Throwback Thursday With Dr. Fred Silva

In this episode, Dr. Silva gives a brief history of Fibrillary Glomerulopathy.

In this episode, Dr. Silva gives a short history of HIV renal disease and HIVAN.

There was a time when chronic pyelonephritis was quite common and diagnosed quite commonly. Learn how the story started and how it came to an (almost) end.

The year is 1918. Are your lungs injected with blood? Kidneys with crescents? Better talk to Dr. Goodpasture. It’s not the flu!

In our 6th episode of TBT, Dr. Silva explains the origins of Dense Deposit Disease.

In this episode of Throwback Thursday, Dr. Silva discusses the history of Dr. Richard Bright and his contributions to renal pathology.

Do you recall when hypertension was treated by surgery? Listen to episode 4, as Dr. Silva gives a brief history of hypertension.

Find out how a mistake brought us the practice of renal biopsies in this episode of Throwback Thursday with Dr. Fred Silva. References: 1.  Vivette D’Agati and M. Mengel. Am. J. Kidney Disease June 2013: 61 (6): 1016-1025. The rise of renal pathology in nephrology: structure illuminates function. 2. Jan J. Weening and J. Charles Jennette: Virchows Archiv 2012 Jul 461 (1): 3-11. Historical milestones in renal pathology.

Brighter than the moon! Learn how immunofluorescence became a shining light in renal pathology interpretation.

In this episode, Dr. Fred Silva gives the history of the electron microscope.