9/20 ANNA 503 Virtual Fall Workshop

ANNA Chapter 503 will present their 2020 Fall Workshop via Zoom on September 20, 2020 from 10am till noon PDT.  The Workshop will feature Nephrologists Sarah Struthers, MD sharing her experience of working in New Orleans during the coronavirus surge, and Kate Butler, MD sharing her research focus on ethical allocation of limited resources during a pandemic.  Cost is $20 for ANNA members & students, and $35 for non-members.  The course has been approved by the California State Board of Nursing for 2.0 CE’s.  Register, before 11:30 pm PDT September 18, at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/anna-503-virtual-fall-workshop-2020-tickets-114236426226.  Full details follow:

10/21 NW18 Renal Update

The local chapters of ANNA, NANT, and NKF will present the Annual Renal Update 2018 conference in Irvine CA on 21 October 2018.  Topics will include pediatric nephrology, medications, dialysis history, zero infections, extracorporeal circuits, transpants, fluid management, and patient care techncians.  The conference fee will include eight CE hours, breakfast and lunch.  For details and registration see https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/nwrn.org/files/N/ANNA/ANNA18.18.pdf – and don’t miss the map to the venue on page 2.

1/10+ NW16 ANNA Renal Update

The Greater Puget Sound Chapter #503 of ANNA will present their 2018 Renal Update February 1-2, 2018 in Lynnwood WA.  Topics include incivility, surveys, iatrogenic death, teach-back, calciphylaxis, difficult conversations, passion and compassion, AKI, organ donation, ultrafiltration, lupus, hyponatremia, hyperoxaluria, and the future of dialysis.  Registration is online only, and closes on January 29, 2018.  Discounts are available until 11:30 pm PST January 10, 2018.  For more information see https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/nwrn.org/files/N/ANNA/RenalUpdate2018.pdf.

History of Dialysis

If you’ve been around dialysis for a long time, you know of Chris Blagg.  He worked with Dr. Belding Scribner to basically invent modern kidney dialysis.  Dr. Blagg has recently published a new book, From Miracle to Mainstream: Creating the World’s First Dialysis Organization, relating his first-hand knowledge of the clinical and political history of the first half-century of kidney dialysis in the US, including extensive documentation about the advocacy that led to the 1972 landmark legislation establishing the ESRD program within Medicare.  Find a video preview at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ig88oObeX3Y .  The book is available now from booksellers.