BREAKING: The Department of Education has ended its directive that attempted to restrict diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts in schools nationwide.
This is a victory for academic freedom and education equity.
#NephMadness 2026: Meet the Gamemakers
bit.ly/3Nk10Ap
@nephrosparks.bsky.social @annaburgner.bsky.social @kidneywars.bsky.social @jrkott27.bsky.social @catochita.bsky.social @ssfarouk.bsky.social
Application for #NephSIM Nephrons are due 11/13:
A 6-mo virtual program for US medical students/residents interested in learning more about #nephrology & neph careers
Learn more at the #KidneyWk @kidney.org @nkf-professionals.bsky.social booth in the Exhibition Hall ๐ซ
nephsim.com/nephsim-neph...
Application for #NephSIM Nephrons are due 11/13:
A 6-mo virtual program for US medical students/residents interested in learning more about #nephrology & neph careers
Learn more at the #KidneyWk @kidney.org @nkf-professionals.bsky.social booth in the Exhibition Hall ๐ซ
nephsim.com/nephsim-neph...
Inspiration for Graham Gipson's #NephMadness 2026 logo: Roy Lichtenstein #KidneyWk
ajkdblog.org/2025/11/06/n...
The 2025 #NephMadness logo dropped
#kidneywk
ajkdblog.org/2025/11/06/n...
The 4 pillars of CKD management:
RAASi
SGLT2i
MRA
GLP-1 agonists
#KidneyWk
Dr Perkovic calls for combination therapy, but need properly run trials.
๐จNew Podcast Episode๐จ
Donโt miss out on this high-yield nephrology episode, where Drs @ssfarouk.bsky.social & @drfarrell.bsky.social unpack the nuances of AKIโand why we should trend urine like we trend troponin. ๐ง๐งช
Listen nowโก๏ธ clinicalproblemsolving.com/2025/04/11/e...
#MedSky #Nephrology #MedEd
Thank you to the #NephMadness 2025 Blue Ribbon Panel, tasked with selecting a champion from 16 worthy competitors!
-Roger Rodby
@drdeidracrews.bsky.social
-Kirk Campbell
@ssfarouk.bsky.social
@toates.bsky.social
-Meredith Atkinson
-Linnys Alcaฬntara Quiroga
-Clodagh Sweeney
-David Rush
"Why Not Transplant #Nephrology? A Survey of US Nephrology Fellows" @kidneymed.bsky.social @ismmskidney.bsky.social
1. Need for additional training time
2. Inadequate compensation
3. Lifestyle/work-life balance
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
#NKFClinicals #KidneyTransplant
A+ #NKFClinicals for last night's exhibition hall opening:
1. Lobster rolls ๐ฆ
2. Cupcakes ๐ฅค
3. Puppies ๐ถ
"Voucher Donation"
Living donor donates in advance, then potential recipients can redeem voucher via National Kidney Registry in the future
www.kidneyregistry.com/for-donors/v...
Several therapeutic targets for desensitization/antibody-mediated rejection #NKFClinicals #KidneyTransplant
Not every sensitized transplant candidate has equal access to donors #KidneyTransplant #NKFClinicals
Type O: 44% of population
Type B: 10%
cPRA 99.5%: 600 theoretical number of match runs to find acceptable donor
cPRA 99.9%: 300K
Decimals matter
Welcome to Boston for to our 2025 NKF Spring Clinical Meetings attendees! Be sure to share pics throughout the week with #NKFClinicals so we can share them!
When to switch from CNI: de novo, early, or late
#NKFClinicals #KidneyTransplant
Calcineurin inhibitor (CNI) reduction strategies:
1. Minimization
2. Withdrawal
3. Conversion
4. Avoidance
#KidneyTransplant #NKFClinicals
Transitions of care for pediatric patients to adult care is a process, not an event #NKFClinicals #KidnneyTransplant
The childhood brain with #kidney disease
The earlier the CKD/ESKD< the more significant the effect #NKFClinicals #KidneyTransplant
Key strategies for programmatic growth @mannonmom.bsky.social #KidneyTransplant #NKFClinicals
Bigger wait list
More active patients
Increased acceptance
Bigger living donor programs
Increasing Organ Transplant Access (IOTA) model goals:
Improve quality
Maximize donor #kidney use
More living donors
Greater access
Improve care coordination
Reduce Medicare expenditures
Half of US centers will be included #NKFClinicals #KidneyTransplant @mannonmom.bsky.social
The (complicated) patient journey in #kidneytransplant #NKFClinicals @mannonmom.bsky.social ๐
#NKFClinical #KidneyTransplant Pre-Workshop (yesterday)
@mannonmom.bsky.social discussing the IOTA model & what's happening in KT
28K transplants in 2023, 89K on the wait list
#NephMadness 2025 Podcrawl:
The Nephron Segment hosts @ssfarouk.bsky.social
& @nephrosparks.bsky.social chat with transplant nephrologist Dr. Swee Levea & transplant surgeon (and obesity medicine specialist!) Dr. Babak Orandi on the Obesity in Kidney Transplant Region:
blubrry.com/nephron_segm...
BRP member
Though I do wonder who is the Trekkie among the #BRP ๐ค
@toates.bsky.social seems like a high literature fan and wouldnโt stoop to sci-fi
Could it be @ssfarouk.bsky.social or @kirkcampbell.bsky.social โ
#NephMadness
Results of the first round are up
@nephmadness.bsky.social #nephsky
Excellent results for @nephsim.bsky.social 8/8
True!, Iโve been thinking of this topic too. It complements the 2023 #NephMadness Champion of Organ Pool.
Excellent @nephronsegment podcast with Dr. @nephrosparks.bsky.social & Dr. @ssfarouk.bsky.social on this topic!, ๐๐ค๐๐
bsky.app/profile/neph...
"The Different Colors of Peritoneal #Dialysis Dialysate"
www.renalfellow.org/2025/03/12/d...
@drcoolbeans.bsky.social #Nephrology #FOAMed
The Different Colors of Peritoneal Dialysate
www.renalfellow.org/2025/03/12/d...
Thank you @drcoolbeans.bsky.social @nephrosparks.bsky.social @ssfarouk.bsky.social for referring to our review on the colors of the PD Effluent โฆ.. We didnโt know at that time the black-ink dialysate ๐. You will see soon a new one : โstrawberry milkshake ยด dialysate !
@inesdufour.bsky.social