Concepcion

#NephMadness 2023: Expand the Organ Pool to Provide the Best Treatment Option for Patients With Advanced Kidney Disease

April 7, 2023 // 0 Comments

Beatrice Concepcion @KidneyBea_n Beatrice P. Concepcion is a transplant nephrologist and newly appointed Associate Professor at the University of Chicago in the Department [...]

HCV D+/R- Kidney Transplantation in the Real-World: Is It Time?

July 7, 2021 // 1 Comment

The emergence of direct acting antiviral (DAA) therapy for hepatitis C (HCV) has arguably been one of the most exciting developments in kidney transplantation in the United [...]

Membranous Nephropathy: A Panel Discussion

April 21, 2021 // 1 Comment

In a recent Core Curriculum published in AJKD, Loulwa Alsharhan and Laurence H. Beck Jr. discuss the typical features of primary and secondary disease; highlight the target [...]

#NephMadness 2019: Concepcion Chooses Her Champion for Plasma Exchange

March 27, 2019 // 0 Comments

Beatrice P. Concepcion @KidneyBea_n Beatrice P. Concepcion is a transplant nephrologist at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, Tennessee. In addition to her [...]

Caring for Patients with Hepatitis C and CKD in the Modern Era: The 2018 KDIGO Guideline

February 22, 2019 // 0 Comments

Over the last few years, the management of hepatitis C has been revolutionized by the advent of direct antiviral agents (DAA). This has arguably been one of the most [...]

ASERTAA: Towards Optimizing Tacrolimus-based Immunosuppression in African American Kidney Transplant Recipients

December 15, 2017 // 0 Comments

Tacrolimus was first discovered by scientists of the Fujisawa Pharmaceutical Company in a soil sample taken from the foot of Mount Tsukuba in Tokyo. Originally called [...]

KDIGO Guidelines on Living Kidney Donors: A Call for A Paradigm Shift

October 27, 2017 // 0 Comments

The much-anticipated KDIGO Clinical Practice Guideline on the Evaluation and Care of Living Kidney Donors was recently published. It is available in two versions: a 10-page [...]

The Future of Hepatitis C and Kidney Transplantation

August 17, 2017 // 1 Comment

This is Part 2 of a 2-part series on Hepatitis C and kidney transplantation. Part 1 reviewed the history of HCV, the era of IFN therapy, and the use of DAAs in patients with [...]

Hepatitis C and Kidney Transplantation: Past, Present, and Future

August 14, 2017 // 2 Comments

This is Part 1 of a 2-part series on Hepatitis C and kidney transplantation, highlighting some of the exciting breakthroughs impacting this field that have come about as a [...]