I arrived in San Francisco on Thursday afternoon, and got all checked in at my hotel (The Cartwirght, A Larkspur Hotel) and then attended the Invited Residents Welcome Reception in the evening. I met up with a couple of attendings from Children’s there, and also got to meet a few pediatric residents from around the country (and Canada) who are also interested in nephrology. It turned out to be a fun evening, and the “appetizer” food was very good and quite filling.  🙂
On Friday my schedule of events included:
10:00am to 11:30am: Practical Genetics of Renal Cystic Diseases
ARPKD (Autosomal Recessive Polycystic Kidney Disease)
ADPKD 1 and 2 (Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease)
Tuberous Sclerosis and Von Hippel Lindau
11:30am-Noon: Primary Care Issues in Nephrology
Rheumatology for Nephrologists
Noon-1:30pm: Lunch at the Firewood Cafe in The Metreon (a mall of sorts) and then walking around to look at the posters of new research and exploring the exhibition hall (and collecting freebies from the companies)
1:30pm-3:30pm: One Renal Biopsy is a Picture, the Second Biopsy is More a Movie: The Importance of Repeat Biopsy in the Management of Patients
FSGS (Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis)
IgA Nephropathy
ANCA-Associated Vasculitis
Lupus Nephritis
After all that, I really needed a break, so I walked back to my hotel, had a nice rest with some TV watching, then ate Thai take-out for dinner. The next morning I set out for another day full of lectures:
10:00am-Noon: Nephrology Quiz and Questionnaire
Transplantation
Fluids & Electrolytes
ESRD/CKD (End Stage Renal Disease/Chronic Kidney Disease)
Glomerular Disorders
Noon-1:30pm: Lunch over at the Metreon again, this time at Luna Azul. Then more time in the exhibition hall.
1:30pm-3:00pm: Measures of Kidney Function Beyond Creatinine
Cystatin C in the US Population: What Do We Know?
Use of Iohexol in Measuring GFR (Glomerular Filtration Rate) in Chronic Kidney Disease of
Childhood
Estimating Equations and Direct Measurements of GFR: Assessing CKD Progression
4:00pm-6:00pm: The Genetics of FSGS
FSGS as a Prototype Podocyte Disease
Genetic Screening in Steroid-Resistant FSGS
Mutations and FSGS: Alpha-Actinin-4, TRPC6, and NPHS2 (including Obesity Related
Glomerulopathy)
Treatment of FSGS and its Recurrance
What a packed day… I had a nice take-out meal from Sanraku for dinner (a Japanese retaurant) and a fresh baked cookie from the hotel lobby for dessert. And that brings me to today… I’m taking the morning to catch up on some e-mails and do a little work on some things I need to get done by next week (and I’m going to be travelling all this week) and then at noon I’ll have the Residents Program Closing Lunch, after which I’ll hang out probably at a coffee shop somewhere for a little while and then make my way back to the Oakland airport to fly home this evening. Then on Tuesday I get to fly to Boston for another fully packed week of conference goodness!