immunosuppression

Is It Time to Say Goodbye to the Needle? The Future of Kidney Transplant Rejection Diagnosis and Monitoring

July 24, 2024 // 0 Comments

Dr. Muhammad J. Azam is a Transplant Nephrology fellow at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. He completed his Internal Medicine and Nephrology training from Health [...]

Highlights from the June 2024 Issue

June 3, 2024 // 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 [...]

Kidney Transplant Candidates and Recipients Need Advance Care Planning and Palliative Care Consults, Too

May 29, 2024 // 0 Comments

Dr. Megan Urbanski (@MeganUrbanski) is currently an Assistant Professor in the Department of Surgery, Division of Transplantation, in the Emory University School of Medicine. [...]

#NephMadness 2023 – Prediction: IgA Nephropathy the Favorite to Win

March 31, 2023 // 1 Comment

Submit your picks! | NephMadness 2023 | #NephMadness | #IgAN Shikha Wadhwani @SWadhwaniMD Dr. Wadhwani is an Assistant Professor and Director of the Glomerular Disease [...]

#NephMadness 2023: IgA Nephropathy Region

March 1, 2023 // 2 Comments

Submit your picks! | NephMadness 2023 | #NephMadness | #IgAN Selection Committee Member: Dana Rizk @DanaRizk1 Dana Rizk is Professor of Medicine in the Division of Nephrology [...]

Immunosuppressive Agents: An Interview

October 7, 2022 // 1 Comment

In a recent Core Curriculum published in AJKD, Sam Kant, Andreas Kronbichler, and Duvuru Geetha explore different classes of immunosuppressive drugs, how to choose [...]

Pregnancy and CKD: Making it Possible, and the Legacy of Dr Susan Hou

February 10, 2022 // 0 Comments

It took a strong woman to pioneer research in the field of women’s health and certainly Dr Susan Hou was one. During her career, she worked tirelessly to help us understand [...]

Transplant Practices During the COVID-19 Pandemic

July 15, 2021 // 1 Comment

In this author interview, AJKD Social Media Editor, Timothy Yau @Maximal_Change, talks to Krista Lentine @KristaLentine, Roslyn Mannon @mannonmom, and Michelle Josephson [...]

Test Your Knowledge: Management of Kidney Transplant Recipients

July 30, 2019 // 0 Comments

A recent Core Curriculum by Voora and Adey published in AJKD reviews the mechanisms of immunosuppression, types of rejection, complications of recurrent disease, common [...]

#NKFClinicals 2018: Approach to Common GNs – Can Less be More?

April 28, 2018 // 0 Comments

I’m usually a dialysis person, but was thrilled to leave my comfort zone and attend the Case-Based Approach to Managing Immunosuppression in Glomerular Disease session. [...]