Life as a Nephrology Professional

Episode 12: Dr. Andy Bomback on Writing, being a Doctor, and Glomerular Diseases (Life as a Nephrologist Series)

Dr. Andrew Bomback is an Assistant Professor of Medicine at Columbia University and a specialist in glomerular diseases. He is also a writer, having published in the Los Angeles Review of Books, The Atlantic, and The Kenyon Review, among others. His recently published book is entitled Doctor. It’s part of a series called Object Lessons - short books that are part memoir, part nonfiction, each looking at the ‘hidden lives’ of an everyday object or concept. We talk about that book as well as his thoughts on working as both a physician and a writer.

Doctor (Object Lessons) by Andrew Bomback https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/doctor-9781501338175/
https://www.amazon.com/Doctor-Object-Lessons-Andrew-Bomback/dp/150133817X 

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Episode 11: The Residents' Perspective (Life as a Nephrologist Series)

In this episode I spoke with two internal medicine residents, Dr. Lena Vaynberg (Duke) and Dr. Sam Kant (University of Maryland) about their experiences with nephrology to date. They discuss what draws them to the field, including various works of literature and gaps in medical education, and explain the related work they’ve each been involved with so far. See a write up of Lena's "Project Nephron" here, the book and article Sam references here: 
Guns, Germs and Steel (Amazon)
The Heroism of Incremental Care (The New Yorker)

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Episode 10: Dr. Mukesh Sharma - Interventional Nephrology

Dr. Mukesh Sharma is an interventional nephrologist in private practice who also works as an adjunct professor at University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences. Interventional nephrology is a sub-specialization that enables the physician to perform a number of procedures related to creating and maintaining dialysis accesses (AV fistulas and grafts, and catheters). Dr. Sharma went to medical school in India before completing residency and fellowship at Louisiana State University. He shares some great career advice for those interested in interventional nephrology (and anyone, really!).

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Episode 9: Ani Chilingirian - Nephrology as a Medical Student (Life as a Nephrologist Series)

UCSF medical student Ani Chiligirian talks about her experiences to date and how they have sparked her interest in nephrology. She also explains the research she's working on as a 2018 NKF award recipient.

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Episode 8: Transplant Nephrology (Dr. Vera Delaney and Dr. Kelly Beers) - Life as a Nephrologist Series

In this episode we listen to a conversation between Dr. Vera Delaney, a transplant nephrologist, and Dr. Kelly Beers, a second-year nephrology fellow, both at Mt. Sinai Hospital in New York City. Dr. Delaney lived and completed medical training (and a PhD) in Ireland and London before moving to the United States in the 1970s to pursue a nephrology fellowship. She talks about transplant nephrology as a subspecialty and the changes she has seen in the field over the past few decades. 

Episode 7: Choosing and Applying to Fellowship Programs (with Dr. Anthony Provenzano and Dr. Rachel Hilburg) - Life as a Nephrologist Series

This episode is a conversation between two first-year nephrology fellows, Dr. Anthony Provenzano at Duke University, and Dr. Rachel Hilburg at the University of Pennsylvania. We recorded it the weekend before they began their programs, and it is full of good advice (and enthusiasm)!

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Episode 6: From Academia to Private Practice (with Belinda Lee, MD) - Life as a Nephrologist Series

Here we talk with Dr. Belinda Lee about some of the various career choices available in nephrology. Dr. Lee attended Mount Sinai School of Medicine in NY and completed her residency at Columbia University NY Presbyterian Hospital. She then completed a combined nephrology and transplant fellowship at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Massachusetts General Hospital. She worked first as an Assistant Professor of Medicine at Tulane University and is now in private practice in Baltimore.

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Episode 5: Nephrology Now - Dr Matt Sparks and Dr Diana Mina (Life as a Nephrologist series)

This epsiode is a conversation between between Dr. Matthew Sparks, Assistant Professor of Medicine and Associate Program Director for Nephrology Fellowship at Duke University, and Dr. Diana Mina, a graduating nephrology fellow at University of California San Francisco. They talk about the role of social media in medical education, mentorship, and how to get involved with the nephrology community...right now. Email us at NKFpodcast@kidney.org. 

Resources discussed:

GlomCon
https://glomcon.org/glomerular-disease-case-conferences/

NephJC (Journal Club)
http://www.nephjc.com/

Nephrology Social Media Collective
http://www.nephjc.com/internship/

Nephrology Business Leadership University
http://NBLUniv.com/

Renal Fellows Network
http://renalfellow.blogspot.com/ 

Episode 4: Working as a Physician Scientist (Life as a Nephrologist Series)

This is an interview with Dr. Leslie Gewin, a practicing nephrologist and basic science researcher at Vanderbilt University. She is an attending physician on the general internal medicine and nephrology consult services at the Nashville VA Medical Center. Dr. Gewin also runs a basic science laboratory which focuses on understanding how growth factors alter the epithelial response to renal injury. We talk about her career so far and how she manages its various components. 

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Episode 3: Working as an Academic Nephrologist (Life as a Nephrologist Series)

Today we hear from Dr. Clarissa Diamantidis, an Assistant Professor in the Divisions of General Internal Medicine and Nephrology at Duke University and a nephrologist at the Durham VA Medical Center. In addition to seeing patients, Dr. Diamantidis works as a researcher and clinical educator. We ask about her career path and what advice she has for medical students and residents considering combining nephrology and clinical research.

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