A Nephrologist Reflects on Important Advances in her Field

Credits: 0.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™

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Overview: Join Dr. Sanjiv Chopra in this installment of Coffee with Chopra, as he interviews his guest, Dr. Melanie Hoenig, about advances in nephrology. In this session, the duo will discuss topics including: race and kidney function, HIV and HCV on kidney function, and the relationship between APOL1 and kidney failure. 

Episode resource links:

https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/article-abstract/2735726

https://www.kidney-international.org/article/S0085-2538(17)30823-2/fulltext

https://www.jci.org/articles/view/46263/figure/1

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/17/health/many-medical-decision-tools-disadvantage-black-patients.html

Guest: Melanie Hoenig, MD