Events
The UVA Division of Nephrology holds conferences throughout the week. Fellows Conference runs year-round; the remainder runs typically from September through May. Most conferences are held in the Kidney Center Conference Room on the 5th Floor, Multistory West Complex, Room 5101. Periodically, one of the other conferences described below will be rotated into a slot for a regularly scheduled meeting to ensure that faculty and fellows can review and discuss cases and direct patient care in the conference setting.
April 29, 2024, 12:00 PM
Location: Kidney Center Conference Room # 5101 or join remotely via Zoom
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CIIR Seminar Series
Faculty, postdoctoral fellows, or graduate students present research from faculty-sponsored research projects. Outside faculty are also invited to present research. UVA faculty, fellows, and trainees do research-in-progress presentations during this conference.
| Date | Speaker | Topic | More Information |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4/15 | Beth Avanzado | Baxter PD Series: Catheter Insertion/Non-infectious complications | |
| 4/29 | Ryan Pedrigi, PhD | “Toward a Mechanotherapy for Atherosclerosis” | Learn More |
| 5/6 | Beth Avanzado | Baxter PD Series: Infectious Complication | |
Renal Grand Rounds
Distinguished national and international experts from UVA and other institutions present topics on nephrology (clinical and basic science).
| Date | Speaker | Topic | More Information |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1/9/2024 | Monarch Shah, MD | Trans Critical Care Conference | |
| 1/16/2024 | Katie Lane, MD | ||
| 1/23/2024 | Mitchell Rosner, MD | ||
| 2/2/2024 | Ebony Boulware, MD MPH - Wake Forest School of Medicine | Atuk lectureship | View Poster |
| 2/6/2024 | Jeanne Kamal, MD | ||
| 2/13/2024 | Kelly Davidson, MD | ||
| 2/20/2024 | Ben Silverberg, MD | ||
| 2/27/2024 | Agnieszka Swiatecka-Urban | ||
| 3/8/2024 | Benjamin Humphreys, MD PhD - Washington University School of Medicine | Liverman Lectureship "Acute Kidney Injury, Repair and Transition to Chronic Kidney Disease" | View Poster |
| 3/12/2024 | Lalida Kunaprayoon, MD | ||
| 3/19/2024 | Joseph Leeds, MD | ||
| 3/26/2024 | Stephen Culp, MD | ||
| 4/2/2024 | Sho Morioka, MD | ||
| 4/9/2024 | Alden Doyle, MD | ||
| 4/16/2024 | Jay Koyner, MD | ||
| 4/23/2024 | Anita Vincent-Johnson, MD | ||
| 4/30/2024 | Christina Papageorge, MD | ||
| 5/7/2024 | Adam Whaley-Connell, MD | ||
| 5/14/2024 | Bobak Sharifi, MD | ||
| 5/21/2024 | Angie Nishio- Lucar, MD | ||
| 5/28/2024 | Hanna Zaraket, MD | ||
| 6/4/2024 | Rao Swati, MD | ||
| 6/11/2024 | Thu Le, MD |
The purpose of the journal club is to mentor/develop the ability to critically analyze data reported in the recent or landmark clinical and basic science literature. In general, papers are presented and discussed from high-quality clinical journals (NEJM, Kidney Int, Ann Int Med, Lancet, Transplantation) and basic science journals (Nature, J Biol Chem, Cell, Science, Proc Natl Acad Sci, J Clin Invest, Am J Physiol).
| Date | Speaker | Topic | More Information |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3/6 | Dr. Dumor | ICU Nephrology Series- Hemodynamic measures | |
| 3/13 | Dr. Abdelrazeq, Dr. Erdbruegger | KDIGO Lupus Nephritis Guidelines 2023 | |
| 3/20 | Fellows, Dr. Sharifi | Nephmadness | |
| 3/27 | Dr. Kumar | POCUS Workshop | |
| 4/3 | Dr. Sana Khan | Physiology Series: Distal tubule | |
| 4/10 | In-Training Examination (ITE) fellows | ||
| 4/17 | Dr. Alexander Gogoli | Journal Club | |
| 4/24 | Dr. Tushar Chopra | Acid Handling in the Kidney- Renal Tubular Acidosis | |
| 5/1 | Dr. Joseph Leeds | Transplant Rejection | |
| 5/8 | Dr. Hasan Iftikar | Monoclonal Gammopathy of Renal Significance | |
| 5/15 | Dr. Catherine Casey, Associate Professor of Family Medicine | Safe Space Training & Advancing equity in patient care by Dr. Catherine Casey | |
| 5/22 | Drs. Shah & Alghamdi | Scholarly Activity | |
| 5/29 | Drs. Tran & Gogoli | Scholarly Activity | |
| 6/5 | Drs. Marampudi & Abdel-razeq | Scholarly Activity | |
| 6/12 | Dr. Rahman | Board Review | |
| 6/19 | Dr. Kamal | Board Review |
| Date | Speaker | Topic | More Information |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3/7 | Fellows, Dr. Sharifi | Nephmadness | |
| 3/14 | Fellows, Dr. Sharifi | Nephmadness | |
| 3/21 | Dr. Scialla | Physiology Series: Ca, Phosphorus, PTH and FGF23 overview | |
| 3/28 | Fellows, Dr. Sharifi | Nephmadness | |
| 4/4 | Dr. Hanna Zaraket | ESRD Complications: thrombosis, Calciphylaxis, Uremic Polyneuropathy | |
| 4/11 | In-Training Examination (ITE) fellows | ||
| 4/18 | Dr. Uta Erdrbuegger | GN Club Discussions | |
| 4/25 | Thessa Churillo, RD | Renal Bone Disease Cases | |
| 5/2 | Dr. Korshie Dumor | Pulmonary-Renal Crosstalk- Critical Care Nephrology | |
| 5/9 | Drs. Kunaprayoon and Silverberg | Scholarly Activity | |
| 5/16 | Dr. Anita Vincent-Johnson | Topic Review-Pain Management in CKD and ESRD | |
| 5/23 | Dr. Rajesh Balakrishnan | Biostatistics- Master class | |
| 5/30 | Dr. Abdel Rahman | Hypernatremia | |
| 6/6 | Dr. Bobak Sharifi | Pregnancy and Renal Disease- Topic Review | |
| 6/13 | Dr. Renaghan | Board Review | |
| 6/20 | Dr. Knicely | Board Review |
Members attend this conference from multiple subspecialties, including Gastroenterology, Cardiology, Surgery, and Nephrology. Topics in organ transplantation are presented and discussed by faculty and fellows.
| Date | Speaker | Topic | More Information |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4/12 | In-Training Examination (ITE) fellows | ||
Faculty from UVA and other institutions are invited to discuss clinical topics in medicine. Several times each year, the nephrology faculty is present. Internationally recognized nephrology faculty are invited as visiting professors.
| Date | Speaker | Affiliation | Topic | Video | Transcript |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 03/01 | John Robert Perfect MD | Duke University School of Medicine | "The Sugar-coated Killer: Cryptococcosis in 2024" | View Video | View Transcript |
| 03/08 | Benjamin Humphreys MD PhD | Washington University School of Medicine | Liverman Lectureship = "Acute Kidney Injury, Repair and Transition to Chronic Kidney Disease" | Coming Soon | Coming Soon |
| 03/15 | Chris Holstege MD | University of Virginia | "Emerging Substances that are Misused" | Coming Soon | Coming Soon |
| 03/22 | Eloho Ufomata MD | University of Pittsburg Medical Center | "Incorporating Antiracism Curricula into Medical Education" | Coming Soon | Coming Soon |
| 03/29 | Huzaefah Syed MD MPH | Virginia Commonwealth University Health | "Sarcoidosis for the Internist" | Coming Soon | Coming Soon |
| 04/05 | Robert Cook MD MPH | University of Florida | "Practical Lessons on Alcohol Assessment and Intervention" | Coming Soon | Coming Soon |
| 04/12 | Andrew Wolf MD | University of Virginia | "Updates in Cancer Screening" | Coming Soon | Coming Soon |
| 04/19 | James Januzzi MD | Massachusetts General Hospital | Grollman Lectureship | Coming Soon | Coming Soon |
| 04/26 | Adam Carlson MD | University of Virginia | "Autoinflammatory Disease and The Evolving Rheumscape" | Coming Soon | Coming Soon |
| 05/03 | Donowitz | University of Virginia | TBD | Coming Soon | Coming Soon |
| 05/10 | Scholars' Day | University of Virginia | TBD | Coming Soon | Coming Soon |
| 05/17 | Michael Williams MD | University of Virginia | "Mantle Cell Lymphoma" | Coming Soon | Coming Soon |
| 05/24 | Cynthia Brown MD | Indiana University School of Medicine | Malpass Lecture | Coming Soon | Coming Soon |
| 05/31 | Chiefs | University of Virginia | Chiefs | Coming Soon | Coming Soon |