This event is designed for the Advanced Practitioner and Registered Nurse to help evaluate, diagnose, and treat patients with renal disease.
Topics range from chronic kidney disease, hypertension management, emerging trends in diabetes management, interpretation of renal-specific lab, as well as prescribing pitfalls and antibiotic stewardship. All topics are presented by practitioners and physicians specializing in nephrology, rheumatology, psychology and pharmacy.
UAB Nephrology Essentials for the Advanced Practitioner Academy
September 18, 2026
7:15am-4:15pm
Altec/Styslinger Genomic Medicine & Data Sciences Building
ALGEN Conference, Room 201
701 19th Street, South,
Birmingham, AL 35294
For more information, contact Katrina Moore by e-mail krmoore@uabmc.edu or by phone at (205) 975-7583.
Agenda
7:15AM-7:45AM
Registration/Breakfast/Vendor Exhibit
7:45AM-8:00AM
Welcome
8:00AM-8:45AM
3D Approaching to Managing Chronic Kidney Disease
Speaker / Faculty: Allyson Coley, CRNP, DNP
8:45AM-9:45AM
Dysnateremia: Diagnostic Evaluation and Management
Speaker / Faculty: Winn Seay, MD
9:45AM-10:00AM
Break/Vendor Exhibit
10:00AM-11:00AM
Acute Kidney Injury for the Primary Provider
Speaker / Faculty: Martha Catalina Morales-Alvarez, MD
11:00AM-11:45PM
Navigating the Laboratory Analysis of the Basic Metabolic Panel
Speaker / Faculty: Emmy Bell MD
11:45PM-12:30PM
Lunch
12:30PM-1:15PM
Systemic Lupus Erythematosus for the Primary Provider
Speaker / Faculty: Jose Rubio, MD
1:15PM-2:15PM
Updates in Resistant Hypertension
Speaker / Faculty: Eric Judd, MD
2:15PM-3:00PM
Cardiovascular Kidney-Metabolic Syndrome: Insights and Management Strategies
Speaker / Faculty: Clare Lyas, MD
3:00PM-3:45PM
Mental Health Management in Kidney Dysfunction
Speaker / Faculty: Christina Parker, PhD & Rebecca Maxson, PharmD