Stiff Arteries, Fragile Kidneys: The Link to Chronic Kidney Disease
Dr Api Chewcharat is currently a clinical and research fellow at Brigham and Women’s hospital (BWH)/Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) Nephrology combined program. His [...]
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The Hidden Barriers to Home Dialysis
Dr. Jillian Caldwell is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow and Clinical Scholar in the Division of Nephrology at Stanford University. She completed her internal medicine training [...]
One Metric, Two Missions: How eGFR Slope Guides Risk and Research
Dr. Benjamin Catanese is a current clinical research fellow in the Duke Division of Nephrology and a research fellow at the Duke Clinical Research Institute pursuing a Master [...]
Unseen, Unheard: The Silent Strain on Dialysis Caregivers
Madhumitha Rajagopal is a research-track nephrology fellow at the Mount Sinai hospital. She received a Ph.D. in Molecular Cellular Physiology from the University of [...]
Afamin and Kidney Health: In the Pursuit of a Better Biomarker for CKD Progression
Dr. Somaya Zahran is a Nephrology fellow and Chief Fellow at McGill University in Montreal, Canada. She earned her medical degree in Egypt and completed a PhD at the [...]
Introducing the 2025-26 AJKD Editorial Interns
As we enter year eight of the AJKD Editorial Internship Program, the editors were once again delighted by the many qualified applicants who responded to our recent call for [...]
Abdominal Surgery History and Peritoneal Dialysis Catheter Failure: Can We Really Know Who’s at Risk?
Dr. Michael Granda is an Acting Assistant Professor in the Division of Nephrology at the University of Washington. He completed his internal medicine residency at the [...]
Simple Kidney Cysts Not So Simple After All: Exploring the Connection Between Simple Kidney Cysts and Post-Nephrectomy Kidney Function Decline
Dr. George Vasquez Rios (@GeorgeVasquezR2) is a graduate of the clinician-scientist track in Nephrology and Glomerular Disease at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. [...]
Hyponatremia and the Brain: Ground Rules for Nephrology’s Feistiest Debate
Emmanuel Adomako @EAAdomako is currently an Assistant Professor at the University of Kansas Medical Center. He graduated from the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and [...]
Mendelian Randomization: A Better Alternative to Randomized Clinical Trials in Nephrology?
Dr. Rachel Shulman @shulman_rachel obtained her medical degree at the University of Pennsylvania where she is currently a clinical and research fellow pursuing a Master of [...]