The Brigham Renal Board Review Course 2016 ( Videos)
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