Kicking off ⁦Juan Carlos Q Velez⁩ visit to ⁦UTSW Nephrology⁩ with friends ⁦Eleanor Lederer⁩ and ⁦Jiten Patel⁩. Appreciate ⁦SSCI: Southern Society for Clinical Investigation⁩ visiting professorship program 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽

Packed room today to see Dr. JC Velez during Renal Grand Rounds. Thanks Juan Carlos Q Velez for a fantastic and engaging talk highlighting the utility and importance of urine microscopy. Remember: Spin the urine‼️

Cluster of lipid droplets at bright field (400x), Maltese cross sign noted under polarized light, surrounding acanthocytes much better recognized under phase contrast: nephrotic & nephritic features, case of post-infectious GN #UrinarySediment #UrineMicroscooy

1/n SIADH is the FSGS of electrolyte disorders. Why? because it represents a pattern of disorder of water regulation (⬆️uOsm, ⬆️uNa) that can be triggered by different mechanisms of disease, like FSGS is a pattern of injury that can be the result of various glomerular hits.

5 of my observers Ochsner Nephrology matched to IM . You made it guys 🤜🏼🤛🏼

APD Dr Swetha Kanduri presenting on Principles of Therapeutic Plasma Exchange for Nephrology fellows. @OchsnerEdu

3 types of cellular casts identified in the #UrinarySediment of a case of acute glomerulonephritis: RBC cast, WBC (note PMNs) cast and RTEC (note polygonal shape, vacuolated cytoplasm) cast. Kidney biopsy reading pending. #UrineMicroscopy Ochsner Nephrology

Digital painting of a red blood cell cast I did! I’ve been experimenting with a creative approach to microscopy images, these pictures truly are art. Reference photo credits Juan Carlos Q Velez #Urine #UrineMicroscopy #Microscopy #Procreate #Medicalllustration #RBCC

⁦Isabelle Ayoub⁩ presenting on the role of SGLT2i in non diabetic glomerular disease. Here, a study from A Fornoni in a 🐁 model of Alport. #NKFClinicals

⁦Dana Rizk⁩ presenting on IgA nephropathy. Starting with the seminal report by Jean Berger in 1968 #NKFClinicals

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The legendary GL Bakris, 700+ papers on PubMed, more importantly, cited almost 250,000 times. Sat at his table a few times during conferences. A delight to listen to what he had to say. Utmost respect. R.I.P. George Bakris

Is this you thinking about your nephrology boards? Don't let it be. Face the boards with confidence. Register for the BRCU and go to Chicago and review nephrology the fun interactive way. asn-online.org/education/brcu/ #ASNBRCU American Society of Nephrology

1/n Time for a #UroNephrology case. Let’s start by discussing MAG3 nuclear scan, a fairly underutilized test in nephrology. What is MAG3? It’s a 263 D molecule that is both filtered and secreted through the kidney, thus, it’s a marker of total renal perfusion / renal blood flow.

2/n it can be useful to asses split renal perfusion and to rule out obstruction, for the latter, the ideal test is a NM diuretic renogram. Unlike MAG3, DTPA is a tracer for assessment of GFR. Let’s go over the GIF again:

Juan Carlos Q Velez Great teaching case !!! The utility of lasix renogram test is nicely illustrated in the example case. Love the animations ⭐️⭐️⭐️

Happening now!! Excellent talk by Swetha Kanduri American Society of Onconephrology. Join in to hear more about calcium Disorders in cancer patients!! Ochsner Nephrology Sabine Karam

Elevator selfie, tradition at ⁦Ochsner Nephrology⁩ inpatient consults. July blocks are always special. ⁦NAPI Channel ; jk, it’s a co-transporter⁩ ⁦Anab Rehan Taseer⁩ Supporting nephrons 💪

The Department of Nephrology at Ochsner Health is excited to begin a new fellowship interview season. We offer a 2-yr track in General Nephrology and a 3-yr track of Nephrology & Critical Care Medicine. Applications are open on ERAS. education.ochsner.org/gme/training-p…