ASN #KidneyWk Tweetup 2017 New Orleans

Before there were Tweetups there were blogger nights. The contributors to RFN and other early blogger formed the very first internet based gatherings in nephrology at Kidney Week. This year NephJC has taken over the reigns and will be hosting this even along with Satellite Healthcare.

When: Friday Nov 3rd from 6:30-9:30

Where Deanie's Seafood French Quarter
841 Iberville Street, New Orleans, LA

more info at www.nephjc.com

Blogger night at #KidneyWk14 on Thursday

Thursday night at 8:30 pm, Blogger Night (after the ASN Presidents Reception). If you like the Neph Social Media Crew from Twitter, Renal Fellow Network, AJKDblog or NephJC, join us for drinks at Field House Philly sports bar. Look for Joel in his AJKD hat.

Nephrology fellows events at ASN #KidneyWk14

Welcome Reception: Nov 12th: 6-7PM
Marriott Downtown, Grand Ballroom, Salon H

Fellows In Training Bowl (Mystery Case Debate): Nov 14th 2-3PM
Convention Center, Room  119A

Fellows In Training Bowl (Jeopardy game Nephrology Challenge): Nov 14th 3-4PM
Convention Center, Room  119A

Meet the Experts Session Nov 15th  9:30AM - 10:30AM (Meeting the ASN Award Winners)
Convention Center, Hall D

Fellows Forum Nov 15th 10:30-11:30AM
Convention Center, Room 203

Fellows Poster Discussion Section Nov 15th 2-3PM
Convention Center, Room 112

h/t Kenar Jhaveri

NephJC Live at ASN Kidney Week 2014

The Nephrology twitter journal club will come to life on Saturday 15^th November at Kidney Week in Philadelphia. NephJC co-founders Dr Joel Topf and Dr Swapnil Hiremath will co-host the event at the Double Tree hotel.

There will be 2 live presentations on the day, both of which are sure to stimulate active discussion. There will be a study, presented by Dr. Deirdre Sawinski of University of Pennsylvania, looking at transplanting HIV positive kidneys into seropositive donors. Dr Francis Wilson will also present his RCT on acute kidney injury.

The event is filling up so please visit www.nephjc.com before this Sunday November 9^th to register. For those of us who cannot make it to Philadelphia, the event will, as ever, be live tweeted using #NephJC.

ASN Annual Meeting Travel Support Opportunities

It's the time of the year again to start thinking about travel to the ASN annual meeting in Atlanta. Thankfully, in this time of limited travel budgets and sequestration, the ASN offers a number of travel awards that will help pay for the cost of attending the conference. For all attendees, if you are participating in a pre-course, there are travel awards available for each of these courses. For fellows in training, there is a specific award that will pay for conference registration and some of the cost of attending.

To encourage medical students and residents to take part, there is a travel award specifically for this category that also offers complimentary ASN membership and $800 towards travel and accommodation costs. Finally, the Mitch Award offers travel support to 3 US fellows who are from underrepresented minorities and 5 fellows from Mexico and Central and South America. Additionally, recipients of this awards will be invited to attend the President's reception.

Needless to say, prior recipients of these awards cannot reapply and for US fellows, at least one year of training must have been completed prior to applying for travel support.

RFN contributors are heading to Denver for Renal Week

Several of the contributors and editors are heading to Denver for ASN Renal Week 2010.  If you are going let us know.  We would love to talk.  Catch us at the NKF booth (#1617) where you can surf the site. See you there.

Renal Fellow Network Comes to ASN...

Renal Fellow Network is taking its show on the road...to the ASN meeting in San Diego, CA!  

I'm presenting a "Renal Fellow Network" poster at the poster session on Saturday, 10/31 (SA-PO2863) if anybody would like to drop by & chat.  Unfortunately, this time slot also coincides with my poster for my research--and therefore I will likely be shuttling back and forth between posters.  One thing is for sure:  it will definitely be sunnier than the fog & rain in Boston we are currently experiencing!