Monday, August 11, 2025
8:45am to 8:50am
Welcome Remarks/Announcements
Course Directors
8:50am to 9:35am
Renal Physiology for the Boards
Dr. Melanie Hoenig
9:35am to 10:05am
Basic Concepts of Immunology in Autoimmune Kidney Disease
Dr. Ramon Bonegio
10:05am to 10:10am
Faculty Q&A
10:10am to 10:20am
Break
10:20am to 11:05am
Renal Pathology in 2025: Part 1
Dr. Helmut Rennke
11:05am to 11:50am
Renal Pathology in 2025: Part 2
Dr. Astrid Weins
11:50am to 12:20pm
Current Approaches to Urine Sediment Analysis
Dr. Martina McGrath
12:20pm to 12:25pm
Faculty Q&A
12:25pm to 1:55pm
Break
1:55pm to 2:40pm
IgA Nephropathy
Dr. Gerald Appel
2:40pm to 3:10pm
Metabolic Management of Kidney Stones
Dr. Gary Curhan
3:10pm to 3:55pm
Social Determinants/Disparities in Renal Disease
Dr. Winfred Williams
3:55pm to 4:00pm
Faculty Q&A
4:00pm to 4:15pm
Break
4:15pm to 5:00pm
Update on Lupus Nephritis
Dr. Gerald Appel
5:00pm to 5:30pm
Membranous Nephropathy
Dr. Laurence Beck
5:30pm to 6:15pm
Anemia Management: Update and Best Practices
6:15pm to 6:25pm
Faculty Q&A
6:25pm to 9:00pm
Study Hall
Time for self-paced study of any of the pre-recorded sessions, including the following:
Supplementary Sessions
Glomerulonephritis: Questions & Answers Session
Dr. Gerald Appel
Must-Know Clinical Images in Nephrology
Electrolyte and Acid-Base Disorders Questions & Answers Session – Part 1
Dr. Alan Yu
Electrolyte and Acid-Base Disorders Questions & Answers Session – Part 2
Dr. Alan Yu
Chronic Kidney Disease in the Community: Meeting Them Where They Are
Dr. Li-Li Hsiao
COVID-19 Vaccination in Immunocompromised Patients
Dr. Ann Woolley
Update on Renovascular Disease
Dr. Joseph Garasic
Pre-Transplant Surgical Evaluation of Recipients
Dr. Sayeed Malek
Immunologic Basis of Kidney Disease
Dr. Vivek Kasinath
Use of Checkpoint Inhibitors in Kidney Transplant Recipients
Dr. Naoka Murakami
Interstitial Nephritis
Dr. Julie Paik
Ethics/ISN
Dr. Valerie Luyckx
Pregnancy and Renal Disease
Dr. Jessica Tangren
Transplant Cases: Board Review Practice
Dr. Melissa Yeung and Dr. Edgar Milford
Transplant Board Review
Dr. Anil Chandraker
Must-Know Board Zebras
Dr. Emily Robinson
Nephrology Board Review Practice 1
Dr. Finnian McCausland
Nephrology Board Review Practice 2
Dr. Gearoid McMahon
Tuesday, August 12, 2025
8:45am to 8:50am
Welcome Remarks/Announcements
Course Directors
8:50am to 9:35am
Acid-Base Disorders I: Anion Gap Metabolic Acidosis
Dr. Alan Yu
9:35am to 10:30pm
Acid-Base Disorders II: Non Gap Acidosis and Metabolic Alkalosis
Dr. Alan Yu
10:30am to 10:35am
Faculty Q&A
10:35am to 10:45am
Break
10:45am to 11:30am
Hyponatremia and Hypernatremia
Dr. David Mount
11:30am to 12:15pm
Hypokalemia and Hyperkalemia
Dr. David Mount
12:15pm to 12:20pm
Faculty Q&A
12:20pm to 1:50pm
Break
1:50pm to 2:35pm
Important New Trials in GN
Dr. Saif Alenizi
2:35pm to 3:20pm
Genetics and Kidney Disease
Dr. Friedhelm Hildebrandt
3:20pm to 4:05pm
Update on Polycystic Kidney Disease
Dr. Cristian Riella
4:05pm to 4:10pm
Faculty Q&A
4:10pm to 4:20pm
Break
4:20pm to 5:05pm
Pediatric Nephrology
Dr. Michael Somers
5:05pm to 5:50pm
Genetics: How to Integrate It into Practice
Dr. Ana Onuchic-Whitford
5:50pm to 6:20pm
Rapidly Progressive Glomerulonephritis
Dr. John Niles
6:20pm to 6:35pm
Faculty Q&A
6:35pm to 9:00pm
Study Hall
Time for self-paced study of any of the pre-recorded sessions, including the following:
Supplementary Sessions
Glomerulonephritis: Questions & Answers Session
Dr. Gerald Appel
Must-Know Clinical Images in Nephrology
Electrolyte and Acid-Base Disorders Questions & Answers Session – Part 1
Dr. Alan Yu
Electrolyte and Acid-Base Disorders Questions & Answers Session – Part 2
Dr. Alan Yu
Chronic Kidney Disease in the Community: Meeting Them Where They Are
Dr. Li-Li Hsiao
COVID-19 Vaccination in Immunocompromised Patients
Dr. Ann Woolley
Update on Renovascular Disease
Dr. Joseph Garasic
Pre-Transplant Surgical Evaluation of Recipients
Dr. Sayeed Malek
Immunologic Basis of Kidney Disease
Dr. Vivek Kasinath
Use of Checkpoint Inhibitors in Kidney Transplant Recipients
Dr. Naoka Murakami
Interstitial Nephritis
Dr. Julie Paik
Ethics/ISN
Dr. Valerie Luyckx
Pregnancy and Renal Disease
Dr. Jessica Tangren
Transplant Cases: Board Review Practice
Dr. Melissa Yeung and Dr. Edgar Milford
Transplant Board Review
Dr. Anil Chandraker
Must-Know Board Zebras
Dr. Emily Robinson
Nephrology Board Review Practice 1
Dr. Finnian McCausland
Nephrology Board Review Practice 2
Dr. Gearoid McMahon
Wednesday, August 13, 2025
8:45am to 8:50am
Welcome Remarks/Announcements
Course Directors
8:50am to 9:35am
Why Do We Reject a Transplant?
Dr. Jamil Azzi
9:35am to 10:20am
Transplant Immunosuppression for the Boards
Dr. Brittany Schreiber
10:20am to 10:25am
Faculty Q&A
10:25am to 10:35am
Break
10:35am to 11:20am
Immunological Assessment Pre- and Post-Transplant
Drs. Melissa Yeung and Indira Guleria
11:20am to 12:05pm
Early Post-Transplant Management
Dr. Anil Chandraker
12:05pm to 12:10pm
Faculty Q&A
12:10pm to 1:40pm
Break
1:40pm to 2:10pm
Donor Evaluation
Dr. Kassem Safa
2:10pm to 2:40pm
Late Loss of the Kidney Transplant
Dr. John Choi
2:40pm to 3:10pm
Infections in Transplant Recipients
Dr. Sarah Hammond
3:10pm to 3:40pm
Monitoring Kidney Transplant Patients: Beyond Creatinine
Dr. Jamil Azzi
3:40pm to 4:10pm
Pre-Transplant Evaluation of Recipients
Dr. Saif Alenizi
4:10pm to 4:15pm
Faculty Q&A
4:15pm to 4:25pm
Break
4:25pm to 4:55pm
Poisonings and Intoxications: What a Nephrologist Needs to Know
Dr. Timothy Erickson
4:55pm to 5:25pm
Late Post-Transplant Medical Complications
Dr. Leonardo Riella
5:25pm to 5:55pm
Ultrasound for the Clinical Nephrologist
Dr. Adina Voiculescu
5:55pm to 6:25pm
Geriatric Nephrology
Dr. Ernest Mandel
6:25pm to 6:35pm
Faculty Q&A
6:35pm to 9:00pm
Study Hall
Time for self-paced study of any of the pre-recorded sessions, including the following:
Supplementary Sessions
Glomerulonephritis: Questions & Answers Session
Dr. Gerald Appel
Must-Know Clinical Images in Nephrology
Electrolyte and Acid-Base Disorders Questions & Answers Session – Part 1
Dr. Alan Yu
Electrolyte and Acid-Base Disorders Questions & Answers Session – Part 2
Dr. Alan Yu
Chronic Kidney Disease in the Community: Meeting Them Where They Are
Dr. Li-Li Hsiao
COVID-19 Vaccination in Immunocompromised Patients
Dr. Ann Woolley
Update on Renovascular Disease
Dr. Joseph Garasic
Pre-Transplant Surgical Evaluation of Recipients
Dr. Sayeed Malek
Immunologic Basis of Kidney Disease
Dr. Vivek Kasinath
Use of Checkpoint Inhibitors in Kidney Transplant Recipients
Dr. Naoka Murakami
Interstitial Nephritis
Dr. Julie Paik
Ethics/ISN
Dr. Valerie Luyckx
Pregnancy and Renal Disease
Dr. Jessica Tangren
Transplant Cases: Board Review Practice
Dr. Melissa Yeung and Dr. Edgar Milford
Transplant Board Review
Dr. Anil Chandraker
Must-Know Board Zebras
Dr. Emily Robinson
Nephrology Board Review Practice 1
Dr. Finnian McCausland
Nephrology Board Review Practice 2
Dr. Gearoid McMahon
Thursday, August 14, 2025
8:45am to 8:50am
Welcome Remarks/Announcements
Course Directors
8:50am to 9:35am
Cardio-Renal Syndrome
Dr. Finnian McCausland
9:35am to 10:20am
Management of Hypertension in CKD-Intensive or Standard Regimens
Dr. Richard Glassock
10:20am to 10:25am
Faculty Q&A
10:25am to 10:35am
Break
10:35am to 11:20am
Primary Aldosteronism
Dr. Anand Vaidya
11:20am to 11:50am
Keynote: Climate Change, Global Inequities, and the Kidney
Valerie A. Luyckx, MBBCh, MSc, PhD
11:50am to 12:20pm
Liver and the Kidney
Dr. Andrew Allegretti
12:20pm to 12:25pm
Faculty Q&A
12:25pm to 1:55pm
Break
1:55pm to 2:25pm
Pathophysiology of Acute Kidney Injury
Dr. Joseph Bonventre
2:25pm to 2:55pm
Acute Kidney Injury Syndromes
Dr. Alice Sheridan
2:55pm to 3:25pm
ICU Nephrology and Continuous Renal Replacement Therapies
Dr. David Steele
3:25pm to 3:30pm
Faculty Q&A
3:30pm to 3:40pm
Break
3:40pm to 4:25pm
Cancer and Acute Kidney Injury
Dr. Raad Chowdhury
4:25pm to 4:55pm
Paraprotein-Induced Kidney Injury
Dr. Raad Chowdhury
4:55pm to 5:25pm
Therapy of FSGS Lesions in 2025
Dr. Richard Glassock
5:25pm to 5:55pm
Pathophysiology and Treatment of Diabetic Kidney Disease
Dr. Gearoid McMahon
5:55pm to 6:40pm
APOL1 and Kidney Disease
Dr. Opeyemi Olabisi
6:40pm to 6:50pm
Faculty Q&A
6:50pm to 9:00pm
Study Hall
Time for self-paced study of any of the pre-recorded sessions, including the following:
Supplementary Sessions
Glomerulonephritis: Questions & Answers Session
Dr. Gerald Appel
Must-Know Clinical Images in Nephrology
Electrolyte and Acid-Base Disorders Questions & Answers Session – Part 1
Dr. Alan Yu
Electrolyte and Acid-Base Disorders Questions & Answers Session – Part 2
Dr. Alan Yu
Chronic Kidney Disease in the Community: Meeting Them Where They Are
Dr. Li-Li Hsiao
COVID-19 Vaccination in Immunocompromised Patients
Dr. Ann Woolley
Update on Renovascular Disease
Dr. Joseph Garasic
Pre-Transplant Surgical Evaluation of Recipients
Dr. Sayeed Malek
Immunologic Basis of Kidney Disease
Dr. Vivek Kasinath
Use of Checkpoint Inhibitors in Kidney Transplant Recipients
Dr. Naoka Murakami
Interstitial Nephritis
Dr. Julie Paik
Ethics/ISN
Dr. Valerie Luyckx
Pregnancy and Renal Disease
Dr. Jessica Tangren
Transplant Cases: Board Review Practice
Dr. Melissa Yeung and Dr. Edgar Milford
Transplant Board Review
Dr. Anil Chandraker
Must-Know Board Zebras
Dr. Emily Robinson
Nephrology Board Review Practice 1
Dr. Finnian McCausland
Nephrology Board Review Practice 2
Dr. Gearoid McMahon
Friday, August 15, 2025
8:45am to 8:50am
Welcome Remarks/Announcements
Course Directors
8:50am to 9:20am
Patient Perspective: Dialysis Dosing
J. Kevin Tucker, MD
9:20am to 10:05am
Mineral and Bone Disease
Dr. David Bushinsky
10:05am to 10:10am
Faculty Q&A
10:10am to 10:20am
Break
10:20am to 11:05am
Dialysis: A Case-Based Clinical Review and Update
Dr. J. Kevin Tucker
11:05am to 11:50am
Pearls in Mineral and Bone Disease
Dr. David Bushinsky
11:50am to 12:20pm
Chronic Kidney Disease Epidemiology: A 2025 Update
Dr. Gearoid McMahon
12:20pm to 12:25pm
Faculty Q&A
12:25pm to 1:55pm
Break
1:55pm to 2:40pm
Peritoneal Dialysis
Dr. Joanne Bargman
2:40pm to 3:25pm
Peritoneal Dialysis Complications
Dr. Joanne Bargman
3:25pm to 3:55pm
Acute Kidney Injury Related to Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors
Dr. Shruti Gupta
3:55pm to 4:00pm
Faculty Q&A
4:00pm to 4:10pm
Break
4:10pm to 4:40pm
Mesoamerican Nephropathy
Dr. Jose Ricardo Correa-Rotter
4:40pm to 5:10pm
Thrombotic Microangiopathies
Dr. Jean Francis
5:10pm to 5:55pm
Dialysis Vascular Access: Assessment and Complications
Dr. Dirk Hentschel
5:55pm to 6:05pm
Faculty Q&A
6:05pm to 6:10pm
Closing Remarks
Course Directors
6:10pm to 9:00pm
Study Hall
Time for self-paced study of any of the pre-recorded sessions, including the following:
Supplementary Sessions
Glomerulonephritis: Questions & Answers Session
Dr. Gerald Appel
Must-Know Clinical Images in Nephrology
Electrolyte and Acid-Base Disorders Questions & Answers Session – Part 1
Dr. Alan Yu
Electrolyte and Acid-Base Disorders Questions & Answers Session – Part 2
Dr. Alan Yu
Chronic Kidney Disease in the Community: Meeting Them Where They Are
Dr. Li-Li Hsiao
COVID-19 Vaccination in Immunocompromised Patients
Dr. Ann Woolley
Update on Renovascular Disease
Dr. Joseph Garasic
Pre-Transplant Surgical Evaluation of Recipients
Dr. Sayeed Malek
Immunologic Basis of Kidney Disease
Dr. Vivek Kasinath
Use of Checkpoint Inhibitors in Kidney Transplant Recipients
Dr. Naoka Murakami
Interstitial Nephritis
Dr. Julie Paik
Ethics/ISN
Dr. Valerie Luyckx
Pregnancy and Renal Disease
Dr. Jessica Tangren
Transplant Cases: Board Review Practice
Dr. Melissa Yeung and Dr. Edgar Milford
Transplant Board Review
Dr. Anil Chandraker
Must-Know Board Zebras
Dr. Emily Robinson
Nephrology Board Review Practice 1
Dr. Finnian McCausland
Nephrology Board Review Practice 2
Dr. Gearoid McMahon