Throwback Thursday With Dr. Fred Silva

In this episode, Dr. Silva discusses the historical and current thinking on dual glomerulopathies, what the literature reports, and how the law of parsimony breaks down in these unusual, but increasingly frequent cases.

In this episode, Dr. Silva discusses the juxtaglomerular apparatus and Dr. Norbert Goormaghtigh's contributions and persistence in furthering our understanding of this unique renal structure.

In this episode, Dr. Silva discusses the papers he didn't write…but almost did.

In honor of International Women's Day, Dr. Silva highlights the many women of renal pathology, past and present, who have made substantial and enduring impacts in the field of renal pathology and nephrology. Link Dr. Silva references: https://www.facebook.com/physicianmomsgroup/ 

In this episode, Dr. Silva discusses findings in kidney biopsies that may indicate systemic or other organ injury and his approach to tying the diagnosis together. 

On this Valentine's Day, Dr. Silva discusses a common compound in histology that was discovered in the heartwood a common tree in Latin America.

In this episode, Dr. Silva discusses several large advances in the field of nephrology over the last 30 years as well as some great ideas that never panned out.

In this episode, Dr. Silva discusses the history of crescents.

In this episode, Dr. Silva discusses his informal questionnaire with world renown pathology consultants and the qualities they associate with excellence in consultation.

In this episode, Dr. Silva discusses the history of the TAMM-Horsfall protein. 

Mesangial cell interposition between GBMs is an unusual and not fully understood process. In this episode, Dr. Silva discusses where the ideas of mesangial cell interposition came from and purposed mechanisms regarding its development.

Uroscopy, Uromancy and the Piss Prophets. This week Dr. Silva discusses the varied and interesting history of urine analysis throughout multiple centuries of human history.

In this week's episode, Dr. Silva gives us a brief history of several histologic stains used in renal pathology.  https://www.archivesofpathology.org/doi/10.5858/arpa.2016-0274-SA

In this episode, Dr. Silva discusses the history of kidney disease due to liver dysfunction and the impact of the introduction of immunofluorescence.

In this episode, Dr. Silva gives the history of the mineral named after the kidney, nephrite.

In this episode, Dr. Silva discusses the term focal and how such a simple word has undergone a significant shift in usage over the last century in renal pathology.

In this episode, Dr. Silva discusses the co-occurrence of glomerular and interstitial pathologies and how they could be related.

In this episode, Dr. Silva discusses the etymology of the term ‘endocapillary proliferation’ and it’s journey into the nephropathology lexicon.

This week, Dr. Silva discusses the naming of diseases, eponyms, and historical figures whose names we speak every day in the medical field.

 This week Dr. Silva discusses the history of diabetes mellitus and the seminal discoveries that led to our current understanding of diabetes and kidney disease.