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Kidney transplants are a life-changing intervention, but do not work immediately; this delayed graft function has serious implications for transplant programs, patient outcomes, and organ waste. Tune in as our host Dr. Anna Gaddy interviews Dr. Matthew Cooper to discuss the research and implications behind his co-authored special report, “Understanding Delayed Graft Function to Improve Organ Utilization and Patient Outcomes: Report of a Scientific Workshop Sponsored by the National Kidney Foundation”, published in the March 2024 issue of AJKD.
Kidney transplant care teams can work collaboratively to say ‘yes’ to transplant and decrease the number of viable kidneys that are otherwise discarded. Read the article, listen in, and bring this important conversation to your kidney transplant community.
Episode Host: Anna Gaddy, MD, FASN, FNKF
Guest Contributor: Matthew Cooper, MD, FACS, FAST, FNKF
Wednesday Aug 09, 2023
Exploring Innovations in Nephrology Education from Undergrad to CME
Wednesday Aug 09, 2023
Wednesday Aug 09, 2023
Increased prevalence and treatment modalities for kidney disease, shifts in priorities, clinical demands, and changes in funding have altered how we approach nephrology education. We are witnessing a massive shift in how education is delivered and implemented; innovative methods now exist outside the classroom and beyond the medical wards. Our focus in this episode is a journal issue of Advances in Kidney Disease and Health*, entitled Nephrology Education for the 21st Century. The study of nephrology is already a daunting undertaking; how can we develop novel ways of teaching at all levels of higher education? Co-editors Drs. Niralee Patel and Staci Leisman join host Dr. Sam Kant to discuss and explore examples of restructured nephrology curricula and learning methods in undergraduate, graduate, fellowship, and continuing medical education spaces.
*Formerly called Advances in Chronic Kidney Disease.
Tuesday Jun 20, 2023
Tuesday Jun 20, 2023
This episode explores the 2021 NKF Kidney Disease Outcomes Quality Initiative Commentary (KDOQI) on the Kidney Disease Improving Global Outcomes (KDIGO) guideline for glomerular diseases. The KDOQI commentary provides discussion on issues that are specific for implementation of the KDIGO guidelines in US healthcare settings. Tune in is as our host Dr. Natasha Dave dives into the commentary with Co-Chairs Dr. Bill Whittier, Rush University Medical Center in Chicago, and Dr. Laurence Beck, Boston Medical Center.
Tuesday Dec 15, 2020
Palliative Care and Nephrology with Dr. Holly Koncicki
Tuesday Dec 15, 2020
Tuesday Dec 15, 2020
On this episode, Corey is joined by our guest, Holly M. Koncicki, Associate Professor of Nephrology and Palliative Care at Mount Sinai. Dr. Koncicki is in the Division of Nephrology and Brookdale Department of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai.
First, Dr. Koncicki discusses what inspired her to become a nephrologist and how she became interested in palliative care. Corey and Dr. Koncicki review data from To Dialysis and Beyond: The Nephrologist’s Responsibility for Advance Care Planning. She offers advice on decisions about modality for advance kidney disease patients and dialysis. She notes how is it not only important to work well with the interdisciplinary team, but it’s crucial to coordinate with the patient’s other providers, such as their cardiologist, oncologists, etc. The conversation about the patient’s care needs to continue overtime and the care team must be on the same page in order to make it less difficult for the patient.
In relation to advanced care planning and dialysis, they talk about over discussing and reflecting on conversations to match patient values.
They expand upon dialysis versus conservative management:
How do you objectively tell your patients they would not do well on dialysis?
How do we assess who is at a high risk of having poor outcomes on dialysis?
How do we get doctors to think about conservative kidney management?
They wrap up by discussing Dr. Koncicki’s AJKD article Opioid Management in CKD and how doctors should appropriately select opioids as well as the importance of setting expectations for patients.
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Thursday Feb 14, 2019
Episode 13: AJKD Editorial Internship (Life as a Nephrologist Series)
Thursday Feb 14, 2019
Thursday Feb 14, 2019
This is a conversation with the first cohort of interns from the American Journal of Kidney Diseases (AJKD) new Editorial Internship Program. This one-year program is an opportunity for nephrology fellows to participate in journal editorial processes.
The first year’s interns are:
Samantha Gelfand MD, University of Pennsylvania
Pascale Khairallah MD, Columbia University,
Devika Nair MD, Vanderbilt University,
Adrian Whelan MD, University of California at San Francisco
The application for the 2019-2020 internship is now open! Applicants need to be current first year neph fellows or second year fellows staying on for a third year, with an interest in academic writing and publishing.
Music by Scott Holmes “Follow Your Dreams” licensed under CC BY-NC 4.0
Tuesday May 15, 2018
Episode 1: Choosing Nephrology (Life as a Nephrologist Series)
Tuesday May 15, 2018
Tuesday May 15, 2018
Welcome to the Life as a Nephrologist podcast series! In this first episode Dr. Devika Nair (Vanderbilt University Hospital, Nashville, TN) and Dr. Kelly Beers (Mount Sinai Hospital, New York, NY) talk about their experiences so far as nephrology fellows and why they chose it as a career. Would you like to suggest topics or interviewees for the podcast? Write to us at NKFpodcast@kidney.org. For more information about the National Kidney Foundation, visit us online.