Nephrologist 🇵🇭 • Internist • Flozinator • GN & Transplant • @uppghnephrology Alumni • @nephjc intern 2025-2026 @GlomCon Fellow 2023-2024 • @Neph_Sim 2021
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Kidney injury occuring in liver failure is a historical scenario imbued w/in the parlance of medicine for centuries. In this article, I try to discuss HRS— its current concepts & challenges.
Thank you @Nephro_Sparks @DearbhlaKelly4 for helping me write this article!
15 Jul 2021
Hepatorenal Syndrome: Current Concepts and Challenges by @msocoMD renalfellow.org/2021/07/15/h…
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How often do we miss non-diabetic kidney disease (NDKD)?
🚩NDKD are 1) active urine sediment, 2) sudden worsening RFT, 3) absence of retinopathy 4) systemic symptoms like rash
@Tiff_Caza
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✨Exciting news #Nephtwitter
The new #NephJC editorial interns are here!
📢 Give them a follow and make them feel at home nephjc.com/news/2025/6/21/ne…
@DrBarbaTeba @AncaSt13 @dany_rcal @kiddo_kidney @AndrewDelaat @farahwehbe92 @rn_flex @assad_sm
@ManoleaA @Nihal_Hamary
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Hypertension control remains stubbornly low in underserved communities. IMPACTS‑BP asks whether a team‑based, multi‑component approach can meaningfully improve blood pressure control and adherence in low‑income patients
🎨#VisualAbstract by @DrAkshayaJ
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Tigris: 15k screened, 157 enrolled, and a result that depends on how much you trust the prior #NephJC
💡Signal? Yes
🤔Confidence? Not really
✍️#NephJCshort by @CristinaDeReins
🪓Reviwed by @hswapnil and @brian_rifkin
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#NephJC #TenPostNephJC.
#NephTwitter
In 2026 💊 FDA approved sparsentan for FSGS, an endothelin A/angiotensin II receptor inhibitor.
Next up in the pipeline…transient receptor potential cation channel 6 (TRPC6) inhibitor (BI 764198) 🚰
Article 👇
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Blessings abound! The Division received various awards during the recent convention:
1. One of the Most Outstanding Fellowship Training Institution in Adult Nephrology
2. 100% passing recent Board exams
3. One of the Best performing institution in test construction
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Hydralazine, a 1950s drug still used at the edges of modern care
Cheap. Available.
Signal of benefit… shadowed by decades of immune toxicity signals
58 min to #TenPostNephJC #NephJC
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Managing glomerular disease in tropical regions require a specialized lens. Join #GlomConPH on April 22, 2026, for a high-impact workshop designed for physicians to master the nuances of tropical nephrology—from biopsy interpretation to navigating the latest KDIGO updates.
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B Cell Modulation in IgA Nephropathy 🏆
#IgAN #Nephpearls #Nephmadness
Check out our review "IgA Nephropathy: An Overview of the Clinical Trials" by @ZohrehGh7 @haresh11 @NWiegley @Alexgr23 @rahaai @SaynaNorouzi @JEGAYTAN90 and the #Nephmadness write up by @LauraMarianiMD and @AleTomasiMD
👉 pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/4105…
👉 @NephMadness ajkdblog.org/2026/03/01/neph…
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Hey NephJC faithful, we are shaking it up.
Given the 📉 attendance at live chats we’re changing to a summary 🧵& ❓ to answer, at your convenience.
Still tag us #NephJC to get the discussion going!
PS If we hear enough comments, we might bring chats back!😉
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Hey #NephTwitter #MedTwitter
📣If you were planning on coming to the #NephJC chat on hyponatremia 4/7/26 at 9 pm...relax, we're trying something new (and it will be here on Twitter too, not just BlueSky)!
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The IgAN Nephropathy curriculum provides a comprehensive review of the pathogenesis, treatment, and prediction of disease progression to help clinicians in their work.
Access the new curriculum, supported by Otsuka: bit.ly/3PirS4N
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#ISNWCN second HIT1 trial
Semaglutide Improves Kidney Outcomes Regardless Of SGLT2i Use In People With Chronic Kidney Disease And Type 2 Diabetes: Post-hoc Analysis The Remodel Trial, by David Cherney
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First simultaneous publication comes from Hiddo Heerspink and ASSIST trial ✨
Phase II randomized crossover in IgAN on RASi SGLT2i. Atrasentan 0.75 mg reduced 24-h UPCR vs placebo. ETA blockade adds antiproteinuric effect on top of optimized therapy
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What’s new in AKI/AKD KDIGO updates compared to KDIGO 2012.
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2/ @brian_rifkin 's recap highlighted our progress and future plans, but what stays with me is this: #nephjc never stops adapting. We keep learning, improving, and reaching for a better version of ourselves 🌟
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1/ Today’s #nephjc graduation was pure joy. Seeing mentors and interns from around the world come together reminded me why this community matters.
✨Thank you for making it extraordinary
@hswapnil @Nephro_Sparks @salinesalut @FravelShellie @meyyappannephro @roxnonna23
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Mar 16
Delighted that FIND CKD has meet its primary endpoint. Fantastic news for patients with non-diabetic CKD, including those with GNs, including IgAN
Thank you to Bayer, all the investigators, study teams & patients who have made FIND-CKD possible
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Mar 12
Proactive vs Reactive DDAVP: The Clamp Finally Faces an RCT
Thank you Thai Air Force for doing the trials that need to be done!
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New terminology for iron deficiency in CKD ca. 2026 from @goKDIGO
#Nephpearls
Systemic iron deficiency
(previously Absolute iron deficiency)
⬇️ Ferritin ⬇️ TSAT
Iron-restricted erythropoiesis
(previously Functional iron deficiency)
⬆️ Ferritin ⬇️ TSAT
👉 kdigo.org/guidelines/anemia-…
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