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

1/7/26

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

1/30/26

Fri

Secondary HTN (primary hyperaldo)

Matthew Sparks

2/4/26

Wed

Hypertension

Crystal Tyson

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

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