Academic Half Day

Nephrology Training Curriculum 

  • Academic Half Day (PGY4 & 5s) runs on the Academic Half Day from 13:30 - 15:30
  • Dialysis Course (PGY4s) runs on the day of Academic Half Day from 15:30 - 17:00
  • Please be sure to review the schedule for any day, time and location changes
  • Nephrologists start from 13:30 - 15:30 for half day / All trainees meet at 13:30 

 

DATE & TIME

LOCATION

PHYSICIAN

TOPIC

September 2, 2025

1:30-3:30 pm

 VH KCRU- ELL-107

 Dr. Jain 

Nephrology Course- Connecting Indigenous Cultural Safety in Western Health Care System

3:30-5:00 pm VH KCRU- ELL-107 Dr. Jain Dialysis Course- Future of the Artificial Kidney

September 9, 2025

1:30-3:30 pm

 UH A10-212

Dr. Rehman

Nephrology Course- Challending GN Cases

3:30-5:00 pm UH A10-212 Dr. Rehman Summer Series- Assessment of the Kidney Transplant Patient

September 16, 2025

1:30-5:00 pm

PGY4s only

 VH KCRU- ELL-107

Dr. Iyer

Nephrology Course-Clinical Emergencies

September 23, 2025

1:30-3:30 pm

 VH KCRU- ELL-107

Dr. Chiu

Nephrology Course- Quality Improvement Session

3:30-5:00 pm VH KCRU- ELL-107 Dr. Blake

Dialysis Course- Intro & History of Dialysis

September 30, 2025

1:30-3:30 pm

 VH KCRU- ELL-107

Dr. Garg

Nephrology Course-Living Donor Assessment

3:30-5:00 pm VH KCRU- ELL-107 Dr. Garg Dialysis Course-Trial design challenges in HD & innovative/embedded trial strategies

October 7, 2025

1:30-3:30 pm

 VH KCRU- ELL-107

Dr. Chiu

Nephrology Course- Quality Improvement Session

3:30-5:00 pm

VH KCRU- ELL-107 Dr Moist

Dialysis Course-Vascular Access

October 14, 2025

1:30-3:30 pm

 VH KCRU- ELL-107

Dr. Sultan

Nephrology CourseMetabolic Alkalosis

3:30-5:00 pm

VH KCRU- ELL-107

Dr. Sultan

-Dialysis Course- Adequacy 101

October 21, 2025

1:30-3:30 pm

 VH KCRU- ELL-107

Dr. Chiu

Nephrology Course- Quality Improvement Session 

3:30-5:00 pm VH KCRU- ELL-107 Dr. Blake Dialysis Course - When to Start

October 28, 2025

1:30-3:30 pm

 VH KCRU- ELL-107 

 Dr. Huang

Nephrology Course- Pregnancy and Renal Disease (CKD/HD)

3:30-5:00 pm VH KCRU- ELL-107 Dr. Huang

Dialysis Course- Home Hemo & Prequent Dialysis

November 4, 2025

1:30-3:30 pm

 VH KCRU- ELL-107

Dr. Moist

Nephrology Course- PCKD

3:30-5:00 pm VH KCRU- ELL-107 Dr. Mahmood Nephrology Course- PoCUS

November 11, 2025

 No Session

 

 

November 18, 2025

1:30-3:30 pm

VH KCRU-  ELL-107 Dr. Moist Nephrology Course- Anemia

3:30-5:00 pm

VH KCRU- ELL-107 Dr. Sultan Dialysis Course - Adequacy 201 A

November 25, 2025

1:30-3:30 pm

 VH KCRU- ELL-107

Dr. Sultan

Nephrology Course- Nephrolithiasis/Nephrocalcinosis

3:30-5:00 pm VH KCRU- ELL-107 Dr. Sultan Dialysis Course - Adequacy 201 B

December 2, 2025

1:30-3:30 pm

VH KCRU- ELL-107

 Dr. Chiu

Nephrology Course- Quality Improvement Session

3:30-5:00 pm

VH KCRU- ELL-107 Dr. Moist Dialysis Course - Central Line Infection

December 9, 2025

1:30-3:30 pm

 VH KCRU- ELL-107

Dr. McIntyre

Nephrology Course-  TBD

3:30-5:00 pm

VH KCRU- ELL-107

Dr. McIntyre Dialysis Course - CVD/Inflammation

December 16, 2025

1:30-3:30 pm

VH KCRU- ELL-107

Dr. Chiu

Nephrology Course- Quality Improvement Session

3:30-5:00 pm VH KCRU- ELL-107

 Dr. Sultan

Nephrology Course- RTA/Metabolic Acidosis

January 6, 2025

1:30-3:30 pm

VH KCRU- ELL- 107

 Dr. Jain

Dialysis Course- PD vs HD

3:30-5:00 pm

VH KCRU- ELL- 107

 Dr. Moist

Dialysis Course- Access, Recirculation and Flow

January 14, 2026

1:30-3:30 pm

 VH KCRU- ELL- 107

 Dr. Blake

Dialysis Course- Economics and Epidemiology of Dialysis

3:30-5:00 pm

 VH KCRU- ELL- 107

 Dr. Blake

Dialysis Course- ORN & Dialysis Organization in Ontario

January 20, 2026

1:30-3:30 pm

 VH KCRU- ELL- 107

 Dr. Garg

Nephrology Course-Perioperative AKI

3:30-5:00 pm

VH KCRU- ELL- 107

 Dr. Sultan

Dialysis Course- Adequacy 301 EID

January 27, 2026 

1:30-3:30 pm

VH KCRU- ELL- 107 

 Dr. Cowan

Nephrology Course- CKD-MBD

3:30-5:00 pm

VH KCRU- ELL- 107

 Dr. Cowan

Nephrology Course- Oncnephrology

 

February 3, 2026

1:30-3:30 pm

VH KCRU- ELL- 107

 Dr. Chiu

Nephrology Course- Quality Improvement Session

3:30-5:00 pm

VH KCRU- ELL- 107 

 Dr. Blake

Dialysis Course- When and How to Stop

 

February 11, 2026 

1:30-3:30 pm

VH KCRU- ELL- 107 

 Dr. Blake

Dialysis Course- PD Metabolic Complications & Volume Control

3:30-5:00 pm

VH KCRU- ELL- 107

 Dr. Blake

Dialysis Course- PD Membranes, Adequacy, Clearance & Prescription

 

February 17, 2026

1:30-3:30 pm

 VH KCRU- ELL- 107 

 Dr. Huang

 Nephrology Course- Overdose/Contrast Nephropathy

3:30 - 5:00 pm

VH KCRU-ELL-107

 Dr. Huang

Dialysis Course- Nutrition

 

February 24, 2026

1:30-3:00 pm

 VH KCRU-ELL-107

 Dr. McIntyre

Nephrology Course- TBD

3:30-5:00 pm

 VH KCRU-ELL-107

 Dr. Chiu

Nephrology Course- Quality Improvement Session

 

March 3, 2026

1:30-3:30 pm

 UH A10-212

 Dr. Iyer

Nephrology Course- Potassium Disorders

3:30-5:00 pm

 UH A10-212

 Dr. Iyer

- Dialysis Course- HTN

March 11, 2026

1:30-3:30 pm

 UH A10-212

 Dr. House

Nephrology Course- GFR/Trip in Tubules

3:30-5:00 pm

 UH A10-212

 Dr. House

Dialysis Course- Dialysate Composition

March 17, 2026

1:30-3:30 pm

 

 

Nephrology Course- 

3:30-5:00 pm

 UH A10-212

 Dr. Roshanov

Nephrology Course- Methods and uses of prognostic information in Nephrology

March 24, 2026

1:30-3:30 pm

 

 

 

3:30-5:00 pm  UH A10-212

 Dr. Chiu

Nephrology Course- Quality Improvement Session

March 31, 2026

1:30-3:30 pm

 VH KCRU-ELL-107

 Dr. Jain

Dialysis Course- PD mechanical complications

 3:30-5:00 pm

 VH KCRU-ELL-107

 Dr. Jain

Dialysis Course- PD Peritonitis

April 7, 2026

1:30-3:30 pm

 VH KCRU-ELL-107

 Dr. Alajmi

Nephrology Course- Kidney Genetics

3:30-5:00 pm

 VH KCRU-ELL-107

 Dr. Inman

Nephrology Course- Renal Cancer

April 15, 2026

1:30-3:30 pm

 UH A10-212

 Dr. House

Dialysis Course- CRRT

3:30-5:00 pm

 UH A10-212

 Dr. House

Dialysis Course- HD Membranes

April 21, 2026

1:30-3:30 pm

 UH A10-212

 Dr. Weir

Dialysis Course- Pivotal Trials in HD

3:30-5:00 pm

 UH A10-212

 Dr. Mahmood

Nephrology Course- PoCUS #2

April 28, 2026

1:30-3:30 pm

 VH KCRU-ELL-107

 Dr. Chiu

Nephrology Course- Quality Improvement Session

3:30-5:00 pm

 VH KCRU-ELL-107

 Dr. Huang

Dialysis Course- Intra-Dialytic hypotension & volume control

May 5, 2026

1:30-3:30 pm

PGY4s

 KCC

 Sal Treesh

Dialysis Course- Water Treatment for Dialysis

May 12, 2026

1:30-3:30 pm

 UH A10-212

 Dr. Johnson

Nephrology Course- Transplant Meds

3:30-5:00 pm

 UH A10-212

 Dr. Sultan

Dialysis Course- Dialysis Exam Review

 

 

May 19, 2026

1:30-4:00 pm

PGY5s

 UH A10-212

 Dr. Johnson

Nephrology Course- Prepatory Exam

1:30 - 4:00 pm

PGY4s

 VH A2-358

 Dr. Sultan

Dialysis Course- Dialysis Exam

May 26, 2026

1:30-3:30 pm

 UH A10-212

 Dr. Weir

Nephrology Course- RCT Critical Analysis

 3:30-5:00 pm

 UH A10-212

 Dr. Chiu

Nephrology Course- Quality Improvement Session

June 3, 2026

 1:30-3:30 pm

 UH A10-212

 Dr. Lotfy

Nephrology Course- ACR/AMR

3:30 - 5:00 pm

UH A10-212

Dr. Lotfy

Nephrology Course- Recipient Assessment

June 9, 2026

1:30-3:30 pm

 UH A10-212

 Dr. Iyer

Nephrology Course- Sodium Disorders

3:30 - 5:00 pm

UH A10-212

Dr. Chiu

Nephrology Course- Quality Improvement Session

June 16, 2026

1:30-3:30 pm

 UH A10-212

 Dr. Gunaratnam

Nephrology Course- AKI, ATN and Pathophysiology, Biomarkers

3:30 - 5:00 pm

UH A10-212

Dr. iyer

Nephrology Course- Mg/Po4/Ca

June 23, 2026

1:30-3:30 pm

 

UH A10-212

 

 

Dr. Roshanov

 

Nephrology Course- Evidence synthesis in Nephrology

 3:30 - 5:00 pm

 UH A10-212

 Dr. Connaughton

Nephrology Course- Genetic Kidney Disease

June 23, 2026

1:30-3:30 pm

 UH A10-212

 Dr. Johnson

Nephrology Course- Clinical EPI

 3:30 - 5:00 pm

 UH A10-212

 Dr. Gunaratnam

Nephrology Course- HLA/Tissue Typing and Crossmatch