Teaching Seminar

Teaching Seminar is an integral component of any nephrology training program. Trainees acquire knowledge in all aspects of clinical nephrology through their participation in weekly Renal Grand Rounds, Journal Clubs, Clinical Case Conferences, and Chief Rounds.

In addition, a year-round weekly renal pathophysiology course is specifically organized for the fellows to provide formal instruction in basic renal physiology and pathophysiology of renal diseases. This is a shared teaching conference between many of the nephrology fellowship programs in the Los Angeles area, and is hosted at the nearby Veterans Administration Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System.

Conferences

• Fellows' Core Conference
  Mondays 12:30 – 1:30 pm

• GN Clinical Case Conference
  4^th Tuesday, 12:30 – 1:30 pm (every other month)

• Acid-Base Quarter Case Conference
  4^th Tuesday, 12:30 – 1:30 pm (quarterly)

• Renal Grand Rounds (CME approved)
  1^st and 3^rd Wednesdays, 12:30 – 1:30 pm

• Foundations of Renal Pathology Series
  4^th Wednesday, 12:30 – 1:30 pm

• VA Fellows' Journal Club
  Thursday, 12:30 – 1:30 pm

• Kidney Transplant Journal Club
  Friday, 7:00 – 8:00 am

Past Renal Grand Rounds Presentations (PDFs)

• Reflections On Secondary Oxalosis-4/28/2016 Terri Nilson, MD
• Parathyroid Disorders and Treatment-3/30/2016 Masha Livhits, MD
• Sepsis-induced Kidney Injury-3/9/2016 Tammy Wan, MD
• Systemic Lupus Erythematosus-1/24/2016 Jennifer Grossman, MD
• Barriers In Optimizing RAAS-01/13/2016 Anjay Rastogi, MD and Farid Arman
• Improving Care Coordination & Transplant Education to Increase Living Donation Rates-12/9/2015 Amy D. Waterman, PhD
• CKD for Dummies-10/28/2015 Gabriel Danovitch, MD
• Lupus Nephritis-10/21/2015 Richard Glassock, MD, MACP
• Outcomes of Kidney Transplantation in the Elderly Recipient-10/14/2015 Ed Huang, MD
• Hypokalemic Renal Tubular Acidosis: A Tale of Protons, Water and Baking Soda-09/09/2015 Ira Kurtz, MD, FRCP(C)
• Chronic Kidney Disease-8/9/2015 James Wilson, MD, MS
• Urinalysis Teaching Model-07/15/2015 Kathleen A. Kelly, PhD, DABCC
• Case Presentation Solomon C. Huang, MD
• Case Presentation Saman Sarani, MD (Olive View-UCLA MC)
• Cryoglobulinemic Carl Schulze, MD
• Dialysis & Poisons Michael DiBiase, MD
• Expanding Living Donor Transplantation Through Improved Education Amy Waterman, PhD
• Fibroblast Growth Factor Mark Hanudel, MD 
• HRS c Case c TBR Bruce A. Runyon, MD
• Introduction to Vascular Access for Hemodialysis Reza Khorsan, MD