The American Society of Pediatric Nephrology Podcast

In our debut episode of The Bean Pod, host Dr. Amirtha Chinnadurai sits down with Dr. Keia Sanderson (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill) to discuss best practices for prenatal counseling in congenital anomalies of the kidney and urinary tract (CAKUT). Together, they explore how pediatric nephrologists can support families with clarity, compassion, and practical guidance during these high-stakes conversations. Key takeaways: What must be included in every prenatal consult Strategies for discussing uncertainty without overwhelming families Common pitfalls to avoid (including when not to discuss transplant) Timing of postnatal imaging and coordination with other specialties Practical pearls for building rapport and tailoring your approach This short-form, high-yield discussion is designed for busy clinicians—so you can get useful insights in under 20 minutes. ----more---- The Bean Pod: A Pediatric Nephrology Podcast Created by the Clinical Affairs Committee of the American Society of Pediatric Nephrology (ASPN), The Bean Pod delivers concise, high-yield conversations on topics that matter to busy clinicians. Each 15–20 minute episode features expert perspectives, practical pearls, and real-world insights to support pediatric nephrologists in their everyday practice. Whether you’re on rounds, commuting, or between patients, The Bean Pod brings you trusted voices from the ASPN community—straight to your ears.

Join co-hosts Emily Zangla and Jordy Salcedo in this final episode of The Sediment 2025 covering the American Society of Pediatric Nephrology sessions at the recent Pediatric Academic Societies in Honolulu Hawaii. Deepa Chand walks us through the session on FDA drug approval in children, Amanda Clark and Juhi Kumar outline the nephrology oral abstract session, Josh Samuels discusses the hypertension sessions, Caitlin Carter discusses the presentation on pay structure and reimbursement and Amy Bobrowski and Carlos Becerril-Romero review the transplant session.

Join co-hosts Emily Zangla and Jordy Salcedo in this second episode of The Sediment 2025 covering the American Society of Pediatric Nephrology sessions at the recent Pediatric Academic Societies in Honolulu Hawaii. Ari Pollack talks to us about artificial intelligence in the field of nephrology, Armish Jain and Jordy discuss the "Urine in the Know" session and QI success, Celina Brunson and Ken Sutha discuss sexual healthcare in patients with kidney disease, Cherry Mammen discussed diabetic kidney disease, and ASPN President Merideth Atkinson joins to talk about the ASPN Awards. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28945902/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36238954/  

Join hosts Emily Zangla and Jordy Salcedo with moderators from four nephrology sessions at the 2025 Pediatric Academic Societies Conference in Honolulu, Hawaii. Taylor House highlights the palliative care session, Zubin Modi and Kelly Garrity discuss the nephrotic syndrome workshop, Scott Sutherland reviews the cardiorenal session and Tahagod Mohamed explains the neonatal AKI and nephrology oral abstracts. 

Join us on this final episode of the The Sediment to discuss the 2024 Pediatric Academic Societies, American Society of Pediatric Nephrology (ASPN) conference sessions on urinary tract infections, vaccinations in nephrotic, CKD and transplant patients, hypertension, and neonatal nephrology with their respective moderators.   Hot-off-the-press JAMA Peds article "Long-Term Cardiovascular Outcomes in Children and Adolescents with Hypertension" by Cal Robinson (who is a peds neph fellow at Sick Kids in Toronto--congrats!) et al.: https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamapediatrics/fullarticle/2818399

Join us on this episode of The Sediment to discuss the 2024 Pediatric Academic Societies, American Society of Pediatric Nephrology (ASPN) conference sessions on kidney transplantation in special patient populations, big ideas and small numbers research, chronic dialysis and critical care nephrology with their respective moderators.   St. Jude Childhood Cancer Survivor Kidney Failure Risk Calculator:  https://ccss.stjude.org/resources/calculators/kidney-failure-calculator.html

Join us on this episode of The Sediment to discuss the 2024 Pediatric Academic Societies, American Society of Pediatric Nephrology (ASPN) conference sessions on genetic testing, social determinants of health in kidney disease, and sickle cell disease with their respective moderators. We also honor this year's ASPN awardees Pat Brophy, David Hains, Sarah Swartz and Kim Reidy.   Mathieu Lemaire's Genetic Testing 'Survival Tips'  1) If phenotype is clear, narrower testing is preferable to ↓ risk of incidental findings  2) Screen for extra-renal abnormalities to crystalize the diagnosis - imaging, hearing test, opthalmo exam, ...  3) For pediatric-onset disease, have a low threshold to test early  4) If testing was done >5 years before, reassess results - If negative, re-do the test (vintage issue) - If positive with VUS, reanalyze variant for ↑ or ↓  5) If broad test is negative (e.g. exome), no need to order a narrower panel  6) Be ready to discuss the implications of local laws (or lackthereof) regarding genetic discrimination  7) Discuss with family pros/cons of genetic testing early  8) Consider referral for gene discovery if nega3ve tes3ng but high probability of a genetic etiology (e.g., consanguinity)  9) Consider writing a case report on patients with VUS that is likely pathogenic  10) When in doubt, consult kidney genetic expert or genetic counsellor

Welcome to the 2024 ASPN Meeting at Pediatric Academic Societies (PAS)! Co-hosts Dr. Sudha Garimella and Dr. Emily Zangla kick us off in our first episode of the year, covering the conference. They interview ASPN council members, Dr. Meredith Atkinson, Dr. Adam Weinstein and Dr. Priya Verghese on the visions and directions of the organization. They also share what they are most excited about at the upcoming meeting, including their food recommendations, along with pediatric nephrology fellows, Dr. Anna Williams and Dr. Shrea Goswami. Don't miss this episode before you pack your bags for Toronto!    Sudha's Indian Restaurant Recommendations in Toronto: Leela Indian Food Bar Madras Masala Chutneys Benaras Sudha's pure vegetarian recommendations- Govinda’ s, Rajdhani, Upidi Palace and A1 sweets Everest Hakka House (Indo Chinese)

The final Episode brings together Division Chiefs, Presidents and eminent educators to discuss what our field looks like and what we should do to prepare the workforce of the future. But first, we chat with Dr. Brady and Dr. Flynn about Hypertension. Dr. Seo-Mayer,Dr. Verghese Dr.Mahan and Dr. Gibson discuss the sessions on leadership and research scholarship. We hear from our ASPN President Dr. Smith. We felicitate Dr.Norwood and Dr.Mattoo on receiving ASPN Founders Award and acknowledge all the awardees as we look back on a successful year at the Society. THE SEDIMENT will return in 2024 bringing programming from ASPN 2024 Toronto,CA.

Episode 3 is the best podcast episode we recorded for The Sediment. It features two amazing families that are facing a life with kidney disease and we chat with them about their perspective on what nephrologists can do better. Dr. Amatya helps us understand how we can address symptoms of CKD like mood and sleep. Dr. Kakajiwala recaps the IV fluid session and we have so much fun figuring out who can speak the most languages!

Episode 2 brings a fascinating discussion with our guests Dr. Lane and Dr. Cody about Lupus Nephritis. Editor Dr. Garimella and Pediatric Nephrology Fellow Dr.Walawender discuss the session about advances in CKD diagnostics and therapeutics. We learn about BOB books, discover our love for Rick Riordan and speculate about writing as a career. There is lots of nephrology, don’t worry!

Kick off episode to ASPN23 with Program Chair Dr. Reidy -we explore all the great content ASPN had for us! Podcast Editor Dr. Garimella and Pediatric Nephrology Fellow Dr. Cadiz chat with panelists Dr. Atkinson, Dr. Hayde, Dr. House and Dr. Menon about prenatal counseling for CAKUT all the way up to Transplantation Frontiers for this vulnerable group of children. Along the way, we reflect on ethical dilemmas in the NICU and how to make outcomes improve for teenage transplant recipients.

In the final episode for 2022, we talk about the last day’s sessions with guests Dr. Abbie Bauer,  Dr. Bradley Dixon, Dr. Namrata Jain and Dr. Katherine Perry. Hosted by Dr. Sudha Garimella. Looking to the future of therapeutics for complement mediated diseases, we try to come up with way we can utilize current knowledge in patient care, discover  the experiences of our community as we cared for children with COVID-19 and get super excited about all the ways FGF-23 can impact kidney health! It is a short but sweet episode that I am sure you will love to listen to. Editing services provided by APMediaVision.

In Episode 3, The sediment podcast editor Dr. Sudha Garimella sits down with an all-star panel Dr. Brady, Dr. Flynn, Dr. Jones ,Dr. Menon, Dr. Nelson, Dr. Rheault and Dr. Verghese to talk about Day 3 of ASPN programming. We learnt about the Foundation’s work, heard about an update coming out for ABPM guidelines( no hints were given, sadly, about content) , pondered about the state of IgA clinical trials for children , got hot tips for starting up neonatal RRT , applauded the advances made in cystinosis therapy and had a very good discussion about women leadership and mentorship. And yes, we got all this done under an hour for your listening pleasure!

Episode 2 of The Sediment has Drs. Stella Shin and Sudha M hosting a wonderful conversation with Dr. Linda Hua, Dr. Elizabeth Spiwak Dr. Patricia Seo-Mayer and Dr. Andrew South . We discuss Racism and Becoming a JEDI warrior, how to be better at asking the right questions - be it about the mechanistics of hypertension, food insecurity or the use of Rituximab in nephrotic syndrome! Our panelists offer tips and advice on how to change our practice based on what we learnt at ASPN22 today! Editor: Dr. Sudha Garimella.

Day 1: Kick off episode to ASPN22 with Program Chair Dr. Selewski, Incoming President Dr. Smith, Communications committee chair Dr. Shin and the Leadership development Course Leader Dr. Mahan-we explore all the great content ASPN has for us!

The sediment signs off for 2021 with a great episode featuring Adam Weinstein, Bryan Carmody, Julia Steinke, Julie Goodwin, Roshan George and Maury Pinsk. Your hosts are Ashley Rawson and Sudha Garimella and we talk about all things Med Ed and QI.

The Sediment returns with a very special episode featuring four Barnett Award winners- Drs. Norwood, Mahan, Flynn and Warady describe both the past breakthroughs in pediatric nephrology and where they think we should concentrate our research efforts in the future. Dr. Dharnidharka talks about the man himself - Dr. Barnett! Drs. Sethna and Harshman talk about the ASPN clinical research workshop in Phase 2 that highlighted both the challenges and opportunities to get started in clinical research. Along the way, we have a lot of fun figuring out who is older, which is THE university, and of course, gorillas, dogs and parrots make an appearance as we wonder if we are actually THE American Society of Veterinary Medicine and Pediatric Nephrology!

It is the final day of Phase 1 Programming and The Sediment sets sail with the SHIP-AHOY study discussion with Dr. Don Batisky, Dr. Tammy Brady and Dr. Andrew South. We ponder over obesity associated hypertension, renovascular hypertension and ABPM as a "gold standard" and what it all means for our most vulnerable patients. Dr. Stephanie Jernigan recaps the Vasculitis session talks and we get excited about Bemulimumab and Voclosporin (just not about their spelling) and we discuss ADVOCATE trial results. Dr. Shatat joins us to talk about social media at ASPN, Dr. Maury Pinsk returns to tell us about Phase 2 and yes- we congratulate the winners of the research and clinical awards, Barnett awardees (2020 &2021) and a special mentor award for Dr. Furth. The panelists also named their favorite drinks but that will have to be in a different podcast!  See you all in Denver, folks!