Selected Talks

American Society of Nephrology (ASN) Renal Week
San Francisco, CA, November, 2007
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TBA 		Nephrology Quiz and Questionnaire: Fluid and Electrolyte and Glomerular Disease Cases.
Michael Emmett, MD, and Jai Radhakrishnan, MD


TBA 		Controversies in Diagnosis and Treatment of Atherosclerotic Renovascular Disease
Stephen C. Textor, MD and Lance D. Dworkin, MD, FASN


TBA 		New Insights, Treatments, and Management Strategies for ADPKD
Arlene B. Chapman, MD and James P. Calvet, PhD


1.5 		Novel Therapeutics for Fluid and Electrolyte Disorders
 Joseph G. Verbalis, MD and Biff F. Palmer, MD


1.5 		Treatment of Frequently Relapsing/Steroid Dependent Minimal Change Disease (Hogg);
Evaluation and Treatment Approach to Steroid-Resistant Primary FSGS in Adults (Meyrier).
Ronald J. Hogg, MD and Alain Y. Meyrier, MD


1.5 		Acute Kidney Injury. Congestive Heart Failure: A Nephrologist's Disease? (Murray) and AKI Therapeutics: From Bench to Commercialisation (Molitoris)
Patrick T. Murray, MD, FASN and Bruce A. Molitoris, MD


1.5 		Renal Disease and the Metabolic Syndrome
Paul Muntner, PhD, and Linda F. Fried, MD, MPH


1.5 		Physicochemical Factors in the Pathogenesis of Urinary Calculi (Worcester); Nephrolithiasis: A Bacterial Disease? Evidence Supporting and Against a Role of Nanobacteria in Calcium Stone Formation (Lieske)
Elaine M. Worcester, MD, FASN and John C. Lieske, MD, FASN


1.5 		The Genetics of FSGS
Friedhelm Hildebrandt, MD, and Frederick J. Kaskel, MD, PhD, FASN


1.5 		Primary Care Issues in Nephrology: Peripheral Vascular Disease: Assessments and Approaches to Care (Froehlich); Rheumatology for Nephrologists (Kay).
James B. Froehlich, MD, MPH, and Jonathan Kay, MD


1.5 		Mycophenolate in Lupus and Non-Glomerular Renal Diseases
Leslie M. Shaw, PhD and Gerald B. Appel, MD, FASN


1.5 		Aldosterone: New Insights in Kidney Health and Disease
David A. Calhoun MD and Mark E. Rosenberg, MD


1.5 		Pre-ESRD and Mineral Metabolism
Kevin J. Martin, MB, BCh and Sharon M. Moe, MD


1.5 		New Insights into Common Problems After Kidney Transplantation
Bertram L. Kasiske, MD and Jose R. Weisinger, MD


1.5 		Challenges and Opportunities in the Treatment of Hyperuricemia and Gout
Richard Johnson, MD (moderator); Robert Terkeltaub, MD; Michael W. Rich, MD; Daniel Feig, MD, PhD, MS


1.5 		New Treatments for Diabetes Mellitus: Implications for Clinicians
Robert Nelson, MD and George Bakris, MD


2.0 		Medical Crossfire: Managing Phosphorus in CKD -- The Challenge Remains
David Bushinsky, MD (moderator); Geoffrey Block, MD, CCRI; Francisco Llach, MD; Rajnish Mehrotra, MD, FACP, FASN.


1.5 		The Aging Kidney
Danilo Fliser, MD; George R. Aronoff, MD.


1.5 		Phosphate Binders in CKD: An Update on Treatment Outcomes and Future Directions
Gérard M. London, MD (moderator); Craig B. Langman, MD; Markus Ketteler, MD.


1.5 		Challenges in Volume Management. Optimizing Care in Patients with Heart Failure and Renal Dysfunction
John C. Burnett, MD; Michael B. Fowler, MBBS, FRCP, FACC; Mihai Gheorghiade, MD.


1.5 		Contrast Media and CKD: What You Should Know About Contrast-Induced Nephropathy and Nephrogenic Systemic Fibrosis
Norbert Lameire, MD (moderator); Pontus B. Persson, MD, PhD; Michael V. Knopp, MD, PhD; Mark A. Perazella, MD


1.5 		New Developments in Anemia Management in Chronic Kidney Disease
Dr. Adeera Levin, MD (moderator): Cindy Roy, PhD; Anatole Besarab, MD; Richard Amerling, MD, Arnold Berns, MD (discussant).


1.5 		Navigating the Erythropoietin Stimulating Agent Landscape in CKD-Related Anemia
Jeffrey S. Berns, MD, FASN; Robert Provenzano, MD; Lynda Szczech, MD. (Moderator: Jeffrey S. Berns, MD)
Please look also at related talks from
2006 ASN Renal Week Talks
2005 ASN Renal Week Talks
2004 ASN Renal Week Talks
2003 ASN Renal Week Talks
2002 ASN Renal Week Talks
2001 ASN Renal Week Talks
2000 ASN Renal Week Talks
1999 ASN Renal Week Talks
1998 ASN Renal Week Talks

  
To disseminate new knowledge regarding basic, translational, and clinical research discoveries in the field of nephrology.
To provide exciting scientific and clinical advances in related disciplines in order to expand the scope of research and clinical care in nephrology.
To discuss contemporary standards and new approaches to clinical care in order to ensure the highest quality of care for patients with renal diseases and related disorders.
To review, update and put into perspective the recent advances in many key areas of general nephrology, dialysis, transplantation, and hypertension.

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Each talk, or group of talks, depending on length, is accredited for the appropriate number of AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Sometimes talks are organized into groups of two or more and paired with a single CME post-test, which must be completed along with an evaluation form.
Date of Web Release: See individual talks
Credit Eligible Through: April 30, 2009
Credits/Completion Time: See individual talks
Target Audiences: Physicians, researchers, trainees.
Method of participation: Listen to the talk, read the PubMed abstracts linked to data slides and talk references, take the post-test, read the abstracts linked to post-test answer feedback material.

STATEMENT OF NEED :
Chronic kidney disease affects 30-40 million Americans, of whom several thousand require renal replacement therapy. These selected lectures are chosen by the HDCN editor and ASN Postgraduate Medical Director to reflect those areas of practice of greatest interest to the clinician, and areas where recent progress has occurred. The web extension of these ASN lectures will allow nephrologists and other physicians who were unable to attend the live sessions to gain similar benefit from these presentations.
ACCREDITATION AND DESIGNATION STATEMENTS:
Accreditation Statement
The American Society of Nephrology is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

CME Credit Designation Statement: The American Society of Nephrology designates this educational activity AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurat with the extent of their participation in the activity.
SPONSORSHIP / SUPPORT :
All lectures selected were from Renal Week 2007, and all were put together under supervision of the ASN Scientific Program Committee. Web posting of lectures in the free zone was supported by grants to the ASN from pharmaceutical companies. See each symposium page for details of industry sponsorship and support.
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