Ready to kick off the new academic year by welcoming our new class of fellows! We are so excited to have you join us: Dr. Carolina Andrade Santivanez, Dr. Tasneem Ashrafi, Dr. Leyla Heris, and Dr. Reid Schlesinger @weddellite.bsky.social 🎉🎉🫘

Last week we celebrated our graduating fellows! We are so proud of you and cannot wait to see your careers flourish, congratulations! 🎓🥳✨

An excellent review of kidney xenotransplantation written by the our transplant team! Check it out 🐷https://journals.lww.com/jasn/abstract/9900/xenotransplantation__current_understanding_of_the.632.aspx

Xenotransplantation: Current Understanding of the Mechanism ... : Journal of the American Society of Nephrology

this significant unmet need. Indeed, if there is a limitless supply of organs, many more patients who do not meet the current criteria for transplant eligibility could also be considered as candidates...

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Nephrology Grand Rounds this week was presented by our one and only @weddellite.bsky.social who gave us an insightful talk on Primary Hyperoxaluria 💎

Recap from last week: Thank you to Dr. @nishabansal.bsky.social for a wonderful medicine and nephrology grand rounds 🫀🫘! @uwnephrology.bsky.social

Extra extra 📰‼️ Congratulations to our transplant team for their groundbreaking efforts on xenotransplantation 🫘🐖✨ www.nytimes.com/2024/12/17/h...

Alabama Woman Receives Nation’s Third Pig Kidney Transplant

The patient, Towana Looney, was in better health than previous recipients, and her case could signal progress toward solving the organ-supply shortage.

nytimes.com

Interesting article written by the NYU Xenotransplant Research Group - looking forward to learning more about this exciting field!🫘🐷✨

American Journal of Kidney Diseases@ajkd.bsky.social · 2y ago

Catch up on these commentaries on the #AJKDBlog: https://bit.ly/4gC884H - Looking Towards First-in-Human Clinical Trials for Kidney Xenotransplantation - Do Gestational Corticosteroids Associate with Childhood CKD? - Abdominal Surgery History and PD Catheter Failure

We are thrilled to be on BlueSky and more excited to introduce our 2025-2027 incoming nephrology fellows! Welcome and congratulations, we look forward to meeting you in July! ✨🎉🥳 #FellowshipMatch2024 @weddellite.bsky.social