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Live long & well with kidney disease. Promoting kidney health, longevity, nutrition, person-centeredness, So/California. He/Him/His Twitter/X: https://x.com/kamkalantar Bsky: https://bsky.app/profile/kamkalantar.bsky.social
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Kam Kalantar-Zadeh, MD, MPH, PhD @kamkalantar.bsky.social · Jul 24
🔷 The Future of Kidney Care Is Here Join Us in Honolulu! 🔷
🎟️ Register Today:
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🏨 AC Marriott Booking
📧 Contact: kidneyconference@kidneyhi.org
🌐 Conference Info: ISBP-online.org
#ISBP2025 #Nephrology #KidneyCare #DialysisInnovation #GlobalHealth #HDF #HDX #Hawaii
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Meet Rachelle Bross, PhD, RDN, a Nutrition Research Manager at The Lundquist Institute. Dr. Bross has designed diets for people struggling with various health issues and concerns 🩺

In this LA Sentinel article, Dr. Bross shares advice on #healthyeating and her love for #nutrition 🥦 bit.ly/3I2xuwr
Nutrition Researcher Highlights Good Health - Los Angeles Sentinel
Rachelle Bross, PhD, RDN is a nutrition research manager at UCLA Clinical and Translational Research Institute at the Lundquist Institute for Biomedical Innovation at Harbor UCLA Medical Center.
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June 27, 2025 at 7:13 PM
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🔷 The Future of Kidney Care Is Here Join Us in Honolulu! 🔷
🎟️ Register Today:
🔗 kidneyhi.org/conferences-...
🏨 AC Marriott Booking
📧 Contact: kidneyconference@kidneyhi.org
🌐 Conference Info: ISBP-online.org
#ISBP2025 #Nephrology #KidneyCare #DialysisInnovation #GlobalHealth #HDF #HDX #Hawaii
July 24, 2025 at 9:48 PM
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🔷 The Future of Kidney Care Is Here Join Us in Honolulu! 🔷
🎟️ Register Today:
🔗 kidneyhi.org/conferences-...
🏨 AC Marriott Booking
📧 Contact: kidneyconference@kidneyhi.org
🌐 Conference Info: ISBP-online.org
#ISBP2025 #Nephrology #KidneyCare #DialysisInnovation #GlobalHealth #HDF #HDX #Hawaii
July 24, 2025 at 9:48 PM
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International Society of Blood Purification ISBP
Register online kidneyhi.org/conferences-...
to attend the #ISBP Kidney Health Congress, August 20-22, 2025 #Honolulu #Hawaii Online Registration open now
Congress hotel booking AC Marriott: marriott.com/event-reserv... kidneyconference@kidneyhi.org📷
June 26, 2025 at 9:40 PM
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International Society of Blood Purification ISBP
Register online kidneyhi.org/conferences-...
to attend the #ISBP Kidney Health Congress, August 20-22, 2025 #Honolulu #Hawaii Online Registration open now
Congress hotel booking AC Marriott: marriott.com/event-reserv... kidneyconference@kidneyhi.org📷
June 26, 2025 at 9:40 PM
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✅ Impact Factors (IF) of top 40 Renal Journals for 2024, released 18-June-2025, the 2024 IF is the average number of times articles published in that journal in 2022 & 2023 were cited by all papers in 2024. The J Ren Nutr (JReN) is now among top Q1 for 2 years in a row @isrnm-social.bsky.social
June 19, 2025 at 9:45 PM
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✅ Impact Factors (IF) of top 40 Renal Journals for 2024, released 18-June-2025, the 2024 IF is the average number of times articles published in that journal in 2022 & 2023 were cited by all papers in 2024. The J Ren Nutr (JReN) is now among top Q1 for 2 years in a row @isrnm-social.bsky.social
June 19, 2025 at 9:45 PM
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ABSTRACT SUBMISSION DEADLINE: 15 June 2025
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#ISBP Kidney Health 2025 Congress, August 20-22, 2025 #Honolulu #Hawaii
Online Registration open now!
local hosts: Univ Hawaii JABSOM & NKF-HI
email: kidneyconference@kidneyhi.org
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#HDF #HDX #MCO #Aphesrsis
May 27, 2025 at 2:40 AM
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In this new publication, TLI Investigator Kam Kalantar-Zadeh, PhD, in collaboration with @countyofla.bsky.social #PublicHealth, examine how an innovative population health-based approach to kidney care can better provide essential services to those affected by chronic kidney disease: bit.ly/3R424a9
April 8, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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Thanking @asnkidney.bsky.social for posting the ISBP 2025 Congress in Honolulu
www.asn-online.org/education/ot...
held in JABSOM Kaka'ako waterfont campus, near Waikiki Beach
in partnership with the National Kidney Foundation of Hawaii
May 27, 2025 at 5:26 AM
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Get the latest wildfire recovery news, information and resources: content.govdelivery.com/accounts/CAL...
May 29, 2025 at 12:08 AM
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Submit Abstract to #ISBP Kidney Health 2025 Congress, August 20-22, 2025 #Honolulu #Hawaii
local hosts: Univ Hawaii JABSOM & NKF-HI
ABSTRACT SUBMISSION DEADLINE: 15 June 2025
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#OnlineHDF workshop, #HDX #MCO, #Aphesrsis course
Online Registration open kidneyhi.org/conferences-...
April 29, 2025 at 5:30 AM
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Thanking @asnkidney.bsky.social for posting the ISBP 2025 Congress in Honolulu
www.asn-online.org/education/ot...
held in JABSOM Kaka'ako waterfont campus, near Waikiki Beach
in partnership with the National Kidney Foundation of Hawaii
May 27, 2025 at 5:26 AM
kamkalantar.bsky.social
ABSTRACT SUBMISSION DEADLINE: 15 June 2025
kidneyhi.org/conferences-...
#ISBP Kidney Health 2025 Congress, August 20-22, 2025 #Honolulu #Hawaii
Online Registration open now!
local hosts: Univ Hawaii JABSOM & NKF-HI
email: kidneyconference@kidneyhi.org
isbp-online.org
#HDF #HDX #MCO #Aphesrsis
May 27, 2025 at 2:40 AM
kamkalantar.bsky.social
Submit Abstract to #ISBP Kidney Health 2025 Congress, August 20-22, 2025 #Honolulu #Hawaii
local hosts: Univ Hawaii JABSOM & NKF-HI
ABSTRACT SUBMISSION DEADLINE: 15 June 2025
isbp-online.org
#OnlineHDF workshop, #HDX #MCO, #Aphesrsis course
Online Registration open kidneyhi.org/conferences-...
April 29, 2025 at 5:30 AM
Reposted by Kam Kalantar-Zadeh, MD, MPH, PhD
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Survival Benefit From High-Volume Hemodiafiltration #HDF Extends to New Patients, Across BMI
#OnLineHDF www.ISBP-online.org
www.renalandurologynews.com/reports/hemo...
April 28, 2025 at 9:13 PM
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Survival Benefit From High-Volume Hemodiafiltration #HDF Extends to New Patients, Across BMI
#OnLineHDF www.ISBP-online.org
www.renalandurologynews.com/reports/hemo...
April 28, 2025 at 9:13 PM
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What an incredible way to kick off 2025! We had a great time yesterday at our Town Hall where we were able to hear our new President & CEO Dr. Joe W. Ramos’ vision for TLI. We're excited and grateful for Dr. Ramos' #leadership and can't wait for him to share his vision for TLI’s future with you!🔬🌎🚀
February 14, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Reposted by Kam Kalantar-Zadeh, MD, MPH, PhD
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This #EarthDay, we reflect on the resilience of our LA community in the wake of the wildfires earlier this year 🌎🔥 We’re turning knowledge into action — advancing #wildfire recovery, protecting public health, and restoring hope 🌱 Learn more about the work of Investigator jendzjowsky.bsky.social.
April 22, 2025 at 11:07 PM
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In the wake of the #LosAngeles wildfires earlier this year, we're turning knowledge into action — advancing #wildfire recovery, protecting #publichealth, promoting well-being. Get to know Dr. Marisela K. Montoya, Executive Director of our WIC program and learn how we're making a difference 🌎💚
April 23, 2025 at 7:46 PM
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The April 2025 issue is available now! Check out the plain-language summaries on what inspired each study, the basic approach taken, what was learned, and why it matters:
Highlights from the April 2025 Issue
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 approach taken, what was…
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April 1, 2025 at 1:18 PM
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#RenalPath: Malakoplakia with mass-like sheets of macrophages with granular eosinophilic cytoplasm and scattered neutrophils within the interstitium and tubules (hematoxylin and eosin stain).

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April 20, 2025 at 10:01 AM
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Hotdog meme guy saying "We are still trying to figure out who caused the seizure, but as soon last the brain biopsy results come back I’m pretty sure we’ll know who did this." The hot dog is labeled "Na 108."
April 21, 2025 at 5:28 PM
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Here's the proverbial CKD elephant in the room slide
March 18, 2025 at 11:34 AM
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For patients with lupus nephritis, a recent phase 2 trial showed that the addition of obinutuzumab to standard therapy was associated with a significantly better renal response than placebo. Findings of the REGENCY phase 3 trial are summarized in a new Quick Take video. youtu.be/cqu42EDvPq8

#MedSky
Obinutuzumab in Lupus Nephritis (REGENCY trial) | NEJM
YouTube video by NEJM Group
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April 18, 2025 at 7:33 PM