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 🎙️| RWJMS | Princeton | Philly sports 🏳️🌈
#NephSky #Nephrology #FOAMed
www.nephsim.com
#NephSky #Nephrology #FOAMed
www.nephsim.com
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...
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...
November 6, 2025 at 3:05 PM
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...
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...
Inspiration for Graham Gipson's #NephMadness 2026 logo: Roy Lichtenstein #KidneyWk
ajkdblog.org/2025/11/06/n...
ajkdblog.org/2025/11/06/n...
November 6, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Inspiration for Graham Gipson's #NephMadness 2026 logo: Roy Lichtenstein #KidneyWk
ajkdblog.org/2025/11/06/n...
ajkdblog.org/2025/11/06/n...
"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
1. Need for additional training time
2. Inadequate compensation
3. Lifestyle/work-life balance
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
#NKFClinicals #KidneyTransplant
April 11, 2025 at 5:21 PM
"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
1. Need for additional training time
2. Inadequate compensation
3. Lifestyle/work-life balance
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
#NKFClinicals #KidneyTransplant
A+ #NKFClinicals for last night's exhibition hall opening:
1. Lobster rolls 🦞
2. Cupcakes 🥤
3. Puppies 🐶
1. Lobster rolls 🦞
2. Cupcakes 🥤
3. Puppies 🐶
April 11, 2025 at 1:30 PM
A+ #NKFClinicals for last night's exhibition hall opening:
1. Lobster rolls 🦞
2. Cupcakes 🥤
3. Puppies 🐶
1. Lobster rolls 🦞
2. Cupcakes 🥤
3. Puppies 🐶
"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...
Living donor donates in advance, then potential recipients can redeem voucher via National Kidney Registry in the future
www.kidneyregistry.com/for-donors/v...
April 10, 2025 at 1:15 PM
"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...
Living donor donates in advance, then potential recipients can redeem voucher via National Kidney Registry in the future
www.kidneyregistry.com/for-donors/v...
Several therapeutic targets for desensitization/antibody-mediated rejection #NKFClinicals #KidneyTransplant
April 10, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Several therapeutic targets for desensitization/antibody-mediated rejection #NKFClinicals #KidneyTransplant
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
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
April 10, 2025 at 1:11 PM
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
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
April 10, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Calcineurin inhibitor (CNI) reduction strategies:
1. Minimization
2. Withdrawal
3. Conversion
4. Avoidance
#KidneyTransplant #NKFClinicals
1. Minimization
2. Withdrawal
3. Conversion
4. Avoidance
#KidneyTransplant #NKFClinicals
April 10, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Calcineurin inhibitor (CNI) reduction strategies:
1. Minimization
2. Withdrawal
3. Conversion
4. Avoidance
#KidneyTransplant #NKFClinicals
1. Minimization
2. Withdrawal
3. Conversion
4. Avoidance
#KidneyTransplant #NKFClinicals
Transitions of care for pediatric patients to adult care is a process, not an event #NKFClinicals #KidnneyTransplant
April 10, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Transitions of care for pediatric patients to adult care is a process, not an event #NKFClinicals #KidnneyTransplant
The childhood brain with #kidney disease
The earlier the CKD/ESKD< the more significant the effect #NKFClinicals #KidneyTransplant
The earlier the CKD/ESKD< the more significant the effect #NKFClinicals #KidneyTransplant
April 10, 2025 at 1:05 PM
The childhood brain with #kidney disease
The earlier the CKD/ESKD< the more significant the effect #NKFClinicals #KidneyTransplant
The earlier the CKD/ESKD< the more significant the effect #NKFClinicals #KidneyTransplant
Key strategies for programmatic growth @mannonmom.bsky.social #KidneyTransplant #NKFClinicals
Bigger wait list
More active patients
Increased acceptance
Bigger living donor programs
Bigger wait list
More active patients
Increased acceptance
Bigger living donor programs
April 10, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Key strategies for programmatic growth @mannonmom.bsky.social #KidneyTransplant #NKFClinicals
Bigger wait list
More active patients
Increased acceptance
Bigger living donor programs
Bigger wait list
More active patients
Increased acceptance
Bigger living donor programs
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
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
April 10, 2025 at 1:03 PM
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
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
April 10, 2025 at 1:01 PM
#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
@mannonmom.bsky.social discussing the IOTA model & what's happening in KT
28K transplants in 2023, 89K on the wait list
April 10, 2025 at 1:00 PM
#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
@mannonmom.bsky.social discussing the IOTA model & what's happening in KT
28K transplants in 2023, 89K on the wait list
"The Different Colors of Peritoneal #Dialysis Dialysate"
www.renalfellow.org/2025/03/12/d...
@drcoolbeans.bsky.social #Nephrology #FOAMed
www.renalfellow.org/2025/03/12/d...
@drcoolbeans.bsky.social #Nephrology #FOAMed
March 15, 2025 at 6:15 PM
"The Different Colors of Peritoneal #Dialysis Dialysate"
www.renalfellow.org/2025/03/12/d...
@drcoolbeans.bsky.social #Nephrology #FOAMed
www.renalfellow.org/2025/03/12/d...
@drcoolbeans.bsky.social #Nephrology #FOAMed
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
#Kidney, benign hematology/urology training investigators
Applications due 3/31
More information here and below:
nyckuhr.org
@nyctrainkuhr.bsky.social
March 11, 2025 at 7:03 PM
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
#Kidney, benign hematology/urology training investigators
Applications due 3/31
More information here and below:
nyckuhr.org
@nyctrainkuhr.bsky.social
#NephMadness #KidneyTransplant Nephron Segment ep is out:
blubrry.com/nephron_segm...
Transplant neph Dr. Swee Levea & transplant surgeon/obesity medicine specialist Dr. Babak Orandi break down the regions/make their picks👇🏽
@nephrosparks.bsky.social @nephmadness.bsky.social @nephsim.bsky.social
blubrry.com/nephron_segm...
Transplant neph Dr. Swee Levea & transplant surgeon/obesity medicine specialist Dr. Babak Orandi break down the regions/make their picks👇🏽
@nephrosparks.bsky.social @nephmadness.bsky.social @nephsim.bsky.social
March 10, 2025 at 3:18 PM
#NephMadness #KidneyTransplant Nephron Segment ep is out:
blubrry.com/nephron_segm...
Transplant neph Dr. Swee Levea & transplant surgeon/obesity medicine specialist Dr. Babak Orandi break down the regions/make their picks👇🏽
@nephrosparks.bsky.social @nephmadness.bsky.social @nephsim.bsky.social
blubrry.com/nephron_segm...
Transplant neph Dr. Swee Levea & transplant surgeon/obesity medicine specialist Dr. Babak Orandi break down the regions/make their picks👇🏽
@nephrosparks.bsky.social @nephmadness.bsky.social @nephsim.bsky.social
Proud to be on the other side of #NephMadness / Blue Ribbon Panelist @nephmadness.bsky.social
Voting ✅...unfortunately we don't get to pick our co-panelists...
Strong regions/writeups/graphics from this year's team 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
Check them all out here: ajkdblog.org/2025/03/01/w...
#Nephrology
Voting ✅...unfortunately we don't get to pick our co-panelists...
Strong regions/writeups/graphics from this year's team 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
Check them all out here: ajkdblog.org/2025/03/01/w...
#Nephrology
March 2, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Proud to be on the other side of #NephMadness / Blue Ribbon Panelist @nephmadness.bsky.social
Voting ✅...unfortunately we don't get to pick our co-panelists...
Strong regions/writeups/graphics from this year's team 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
Check them all out here: ajkdblog.org/2025/03/01/w...
#Nephrology
Voting ✅...unfortunately we don't get to pick our co-panelists...
Strong regions/writeups/graphics from this year's team 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
Check them all out here: ajkdblog.org/2025/03/01/w...
#Nephrology
Still my favorite ever #NephMadness infographic from @hellokidneymd.bsky.social
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ajkdblog.org/wp-content/u...
March 2, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Still my favorite ever #NephMadness infographic from @hellokidneymd.bsky.social
ajkdblog.org/wp-content/u...
ajkdblog.org/wp-content/u...
Successful session #1 of the 5th Year of @nephsim.bsky.social Nephrons!
nephsim.com/nephsim-neph...
If #nephrology was a Disney/Pixar/Dreamworks character, which would it be?
#MedEd #FOAMed #NephForward
nephsim.com/nephsim-neph...
If #nephrology was a Disney/Pixar/Dreamworks character, which would it be?
#MedEd #FOAMed #NephForward
January 8, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Successful session #1 of the 5th Year of @nephsim.bsky.social Nephrons!
nephsim.com/nephsim-neph...
If #nephrology was a Disney/Pixar/Dreamworks character, which would it be?
#MedEd #FOAMed #NephForward
nephsim.com/nephsim-neph...
If #nephrology was a Disney/Pixar/Dreamworks character, which would it be?
#MedEd #FOAMed #NephForward
🙏🏽 @ajkd.bsky.social for the opportunity to reply to:
“ACGME Accreditation for #Transplant #Nephrology Training: Clarifying Why This Is a Step in the Right Direction”
@mannonmom.bsky.social @nephrosparks.bsky.social
www.ajkd.org/article/S027...
“ACGME Accreditation for #Transplant #Nephrology Training: Clarifying Why This Is a Step in the Right Direction”
@mannonmom.bsky.social @nephrosparks.bsky.social
www.ajkd.org/article/S027...
December 31, 2024 at 2:07 PM
🙏🏽 @ajkd.bsky.social for the opportunity to reply to:
“ACGME Accreditation for #Transplant #Nephrology Training: Clarifying Why This Is a Step in the Right Direction”
@mannonmom.bsky.social @nephrosparks.bsky.social
www.ajkd.org/article/S027...
“ACGME Accreditation for #Transplant #Nephrology Training: Clarifying Why This Is a Step in the Right Direction”
@mannonmom.bsky.social @nephrosparks.bsky.social
www.ajkd.org/article/S027...
Collapsing FSGS in a #kidneytransplant #kidneypath
December 6, 2024 at 6:52 PM
Collapsing FSGS in a #kidneytransplant #kidneypath
Leading from the front #LDatAAMC
Meet & exceed the standards you expect from others
Timely decisions
Take responsibility
Take care of those you lead
Think before you act
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Meet & exceed the standards you expect from others
Timely decisions
Take responsibility
Take care of those you lead
Think before you act
www.porchlightbooks.com/product/lead...
December 5, 2024 at 12:43 AM
Leading from the front #LDatAAMC
Meet & exceed the standards you expect from others
Timely decisions
Take responsibility
Take care of those you lead
Think before you act
www.porchlightbooks.com/product/lead...
Meet & exceed the standards you expect from others
Timely decisions
Take responsibility
Take care of those you lead
Think before you act
www.porchlightbooks.com/product/lead...