This is the website that I wish existed when I started as a first year renal fellow. There are multiple aspects to becoming a good fellow and nephrologist. Time constraints can prevent one from learning the breadth of nephrology in a timely fashion, but it’s important to learn the basics of clinical nephrology in order to function well in clinics and hospitals. It’s even more important to know why you do what you do, citing the literature that informs your practice.

This website gets it name “Salt” partially from the "salt and water” lectures that we had during fellowship as we covered the Burton Rose book “Clinical Physiology of Acid-Base and Electrolyte Disorders.” It also pays homage to the crass, blunt, but enticingly simple and accurate descriptions of renal physiology given by master clinicians. Repeatedly, their simple drawings of a particular process, drawn on a scrap sheet of paper at a side desk of a hospital hallway, beautifully illustrated intricacies of homeostasis and pathophysiology. A large proportion of renal physiology does just come down to that — salt and water. It is that level of simplicity that I strive for for in my descriptions and personal knowledge.