Throwback Thursday With Dr. Fred Silva

What do you think it is the most important part of a scientific paper?  Dr.Silva will give his opinion on that, along with a summary on how to read a paper like a reviewer.

What is in a name?  Dr.Silva will go over some terms, definitions, and even controversies in our renal path world. Enjoy!

On this Throwback Thursday, Dr. Silva discusses the beginnings of scientific peer review. Have a listen and share your thoughts.

In this episode, Dr. Silva will go out on a limb with a very surprising story about a technique that we may have parroted from the animal kingdom.  Listen and learn why the kidney is so important to nephrologists, renal pathologists, and even birds!

Throwback Thursday is back! In this week's episode, Dr.Silva reminds us of the contributions of two genial brothers to medicine - The Flexner Brothers. Hear the many ways they changed education and medicine alike in a visionary way.

In this episode, Dr. Silva discusses 10 pieces of diagnostic advice he instills in all of his renal pathology fellows.

In this week's episode, Dr. Silva gives us a history lesson of medicine in Ancient Greece, preceding the time of Hippocrates. We can reflect on how far we have come with the modern medical advances we have today.

In this episode, Dr. Silva dives into the early history and uses of the trichrome stain.

In this episode, Dr. Silva discusses the discovery, initial uses, and development of synthetic corticosteroids.

Not all mesangial deposits are created equal. This week, Dr. Silva discusses mild mesangial deposits in a variety of clinical settings and his take on their meaning.

In this episode, Dr. Silva discusses the fascinating story of lupus erythematosus including seminal discoveries and semantic shifts throughout its long history.

In this episode, Dr. Silva gives the early history of FSGS.

In this episode, Dr. Silva discusses Occum's razor and the delineation of overlapping diseases in nephrology.

In this episode, Dr. Silva discusses the morphology of mesangiolysis and its association with several disease states.

In this week's episode, Dr. Silva discusses the rise of hemodialysis and it's unique legislative and funding history.

In this episode, Dr. Silva discusses the unorthodox origins of initial forms of chemotherapy and their unusual pathways to the patient's bedside.

In this episode, Dr. Silva discusses the discovery and implementation of formalin as the fixative of choice in pathologic tissue preservation.

In this episode, Dr. Silva discusses the often overlooked endocrine functions of the kidney and the origins of the discovery of these processes.

In this episode, Dr. Silva provides examples of common mistakes he has made throughout his career and discusses better paths now visible in hindsight.

In this episode, Dr. Silva discusses the microscopic anatomy of the kidney and functional considerations of the different tubular segments.