10/15/2025 Mon (noon)

Nephropathology Cases 

Fellows

10/20/2025 Wed (4pm)

Nephropathology Cases

Fellows

10/27/2025 Mon (8pm)

Nephropathology Cases

Fellows

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

1/3/25

Friday

Transplant Immunology and Rejection

Scott Sanoff

1/8/25

Wed

Introduction to Immune Suppression 

 Jennifer Byrns

1/10/25
Friday

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
Friday

The Transplant Process

Gayle Vranic

1/22/25
Wednesday

Real Life Decisions: Evidence Based Management of IS 

 Sanoff/Byrns

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

1/24/25 (Fri)

Research Retreat, No conference 

cancelled

1/29/25 (Wed) 11 am start

Hypertension I

Crystal Tyson

1/31/25 (Fri)

Hypertension II 

Crystal Tyson

2/17/25 (Mon)

Physiology Series

Fellow 1 and 2

2/19/25 (Wed)

CKD and ESKD Bone Mineral Metabolism Cases

Timothy Hopper

2/19/25 (Wed pm)

Physiology Series

Fellow 3 and 4

2/21/25 (Friday)

Physiology Series

Fellow 5 and 6

2/24/25 (Mon)

Physiology Series

Fellow 7 and 8

2/26/25
(Wed)

Water and Reactions During Hemodialysis

Eugene Kovalik

2/28/25 (Friday)

Physiology Series

Fellow 9 and 10

3/5/25
(Wed)

Myeloma and the Kidney

Nilou Yarandi, Mayo Clinic 

3/7/25 (Friday)

Clinical Debriefs

Tony Galanos

3/12/25 (Wed)

NephMadness

Matthew Sparks

3/14/25 (Fri)

NephMadness

Matthew Sparks

3/19/25 (Wed)

Fibrils in Kidney Disease

Pamela Vasquez Scotland Nephrology, Laurinburg, NC

3/21/25 (Fri)

Vascular Access

Ellen Dillavou, WakeMed

3/26/25 (Wed)

Pregnancy in Kidney Disease

Eugene Kovalik

3/28/25 (Fri)

Open

Open

4/2/25 (Wed)

ASN In training Exam

4/04/25 (Fri)

ASN In training Exam

4/9/25

Wed

Cancelled NKF Boston

4/11/25

Fri

Cancelled NKF Boston

4/16/25 (Wed)

Hyponatremia in Cirrhosis

Sean Mertz, PharmD

4/18/25

(Fri)

Clinical Debriefs

Tony Galanos

4/23/25 (Wed)

Plasmapheresis

Grace Lee, Duke
Hematology

4/25/25 (Fri)

Weight loss in CKD

Michelle Ponder, Duke Endocrinology

4/30/25 (Wed)

Interventional Nephrology Cases

Sejan Patel (NC Nephrology)

5/2/25 (Fri)

Disorders of Calcium and Phosphate

Rebecca Frazier

5/7/25 (Wed)

PD Case Review

Rebecca Frazier

5/9/25

(Fri)

Onconephrology

David Ortiz-Melo

5/14/25

Wed

Global Health Nephrology

Anna Strasma

05/16/25

Fri

ADPKD

David Ortiz-Melo

5/21/25 (Wed)

Kidney Disease and Aging

Rasheeda Hall

5/23/25 (Fri)

Tubulointerstitial Kidney Disease

David Ortiz-Melo

5/28/25 (Wed)

NephroTalk Communication and Palliative Care I

Jonathan Fischer

5/30/25 (Fri)

Tubulointerstitial/ADPKD Jeopardy

David Ortiz-Melo

6/4/25 (Wed)

NephroTalk Communication and Palliative Care I

Jonathan Fischer

6/6/25 (Fri)

Kidney Stones

Jodi Antonelli

6/11/25 (Wed)

Kidney Nutrition

Annabel Biruete, PhD, RD
Purdue University

6/13/25 (Fri)

Clinical Debriefs

Tony Galanos

6/18/25 (Wed)

End of year cancelled

6/20/25 (Fri)

End of year cancelled

6/25/25

(Wed)

End of year cancelled

6/27/25 (Fri)

End of year cancelled