Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women's Hospital Board Review

Prepare for board exams with this comprehensive update of renal medicine and its subspecialties. Includes bonus textbook.

A Comprehensive Nephrology Update

Recorded during the highly-rated annual live event, The Brigham Renal Board Review Course provides critical updates on basic principles, changing guidelines and therapeutic strategies. Throughout this CME program, emphasis is placed on the practical application of physiological principles to the understanding and management of clinical problems and board exam preparation, helping you to better:

• Summarize current/recommended nephrology guidelines in clinical practice
• Explain the differential diagnosis of complex clinical presentations of patients with renal disorders
• Identify/integrate current therapeutic options for specific renal disorders
• Review and interpret up-to-date literature relevant to clinical practice
• Describe pathophysiological mechanisms as they apply to management of renal disease
• Apply learning objectives to the ABIM Nephrology certification/recertification examinations

QUICK FACTS

Provider: Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Course Directors:
Joseph V. Bonventre, MD, PhD
Samuel A. Levine Professor of Medicine
Harvard Medical School
Chief, Renal Division
Chief, Division of Engineering in Medicine
Department of Medicine
Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Past-President, American Society of Nephrology

Jamil R. Azzi, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Harvard Medical School
Associate Physician, Renal Division
Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Anil Chandraker, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine
Harvard Medical School
Director, Renal Transplant Clinics
Physician, Renal Division
Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Gearoid M. McMahon, MB BCh
Instructor in Medicine
Harvard Medical School
Associate Physician, Renal Division
Brigham and Women's Hospital

TOPICS

Glomerulonephritis

• Renal Physiology for the Boards - Melanie P. Hoenig, MD

• Renal Pathology 101 - Helmut G. Rennke, MD

• Renal Pathology 102 - Helmut G. Rennke, MD

• Urine Sediment Analysis - Martina M. McGrath, MD

• Pathology Cases for the Boards - Helmut G. Rennke, MD

• IgA Nephropathy - Gerald B. Appel, MD

• Membranous Nephropathy - Laurence H. Beck, Jr., MD, PhD

• RPGN - John L. Niles, MD

• Lupus Nephritis - Gerald B. Appel, MD

• Board Review Questions – GN - Gerald B. Appel, MD

• Geriatric Nephrology - Ernest I. Mandel, MD

• Anemia Management for the Boards - Ajay K. Singh, MBBS, FRCP (UK), MBA

• Clinical Images for the Boards - Ajay K. Singh, MBBS, FRCP (UK), MBA

• Workshop: Hyponatremia and Hypernatremia - David B. Mount, MD

Electrolytes and Acid Base

• Electrolyte and Acid Base – Practice I - Alan S.L. Yu, MD, MB, BChir
  

• Hypokalemia and Hyperkalemia - David B. Mount, MD

• Acid Base I – Acidosis - Alan S.L. Yu, MD, MB, BChir
  

• Acid Base II – Alkalosis - Alan S.L. Yu, MD, MB, BChir
  

• Cases from Renal Grand Rounds at The Brigham - David B. Mount, MD

• Electrolyte and Acid Base – Practice II - Alan S.L. Yu, MD, MB, BChir
  

• Genetics and Kidney Disease - Friedhelm Hildebrandt, MD

• Polycystic Kidney Disease - Peter G. Czarnecki, MD

• Pregnancy and Renal Disease - Ravi I. Thadhani, MD, MPH

• Pediatric Nephrology - Michael J.G. Somers, MD

• Kidney Stone Cases - Gary C. Curhan, MD, ScD

CKD and General Nephrology

• Renovascular Disease - Joseph M. Garasic, MD

• Hypertension: An Overview - John P. Forman, MD, MSc
  

• Secondary Hypertension - John P. Forman, MD, MSc
  

• Cardiovascular Disease and Renal Disease - David M. Charytan, MD, MSc

• CKD Epidemiology - Gearoid M. McMahon, MB BCh

• Nephrology Board Review 1 - David M. Charytan, MD, MSc

Acute Kidney Injury

• Pathophysiology of AKI - Joseph V. Bonventre, MD, PhD

• AKI Syndrome - Sushrut S. Waikar, MD, MPH

• AKI and Cancer - Albert Q. Lam, MD

• Paraprotein Induced Kidney Injury - Albert Q. Lam, MD

• CPC - Mark J. Sarnak, MD, MS; Vanesa Bijol, MD; Martina McGrath, MD

• Cardiorenal and Hepatorenal Syndromes - David J.R. Steele, MD

• Interstitial Nephritis: Overview for the Boards - Li-Li Hsiao, MD, PhD

• ICU Nephrology and CVVH for the Boards - Kenneth B. Christopher, MD

Transplantation

• Why Do We Reject a Transplant? - Jamil R. Azzi, MD

• Transplant Immunosuppression for the Boards - Steven Gabardi, PharmD, BCPS, FAST, FCCP

• Immunological Assessment Pre and Post Transplant - Melissa Y. Yeung, MD

• Early Post Transplant Management - Jamil R. Azzi, MD

• Late Post Transplant Medical Complications - Leonardo V. Riella, MD, PhD

• Late Allograft Loss - Andrew M. Siedlecki, MD

• Infections in Immunocompromised Host - Sarah P. Hammond, MD

• Transplant Cases for the Boards - Melissa Y. Yeung, MD; Edgar L. Milford, MD

• Pre-Transplant Evaluation of Recipients - Jamil R. Azzi, MD; Sayeed Malek, MD, FACS

• Donor Evaluation - Eliot C. Heher, MD

• HUS/TTP - Jean M. Francis, MD

• Cutting Edge in Transplantation - Reza Abdi, MD

• Transplant Board Review - Leonardo V. Reilla, MD, PhD

• Must Know Board Zebras - Emily S. Robinson, MD, MPH

Dialysis

• Dialysis Dose - J. Kevin Tucker, MD

• MBD Overview for the Boards - David Bushinsky, MD

• Dialysis: An Overview for the Boards - J. Kevin Tucker, MD

• Pearls in MBD - David Bushinsky, MD

• Renal Ultrasound for the Boards - Adina S. Voiculescu, MD

• Dialysis Vascular Access - Dirk M. Hentschel, MD

• Peritoneal Dialysis: An Overview - Joanne M. Bargman, MD, FRCPC

• Peritoneal Dialysis Complications - Joanne M. Bargman, MD, FRCPC

• Poisonings and Intoxications - Albert Q. Lam, MD

• Nephrology Board Review Practice 2 - Melissa Y. Yeung, MD

• Nephrology Board Review Practice 3 - Finnian R. McCausland, MD

• How To Pass The Boards Session - David E. Leaf, MD

Learning Objectives

After viewing this program, participants will be better able to:

• Summarize current/recommended nephrology guidelines in clinical practice
• Explain the differential diagnosis of complex clinical presentations of patient with renal disorders
• Identify/integrate current therapeutic options for specific renal disorders
• Review and interpret up-to-date literature relevant to clinical practice
• Describe pathophysiological mechanisms as they apply to management of renal disease
• Apply learning objectives to the ABIM Nephrology certification/recertification examinations

ACGME Competencies

This course is designed to meet one or more of the following Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education Competencies:

• Patient Care and Procedural Skills
• Medical Knowledge
• Practice-Based Learning and Improvement

Target Audience

The target audience for The Brigham Renal Board Review Course is clinical and academic nephrologists, internists, pediatricians, and primary care physicians/trainees preparing for ABIM nephrology certification/recertification examinations and/or seeking a comprehensive update in renal medicine and its subspecialties.

Date of Original Release: October 1, 2016
Termination Date: January 31, 2019 (Please note that AMA PRA Category 1 Credits ™ will no longer be issued for the activity after this date)
Estimated Time to Complete: 47 hours

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