The Kidney Chronicles: A Pediatric Nephrology Podcast

In this episode, Dr. Rhodes Hambrick, a pediatric nephrologist at Lurie Children’s Hospital, and Dr. Sonya Tang Girdwood, a pediatric hospitalist at Cincinnati Children's Hospital, discuss the lack of data on drug dosing, particularly antibiotics, in the setting of pediatric renal replacement therapy and their work to change this. 

In this episode Dr. Shaun Jackson, a pediatric rheumatologist and nephrologist at Seattle Children’s Hospital, discusses the novel use of CAR-T for Lupus and his ongoing pediatric clinical trial. 

This is a special episode about juggling life as a nephrologist and mother. Guests include: Dr. Jennifer Jetton, professor and chief of pediatric nephrology at Children's Wisconsin, Dr. Melissa Muff-Luett, associate professor and chief of pediatric nephrology at Children's Nebraska, Dr. Leonela Villegas, assistant professor of pediatric nephrology at Connecticut Children's, Dr. Neha Pottanat, associate professor and dialysis director at Indiana/Riley Children's, Dr. Emilia Cadiz, assistant professor of pediatric nephrology at Phoenix Children's, and Dr. Andrea Kattah, professor of nephrology at Mayo Clinic. 

Dr. Taylor Heald-Sargent, pediatric infectious disease specialist with expertise in transplantation and assistant professor of pediatrics at Lurie Children's, discusses vaccines in kidney transplant patients.    References Feldman et al. Safety and Immunogenicity of Live Viral Vaccines in Pediatric Transplant Recipients-  https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2810579    American Society of Transplant Vaccination of solid organ transplant patients guidelines: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31002409/   AAP Vaccine Schedule: https://publications.aap.org/redbook/resources/15585/AAP-Immunization-Schedule?autologincheck=redirected   

In this episode we discuss the use of growth hormone in patients with chronic kidney disease and interview Dr. Denver Brown, an assistant professor and pediatric nephrologist at Children’s National and Dr. Andrew Dauber a professor and department chair of pediatric endocrinology at Children’s National.    Reference- https://scispace.com/pdf/growth-hormone-and-insulin-like-growth-factor-dysregulation-1p4ku7jtmr.pdf 

In this episode we speak to Dr. Hiep Nguyen a pediatric urologist at Banner Children’s Hospital on urinary tract dilation, a topic that while common is often poorly understood. He explains the pathophysiology of physiologic urinary tract dilation and discusses the risks associated with the various grades of urinary tract dilation.  References Nguyen HT, Benson CB, Bromley B, Campbell JB, Chow J, Coleman B, Cooper C, Crino J, Darge K, Herndon CD, Odibo AO, Somers MJ, Stein DR. Multidisciplinary consensus on the classification of prenatal and postnatal urinary tract dilation (UTD classification system). J Pediatr Urol. 2014 Dec;10(6):982-98. doi: 10.1016/j.jpurol.2014.10.002. Epub 2014 Nov 15. PMID: 25435247.

In this episode, we are joined by two esteemed guests to review current practice guidelines, expert recommendations, and considerations for vascular access with a focus on arteriovenous fistula (AVF) in pediatric ESRD.  Vascular Surgery - Dr. Vincent Rowe, MD, Professor and Division Chief of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery at UCLA, Los Angeles Pediatric Nephrology - Dr. Shina Menon, MD, Associate Professor and Medical Director of Acute Dialysis at Lucille Packard Children’s Hospital, Stanford

Join us for Part 2 as we discuss the management of pediatric chronic hemodialysis and troubleshooting common complications. Guest experts include: Dr. Cherry Mammen, Assistant Professor and Dialysis Director at British Columbia Children's Hospital, Dr. Raj Munshi, Associate Professor and Dialysis Director at Seattle Children's, and Dr. Sarah Swartz, Associate Professor and Dialysis Director at Texas Children's.

Dr. Molly Vega, RD and PhD at Texas Children's and Nonnie Polderman, RD at British Columbia Children's Hospital provide their expertise on pediatric dialysis nutrition considerations, specifically in the realm of chronic hemodialysis.   -Visit https://www.espn-online.org/nutrition-taskforce/ to see the clinical practice guidelines published by the Paediatric Renal Nutrition Taskforce

Dr. Molly Vega, RD and PhD at Texas Children's and Nonnie Polderman, RD at British Columbia Children's Hospital provide their expertise on pediatric dialysis nutrition considerations, specifically in the realms of acute kidney injury and CRRT.   -Visit https://www.espn-online.org/nutrition-taskforce/ to see the clinical practice guidelines published by the Paediatric Renal Nutrition Taskforce