The American Society of Pediatric Nephrology Podcast

The Sediment 2023 Episode 2: Advances in Therapeutics for Kidney Diseases: The Age of Mabs

Episode 2 brings a fascinating discussion with our guests Dr. Lane and Dr. Cody about Lupus Nephritis. Editor Dr. Garimella and Pediatric Nephrology Fellow Dr.Walawender discuss the session about advances in CKD diagnostics and therapeutics. We learn about BOB books, discover our love for Rick Riordan and speculate about writing as a career. There is lots of nephrology, don’t worry!

The Sediment Episode 1: Look how far we have come, look how far we still need to go: The Ethics of caring for Neonatal Kidneys

Kick off episode to ASPN23 with Program Chair Dr. Reidy -we explore all the great content ASPN had for us! Podcast Editor Dr. Garimella and Pediatric Nephrology Fellow Dr. Cadiz chat with panelists Dr. Atkinson, Dr. Hayde, Dr. House and Dr. Menon about prenatal counseling for CAKUT all the way up to Transplantation Frontiers for this vulnerable group of children. Along the way, we reflect on ethical dilemmas in the NICU and how to make outcomes improve for teenage transplant recipients.

The Sediment 2022 - Day 4

In the final episode for 2022, we talk about the last day’s sessions with guests Dr. Abbie Bauer,  Dr. Bradley Dixon, Dr. Namrata Jain and Dr. Katherine Perry. Hosted by Dr. Sudha Garimella.

Looking to the future of therapeutics for complement mediated diseases, we try to come up with way we can utilize current knowledge in patient care, discover  the experiences of our community as we cared for children with COVID-19 and get super excited about all the ways FGF-23 can impact kidney health! It is a short but sweet episode that I am sure you will love to listen to. Editing services provided by APMediaVision.

The Sediment 2022 - Day 3

In Episode 3, The sediment podcast editor Dr. Sudha Garimella sits down with an all-star panel Dr. Brady, Dr. Flynn, Dr. Jones ,Dr. Menon, Dr. Nelson, Dr. Rheault and Dr. Verghese to talk about Day 3 of ASPN programming. We learnt about the Foundation’s work, heard about an update coming out for ABPM guidelines( no hints were given, sadly, about content) , pondered about the state of IgA clinical trials for children , got hot tips for starting up neonatal RRT , applauded the advances made in cystinosis therapy and had a very good discussion about women leadership and mentorship. And yes, we got all this done under an hour for your listening pleasure!

The Sediment 2022 - Day 2

Episode 2 of The Sediment has Drs. Stella Shin and Sudha M hosting a wonderful conversation with Dr. Linda Hua, Dr. Elizabeth Spiwak Dr. Patricia Seo-Mayer and Dr. Andrew South . We discuss Racism and Becoming a JEDI warrior, how to be better at asking the right questions - be it about the mechanistics of hypertension, food insecurity or the use of Rituximab in nephrotic syndrome! Our panelists offer tips and advice on how to change our practice based on what we learnt at ASPN22 today! Editor: Dr. Sudha Garimella.

Sediment 2022 - Day 1

Day 1: Kick off episode to ASPN22 with Program Chair Dr. Selewski, Incoming President Dr. Smith, Communications committee chair Dr. Shin and the Leadership development Course Leader Dr. Mahan-we explore all the great content ASPN has for us!

The Sediment - Phase 2, Episode 2

The sediment signs off for 2021 with a great episode featuring Adam Weinstein, Bryan Carmody, Julia Steinke, Julie Goodwin, Roshan George and Maury Pinsk. Your hosts are Ashley Rawson and Sudha Garimella and we talk about all things Med Ed and QI.

The Sediment - Phase 2, Episode 1 2021

The Sediment returns with a very special episode featuring four Barnett Award winners- Drs. Norwood, Mahan, Flynn and Warady describe both the past breakthroughs in pediatric nephrology and where they think we should concentrate our research efforts in the future. Dr. Dharnidharka talks about the man himself - Dr. Barnett! Drs. Sethna and Harshman talk about the ASPN clinical research workshop in Phase 2 that highlighted both the challenges and opportunities to get started in clinical research. Along the way, we have a lot of fun figuring out who is older, which is THE university, and of course, gorillas, dogs and parrots make an appearance as we wonder if we are actually THE American Society of Veterinary Medicine and Pediatric Nephrology!

The Sediment - Episode 5

It is the final day of Phase 1 Programming and The Sediment sets sail with the SHIP-AHOY study discussion with Dr. Don Batisky, Dr. Tammy Brady and Dr. Andrew South. We ponder over obesity associated hypertension, renovascular hypertension and ABPM as a "gold standard" and what it all means for our most vulnerable patients. Dr. Stephanie Jernigan recaps the Vasculitis session talks and we get excited about Bemulimumab and Voclosporin (just not about their spelling) and we discuss ADVOCATE trial results. Dr. Shatat joins us to talk about social media at ASPN, Dr. Maury Pinsk returns to tell us about Phase 2 and yes- we congratulate the winners of the research and clinical awards, Barnett awardees (2020 &2021) and a special mentor award for Dr. Furth. The panelists also named their favorite drinks but that will have to be in a different podcast! 

See you all in Denver, folks!

The Sediment - Episode 4

Tonight, ASPN President Dr. Michael Somers is in the house! He gives us a clue about how to get him on twitter, and we chat with him and Dr. Joseph Flynn (Zoom bombing us with style!) about our role as pediatric nephrologists during a Pandemic. We have Dr. Vikas Dharnidharka educating us about all things onco-nephrology. We delve into specifics of what we can be doing to improve the quality of life of children with CKD with Dr. Aviva Goldberg, Dr. Sarah Swartz and Dr. Aaron Wightman. Along the way, we discover more Hockey players and think about work-life balance for parents of twins.😊

Dr. Sudha Mannemuddhu is our host today and we had a wonderful time talking about Day 4 of the ASPN Conference.