
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
Orientation Schedule
Date |
Title |
Speaker |
7/1/22 |
Duke GME Orientation Searle Center |
GME |
7/2/22 Saturday |
Nephrology Orientation - Location: MRSB2, 2nd floor rm 2018 12 to 2pm Lunch with program leadership Bull City Escape Rm 4-9pm |
Matt Sparks |
7/5/22
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11:30am Meet with staff including APPs DN 7733 also on Zoom |
Rudy Lehrich |
7/6/22 |
VA NTO (New Trainee Orientation) 10:30am-12:30pm
VA Nephrology Specific orientation 1:30-3:30pm
Spin Dinner “passing the torch” - Cucciolo 601 W Main St. Suite C, Durham NC 27701 6-8pm |
Durham VA Sara Krome
|
7/7/22 Thursday |
11:00am Intro to 1A Clinic and Microscopy (Dr. Sparks) |
Goni Katz-Greenberg
|
7/8/22 |
Potassium Basics – 12 – 1pm Location: Hock Plaza, 6th Floor, Suite 605 Conf Rm 6085 New Fellows NKF Welcome Event -Dr Sparks House – 115 Bennington Parkway Durham NC 27713 6-8:30pm |
Mike Berkoben |
7/11/22 Monday |
CRRT Basics – zoom – 1:30- 2:30pm DN 7733 |
Eugene Kovalik |
7/12/22 |
Vascular Access from the Perspective of the Nephrologist. 12 – 1pm DN7733 |
Patrick Pun |
7/13/22 |
Fellow Pictures – Duke South Cafeteria |
Headshots |
7/14/22 |
Epic Customization – 12 – 1pm Each person on their own computer - Zoom |
Kimberley Evans |
7/15/22 |
Dialysis Basics Location: Hock plaza, 6th floor Suite 605, Conf Rm 6085 |
Mike Berkoben |
7/22/22 Friday |
Peritoneal Dialysis Basics DN7733 and kidney biopsy 1 hour 30 min (noon to 1:30) to begin in Duke Dialysis Unit |
John Duronville |
8/10/22 Friday |
Nephropathology Basics 4-5pm DN 7733 |
Laura Barisoni |
8/26/22 Friday |
NxStage CRRT Basics – noon – 1pm Location: VA Medical Center Room F3199? in person – Rm TBD |
Patrick Pun /Lindsey |
2nd/3rd Year Boot Camp - July 29th, 2022
MSRB2 2nd floor, Room 2018 - Zoom Option Available
Date |
Title |
Speaker |
9:00am |
Preparing for Success in Academia |
Christina Wyatt |
9:45am |
Landing the Perfect Job: Interviews, CV, Cover Letters, Strategy, Contracts |
Matt Sparks |
10:30am |
Medical Directorship |
Wissam Kourany |
11:30pm |
Private Practice Nephrology/Billing |
Romita Mukerjee |
12:00pm |
Private Practice Nephrology |
Anthony Provenzano |
1:00pm |
What are the Possibilities During 2nd & 3rd Year? |
Harpreet Singh |
Acid Base Disturbances Block
Date |
Title |
Speaker |
videos to watch |
John Roberts |
|
7/27/22 |
Acidosis – 12:30pm |
John Roberts |
8/3/22 |
Alkalosis |
Mike Berkoben |
8/5/22 |
Acid Base Problem Based Learning – 12pm |
John Roberts/Matthew Sparks |
Sodium/Water Block
Date |
Title |
Speaker |
videos to watch |
|
John Roberts |
8/17/22 1pm |
Clinical Hyponatremia |
Ruediger Lehrich
|
8/2422 |
Sodium/Water Homeostasis |
Mike Berkoben |
8/31/22 |
Sodium/Water Problem Based Learning |
Sparks/Lehrich |
CKD/ESKD Block
Title |
Speaker |
|
videos to watch |
Mike Berkoben |
|
9/7/22 |
Management of CKD |
Eugene Kovalik |
9/14/22 |
SGLT2 Inhibitors: Primer to Becoming an Expert Flozinator |
Matt Sparks |
9/21/22 1:30pm |
Home Modalities (PD, Home Hemodialysis) |
Ruediger Lehrich |
9/28/22 |
Hemodialysis I |
John Middleton |
10/3/22 (in person at VA) |
NxStage CRRT | Pat Pun |
10/5/22 |
Hemodialysis II |
John Middleton |
10/12/22 1:30 pm |
CKD and ESKD Bone Mineral Metabolism |
Ruediger Lehrich |
10/14/22 |
Quality Improvement Introduction |
John Musgrove |
10/19/22 |
CKD/ESKD Problem Based Learning |
Sparks |
Nephropathology
Title |
Speaker |
|
10/17/22 (noon) |
Nephropathology Session 1 |
Matthew Sparks |
10/17/22 (8pm) |
Nephropathology Session 1 |
Matthew Sparks |
10/19/22 (8pm) |
Nephropathology Session 2 |
Matthew Sparks |
10/21/22 (noon) |
Nephropathology Session 2 |
Matthew Sparks |
12/12/22 | Advanced Nephropathology | Fellows |
12/16/22 | Advanced Nephropathology | Fellows |
Glomerular Disorders Block
Title |
Speaker |
|
10/32/22 |
ANCA-Associated Vasculitis/anti-GBM |
Singh |
11/9/22 |
Membranous |
Singh |
11/16/22 |
FSGS/Minimal Change |
Olabisi |
11/18/22 |
IgA Nephropathy |
Singh |
11/23/22 |
OFF Thanksgiving |
Singh |
12/2/22 |
Combined Rheum/Neph |
Singh/Rogers |
12/7/22 | TMA/C3G/drug related TMAs/MPGN | Shweta Punj |
12/9/22 (Friday 1pm) |
Combined Rheum/Neph |
Singh/Rogers |
12/14/22 |
Glomerular Disorders Holiday Jeopardy |
Ortiz-Melo |
Kidney Transplant Block
Title |
Speaker |
|
1/4/23 |
Transplant Immunology and Rejection |
Scott Sanoff |
1/11/2023 |
Introduction to Immune Suppression |
Jennifer Byrns |
1/18/23 |
Real Life Decisions: Evidence Based Management of IS |
Sanoff/Jennifer Byrns |
1/25/23 |
Infectious Disease and Kidney Transplantation |
Goni Katz-Greenberg and Irma Husain |
2/1/23 |
Long Term Medical Management of the Kidney Transplant Recipient |
John Roberts |
2/8/23 |
The Transplantation Process |
Scott Sanoff |
2/10/23 | Quality Improvement Project | John Musgrove |
POCUS Curriculum
Date | Title | Speaker |
---|---|---|
2/13/23 | Ultrasound Basics- Durham VA 8th Floor (B8017) | Brice Lefler |
2/15/23 | Kidney/Bladder Ultrasound (Duke North 7733) | Amber Bowman |
2/17/23 |
Practical- Durham VA 8th Floor (B8017) | Amber Bowman, Katie Charles |
2/20/23 | Cardiac Exam (Duke North 7733) | Lily Huang |
2/22/23 |
Volume Assessment, Lung and IVC (Duke North 7733) | Amber Bowman, Katie Charles |
2/24/23 | Practical Durham- VA 8th Floor (B8017) | Brice Lefler, Katie Charles |
Miscellaneous Block I
Date |
Title |
Speaker |
3/1/23 |
Hypertension I |
Crystal Tyson |
3/3/23 |
Hypertension II |
Crystal Tyson |
3/8/23 (Wed) |
NephMadness 2023 |
Matthew Sparks |
3/15/23 (Wed) |
Cancelled In Training Exam |
|
3/17/23 (Friday) |
Cancelled In Training Exam |
|
3/22/23 | Aging and Kidney Health | Rasheeda Hall |
The Transplant Process |
Scott Sanoff |
|
3/29/23 (Wed) |
Myeloma and the Kidney |
Nilou Yarandi, Yale |
Water and Reactions During Hemodialysis |
Eugene Kovalik |
|
4/7/23 (Fri) |
PD Prescription Problem Based Learning |
John Duronville |
4/12/23 (Wed) |
Cancelled NKF SCM |
|
4/13/23 (Fri) |
Cancelled NKF SMC |
|
4/28/23 (Fri) | NephroTalk Communication and Palliative Care I | Jonathan Fischer |
5/3/23 (Wed) | NephroTalk Communication and Palliative Care II | Jonathan Fischer |
Calcium Phosphorus Stones Block
4/19/23 (Wed) |
Disorders of Calcium and Phosphate |
Rebecca Frazier |
4/21/23 (Friday |
Cancelled |
KIDNEYcon |
Nephrolithiasis |
Deepa Malieckal, Northwell |
Tubulointerstitial and Polycystic Kidney Disease Block
Date |
Title |
Speaker |
5/5/23 (Fri) |
Tubulointerstitial Kidney Disease |
David Ortiz-Melo |
5/12/22 (Fri) |
ADPKD |
David Ortiz-Melo |
5/19/23 (Fr) |
Tubulointerstitial/ADPKD Jeopardy |
David Ortiz-Melo |
Miscellaneous Block II
Date |
Title |
Speaker |
Vascular Access |
Ellen Dillavou |
|
6/2/23 | IgA Nephropathy | Harpreet Singh |
6/7/23 (Wed) |
GLP1 receptor agonists in diabetes and obesity |
Jennifer Green |
Critical Care Block
Date |
Title |
Speaker |
6/14/23 (Wed) |
CRRT |
Matthew Sparks |
6/17/22 |
Drug Metabolism and Pharmacokinetics |
Paul Pleczkowski |
6/21/22 |
Critical Care Nephrology Problem Based Learning |
John Musgrove |