Guest Lecturers

​As part of the research and education mission of the Division of Nephrology, the division brings in nationally and internationally renowned physician-scientists to discuss the latest research in various fields regarding renal care and to share those emerging ideas and clinical advances with our faculty, fellows and residents in training at the UA Health Sciences colleges, as well as community physicians.

Invited Speakers for 2016-17

Among speakers invited as Guest Lecturers for the current academic year (2016-17) are (for a printable PDF, click here):

Joanne M. Bargman, MD, FRCPC 
Professor of Medicine, Division of Nephrology, University of Toronto; Clinical Researcher, Toronto General Research Institute (TGRI); Nephrologist, University Health Network, Toronto, Canada

TOPIC: Peritoneal Dialysis (Title: “TBA”)
Friday, Feb. 10, 2017
UAHS Room (TBD)
8 – 10 a.m.

Invited Speakers for 2015-16

In 2015-16, the following invited speakers appeared as Guest Lecturers:

For a printable PDF, click here or on the image at left.

Rulan Parekh, MD, MS, FRCPC 
Clinician Scientist and Professor of Medicine and Paediatrics at the University of Toronto, the Hospital for Sick Children and University Health Network, Toronto, Canada

TOPIC: “Risk of Sudden Cardiac Death: Findings from the PACE Study”
Friday, April 15, 2016
1 – 2:30 p.m.
UAHS Room 6302

Bryan Kestenbaum, MD, MS 
Professor of Medicine, Division of Nephrology & Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Kidney Research Institute, University of Washington

TOPIC: “Mineral Metabolism Disturbances in Chronic Kidney Disease”
Wednesday, April 13, 2016
1 – 3 p.m.
UAHS Room 6302

Ashita Tolwani, MD 
Professor of Medicine and Associate Director, Nephrology Fellowship and ICU Nephrology, Division of Nephrology, Nephrology Research & Training Center, University of Alabama – Birmingham

TOPIC: “Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy (CRRT)”
Wednesday, March 30, 2016
8 – 10 a.m.
UAHS Room 6302

Frank C. Brosius III, MD 
Chief, Division of Nephrology; Chief, Nephrology Clinical Services, and Professor, Molecular & Integrative Physiology, University of Michigan

TOPIC: “Finding Anti-Inflammatory Treatments for Diabetic Kidney Diseases”
Wednesday, March 2, 2016
3 – 4 p.m.
UAHS Room 6302

Suhail Ahmad, MD 
The Belding H. Scribner Professor of Medicine (retired) and Affiliate Professor of Medicine, Former Head, Division of Nephrology, and Former Director, George M. O'Brien Kidney Research Center, University of Washington; and Past President, American Society of Nephrology

TOPIC: “Phosphorus Control in the Dialysis Patient”
Thursday, March 12, 2015
8-10 a.m.
AHSC Room 5403

and

TOPIC: “Dose of Dialysis Measurements: Impact on Outcomes, Volume Control in Dialysis”
Wednesday, March 11, 2015
4-6 p.m.
AHSC Room 6302

William Couser, MD 
The Belding H. Scribner Professor of Medicine (retired) and Affiliate Professor of Medicine, Former Head, Division of Nephrology, and Former Director, George M. O'Brien Kidney Research Center, University of Washington; and Past President, American Society of Nephrology

TOPIC: “Membranoproliferative Glomerulonephritis & C3 Nephropathies”
Tuesday, Feb. 10, 2015
8 – 10 a.m.
AHSC 6302

and

TOPIC: “Minimal Change Disease/Primary Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis & Membranous Nephropathy”
Monday, Feb. 9, 2015
4 – 6 p.m.
AHSC 6120

and

TOPIC: “Rapidly Progressive Glomerulonephritis Anti-Glioblastoma and ANCA-Associated Vasculitis (AAV) & Lupus Nephritis”
Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2015
8 – 10 a.m.
AHSC 6302

and

TOPIC: “Post-Infectious Glomerularnephritis & Immunoglobulin A (IgA) Nephropathy”
Monday, Feb. 2, 2015
4 – 6 p.m.
AHSC 5403

To see International Scholars who have presented to our team, click here.