ASN Podcast

Michelle Josephson, MD speaks with Dorry Segev, MD, PhD about the first HIV+ organ transplants in the US.

Rachel Meyer, ASN Director of Policy and Government Affairs, speaks about the proposed Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015 (MACRA) law and the influence this will have on nephrology and kidney patient care.

ASN Executive Vice President, Tod Ibrahim and ASN Past President, Jonathan Himmelfarb, MD, FASN, speak with Jonca Bull, MD and Patrick Archdeacon, MD from the FDA about ways to improve disparities in clinical trials.

Rachel Meyer, ASN Associate Director of Policy and Government Affairs, speaks with ASN Transplant Advisory Group Chair Michelle A. Josephson, MD about the White House Organ Summit and ASN's commitments.

Rachel Meyer, ASN Associate Director of Policy and Government Affairs, speaks with ASN President Raymond Harris, MD, FASN and ASN Public Policy Board Chair John Sedor, MD, FASN, about the White House Organ Summit and ASN's commitments.

Dr. Donald Wesson talks with Dr. Nicholas Zwang (Wesson Research Fellowship recipient) re: training in the humanities (3:15); mentors (8:10); transplant immunology (19:00); collaborative science (34:00); and tying research to clinical care (44:50).

ASN Executive Vice President, Tod Ibrahim, speaks with Garabed Eknoyan, MD, and Steven Peitzman, MD, FASN, about the history of nephrology from ancient times through the modern era.

During a discussion about the William and Sandra Bennett Clinical Scholars Program, William M. Bennett, MD asks Jane O. Schell, MD, the first recipient of the Bennett Scholar Grant, why she chose to go into nephrology.

William M. Bennett, MD interviews Jane O. Schell, MD, the first recipient of the Bennett Scholars Grant, about her work teaching nephrologists to deliver difficult news and working with kidney patients to address complex health decisions.

ASN Executive Director, Tod Ibrahim, speaks with Liz Casperite, a PKD patient, and Maria Weaver-Hollowniczky, her kidney donor, about their inspirational story and the Living Donor Protection Act.