The National Kidney Foundation is the leading organization in the U.S. dedicated to the awareness, prevention and treatment of kidney disease for hundreds of thousands of healthcare professionals, millions of patients and their families, and tens of millions of Americans at risk. For more information, visit www.kidney.org.
Our goal for this series is to explore nephrology as a career and provide some insight into why people choose to pursue it. We’ll explore what day to day life is like for nephrologists at different points in their careers with various interests and expertise. We’ll talk about why it’s exciting, why it’s challenging, and why we hope more physicians will pursue nephrology as a specialty.
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The National Kidney Foundation is the leading organization in the U.S. dedicated to the awareness, prevention and treatment of kidney disease for hundreds of thousands of healthcare professionals, millions of patients and their families, and tens of millions of Americans at risk. For more information, visit www.kidney.org.
Our goal for this series is to explore nephrology as a career and provide some insight into why people choose to pursue it. We’ll explore what day to day life is like for nephrologists at different points in their careers with various interests and expertise. We’ll talk about why it’s exciting, why it’s challenging, and why we hope more physicians will pursue nephrology as a specialty.
NephMadness Region 8 Pod Crawl: Disaster Strikes, Nephrology Responds
Life as a Nephrology Professional
49 minutes 27 seconds
7 months ago
NephMadness Region 8 Pod Crawl: Disaster Strikes, Nephrology Responds
In times of crisis—whether natural disasters or conflicts—kidney patients face unique and life-threatening challenges. In this special NephMadness edition of Life as a Nephrology Professional, we dive into the emerging field of Disaster Nephrology with experts Dr. Mehmet Sukru Sever, Dr. Rasha Raslan, and Dr. Anna Vinnikova. Together, we explore the impact of disasters on patients with AKI, CKD, and transplants, the obstacles to delivering care in emergency settings, and what can be done to strengthen disaster preparedness in nephrology. Don’t miss this timely discussion on the vital role kidney professionals play when catastrophe strikes.
Hosts:
Anna Gaddy, MD, FASN, FNKF
Sam Kant, MD, FNKF
Raphy Rosen, MD, FASN, FNKF
Guests:
Rasha Raslan, MD
Mehmet Sukru Sever, MD
Anna Vinnikova, MD
See the full NephMadness Pod Crawl episodes here: https://ajkdblog.org/2025/03/01/nephmadness-2025-the-podcrawl/
Life as a Nephrology Professional
The National Kidney Foundation is the leading organization in the U.S. dedicated to the awareness, prevention and treatment of kidney disease for hundreds of thousands of healthcare professionals, millions of patients and their families, and tens of millions of Americans at risk. For more information, visit www.kidney.org.
Our goal for this series is to explore nephrology as a career and provide some insight into why people choose to pursue it. We’ll explore what day to day life is like for nephrologists at different points in their careers with various interests and expertise. We’ll talk about why it’s exciting, why it’s challenging, and why we hope more physicians will pursue nephrology as a specialty.
