A summer bookended by nephro/AKI/CRRT conferences! Seems fitting for a #pseudopseudohyponephrologist! Proud of @rhodeshambrick.bsky.social for his amazing presentation on drug dosing and his award winning poster on NGAL & cefepime clearance. What joy to see him recognized as a star! 🤩 🥹

And, shout out to not one, not two, but THREE of our faculty for being on the medical education honor roll - Drs. Jeanne Frisby-Zedan, Rhodes Hambrick, and Priya Verghese! 🤩🏆👨‍🏫👩‍🏫 @rhodeshambrick.bsky.social @luriechildrens.bsky.social

Thrilled to be hosting the wise and accomplished @rheaultm.bsky.social for a combined adult and pediatric nephrology grand rounds on Alport syndrome. Thank you for your tremendous work and sharing your insights with us! 🫘🧬

Honored to present with @stanggirdwood.bsky.social on optimizing drug dosing on CRRT at the first annual KidneyBee 🐝 meeting today! Inspiring to see a group of nurses and NPs all passionate about critical care nephrology 🫘

Our faculty and fellows had such a great time learning the ins and outs, ups and downs, Pre- and post- pumps, connections and flows, and even delta-Ps this week at our ECMO-CRRT workshop!

Needed to acknowledge publicly that today is 5/5/25, considering 5*5=25 Or if you’re in Europe…5/5/25

Loving our Lurie Neph representation at #PAS2025! Learning all about cardiorenal syndrome, updates in nephrotic syndrome, novel approaches for diabetic kidney disease, and so much more 🤩

So proud of our fellows presenting at @luriechildrens.bsky.social Research Scholar day today!

And the mobile van is a go! Super proud of Dr. Carlos Romero for leading our team to bring pediatric nephrology expertise right to the communities where it’s needed. The first day of clinic on the van was a success! 🚐🙌🏻🩺

Wow who could’ve guessed that this would happen It’s almost as if USAID was a pillar of American soft power and influence in the world It’s almost as if it was entirely predictable that America’s adversaries would work to fill the void left by USAID’s destruction

Is that… …the 30th anniversary AKI-CRRT water bottle? Yes, yes it is

Our Lurie neph crew is having a great time at AKI-CRRT 2025! Stay classy, San Diego 😎

Grateful to have such an amazing @lurienephrology.bsky.social and @luriechildrens.bsky.social PICU crew here in San Diego for AKI-CRRT 2025! Great opportunities for learning about updates in critical care nephrology 🫘💉☀️

Yesterday our fabulous fellows had a well-deserved day off to beat the winter blues 🥶 — we appreciate all your hard work! 💪🏻

This is the most relevant article to NIH and research cuts I’ve seen. Imagine if this was today , how many people would be saying “Why are we studying Gila Monsters and their impact on diabetes ? That’s wasted money !” globalnews.ca/news/9793403...

Sarcomeres vs nephrons? No way, says the awesome CardioRenal collaboration happening at @luriechildrens.bsky.social. Thanks @kidney-kula.bsky.social for a fantastic Grand Rounds on the interplay of kidney and heart health! 🫘🤝🏻🫀 — and may we all flozinate freely!

I’m always apprehensive getting my BP checked at the doctor, being a nephrologist. Like I will somehow be morally suspect if I’m a hypertensive nephrologist. Safe this time 🤣

Starting the week on a good note :)

For better or worse I think I’m adjusting to Chicago winter considering it’s 12 out and I just thought “ah doesn’t feel too bad bc it’s not windy”

After a #kidneyomics talk to the Lurie nephrology team, a #nephrologuys pic is clearly required @kidney-kula.bsky.social @rhodeshambrick.bsky.social

Very proud to return to my fellowship Alma mater to co-present Pediatric Grand Rounds at Cincinnati Children’s with this stellar group of pediatric clinical pharmacologists: one dose does indeed NOT fit all! 💊🫘🧬🧪 Thank you @stanggirdwood.bsky.social for being a great host!

A good word from Mary Oliver this morning. 💙 @maryoliverdaily.bsky.social

Excited for my first week of pediatric nephrology consults at Rush! Grateful to get to work with so many different hospital systems in the Chicago area

You call it duplicate therapy, I call it total nephron domination #SequentialNephronBlockade

A person on a bicycle is by far the most energy-efficient among animals and machines per distance traveled relative to body weight. The bicycle is magic. www.jstor.org/stable/24923...

Any doctor who claims to love all vaccines except the covid vaccine is also anti vax, no matter what they say. Vinay.

Optimist: The cup is half full Pessimist: The cup is half empty Pediatric nephrologist: The number of cups you should drink varies based on your ability to produce urine

Too early for Christmas? Perhaps 🌲

Had to commemorate being first in my age group for the 4 mile trail run 🤣

Latest issue of IJFAB has an excellent symposium on mine & Lauren Freeman’s book, _Microaggressions in Medicine_ (OUP 24) with contributions from @stanggirdwood.bsky.social, @rhodeshambrick.bsky.social, @ethicselizabeth.bsky.social, and more. utppublishing.com/toc/ijfab/17/2 #philsky #bioethics

Truly distressing 🗑️ Inspired by @4kidney.bsky.social @rheaultm.bsky.social

RFK believes pandemic lockdowns were more restrictive and oppressive than the Holocaust, that vaccines cause autism, and that tap water may be turning kids gay. But, sure, let’s question whether the “conspiracist” label applies because some countries in Europe don’t fluoridate their water.

Grateful for some afternoon sun and the proximity of Lurie Children’s to the lake! ☀️

What is the most fun kidney disease to say in Spanish and why is it “enfermedad renal poliquística” 😝

Okay so we can't upload animated gifs to Bluesky...yet, so I channeled my inner El-Koury and made this "movie" describing the mechanism for pseudohyponatremia

Hypochloremia is associated with diuretic resistance. In 👇 study from Yale, hypochloremia was associated with poor diuretic efficiency (defined as mmol of UNa per doubling of loop diuretic dose). Of note - serum sodium was NOT associated with diuretic efficiency #cardiosky

We can pray he won’t get confirmed. But if he does, doctors who’s normalized RFK Jr. own the next 4 years. So do the doctors who normalized these cranks and charlatans. My latest for SBM. sciencebasedmedicine.org/ownit/

Are you familiar with urinary vacuolar casts? In a nutshell, they are associated with advanced proteinuric glomerulopathies. Learn about them here: pdfs.journals.lww.com/kidney360/20...

Re: RFK — Avoiding seed oils and processed foods is admirable. Advocating for raw milk and avoiding vaccines is simply an insane pro-infectious disease stance. If you believe either of these choices is healthy, reach out. I want to understand your concerns and help you stay healthy.

Raw milk is STILL responsible for more hospitalizations than any other food-borne disease source. Before standard/widespread pasteurization, (raw) milk was responsible for 1/4 of all infectious disease outbreaks in the US in the 1930s and caused 1/10 of tuberculosis deaths.