The Anglefish and Uremic Toxins
Nephrology and Transplant Research Grand Rounds is a Medical College of Wisconsin CME accredited event held every Tuesday at 4:00PM. The intended audience for this conference includes approximately 35 to 50 members of the Division of Nephrology, Pediatric Nephrology, Transplant Surgery and the Department of Physiology, Pharmacology, and Pathology. Attendees include residents, fellows, clincal and research faculty members, nurse practitioners, physician assistants and research assistants. The purpose of this conference is to provide attendees with access to cutting edge clinical and basic science research in the fields of clinical nephrology and transplantation, renal physiology and pharmacology, and renal pathology and immunology.
Target Audience
- Physicians
- Physicians Assistants
- Nurses
- Nurse Practitioners
Learning Objectives
- Re-examine the mechanism of excretion of uremic toxins
- Discuss the causes of accelerated atherosclerosis in CKD
- Discuss the consequences of competition for OAT transport in uremia
A distinguished physician-scientist as well as an accomplished medical humanist and prolific author, Lowenstein started New York University’s program in 1979. His goal was to encourage medical students to reflect upon and examine their clinical experiences during what is probably the steepest and most challenging period of their medical education.