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.
Samira Farouk MD, MSCR
@ssfarouk.bsky.social
Professor + Nephrology PD: Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai | Transplant Nephrologist | #NephSIM | Renal Fellow Network | Nephron Segment 🎙️| RWJMS | Princeton | Philly sports 🏳️🌈 #NephSky #Nephrology #FOAMed www.nephsim.com
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 🫘 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 🫘 nephsim.com/nephsim-neph...
Inspiration for Graham Gipson's #NephMadness 2026 logo: Roy Lichtenstein #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.
🚨New Podcast Episode🚨 Don’t miss out on this high-yield nephrology episode, where Drs @ssfarouk.bsky.social & @drfarrell.bsky.social unpack the nuances of AKI—and why we should trend urine like we trend troponin. 🎧🧪 Listen now➡️ 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 Alcántara 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 🦞 2. Cupcakes 🥤 3. Puppies 🐶
"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!
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
#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...
Episode 16: NephMadness & Obesity & Kidney Transplantation
The Nephron Segment: A Kidney Podcast
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Though I do wonder who is the Trekkie among the #BRP 🤔 @toates.bsky.social seems like a high literature fan and wouldn’t stoop to sci-fi Could it be @ssfarouk.bsky.social or @kirkcampbell.bsky.social ❓ #NephMadness
Results of the first round are up @nephmadness.bsky.social #nephsky Excellent results for @nephsim.bsky.social 8/8
True!, I’ve 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!, 👀🤓🙏💛 bsky.app/profile/neph...
Matthew Sparks@nephrosparks.bsky.social · last yr.#NephMadness and Episode 16 of the Nephron Segment are here (#Obesity & #Kidney Transplantation blubrry.com/nephron_segm... Submit your #NephMadness brackets here by 3/31: NephMadness.com @ssfarouk.bsky.social @nephrosparks.bsky.social
"The Different Colors of Peritoneal #Dialysis Dialysate" www.renalfellow.org/2025/03/12/d... @drcoolbeans.bsky.social #Nephrology #FOAMed
Thank you @drcoolbeans.bsky.social @nephrosparks.bsky.social @ssfarouk.bsky.social for referring to our review on the colors of the PD Effluent ….. We didn’t know at that time the black-ink dialysate 😉. You will see soon a new one : ‘strawberry milkshake ´ dialysate ! @inesdufour.bsky.social
Matthew Sparks@nephrosparks.bsky.social · last yr.The Different Colors of Peritoneal Dialysate www.renalfellow.org/2025/03/12/d...
