The course, designed for PG/DNB students, practicing pathologists, residents, upcoming nephropathologists will help with:

• Processing of kidney biopsies and staining renal biopsies for light microscopy and immunofluorescence
• Identify the structure of renal biopsy sections and detect abnormalities.
• Basic patterns of renal injury and utility of special stains aiding in diagnosis
• The mechanisms of proteinuria and lesions associated with nephrotic syndrome.
• Understanding the patterns of glomerular injury in nephritic syndrome.
• Tubulointerstitial diseases and vascular diseases of the kidney.
• Evaluate and integrate histologic, immunofluorescence, electron microscopic, and clinical findings in common kidney diseases.
• Understand the pathological aspects of transplant rejection and the key lesions associated with anti-rejection medications.