Episodes

  • Closing the Year: Appropriations, Kidney Research Funding, and What to Expect Next (Policy Update December 2025)

    Closing the Year: Appropriations, Kidney Research Funding, and What to Expect Next (Policy Update December 2025)
    Dec 23 2025
    Hosts Tod Ibrahim and Lauren Ahearn are joined by Rachel Meyer, ASN Senior Strategic Policy Advisor to the EVP, to break down where things stand on federal appropriations, kidney health research funding, and what to expect as we head into 2026.
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    42 mins
  • Nephrology Before "Nephrology"

    Nephrology Before "Nephrology"
    Dec 16 2025
    Host Andrew Cohen, MD, speaks with medical historian Steven Peitzman, MD, on the birth of nephrology, a specialty that was not formally recognized until the mid-twentieth century.
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    43 mins
  • The EPOch of Treatment Innovation: Triumphs and Pitfalls of Government, Big Pharma, and Nephrology in the Development of rEPO

    The EPOch of Treatment Innovation: Triumphs and Pitfalls of Government, Big Pharma, and Nephrology in the Development of rEPO
    Nov 21 2025
    Host Andrew Cohen, MD, discusses the advent of recombinant erythropoietin (rEPO) and its impact on kidney care with Paul Kimmel, MD, FASN; Daniel Coyne, MD; and Ajay Singh, MD.
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    43 mins
  • nephSAP Guest Editor Interview: ESKD: A Therapeutic Triumph of Nephrology

    nephSAP Guest Editor Interview: ESKD: A Therapeutic Triumph of Nephrology
    Nov 20 2025
    Alice Sheridan, MD, FASN, and Martina McGrath, MD, FASN, speak with guest editors Sankar D. Navaneethan, MD, MS, MPH, and Garabed Eknoyan, MD, to discuss their editorial "ESKD: A Therapeutic Triumph of Nephrology" from nephSAP Volume 24, Number 4, ESKD.
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    23 mins
  • Washington Reopens: Budget Battles and What to Expect Next (Policy Update November 2025)

    Washington Reopens: Budget Battles and What to Expect Next (Policy Update November 2025)
    Nov 19 2025
    Hosts Tod Ibrahim, ASN Executive Vice President and David White, Senior Quality & Regulatory Affairs Officer are joined by Lauren Ahearn, Senior Quality & Regulatory Affairs Associate to discuss the most recent spending package passed by Congress.
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    25 mins
  • Transplant and Trials: Redefining Care

    Transplant and Trials: Redefining Care
    Nov 8 2025
    Kidney Week 2025 may be coming to a close, but the conversation continues. Hear Meg Jardine, MBBS, PhD, Vineeta Kumar, MD, FASN, and Robert A. Montgomery, MD, PhD, explore research trials and developments in transplant nephrology.
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    49 mins
  • Future Therapies: Science Shaping Tomorrow's Kidney Care

    Future Therapies: Science Shaping Tomorrow's Kidney Care
    Nov 8 2025
    Listen as Matthias Kretzler, MD, Julio Saez-Rodriguez, PhD, and Katalin Susztak, MD, PhD, discuss advancements and challenges in research during the episode "Future Therapies: Science Shaping Tomorrow's Kidney Care."
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    19 mins
  • Late-Breaking Clinical Trials: What They Mean for Kidney Care

    Late-Breaking Clinical Trials: What They Mean for Kidney Care
    Nov 7 2025
    Kidney Week has begun. Listen as Hiddo Jan L. Heerspink, PhD, Julie R. Ingelfinger, MD, and Richard A. Lafayette, MD, explore the impact this year's late-breaking clinical trials will have on nephrology.
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    25 mins