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Durham, North Carolina, USA
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We are so happy to start the new year and welcome new fellows, celebrate graduates, and see the transition from first year to second year. #NephFellow
Congrats to #NephFaculty Dr Sparks who will give the Burton D. Rose, MD, Endowed Lectureship at ASN Kidney Week 2026 in Denver CO, Oct 22nd
“Formulating a Dialysis Access Curriculum: Bridging the Gap in Education and Training”
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Duke Kidney retweeted
Presenting a novel axis that can fine-tune the immune response to glomerular and tubule cell damage:
Jamie R. Privratsky @JamiePrivratsky & team @DukeKidney @Duke_Anesthesia identify a novel myeloid cell-endothelial cell immunoregulatory axis, supporting a model whereby myeloid IL-1R1 activity constrains ER stress–mediated EBI3/IL27 secretion, thereby attenuating type I IFN expression in kidney endothelial cells and ameliorating
autoimmune nephritis.
The figure shows anti-IFNAR1 therapy abrogates kidney injury after NTS nephritis in mice lacking IL-1R1 specifically in myeloid cells (bottom); littermate controls (top).
#AKI #Nephrology #kidney #macrophage
#NephFaculty Dr Steve Crowley chairs the AHA #Hypertension26 meeting in Arlington, VA
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#FellowLife
1st year: Dr. Ethan Witt
Residency: Oregon Health & Science University
Med School: University of Vermont
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2nd year: Dr. Mike Tabet
Residency: University of Vermont
Med School: Louisiana State University in New Orleans
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New from #NephFaculty Dr Ortiz-Melo and Dr Coffman in JCI Insight
Proximal tubule ACE2 mediates early responses to hypertension by regulating intrarenal RAS and sodium homeostasis
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New form #NephFaculty Dr Rasheeda Hall and colleagues in Nature Reviews Nephrology
Recommendations for the management of frailty in chronic kidney disease: a consensus report
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1st year: Dr. Josh Daum
Residency (chief resident): Mayo Clinic – Rochester, MN
Med School: Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine – Phoenix, AZ
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1st year: Dr. Mason Kalada
Residency: Wake Forest
Med School: East Tennessee State University
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Congrats to #NephFaculty Dr Matthew Sinclair on his K23 NIH NIDDK grant titled #NephForward
“Promoting Evidence-Based Chronic Kidney Disease Care among Hispanics/Latinos with Type 2 Diabetes”
Congrats to #NephFaculty Dr Anika Lucas on her K23 NIH NIDDK grant titled #NephForward
“Psychosocial Stress and the Role of Kidney Disease”
Welcome Sydney Hege, PharmDClinical Pharmacist Practitionerto Duke Nephrology
She will see patients in our ambulatory clinics focusing on Kidney GDMT and CKM Syndrome
#NephFaculty Dr Anna Strasma featured in the Duke Climate Commitment Impact Report 2026
Early Warning Systems Within a Warming World: Extreme Heat and Human Health
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2nd year (chief fellow): Dr. Samiddhi Weerasiri
Residency: Mayo Clinic – Rochester
Med School: Virginia Commonwealth University
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1st year: Dr. Chelsea Smith
Residency: University of Kansas
Med School: University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
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Applications are open for the 2027 NephSIM Nephrons & NKF Program, a 6-month virtual nephrology experience designed for medical students and residents
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2nd year: Dr. Chrystel Pawly
Residency: Yale-Waterbury
Med School: Lebanese American University (Byblos, Lebanon)
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New from former #NephFellow Dr Komal Safdar, #NephFaculty Dr Sparks and colleagues in JACC Case Reports @komal_safdar @Nephro_Sparks
Sports Nephrology: Managing Hypertension, Acute Kidney Injury, and
Cardiovascular Risk in a Collegiate Football Player
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2nd year: Dr. Cameron Lawson
Residency: East Carolina University
Med School: VCOM-Virginia
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1st year: Dr. Caitlin Womack
Residency: Duke University
Med School: Virginia Commonwealth University
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