Articles by AJKDblog

When Am I Comfortable with Acute Kidney Injury in Patients with Heart Failure Exacerbation?

August 19, 2026 // 0 Comments

Dr. Ifeoluwa Stowe is a nephrology fellow at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center/Harvard Medical School. She was born and raised in Nigeria where she completed medical [...]

Dialysis Facility Closure Trends Over the Past Decade: An Interview

August 12, 2026 // 0 Comments

Between 2006 and 2016, the number of US dialysis facilities experienced steady annual growth. Recent data suggest a reversal in this trend. Varkila et al examined trends in [...]

After Remission, What Next? Rethinking Rituximab Strategy in Idiopathic Nephrotic Syndrome

August 5, 2026 // 0 Comments

Zohreh Gholizadeh Ghozloujeh, MD, is a research postdoctoral fellow in the Division of Nephrology at Loma Linda University School of Medicine. Her work focuses on rare kidney [...]

Highlights from the August 2026 Issue

August 3, 2026 // 0 Comments

Editor’s Note: We asked authors of Original Investigations to provide short plain-language summaries that would briefly summarize what inspired their study, the basic [...]

B-Cell Modulators in IgA Nephropathy: An Interview

July 29, 2026 // 0 Comments

In IgA nephropathy (IgAN), elevated levels of the circulating autoantigen galactose-deficient IgA1 are critical to disease pathogenesis. Genetic as well as in vitro, in vivo, [...]

Why Physical Function Matters More Than We Think in CKD

July 22, 2026 // 0 Comments

Dr. Kashvi Gupta is a Clinical Research Fellow in the Division of Nephrology at the University of California, San Francisco. She completed her internal medicine residency at [...]

Response to Rituximab as a Maintenance Therapy in Adult INS: An Interview

July 15, 2026 // 0 Comments

Rituximab effectively limits the number of relapses in childhood idiopathic nephrotic syndromes (INS) and reduces exposure to corticosteroids and other immunosuppressants. [...]

Re-centering Primary Care in the Long-Term Care of Living Kidney Donors

July 8, 2026 // 0 Comments

Dr. Justin Oveyssi is an Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine in Transplant Nephrology at UCSF. His clinical and academic work focuses on post–kidney transplant care, [...]

Highlights from the July 2026 Issue

July 1, 2026 // 0 Comments

Editor’s Note: We asked authors of Original Investigations to provide short plain-language summaries that would briefly summarize what inspired their study, the basic [...]

Introducing the 2026-27 AJKD Editorial Interns

June 24, 2026 // 0 Comments

So many eminently qualified applicants responded to our recent call for applications to the AJKD Editorial Internship Program, the editors were both impressed, and saddened [...]