💫 As the @ATCMeeting (ATC) 2026 approaches, I am reflecting on the #WorldTransplantCongress2025 – including our session on ‘Ancestry-Specific Variation in the #ApolipoproteinL1 Gene (#APOL1) and #KidneyTransplant Outcomes’. 🎤 It was a privilege to join colleagues from across the transplant community to discuss the rapidly evolving science of APOL1 genetics and its implications for kidney transplantation. My presentation, ‘Exploring Solutions to Ethical Challenges of APOL1 Testing,’ was part of a broader conversation about how advances in genomics can inform donor evaluation, patient counseling, and clinical decision-making. 🤝🏽 The field continues to move forward, and we are excited to share new work at ATC 2026: 🌟 ‘Outcomes After #LivingKidneyDonation by Race and APOL1 Genotype: Results from the #LivingDonorExtendedTimeOutcomes (#LETO) Study’ 🌟’Impact of Donor APOL1 Genotype on 15-Year Living Donor Kidney Transplant Graft and Patient Outcomes: Results from the Living Donor Extended Time (LETO) Study' (plenary) 🧬 We look forward to sharing progress in understanding the long-term impact of donor genetics on transplant outcomes. As #transplantation enters an era of precision medicine, studies such as LETO are helping to define how genomic information can be used to better understand risk, personalize care, and support informed decision-making for donors and recipients alike. 🤝🏽 Our team looks forward to engaging discussions with wonderful colleagues at ATC 2026 and to the continued advancement of genetics-driven approaches in transplantation. 💙💚 #Colleagues @CunningBeans | @MichelleJTx 💫 #ATC2026 #TransplantScience #TransplantResearch #KidneyTransplantation #LivingDonation #APOL1 #Genomics #PrecisionMedicine #ClinicalResearch | #Community | @SSMHealthSTL | @SSMHealth 🏥

👠✨ Walking the talk—one step at a time. ✨👠 I’m delighted to be enjoying my beautiful new @Fluevog shoes while supporting a cause that is deeply meaningful to me: the @AST_info ’s #LivingDonorCircleOfExcellence . As a transplant professional, I’ve had the privilege of witnessing the extraordinary impact of #LivingOrganDonation. Living donors give more than an organ—they give hope, health, time, and a future. Their generosity changes lives forever. ⭕️ That’s why I am especially grateful for this partnership with the legendary @Fluevog, whose creativity and commitment to making a difference are helping shine a spotlight on living donation. 💫 Every purchase from this initiative supports the #LivingDonor 'Circle of Excellence' and its mission to ⭐ recognize employers who provide leave for employees recovering from #LivingDonation surgery 🏥💙💚 @ATCMeeting (ATC) 2026 ⭐ Removing financial barriers is vital to supporting #OrganDonation & #transplantation🦋 🏅I am proud that SSM Health is part of the #LivingDonor #CircleOfExcellence. It’s a privilege to stand alongside so many dedicated donors, recipients, advocates, healthcare professionals, and supporters working to expand access to life-saving transplantation. 💙💚 Did you know? • Living donor #transplantation often provides better outcomes and longer-lasting results. • Living donors can donate a #kidney or a portion of their #liver. • Thousands of people are currently waiting for a life-saving transplant. Together, we can raise awareness, celebrate generosity, and inspire more people to learn about the life-saving power of living donation. ⭕️ Learn more: LivingDonorCircle.com 🤝🏽 #LivingDonation #OrganDonation #DonateLife #Transplantation #JohnFluevog #Fluevog #GivingBack | @SSMHealthSTL | @DonateLife | @AST_LDCOP | @AST_KPCOP | @AST_LICOP | #AmericanTransplantCongress2026 💙💚🦋

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📣 📖 Proud to share our latest publication in Frontiers-Medicine #Nephrology: 🧬’ #ApolipoproteinL1 (#APOL1) genetic testing, family history of hypertension, and kidney disease in a Midwestern U.S. cohort’ This study examined the intersection of #APOL1genetic risk, family history, and kidney health among Black adults participating in the #StLouisAPOL1 cohort study. 🔹 Among 220 participants who underwent APOL1 genotyping, we found that APOL1 high-risk genotypes were more common among individuals with a family history of hypertension and/or kidney disease, greater antihypertensive medication burden, lower kidney function, albuminuria, and early decline in eGFR. 🔹 Importantly, the findings highlight that genetic risk and family history provide overlapping—but not identical—information about kidney disease susceptibility. Together, these observations reinforce the need for integrated approaches that combine genetics, clinical assessment, and family history to improve kidney disease risk stratification and early identification of individuals at increased risk. 🌟 What makes this publication especially meaningful is the extraordinary collaboration behind it. This work brought together investigators from SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, Mid-America Transplant, UCSF Department of Medicine, Wake Forest University, and the multidisciplinary #StLouisAPOL1StudyCollaborators. The project reflects the collective efforts of nephrologists, genetic researchers, epidemiologists, biostatisticians, research nurses, and community partners committed to advancing kidney health equity. 🖋️Authors include: @renginels | @AlizaAnwarMemo1 | @KanaHelloKidney | @Barisafsar75 | @AmberCarriker | @AbualrubFadee | @yasar_caliskan | @SSMHealthSTL | @SSMHealth | @UCSFNephrology | @wakeforestmed | @slusom 🤝🏽 St. Louis APOL1 Study Collaborators include: @AvaDelonai6124 | @HoujeijNourhan | @nephrom | @drrushdafaruk | @MowaffaqSaid 🙏🏽We are grateful for the support of #MidAmericaTransplant, whose commitment to innovation, research, and collaboration continues to advance understanding of kidney disease risk and opportunities for prevention.📊 This study represents another important step toward understanding how genetic and familial factors can be incorporated into more precise, patient-centered approaches to kidney disease prevention and care. 📖 🆓 Open Access: doi.org/10.3389/fneph.2026.1… 🧬#APOL1 #KidneyDisease #Nephrology #Genetics #PrecisionMedicine #ChronicKidneyDisease #KidneyHealth #ResearchCollaboration #Multidisciplinary #PublicHealth #FrontiersInNephrology 🩺

RT @KristaLentine: 📣🤲🏽 Proud to share new publication in Experimental and Clinical Transplantation': “Expanding the Boundaries of #KidneyP…

⭐🏅 @ApolloNetwork13 proudly celebrates @sylviaerosas , Co-PI of APOLLO CC09 (@bethisraellahey @JoslinDiabetes @harvardmed), on receiving the @nkf Garabed Eknoyan Award at #NKFSpringClinicals May 2026. 🧡👏🏾 💫 This award recognizes Dr. Rosas’ outstanding leadership, contributions to nephrology and kidney transplantation, and dedication to advancing kidney health through research, collaboration, and patient-centered care. 💙💚 🫶🏼 We congratulate Dr. Rosas on this well-deserved honor and thank her for her extraordinary leadership and commitment to the transplant and kidney research community and the #APOLLO Network. 🏥🩺🤝🏽🎖️ 🤝🏽 #Nephrology #KidneyTransplantation #KidneyResearch #NKFClinicals #APOLLOStudy #AcademicMedicine #WomenInMedicine 🧬🧡

Congratulations Dr Brennan …. @JohnsHopkinsDOM @hopkinsneph

⭐🏅 @APOLLONetwork_13 proudly celebrates @mannonmom, Co-PI of APOLLO CC04 (@UAB_NRTC ➕ @UNMCkidney), on receiving the @nkf Excellence in Kidney Transplantation Award at #NKFSpringClinicals May 2026. 🧡👏🏾 💫 This award recognizes Dr. Mannon’s outstanding leadership, contributions to #KidneyTransplantation, and dedication to advancing transplant science and patient care through research & collaboration💙💚 🫶🏼 We congratulate Dr. Mannon on this well-deserved honor and thank her for her extraordinary leadership and commitment to the transplant community and the #APOLLO Network. 🏥🩺🤝🏽🎖️ 🤝🏽 #Nephrology #Transplantation #KidneyTransplant #NKFClinicals #APOLLOStudy #KidneyResearch #AcademicMedicine #WomenInMedicine🧬🧡

⭐🏅@APOLLONetwork_13 proudly celebrates #DanBrennanMD, Co-PI of the #APOLLO Clinical Coordinating Center (CC)3, on receiving the @JohnsHopkinsDOM Women’s Task Force Dr. Susan MacDonald Sponsorship Award on May 14, 2026. 🌟👏🏾 💫This award recognizes Dr. Brennan’s outstanding commitment to mentorship, sponsorship, and advancing the careers of future leaders in medicine. Dr. Brennan was nominated by his mentee, @kittinamejia➕@docanjuyadav supported the event👇🏽 🫶🏼We congratulate Dr. Brennan on this well-deserved honor and thank him for his dedication to fostering excellence, inclusion, and professional growth in academic medicine. 🏥🩺🤝🏽🎖️ 🤝🏽#Mentorship #AcademicMedicine #Nephrology #Transplantation @HopkinsMedicine @JohnsHopkins @johnshopkins @JHUMediaTeam #Sponsorship #WomenInMedicine #APOLLOStudy🧬

💙💚Moments from Mark Scotch’s #OrganTrail2026 visit to @SSMHealthSTL on May 12, 2026 🚴🏼‍♂️🏥🩺 ❤️A heartfelt thank you to #MarkScotch for visiting @SSMHealthSTL and for sharing his remarkable cross-country Organ Trail journey to raise awareness for #OrganDonationand Transplantation. 🚴🏼‍♂️🌎💫 The Organ Trail brings together #LivingDonors, #transplant recipients, clinicians, and advocates committed to saving lives through donation and expanding access to transplantation. Our special event includes: 🙏 An opening prayer & reflections on hope & healing 💙 A moving living donor testimonial from Mr. Scott K. 🚴🏼‍♂️ Mark Scotch’s inspiring Organ Trail & donation story 🏅 Presentation of gifts and community recognition 📸 A closing photo slideshow celebrating connection and gratitude The messages throughout the event were clear: ✨ #OrganDonationand #transplantation are not only medical achievements – they are human stories shaped by generosity, courage, and community. We are grateful for the extraordinary patients, donors, donor families, clinicians, coordinators, surgeons, nurses, social workers, advocates, chaplains, administrators, and researchers who make this work possible every day. 💙💚 @AbualrubFadee | @henryrandall60 | @HoujeijNourhan | @nephrom | @drrushdafaruk | @KanaHelloKidney | @MowaffaqSaid | @RaviNayakMD | @SLUTransplantRx | @slunephrons | @SSMHealth | @SLUHospital | @nkf | @NKF_KSMO | @DonateLife | @DonateLifeMO 🤝🏽 “The meaning of life is to find your gift. The purpose of life is to give it away.” — Pablo Picasso 🦋 #OrganTrail2026 #DonateLife #LivingDonation #KidneyTransplant #Transplantation #OrganDonation #SLUHospital 💙💚 🎥 Watch the event highlights: youtube.com/watch?v=XxhOUdj4…

Storytelling remains an important way to bring “perspective and visibility” to living donor transplantation, @KristaLentine told Healio. Learn more 👇 vist.ly/54anb

⭐🏅@APOLLO_Network13 proudly celebrates our Study Chair, #DrMarvaMoxeyMims, MD, FASN, on receiving the prestigious Henry L. Barnett Award from the #AmericanAcademyofPediatrics Section on Nephrology at #PAS2026. 🌟👏🏾 Dr. Moxey-Mims’ leadership, mentorship, and dedication to pediatric nephrology and advancing kidney health research continue to inspire all of us. 🏥🩺We are honored and grateful for her extraordinary leadership within APOLLO. 🎉 Congratulations, Dr. Moxey-Mims! 🎖️👏🏾💙💚 #PedsNephrology #KidneyResearch #APOLLOStudy #Nephrology #Pediatrics

🙌🏾 @ApolloNetwork13 celebrates #NursesMonth2026🏥 ⭐️Delighted to honor CC03 @slusom #ResearchNurse Manager Kathryn Lindsay 🩺 👏🏽Kathryn has supported APOLLO across the study. We are grateful for Kathryn’s dedication & contribution to the success of #APOLLO 🏥 @SLUHospital @SuperChaperone 🙏🏽Your contribution is a great asset to APOLLO!

🙌🏾 @ApolloNetwork13 celebrates #NursesMonth2026🏥 ⭐️Delighted to honor CC04 @UAB_NRTC #Transplant Research Nurse Katherine Basinger 🩺 👏🏽 Katherine has supported APOLLO across the study. We are grateful for Katherine’s dedication & contribution to the success of #APOLLO 🏥 @uabmedicine | @UABSurgery 🙏🏽Your contribution is a great asset to APOLLO!

💕🌸Happy #MothersDay, from our @slunephrons #family & #community to Yours 🌸💐🌹 🌷@SSMHealthSTL | @SSMHealth | @SLUHospital 🌼

Living donor transplantation can improve quality of life and survival for patients with kidney disease, according to @KristaLentine, MD, PhD. Learn about what’s new in living donation @GoHealio 👇 vist.ly/537g3