The American Society of Pediatric Nephrology Podcast

In Episode 3, we’re covering a wide range of topics that highlight just how diverse pediatric nephrology can be. We start with Antimicrobial Dosing in Pediatric Renal Replacement Therapy, joined by Dr. Hambrick and Dr. Tang-Girdwood, breaking down the complexities of getting dosing right in some of our most critically ill patients. From there, we take a turn into the digital space with All Things...

In Episode 2, we’re diving into another packed lineup of sessions pushing pediatric nephrology forward. We kick things off with The New Age of Complement Blockade in C3 Glomerulonephritis, with Dr. Ankana Daga. From there, we break down key insights on APOL1 Mediated Kidney Disease with Dr. Rima Zahr. Next up, we shift gears to systems-level impact with Implementation Science to Advance Pediatric...

In episode 1, we break down some hot topics in pediatric nephrology, starting with Neonatal Nephrology/AKI and the networking breakout session on Neonatal Critical Care Nephrology: A Rapidly Evolving Field with Dr. Cara Slagal and Dr. Paulomi Chaudhry. We then dive into SGLT2 Inhibitors: Should We Put Them in the Water?! with Dr. Alexander Kula, followed by insights from the networking breakout on...

In this episode of The Bean Pod,  the hosts, Dr Jason Misurac and Dr Amirtha Chinnadurai discuss with Dr Michael Somers from Boston Children’s Hospital about his real-world approach to steroid-resistant nephrotic syndrome. The discussion covers diagnostic pearls, treatment strategies, common pitfalls in care and lessons learned from clinical practice Keywords: Steroid resistant nephrotic syndrome,...

In our debut episode of The Bean Pod, host Dr. Amirtha Chinnadurai sits down with Dr. Keia Sanderson (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill) to discuss best practices for prenatal counseling in congenital anomalies of the kidney and urinary tract (CAKUT). Together, they explore how pediatric nephrologists can support families with clarity, compassion, and practical guidance during these high...

Join co-hosts Emily Zangla and Jordy Salcedo in this final episode of The Sediment 2025 covering the American Society of Pediatric Nephrology sessions at the recent Pediatric Academic Societies in Honolulu Hawaii. Deepa Chand walks us through the session on FDA drug approval in children, Amanda Clark and Juhi Kumar outline the nephrology oral abstract session, Josh Samuels discusses the hypertensi...

Join co-hosts Emily Zangla and Jordy Salcedo in this second episode of The Sediment 2025 covering the American Society of Pediatric Nephrology sessions at the recent Pediatric Academic Societies in Honolulu Hawaii. Ari Pollack talks to us about artificial intelligence in the field of nephrology, Armish Jain and Jordy discuss the "Urine in the Know" session and QI success, Celina Brunson and Ken Su...

Join hosts Emily Zangla and Jordy Salcedo with moderators from four nephrology sessions at the 2025 Pediatric Academic Societies Conference in Honolulu, Hawaii. Taylor House highlights the palliative care session, Zubin Modi and Kelly Garrity discuss the nephrotic syndrome workshop, Scott Sutherland reviews the cardiorenal session and Tahagod Mohamed explains the neonatal AKI and nephrology oral a...

Join us on this final episode of the The Sediment to discuss the 2024 Pediatric Academic Societies, American Society of Pediatric Nephrology (ASPN) conference sessions on urinary tract infections, vaccinations in nephrotic, CKD and transplant patients, hypertension, and neonatal nephrology with their respective moderators.   Hot-off-the-press JAMA Peds article "Long-Term Cardiovascular Outcomes in...

Join us on this episode of The Sediment to discuss the 2024 Pediatric Academic Societies, American Society of Pediatric Nephrology (ASPN) conference sessions on kidney transplantation in special patient populations, big ideas and small numbers research, chronic dialysis and critical care nephrology with their respective moderators.   St. Jude Childhood Cancer Survivor Kidney Failure Risk Calculato...

Join us on this episode of The Sediment to discuss the 2024 Pediatric Academic Societies, American Society of Pediatric Nephrology (ASPN) conference sessions on genetic testing, social determinants of health in kidney disease, and sickle cell disease with their respective moderators. We also honor this year's ASPN awardees Pat Brophy, David Hains, Sarah Swartz and Kim Reidy.   Mathieu Lemaire's Ge...

Welcome to the 2024 ASPN Meeting at Pediatric Academic Societies (PAS)! Co-hosts Dr. Sudha Garimella and Dr. Emily Zangla kick us off in our first episode of the year, covering the conference. They interview ASPN council members, Dr. Meredith Atkinson, Dr. Adam Weinstein and Dr. Priya Verghese on the visions and directions of the organization. They also share what they are most excited about at th...

The final Episode brings together Division Chiefs, Presidents and eminent educators to discuss what our field looks like and what we should do to prepare the workforce of the future. But first, we chat with Dr. Brady and Dr. Flynn about Hypertension. Dr. Seo-Mayer,Dr. Verghese Dr. Mahan and Dr. Gibson discuss the sessions on leadership and research scholarship. We hear from our ASPN President Dr....

Episode 3 is the best podcast episode we recorded for The Sediment. It features two amazing families that are facing a life with kidney disease and we chat with them about their perspective on what nephrologists can do better. Dr. Amatya helps us understand how we can address symptoms of CKD like mood and sleep. Dr. Kakajiwala recaps the IV fluid session and we have so much fun figuring out who ca...

Episode 2 brings a fascinating discussion with our guests Dr. Lane and Dr. Cody about Lupus Nephritis. Editor Dr. Garimella and Pediatric Nephrology Fellow Dr. Walawender discuss the session about advances in CKD diagnostics and therapeutics. We learn about BOB books, discover our love for Rick Riordan and speculate about writing as a career. There is lots of nephrology, don’t worry!

Kick off episode to ASPN23 with Program Chair Dr. Reidy -we explore all the great content ASPN had for us! Podcast Editor Dr. Garimella and Pediatric Nephrology Fellow Dr. Cadiz chat with panelists Dr. Atkinson, Dr. Hayde, Dr. House and Dr. Menon about prenatal counseling for CAKUT all the way up to Transplantation Frontiers for this vulnerable group of children. Along the way, we reflect on ethic...

In the final episode for 2022, we talk about the last day’s sessions with guests Dr. Abbie Bauer,  Dr. Bradley Dixon, Dr. Namrata Jain and Dr. Katherine Perry. Hosted by Dr. Sudha Garimella. Looking to the future of therapeutics for complement mediated diseases, we try to come up with way we can utilize current knowledge in patient care, discover  the experiences of our community as we cared for c...

In Episode 3, The sediment podcast editor Dr. Sudha Garimella sits down with an all-star panel Dr. Brady, Dr. Flynn, Dr. Jones ,Dr. Menon, Dr. Nelson, Dr. Rheault and Dr. Verghese to talk about Day 3 of ASPN programming. We learnt about the Foundation’s work, heard about an update coming out for ABPM guidelines( no hints were given, sadly, about content) , pondered about the state of IgA clinical...

Episode 2 of The Sediment has Drs. Stella Shin and Sudha M hosting a wonderful conversation with Dr. Linda Hua, Dr. Elizabeth Spiwak Dr. Patricia Seo-Mayer and Dr. Andrew South . We discuss Racism and Becoming a JEDI warrior, how to be better at asking the right questions - be it about the mechanistics of hypertension, food insecurity or the use of Rituximab in nephrotic syndrome! Our panelists of...

Day 1: Kick off episode to ASPN22 with Program Chair Dr. Selewski, Incoming President Dr. Smith, Communications committee chair Dr. Shin and the Leadership development Course Leader Dr. Mahan-we explore all the great content ASPN has for us!

The sediment signs off for 2021 with a great episode featuring Adam Weinstein, Bryan Carmody, Julia Steinke, Julie Goodwin, Roshan George and Maury Pinsk. Your hosts are Ashley Rawson and Sudha Garimella and we talk about all things Med Ed and QI.

The Sediment returns with a very special episode featuring four Barnett Award winners- Drs. Norwood, Mahan, Flynn and Warady describe both the past breakthroughs in pediatric nephrology and where they think we should concentrate our research efforts in the future. Dr. Dharnidharka talks about the man himself - Dr. Barnett! Drs. Sethna and Harshman talk about the ASPN clinical research workshop in...

It is the final day of Phase 1 Programming and The Sediment sets sail with the SHIP-AHOY study discussion with Dr. Don Batisky, Dr. Tammy Brady and Dr. Andrew South. We ponder over obesity associated hypertension, renovascular hypertension and ABPM as a "gold standard" and what it all means for our most vulnerable patients. Dr. Stephanie Jernigan recaps the Vasculitis session talks and we get exci...

Tonight, ASPN President Dr. Michael Somers is in the house! He gives us a clue about how to get him on twitter, and we chat with him and Dr. Joseph Flynn (Zoom bombing us with style!) about our role as pediatric nephrologists during a Pandemic. We have Dr. Vikas Dharnidharka educating us about all things onco-nephrology. We delve into specifics of what we can be doing to improve the quality of lif...