Schedule

The following schedule is from the 2026 program. Information on the 2027 course will be posted soon.
7:55 AM8:00 AMIntroduction & Welcome
8:00 AM8:50 AMImmunosuppressive Management in Acute Infection and Malignancy in Kidney Transplantation*
Daniel C. Brennan, MD, FACP
8:50 AM9:20 AMHuman Xenotransplantation: The Next Frontier in Transplant Medicine – What I've Learned*
Daniel C. Brennan, MD, FACP
9:20 AM9:35 AMQuestion-and-Answer Session
Daniel C. Brennan, MD, FACP
9:35 AM9:50 AMBreak
9:50 AM10:50 AMOnco-Nephrology Essentials: A Primer for the Nephrologist*
Kavita Mistry, MD, PhD
10:50 AM11:00 AMQuestion-and-Answer Session
Kavita Mistry, MD, PhD
CASE-BASED SESSION
11:00 AM11:50 AMPrevention and Treatment of Common PD Complications: An Interactive Session
Question-and-Answer Session
Adam M. Segal, MD, FASN
11:50 AM12:40 PMLunch Break
12:40 PM1:20 PMNavigating Renal Disease in Pregnancy*
S. Ananth Karumanchi, MD
1:20 PM1:25 PMQuestion-and-Answer Session
S. Ananth Karumanchi, MD
1:25 PM2:10 PMA Comprehensive Overview of Hypertension Management in 2026*
Bradley M. Denker, MD
2:10 PM2:15 PMQuestion-and-Answer Session
Bradley M. Denker, MD
2:15 PM2:30 PMBreak & Rejuvenation Exercises✻
2:30 PM3:15 PMPrevention and Treatment of Acute Kidney Injury: A Comprehensive Primer*
Paul M. Palevsky, MD
3:15 PM4:05 PMOptimizing Renal Support in Acute Kidney Injury: Case-Based Discussions
Paul M. Palevsky, MD
4:05 PM4:20 PMQuestion-and-Answer Session
Paul M. Palevsky, MD
8:00 AM8:55 AMAcid-Base Disorders in 2026: What's New, What's Next?
Michael Emmett, MD
8:55 AM9:05 AMQuestion-and-Answer Session
Michael Emmett, MD
9:05 AM9:15 AMBreak & Guided Meditation✻
CASE-BASED SESSION
9:15 AM10:00 AMAcid-Base Workshop: Clinical Cases
Michael Emmett, MD
10:00 AM10:10 AMQuestion-and-Answer Session
Michael Emmett, MD
10:10 AM10:25 AMBreak & Guided Meditation✻
10:25 AM11:15 AMRelation Between Salt and Water
Richard H. Sterns, MD
11:15 AM12:05 PMControversies in Salt and Water: Solving the Puzzle
Richard H. Sterns, MD
12:05 PM12:25 PMQuestion-and-Answer Session
Richard H. Sterns, MD
12:25 PM1:10 PMLunch Break
1:10 PM1:50 PMThe Management of the Incidentally Discovered Adrenal Mass
Anand Vaidya, MD, MMSc
1:50 PM2:50 PMEndocrine Hypertension: Primary Aldosteronism and Pheochromocytoma
Anand Vaidya, MD, MMSc
2:50 PM3:00 PMQuestion-and-Answer Session
Anand Vaidya, MD, MMSc
3:00 PM3:15 PMBreak & Rejuvenation Exercises✻
3:15 PM4:00 PMDialysis Access Dilemmas: A Surgeon's Perspective
Amy R. Evenson, MD, MPH
4:00 PM4:05 PMQuestion-and-Answer Session
Amy R. Evenson, MD, MPH
4:05 PM4:55 PMThe Forgotten Compartment: Tubulointerstitial Tales Revealed
Melanie P. Hoenig, MD
4:55 PM5:00 PMQuestion-and-Answer Session
Melanie P. Hoenig, MD
8:00 AM8:40 AMState-of-the-Art Approaches to Small-Vessel Vasculitis
Ronald J. Falk, MD
8:40 AM9:25 AMMembranous Glomerulopathy and Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis, Minimal Change Disease
Ronald J. Falk, MD
9:25 AM9:40 AMBreak & Guided Meditation✻
9:40 AM10:30 AMIndividualizing Therapy for IgA Nephropathy and H-S Purpura
Ronald J. Falk, MD
10:30 AM10:50 AMQuestion-and-Answer Session
Ronald J. Falk, MD
10:50 AM10:55 AMBreak
10:55 AM11:45 AMUpdates on the Management of Chronic Kidney Disease*
Bradley M. Denker, MD
11:45 AM11:50 AMQuestion-and-Answer Session
Bradley M. Denker, MD
11:50 AM12:35 PMLunch Break
12:35 PM1:05 PMAPOL1-Associated Kidney Disease
Martin Pollak, MD
1:05 PM1:10 PMQuestion-and-Answer Session
Martin Pollak, MD
1:10 PM1:40 PMComprehensive Genetic Analysis in Nephrology
Ali Gharavi, MD
1:40 PM1:45 PMQuestion-and-Answer Session
Ali Gharavi, MD
CASE-BASED SESSION
1:45 PM2:15 PMGenetics Workshop: Clinical Cases
Question-and-Answer Session
Peter G. Czarnecki, MD
2:15 PM2:30 PMBreak & Rejuvenation Exercises✻
2:30 PM3:15 PMHemodialysis Delivery: Complications and the Barriers to Adequate Dialysis*
J. Kevin Tucker, MD
3:15 PM3:20 PMQuestion-and-Answer Session
J. Kevin Tucker, MD
3:20 PM4:05 PMAdvances in Phosphate Homeostasis Management
Jessica Kendrick, MD
4:05 PM4:10 PMQuestion-and-Answer Session
Jessica Kendrick, MD
4:10 PM4:15 PMBreak
4:15 PM5:10 PMPathology and Mechanisms of Glomerular Diseases
Joel M. Henderson, MD, PhD
5:10 PM5:15 PMQuestion-and-Answer Session
Joel Henderson, MD
8:00 AM8:45 AMMaintenance of Immunosuppression in Kidney Transplantation
Martha Pavlakis, MD
8:45 AM9:35 AMNoninfectious Complications of Kidney Transplantation
Martha Pavlakis, MD
9:35 AM9:50 AMBreak & Guided Meditation✻
9:50 AM10:30 AMFinding the Right Pathway for a Patient with the Declining Allograft*
Martha Pavlakis, MD
10:30 AM10:50 AMQuestion-and-Answer Session
Martha Pavlakis, MD
10:50 AM11:00 AMBreak
11:00 AM11:45 AMCutting Edge Concepts in Salt and Water
Mark L. Zeidel, MD
11:45 AM11:50 AMQuestion-and-Answer Session
Mark L. Zeidel, MD
11:50 AM12:40 PMLunch Break
12:40 PM1:20 PMNovel Dialysis Modalities for Chronic Patients: What's New and What Works:?
John Danziger, MD, MPhil
1:20 PM1:25 PMQuestion-and-Answer Session
John Danziger, MD, MPhil
CASE-BASED SESSION
1:25 PM2:10 PMWorkshop: Problems in Dialysis
Question-and-Answer Session
John Danziger, MD, MPhil
2:10 PM2:25 PMBreak & Rejuvenation Exercises✻
2:25 PM3:00 PMSPECIAL LECTURE: Heat Induced CKD in the Age of Climate Stress
David J. Friedman, MD
3:00 PM3:05 PMQuestion-and-Answer Session
David J. Friedman, MD
3:05 PM3:50 PMDetours in Hypertension: Evaluation and Management*
Bradley M. Denker, MD
3:50 PM3:55 PMQuestion-and-Answer Session
Bradley M. Denker, MD
3:55 PM4:00 PMBreak
4:00 PM4:50 PMDisorders of Potassium Balance: Old Lessons, New Insights*
Melanie P. Hoenig, MD
4:50 PM4:55 PMQuestion-and-Answer Session
Melanie P. Hoenig, MD
8:00 AM8:45 AMManagement of Nondiabetic Chronic Kidney Disease
Lesley Inker, MD, MS
8:45 AM8:50 AMQuestion-and-Answer Session
Lesley Inker, MD, MS
8:50 AM9:35 AMManagement of Diabetic Kidney Disease: Key Strategies and Emerging Therapies
Sylvia E. Rosas, MD, MSCE
9:35 AM9:45 AMQuestion-and-Answer Session
Sylvia E. Rosas, MD, MSCE
9:45 AM10:00 AMBreak & Guided Meditation✻
CASE-BASED SESSION
10:00 AM11:00 AMChallenging Glomerular Biopsy Cases
Question-and-Answer Session
Gerald B. Appel, MD
11:00 AM11:30 AMAnemia in CKD and ESKD: What We Know and What We Are Learning
Jeffrey H. William, MD
11:30 AM11:35 AMQuestion-and-Answer Session
Jeffrey H. William, MD
11:35 AM11:40 AMBreak
CASE-BASED SESSION
11:40 AM12:40 PMChallenging Cases in Glomerular Disease
Question-and-Answer Session
Helmut G. Rennke, MD
Bradley M. Denker, MD
12:40 PM1:30 PMLunch Break
1:30 PM2:30 PMTreating Lupus Nephritis in 2026
Gerald B. Appel, MD
2:30 PM3:30 PMRenal Aspects of Dysproteinemias
Gerald B. Appel, MD
3:30 PM3:45 PMBreak & Rejuvenation Exercises✻
3:45 PM4:00 PMQuestion-and-Answer Session
Gerald B. Appel, MD
CASE-BASED SESSION
4:00 PM5:00 PMClinical Conundrums in Nephrology
Question-and-Answer Session
Robert S. Brown, MD
8:00 AM8:40 AMSelected Management Issues in Nephrotic Syndrome
Jai Radhakrishnan, MD, MS
8:40 AM9:30 AMDiuretic Strategies in CHF, NS, Cirrhosis and CKD
Jai Radhakrishnan, MD, MS
9:30 AM9:45 AMBreak & Guided Meditation✻
9:45 AM10:30 AMThrombotic Microangiopathies: Diagnosis and Management
Jai Radhakrishnan, MD, MS
10:30 AM10:50 AMQuestion-and-Answer Session
Jai Radhakrishnan, MD, MS
10:50 AM11:35 AMManagement of Polycystic Kidney Disease
Peter G. Czarnecki, MD
11:35 AM11:45 AMQuestion-and-Answer Session
Peter G. Czarnecki, MD
11:45 AM12:35 PMLunch Break
12:35 PM1:20 PMWhat Urologists Wish Nephrologists Would Know
Peter Steinberg, MD
1:20 PM1:25 PMQuestion-and-Answer Session
Peter Steinberg, MD
1:25 PM2:10 PMA Comprehensive Look at Kidney Stones: Strategies and Treatment Options
Gary C. Curhan, MD, ScD
2:10 PM2:20 PMQuestion-and-Answer Session
Gary C. Curhan, MD, ScD
2:20 PM2:35 PMBreak & Rejuvenation Exercises✻
CASE-BASED SESSION
2:35 PM3:35 PMChallenging Cases in Renal Disease: An Interactive Session
Question-and-Answer Session
Stewart H. Lecker, MD, PhD
3:35 PM3:40 PMClosing Remarks
SELF-STUDY ON-DEMAND
60 minutesAcid-Base: Elementary IssuesMichael Emmett, MD
60 minutesThe Anion Gap: An Enduring Concept for Over 100 YearsMichael Emmett, MD
60 minutesSalt and Water Workshop: Clinical CasesRichard H. Sterns, MD
45 minutesAdvanced 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