Bad Air Day: The Association of Pollution & Kidney Disease
Natasha Dave Natasha N. Dave (@NatashaNDave) is a nephrologist and medical director for Strive Health. Her interests include tele-nephrology, social media and value based [...]
Commentary
Commentaries are short perspectives by experts on AJKD articles or nephrology news.
Renal Denervation: Are We There Yet?
Edgar Lerma @edgarvlermamd Dr. Edgar Lerma is a clinical nephrologist practicing in the south suburbs of Chicago. He holds the rank of Clinical Professor of Medicine at the [...]
Thrombotic Microangiopathy and Monoclonal Immunoglobulins: Further Evidence Supporting an Association
Miroslav Sekulic Dr. Miroslav Sekulic is a renal pathologist at Columbia University Medical Center. He has had the pleasure of training and working alongside his two fellow [...]
Incremental Hemodialysis: Can and Should We Do it?
Shabnam Hamidi @shabshmd Dr. Shabnam Hamidi is a current home dialysis fellow at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre affiliated with the University of Toronto. She is [...]
Rapid Decongestion in Persons Hospitalized with Heart Failure
Carl Walther Dr. Carl Walther is a nephrologist and clinical researcher at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston. His research focuses on kidney health in LVAD recipients, [...]
Waitlist Eligibility and Disparities in Transplant Access
Adrian Whelan @AdrianWhelan6 Dr. Adrian Whelan is a Transplant Nephrologist at University of California, San Francisco. He completed the AJKD Editorial Internship during its [...]
Measuring the Success of Advanced Care Planning Implementation in Chronic Kidney Disease Clinics: The Importance of Organizational Readiness
Lachlan McMichael @lachlan_mcm Dr. Lachlan McMichael is a nephrologist & early career clinician-researcher. He is currently undertaking a Kidney Transplant Research [...]
Is Metformin Now in Our Armamentarium for Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease (ADPKD)?
Orhan Efe @OrhanEfe_ Dr. Orhan Efe is a Nephrologist at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, MA. Dr. Efe was an AJKD Editorial Intern from 2021-2022. He is passionate [...]
Preeclampsia is Not Only a Risk Factor for CKD but Also for Future AKI
Ana Cecilia Farfan Ruiz @AnaCeciliaFarf1 Dr. Ana Cecilia Farfan Ruiz was an AJKD Editorial Intern from 2021-2022. She is currently a renal transplant fellow at the Mayo [...]
High Sensitivity Troponin and N-terminal Pro-Brain Natriuretic Peptide in Kidney Disease: Personalized Medicine or Renalism?
Raphael Rosen @RaphyRosen Dr. Raphael Rosen was an AJKD Editorial Intern from 2021-2022. A recent graduate of nephrology fellowship at Columbia University, he is a [...]