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Samira Farouk MD, MSCR

@ssfarouk.bsky.social

Associate Professor + APD: Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai | Transplant Nephrologist | #NephSIM | Renal Fellow Network | Nephron Segment πŸŽ™οΈ| RWJMS | Princeton | Philly sports πŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆ #NephSky #Nephrology #FOAMed www.nephsim.com

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Application for #NephSIM Nephrons are due 11/13:

A 6-mo virtual program for US medical students/residents interested in learning more about #nephrology & neph careers

Learn more at the #KidneyWk @kidney.org @nkf-professionals.bsky.social booth in the Exhibition Hall 🫘

nephsim.com/nephsim-neph...

06.11.2025 15:05 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Application for #NephSIM Nephrons are due 11/13:

A 6-mo virtual program for US medical students/residents interested in learning more about #nephrology & neph careers

Learn more at the #KidneyWk @kidney.org @nkf-professionals.bsky.social booth in the Exhibition Hall 🫘

nephsim.com/nephsim-neph...

06.11.2025 15:05 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Inspiration for Graham Gipson's #NephMadness 2026 logo: Roy Lichtenstein #KidneyWk

ajkdblog.org/2025/11/06/n...

06.11.2025 14:53 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The 2025 #NephMadness logo dropped

#kidneywk

ajkdblog.org/2025/11/06/n...

06.11.2025 14:08 β€” πŸ‘ 12    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The 4 pillars of CKD management:
RAASi
SGLT2i
MRA
GLP-1 agonists
#KidneyWk
Dr Perkovic calls for combination therapy, but need properly run trials.

06.11.2025 14:39 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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🚨New Podcast Episode🚨

Don’t miss out on this high-yield nephrology episode, where Drs @ssfarouk.bsky.social & @drfarrell.bsky.social unpack the nuances of AKIβ€”and why we should trend urine like we trend troponin. 🎧πŸ§ͺ

Listen now➑️ clinicalproblemsolving.com/2025/04/11/e...

#MedSky #Nephrology #MedEd

12.04.2025 15:05 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Thank you to the #NephMadness 2025 Blue Ribbon Panel, tasked with selecting a champion from 16 worthy competitors!

-Roger Rodby
@drdeidracrews.bsky.social
-Kirk Campbell
@ssfarouk.bsky.social
@toates.bsky.social
-Meredith Atkinson
-Linnys Alcántara Quiroga
-Clodagh Sweeney
-David Rush

17.04.2025 15:23 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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"Why Not Transplant #Nephrology? A Survey of US Nephrology Fellows" @kidneymed.bsky.social @ismmskidney.bsky.social

1. Need for additional training time
2. Inadequate compensation
3. Lifestyle/work-life balance

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

#NKFClinicals #KidneyTransplant

11.04.2025 17:21 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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A+ #NKFClinicals for last night's exhibition hall opening:

1. Lobster rolls 🦞
2. Cupcakes πŸ₯€
3. Puppies 🐢

11.04.2025 13:30 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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"Voucher Donation"

Living donor donates in advance, then potential recipients can redeem voucher via National Kidney Registry in the future

www.kidneyregistry.com/for-donors/v...

10.04.2025 13:15 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Several therapeutic targets for desensitization/antibody-mediated rejection #NKFClinicals #KidneyTransplant

10.04.2025 13:12 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Not every sensitized transplant candidate has equal access to donors #KidneyTransplant #NKFClinicals

Type O: 44% of population
Type B: 10%

cPRA 99.5%: 600 theoretical number of match runs to find acceptable donor
cPRA 99.9%: 300K

Decimals matter

10.04.2025 13:11 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Welcome to Boston for to our 2025 NKF Spring Clinical Meetings attendees! Be sure to share pics throughout the week with #NKFClinicals so we can share them!

09.04.2025 15:53 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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When to switch from CNI: de novo, early, or late

#NKFClinicals #KidneyTransplant

10.04.2025 13:08 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Calcineurin inhibitor (CNI) reduction strategies:

1. Minimization
2. Withdrawal
3. Conversion
4. Avoidance

#KidneyTransplant #NKFClinicals

10.04.2025 13:07 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Transitions of care for pediatric patients to adult care is a process, not an event #NKFClinicals #KidnneyTransplant

10.04.2025 13:06 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The childhood brain with #kidney disease

The earlier the CKD/ESKD< the more significant the effect #NKFClinicals #KidneyTransplant

10.04.2025 13:05 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Key strategies for programmatic growth @mannonmom.bsky.social #KidneyTransplant #NKFClinicals

Bigger wait list
More active patients
Increased acceptance
Bigger living donor programs

10.04.2025 13:04 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Increasing Organ Transplant Access (IOTA) model goals:

Improve quality
Maximize donor #kidney use
More living donors
Greater access
Improve care coordination
Reduce Medicare expenditures

Half of US centers will be included #NKFClinicals #KidneyTransplant @mannonmom.bsky.social

10.04.2025 13:03 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The (complicated) patient journey in #kidneytransplant #NKFClinicals @mannonmom.bsky.social 🚊

10.04.2025 13:01 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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#NKFClinical #KidneyTransplant Pre-Workshop (yesterday)

@mannonmom.bsky.social discussing the IOTA model & what's happening in KT

28K transplants in 2023, 89K on the wait list

10.04.2025 13:00 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Episode 16: NephMadness & Obesity & Kidney Transplantation The Nephron Segment: A Kidney Podcast

#NephMadness 2025 Podcrawl:

The Nephron Segment hosts @ssfarouk.bsky.social
& @nephrosparks.bsky.social chat with transplant nephrologist Dr. Swee Levea & transplant surgeon (and obesity medicine specialist!) Dr. Babak Orandi on the Obesity in Kidney Transplant Region:

blubrry.com/nephron_segm...

04.04.2025 21:16 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
BRP member

BRP member

Though I do wonder who is the Trekkie among the #BRP πŸ€”

@toates.bsky.social seems like a high literature fan and wouldn’t stoop to sci-fi

Could it be @ssfarouk.bsky.social or @kirkcampbell.bsky.social ❓

#NephMadness

02.04.2025 12:28 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Results of the first round are up
@nephmadness.bsky.social #nephsky
Excellent results for @nephsim.bsky.social 8/8

02.04.2025 11:36 β€” πŸ‘ 13    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

True!, I’ve been thinking of this topic too. It complements the 2023 #NephMadness Champion of Organ Pool.
Excellent @nephronsegment podcast with Dr. @nephrosparks.bsky.social & Dr. @ssfarouk.bsky.social on this topic!, πŸ‘€πŸ€“πŸ™πŸ’›

bsky.app/profile/neph...

22.03.2025 03:14 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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"The Different Colors of Peritoneal #Dialysis Dialysate"

www.renalfellow.org/2025/03/12/d...

@drcoolbeans.bsky.social #Nephrology #FOAMed

15.03.2025 18:15 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The Different Colors of Peritoneal Dialysate

www.renalfellow.org/2025/03/12/d...

15.03.2025 02:28 β€” πŸ‘ 17    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 1

Thank you @drcoolbeans.bsky.social @nephrosparks.bsky.social @ssfarouk.bsky.social for referring to our review on the colors of the PD Effluent ….. We didn’t know at that time the black-ink dialysate πŸ˜‰. You will see soon a new one : β€˜strawberry milkshake Β΄ dialysate !
@inesdufour.bsky.social

15.03.2025 13:35 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Pre/post-doctoral fellowships + summer undergraduate #research available via New York Consortium for Interdisciplinary Training for:

#Kidney, benign hematology/urology training investigators

Applications due 3/31

More information here and below:
nyckuhr.org

@nyctrainkuhr.bsky.social

11.03.2025 19:03 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The Nephron Segment: A Kidney Podcast - always concentrated, sometimes convoluted, but never dilute Episode 1: Ethics & Transplantation (March 24, 2022) Episode 2: TheΒ Hype Around Home Dialysis (April 14, 2022) Episode 3: β€œGet to Know the P...

#NephMadness and Episode 16 of the Nephron Segment are here (#Obesity & #Kidney Transplantation

blubrry.com/nephron_segm...

Submit your #NephMadness brackets here by 3/31: NephMadness.com

@ssfarouk.bsky.social @nephrosparks.bsky.social

10.03.2025 17:50 β€” πŸ‘ 13    πŸ” 10    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

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