ASN Podcast

NephWatch speaks with Joanne Cooke, Advanced Level Practice Renal Dietitian with the Kansas City VA Medical Center, about the dietary needs of patients with kidney diseases. Ms. Cooke leads a VA workgroup developing renal education materials.

NephWatch speaks with Susan T. Crowley, MD, FASN, and Anne Utech, PhD, RDN, LD, about a collaborative project with ASN to develop a mobile app to help patients with kidney diseases understand and manage their unique nutritional needs.

Members of the ASN Innovation and Discovery Task Force have been working to identify pathways to innovation & discovery in kidney care. ASN NephWatch caught up with them meeting in Washington, DC.

In this episode of the ASN Kidney News Podcast, Pascale Lane, MD, FASN and Kelly Hyndman, PhD discuss the high-impact clinical trials presented at Kidney Week 2017.

ASN President Eleanor D. Lederer MD, FASN, discusses Day 3 of Kidney Week 2017 with Martin Pollak, MD, Richard Coward, MBChB, PhD, and Devika Nair, MD.

Susan Wall, MD, Chair of the ASN Program Committee, discusses Day 2 of Kidney Week 2017 with Chirag Parikh, MD, PhD, FASN, Karen Warburton, MD, FASN, and Meena Madhur, MD, PhD.

ASN President Eleanor D. Lederer MD, FASN, discusses Day 1 of Kidney Week 2017 with Sharon G. Adler MD, FASN, Michel Chonchol, MD, and Eugene Lin MD, MS.

ASN Executive Vice President, Tod Ibrahim, speaks with Tara Chang, MD, MS, FASN and Kevin Erickson, MD, MS about the NIH Loan Repayment Programs, their experiences as recipients, and advice they have for others who are interested in applying.

ASN Executive Vice President, Tod Ibrahim, speaks with Raymond Scott, a kidney patient, and his wife, Analyn about their "1in9 Roadshow" and their extraordinary efforts to raise kidney disease awareness.

Dr. Eleanor Lederer, ASN President, and Dr. Raj Mehrotra, CJASN Editor-in-Chief, discuss broadening outreach as technology expands. 0:55 How we consume information, 7:58 Capturing audience, and methodology, 14:55 CJASN, 19:20 – Reader interactions.

ASN President Eleanor Lederer, MD, FASN speaks with ASN Executive Vice President Tod Ibrahim about recent advances in nephrology, her career path and music, from the Grateful Dead to the Dandy Warhols to The Hives.

Pascale Lane, MD, FASN and Gretchen Brandt, MD, FASN discuss the studies presented at this year’s High-Impact Clinical Trial session during Kidney Week 2016.

ASN Executive Vice President Tod Ibrahim and ASN Public Policy Board member Crystal Gadegbeku, MD speak with Darilyn Moyer, MD, FACP, Executive Vice President of the American College of Physicians, about challenges for internal medicine specialists.

ASN President Raymond C. Harris, MD, FASN speaks with Patrick H. Nachman, MD, FASN, Pamela V. Tran, PhD, and Steven D. Crowley, MD. ASN Kidney Week Podcasts are supported by OPKO Renal.

ASN Program Committee Chair, Roy Zent, MD, PhD speaks with Steven Cheng, MD, and Janos Peti-Peterdi, MD, PhD. ASN Kidney Week Podcasts are supported by OPKO Renal.

ASN President Raymond C. Harris MD, FASN, discusses Day 1 of Kidney Week 2016 with Kerri Cavanaugh, MD, MPH, Amit Garg, MD, PhD, and Susan B. Nicholas, MD, PhD, MPH. ASN Kidney Week Podcasts are supported by OPKO Renal.

David White, Policy and Communications Specialist speaks with Rachel Meyer, Director of Policy and Government Affairs about the Quality Payment Program (formerly MACRA) and how it pertains to you in 2017.

Michelle Josephson, MD speaks with Dorry Segev, MD, PhD about the first HIV+ organ transplants in the US.

Rachel Meyer, ASN Director of Policy and Government Affairs, speaks about the proposed Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015 (MACRA) law and the influence this will have on nephrology and kidney patient care.

ASN Executive Vice President, Tod Ibrahim and ASN Past President, Jonathan Himmelfarb, MD, FASN, speak with Jonca Bull, MD and Patrick Archdeacon, MD from the FDA about ways to improve disparities in clinical trials.

Rachel Meyer, ASN Associate Director of Policy and Government Affairs, speaks with ASN Transplant Advisory Group Chair Michelle A. Josephson, MD about the White House Organ Summit and ASN's commitments.

Rachel Meyer, ASN Associate Director of Policy and Government Affairs, speaks with ASN President Raymond Harris, MD, FASN and ASN Public Policy Board Chair John Sedor, MD, FASN, about the White House Organ Summit and ASN's commitments.

Dr. Donald Wesson talks with Dr. Nicholas Zwang (Wesson Research Fellowship recipient) re: training in the humanities (3:15); mentors (8:10); transplant immunology (19:00); collaborative science (34:00); and tying research to clinical care (44:50).

ASN Executive Vice President, Tod Ibrahim, speaks with Garabed Eknoyan, MD, and Steven Peitzman, MD, FASN, about the history of nephrology from ancient times through the modern era.

During a discussion about the William and Sandra Bennett Clinical Scholars Program, William M. Bennett, MD asks Jane O. Schell, MD, the first recipient of the Bennett Scholar Grant, why she chose to go into nephrology.