November 5, 2025

Nephrology Board Meeting Summary | Fall 2025

The Nephrology Board held its fall meeting on September 9, 2025. Representatives from the American Society of Nephrology (ASN), the Renal Physicians Association (RPA) and the National Kidney Foundation (NKF) joined for a portion of the meeting*. The following is a report of the fall meeting. Visit the ABIM Blog for reports of prior meetings. […]

Specialty Board Meeting Summaries

May 30, 2025

Nephrology Board Meeting Summary | Spring 2025

The Nephrology Board, which meets twice a year and is responsible for oversight of policy and assessment in the specialty, held its spring meeting on March 18, 2025. Representatives from the American Society of Nephrology (ASN), the American Society of Transplantation (AST), the National Kidney Foundation (NKF) and the Renal Physicians Association (RPA) joined for […]

Specialty Board Meeting Summaries

December 4, 2024

Nephrology Board Meeting Summary | Fall 2024

The Nephrology Board—which meets twice a year and is responsible for oversight of policy and assessment in the specialty—held its fall meeting on September 16, 2024. The Specialty Board reviewed updates on ABIM’s work in a number of key areas and discussed other pressing issues in the field. In addition, representatives from the American Society […]

Specialty Board Meeting Summaries

May 28, 2024

Nephrology Board Meeting Summary | Spring 2024

The Nephrology Board held its spring meeting on Tuesday, March 19, 2024. The agenda provided an opportunity to update the Nephrology Board on activity at ABIM and allowed for discussion of pressing issues in the field. The Specialty Board was joined for a portion of the meeting* by guests from the American Society of Nephrology […]

Specialty Board Meeting Summaries

May 23, 2024

Community and Collaboration: How ABIM Revised Procedural Requirements for Initial Certification in Nephrology

Rudolph A. Rodriguez, MD, is the Director of the Hospital & Specialty Medicine Service Line at the VA Puget Sound Health Care System and a Professor and Vice Chair of the Department of Medicine at the University of Washington. He has served as Chair of the ABIM Nephrology Board since 2020. In September 2023, the […]

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January 3, 2024

Nephrology Board Meeting Summary | Fall 2023

The Nephrology Board held its fall meeting on Friday, September 29, 2023. The agenda provided an opportunity to update the Nephrology Board on activity at ABIM and allowed for discussion of pressing issues in the field. The Specialty Board was joined for a portion of the meeting* by guests from the American Society of Nephrology […]

Specialty Board Meeting Summaries

June 22, 2023

Governance Chat: Nephrology Board Members on Global Kidney Advocacy

Rudolph A. Rodriguez, MD, Chair of the ABIM Nephrology Board, and Paul T. Conway, Nephrology Board member and Chair of Policy and Global Affairs for the American Association of Kidney Patients (AAKP), talk about kidney disease, global advocacy and the World Health Organization in this exclusive Governance Chat. Click here or on the image above to […]

ABIM Governance

May 24, 2023

Nephrology Board Meeting Summary | Spring 2023

The Nephrology Board held its spring meeting on Friday, March 31, 2023. The agenda provided an opportunity to update the Nephrology Board on activity at ABIM and allowed for discussion of pressing issues in the field. The Specialty Board was joined by guests from the American Society of Nephrology (ASN) and the National Kidney Foundation […]

ABIM Governance, News

March 24, 2023

Nephrology Certification Procedural Requirements: Call for Comment

The ABIM specialty boards that oversee each subspecialty of internal medicine periodically review procedural requirements in their respective disciplines to ensure that trainees are prepared for independent practice based on current medical standards. The Nephrology Board is now considering a number of changes to nephrology initial certification procedural requirements and invites diplomates certified in nephrology […]

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