Schedule

Su Mar. 15
M Mar. 16
T Mar. 17
W Mar. 18
Th Mar. 19
F Mar. 20
Self-Study

7:55 AM	8:00 AM	Introduction & Welcome
8:00 AM	8:50 AM	Immunosuppressive Management in Acute Infection and Malignancy in Kidney Transplantation* Daniel C. Brennan, MD, FACP
8:50 AM	9:20 AM	Human Xenotransplantation: The Next Frontier in Transplant Medicine – What I've Learned* Daniel C. Brennan, MD, FACP
9:20 AM	9:35 AM	Question-and-Answer Session Daniel C. Brennan, MD, FACP
9:35 AM	9:50 AM	Break
9:50 AM	10:50 AM	Onco-Nephrology Essentials: A Primer for the Nephrologist* Kavita Mistry, MD, PhD
10:50 AM	11:00 AM	Question-and-Answer Session Kavita Mistry, MD, PhD
CASE-BASED SESSION
11:00 AM	11:50 AM	Prevention and Treatment of Common PD Complications: An Interactive Session Question-and-Answer Session Adam M. Segal, MD, FASN
11:50 AM	12:40 PM	Lunch Break
12:40 PM	1:20 PM	Navigating Renal Disease in Pregnancy* S. Ananth Karumanchi, MD
1:20 PM	1:25 PM	Question-and-Answer Session S. Ananth Karumanchi, MD
1:25 PM	2:10 PM	A Comprehensive Overview of Hypertension Management in 2026* Bradley M. Denker, MD
2:10 PM	2:15 PM	Question-and-Answer Session Bradley M. Denker, MD
2:15 PM	2:30 PM	Break & Rejuvenation Exercises✻
2:30 PM	3:15 PM	Prevention and Treatment of Acute Kidney Injury: A Comprehensive Primer* Paul M. Palevsky, MD
3:15 PM	4:05 PM	Optimizing Renal Support in Acute Kidney Injury: Case-Based Discussions Paul M. Palevsky, MD
4:05 PM	4:20 PM	Question-and-Answer Session Paul M. Palevsky, MD

8:00 AM	8:55 AM	Acid-Base Disorders in 2026: What's New, What's Next? Michael Emmett, MD
8:55 AM	9:05 AM	Question-and-Answer Session Michael Emmett, MD
9:05 AM	9:15 AM	Break & Guided Meditation✻
CASE-BASED SESSION
9:15 AM	10:00 AM	Acid-Base Workshop: Clinical Cases Michael Emmett, MD
10:00 AM	10:10 AM	Question-and-Answer Session Michael Emmett, MD
10:10 AM	10:25 AM	Break & Guided Meditation✻
10:25 AM	11:15 AM	Relation Between Salt and Water Richard H. Sterns, MD
11:15 AM	12:05 PM	Controversies in Salt and Water: Solving the Puzzle Richard H. Sterns, MD
12:05 PM	12:25 PM	Question-and-Answer Session Richard H. Sterns, MD
12:25 PM	1:10 PM	Lunch Break
1:10 PM	1:50 PM	The Management of the Incidentally Discovered Adrenal Mass Anand Vaidya, MD, MMSc
1:50 PM	2:50 PM	Endocrine Hypertension: Primary Aldosteronism and Pheochromocytoma Anand Vaidya, MD, MMSc
2:50 PM	3:00 PM	Question-and-Answer Session Anand Vaidya, MD, MMSc
3:00 PM	3:15 PM	Break & Rejuvenation Exercises✻
3:15 PM	4:00 PM	Dialysis Access Dilemmas: A Surgeon's Perspective Amy R. Evenson, MD, MPH
4:00 PM	4:05 PM	Question-and-Answer Session Amy R. Evenson, MD, MPH
4:05 PM	4:55 PM	The Forgotten Compartment: Tubulointerstitial Tales Revealed Melanie P. Hoenig, MD
4:55 PM	5:00 PM	Question-and-Answer Session Melanie P. Hoenig, MD

8:00 AM	8:40 AM	State-of-the-Art Approaches to Small-Vessel Vasculitis Ronald J. Falk, MD
8:40 AM	9:25 AM	Membranous Glomerulopathy and Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis, Minimal Change Disease Ronald J. Falk, MD
9:25 AM	9:40 AM	Break & Guided Meditation✻
9:40 AM	10:30 AM	Individualizing Therapy for IgA Nephropathy and H-S Purpura Ronald J. Falk, MD
10:30 AM	10:50 AM	Question-and-Answer Session Ronald J. Falk, MD
10:50 AM	10:55 AM	Break
10:55 AM	11:45 AM	Updates on the Management of Chronic Kidney Disease* Bradley M. Denker, MD
11:45 AM	11:50 AM	Question-and-Answer Session Bradley M. Denker, MD
11:50 AM	12:35 PM	Lunch Break
12:35 PM	1:05 PM	APOL1-Associated Kidney Disease Martin Pollak, MD
1:05 PM	1:10 PM	Question-and-Answer Session Martin Pollak, MD
1:10 PM	1:40 PM	Comprehensive Genetic Analysis in Nephrology Ali Gharavi, MD
1:40 PM	1:45 PM	Question-and-Answer Session Ali Gharavi, MD
CASE-BASED SESSION
1:45 PM	2:15 PM	Genetics Workshop: Clinical Cases Question-and-Answer Session Peter G. Czarnecki, MD
2:15 PM	2:30 PM	Break & Rejuvenation Exercises✻
2:30 PM	3:15 PM	Hemodialysis Delivery: Complications and the Barriers to Adequate Dialysis* J. Kevin Tucker, MD
3:15 PM	3:20 PM	Question-and-Answer Session J. Kevin Tucker, MD
3:20 PM	4:05 PM	Advances in Phosphate Homeostasis Management Jessica Kendrick, MD
4:05 PM	4:10 PM	Question-and-Answer Session Jessica Kendrick, MD
4:10 PM	4:15 PM	Break
4:15 PM	5:10 PM	Pathology and Mechanisms of Glomerular Diseases Joel M. Henderson, MD, PhD
5:10 PM	5:15 PM	Question-and-Answer Session Joel Henderson, MD

8:00 AM	8:45 AM	Maintenance of Immunosuppression in Kidney Transplantation Martha Pavlakis, MD
8:45 AM	9:35 AM	Noninfectious Complications of Kidney Transplantation Martha Pavlakis, MD
9:35 AM	9:50 AM	Break & Guided Meditation✻
9:50 AM	10:30 AM	Finding the Right Pathway for a Patient with the Declining Allograft* Martha Pavlakis, MD
10:30 AM	10:50 AM	Question-and-Answer Session Martha Pavlakis, MD
10:50 AM	11:00 AM	Break
11:00 AM	11:45 AM	Cutting Edge Concepts in Salt and Water Mark L. Zeidel, MD
11:45 AM	11:50 AM	Question-and-Answer Session Mark L. Zeidel, MD
11:50 AM	12:40 PM	Lunch Break
12:40 PM	1:20 PM	Novel Dialysis Modalities for Chronic Patients: What's New and What Works:? John Danziger, MD, MPhil
1:20 PM	1:25 PM	Question-and-Answer Session John Danziger, MD, MPhil
CASE-BASED SESSION
1:25 PM	2:10 PM	Workshop: Problems in Dialysis Question-and-Answer Session John Danziger, MD, MPhil
2:10 PM	2:25 PM	Break & Rejuvenation Exercises✻
2:25 PM	3:00 PM	SPECIAL LECTURE: Heat Induced CKD in the Age of Climate Stress David J. Friedman, MD
3:00 PM	3:05 PM	Question-and-Answer Session David J. Friedman, MD
3:05 PM	3:50 PM	Detours in Hypertension: Evaluation and Management* Bradley M. Denker, MD
3:50 PM	3:55 PM	Question-and-Answer Session Bradley M. Denker, MD
3:55 PM	4:00 PM	Break
4:00 PM	4:50 PM	Disorders of Potassium Balance: Old Lessons, New Insights* Melanie P. Hoenig, MD
4:50 PM	4:55 PM	Question-and-Answer Session Melanie P. Hoenig, MD

8:00 AM	8:45 AM	Management of Nondiabetic Chronic Kidney Disease Lesley Inker, MD, MS
8:45 AM	8:50 AM	Question-and-Answer Session Lesley Inker, MD, MS
8:50 AM	9:35 AM	Management of Diabetic Kidney Disease: Key Strategies and Emerging Therapies Sylvia E. Rosas, MD, MSCE
9:35 AM	9:45 AM	Question-and-Answer Session Sylvia E. Rosas, MD, MSCE
9:45 AM	10:00 AM	Break & Guided Meditation✻
CASE-BASED SESSION
10:00 AM	11:00 AM	Challenging Glomerular Biopsy Cases Question-and-Answer Session Gerald B. Appel, MD
11:00 AM	11:30 AM	Anemia in CKD and ESKD: What We Know and What We Are Learning Jeffrey H. William, MD
11:30 AM	11:35 AM	Question-and-Answer Session Jeffrey H. William, MD
11:35 AM	11:40 AM	Break
CASE-BASED SESSION
11:40 AM	12:40 PM	Challenging Cases in Glomerular Disease Question-and-Answer Session Helmut G. Rennke, MD Bradley M. Denker, MD
12:40 PM	1:30 PM	Lunch Break
1:30 PM	2:30 PM	Treating Lupus Nephritis in 2026 Gerald B. Appel, MD
2:30 PM	3:30 PM	Renal Aspects of Dysproteinemias Gerald B. Appel, MD
3:30 PM	3:45 PM	Break & Rejuvenation Exercises✻
3:45 PM	4:00 PM	Question-and-Answer Session Gerald B. Appel, MD
CASE-BASED SESSION
4:00 PM	5:00 PM	Clinical Conundrums in Nephrology Question-and-Answer Session Robert S. Brown, MD

8:00 AM	8:40 AM	Selected Management Issues in Nephrotic Syndrome Jai Radhakrishnan, MD, MS
8:40 AM	9:30 AM	Diuretic Strategies in CHF, NS, Cirrhosis and CKD Jai Radhakrishnan, MD, MS
9:30 AM	9:45 AM	Break & Guided Meditation✻
9:45 AM	10:30 AM	Thrombotic Microangiopathies: Diagnosis and Management Jai Radhakrishnan, MD, MS
10:30 AM	10:50 AM	Question-and-Answer Session Jai Radhakrishnan, MD, MS
10:50 AM	11:35 AM	Management of Polycystic Kidney Disease Peter G. Czarnecki, MD
11:35 AM	11:45 AM	Question-and-Answer Session Peter G. Czarnecki, MD
11:45 AM	12:35 PM	Lunch Break
12:35 PM	1:20 PM	What Urologists Wish Nephrologists Would Know Peter Steinberg, MD
1:20 PM	1:25 PM	Question-and-Answer Session Peter Steinberg, MD
1:25 PM	2:10 PM	A Comprehensive Look at Kidney Stones: Strategies and Treatment Options Gary C. Curhan, MD, ScD
2:10 PM	2:20 PM	Question-and-Answer Session Gary C. Curhan, MD, ScD
2:20 PM	2:35 PM	Break & Rejuvenation Exercises✻
CASE-BASED SESSION
2:35 PM	3:35 PM	Challenging Cases in Renal Disease: An Interactive Session Question-and-Answer Session Stewart H. Lecker, MD, PhD
3:35 PM	3:40 PM	Closing Remarks

SELF-STUDY ON-DEMAND
60 minutes	Acid-Base: Elementary Issues	Michael Emmett, MD
60 minutes	The Anion Gap: An Enduring Concept for Over 100 Years	Michael Emmett, MD
60 minutes	Salt and Water Workshop: Clinical Cases	Richard H. Sterns, MD
45 minutes	Advanced Kidney Disease in Vulnerable Patients: Prognosis and Treatment Decision Conversations*	Robert A. Cohen, MD, MSc

Program changes/substitutions may be made without notice.
This agenda was updated on 2/17/2026.
* Qualifies for Risk Management Credit
✻ Optional Wellness Activity

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