The Nephron Segment: A Kidney Podcast

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Episode 16: NephMadness & Obesity & Kidney Transplantation

Monday, March 10, 2025 • Duration

It’s Episode 16 of The Nephron Segment and it's time for NephMadness! Join us as we chat with transplant nephrologist Dr. Swee Levea & transplant surgeon (and obesity medicine specialist!) Dr. Babak Orandi and discuss the obesity in kidney transplant recipients and kidney transplant donors! Listen to the end to hear everyone's picks (except any Blue Ribbon Panelists) for NephMadness 2025. Before you make your picks, check out the Obesity & Kidney Transplant Region here. Or flip a coin.

Submit your NephMadness brackets here (just like March Madness!) by 3/31. Maximize your changes by submitting 2 brackets per email address.

Nephrons: Matthew Sparks, Samira Farouk

Guests: Swee Levea, Babak Orandi

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Episode 15: "Rush" of the Blood: Real Name, Real Life, Real Circumstance

Wednesday, November 27, 2024 • Duration

It’s Episode 15 of The Nephron Segment! We sit down with David Rush: rapper, singer, songwriter, motivational speaker, kidney patient, kidney advocate, and 2022 recipient of the American Society of Nephrology President's Medal. He shares his inspiring journey with kidney disease, which began in 10th grade right before football season - and journey through which he has been able to complete a 52 city tour with Pitbull. If you don't already know, you'll learn what a battle rap is, what a home hemodialysis machine sounds like while it's warming up, and where the name Rush comes from.

Check out is debut single "Shooting Star" (from 2008) here

Nephrons: Matthew Sparks, Samira Farouk

Guests: David Rush

1:11: David Rush

3:39: Alonzo Mourning

4:16: Sock it to Kidney Disease

9:38: Kidney Care Options

10:37: Battle Rap

11:42: Shady Records

12:33: Nems

14:22: 2009 Tour Poster

25:10: American Kidney Fund 2023 Summit

29:12: American Society of Nephrology President's Medal

32:46: David Rush on Spotify

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Episode 6: Kidney Researchers & Kidney Week

Thursday, October 20, 2022 • Duration

In Episode 6, guests Catherine Godson, PhD & Kirk Campbell join us for a discussion about their careers as physician-scientists. They discuss their journeys to their current careers, the "moment" they knew research was the career for them, and share advice for trainees. American Society of Nephrology 2022 Kidney Week Program Co-Chairs Dr. Godson & Dr. Campbell also give us a sneak peak into this year's conference, which starts November 3rd.

Nephrons: Sam Kant, Matthew Sparks, Samira Farouk

Guests: Catherine Godson, Kirk Campbell

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Episode 5: Nurses & Kidney Care

Saturday, September 3, 2022 • Duration

In Episode 5, guests Terri Murrray, RN and Jonathan Armenti, RN join us for a discussion about the role of nurses in dialysis and kidney transplantation in the care of patients with kidney disease. They discuss their journeys to their current careers, challenges faced by our patients, the hardest parts of their jobs, and recommendations on how we can improve kidney care.

Nephrons: Elinor Mannon, Sam Kant, Matthew Sparks, Samira Farouk

Guests: Terri Murray, Jonathan Armenti

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1:42 The experience of being a dialysis nurse

5:47 Role of the transplant coordinator

8:59 Challenges faced by patients receiving dialysis

14:43 Care coordination for patients receiving dialysis

16:12 Improving care for patients with kidney transplants

16:44 Importance of social support in kidney transplantation

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Episode 4: "Diversity is Important, but Inclusion is Way More Important"

Thursday, June 30, 2022 • Duration

On Episode 4, guests Dr. Genzton Hall and Dr. Narjust Florez join us for a conversation about their journeys in medicine and the importance of diversity, inclusion, and the creation of communities to foster acceptance and belongingness. Dr. Florez shares why the term "cultural competency" should be forgotten - and replaced with "cultural humility."

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Episode 3: "Get to Know the Person Before the [Kidney] Disease"

Tuesday, May 24, 2022 • Duration

On Episode 3, guests Morgan Reid & Patrick O. Gee PhD, JLC join us to share their journeys as patients with kidney disease - who received both dialysis and kidney transplants. They share incredibly powerful personal experiences and their advice for kidney healthcare providers

Nephrons: Elinor Mannon, Sam Kant, Matthew Sparks, Samira Farouk

Guests: Morgan Reid, Patrick O. Gee

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3:05 Delayed graft function

5:27 Peritoneal Dialysis

7:10 IgA nephropathy

9:57 Lupus nephritis

11:00 Living kidney donor evaluation process

12:00 Mistrust, misperceptions, and miscommunication: A qualitative study of preferences about kidney transplantation among African-Americans

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Episode 2: The Hype Around Home Dialysis

Friday, April 15, 2022 • Duration

On Episode 2, guests Dr.Janice Lea and Dr. Osama El Shamy join us for a discussion about home dialysis: it's history, why it's important, and their thoughts the future - including addressing of barriers to meet lofty Advancing American Kidney Health initiative goals and training of the nephrology workforce.

Nephrons: Elinor Mannon, Sam Kant, Matthew Sparks, Samira Farouk

Guests: Janice Lea, Osama El Shamy

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2:44 A Brief History of Home Hemodialysis (Blagg C)

4:26 The First US Outpatient Dialysis Unit: Seattle Artificial Kidney Center (Blagg C)

4:48 Dr. Albert Babb and the home dialysis unit for a 15 year-old

6:04 Controversy re: first home hemodialysis case (Shaldon)

11:13 Home Versus Facility Dialysis and Mortality in Australia and New Zealand (Marshall et al.)

11:13 An Incident Cohort Study Comparing Survival on Home Hemodialysis and Peritoneal Dialysis (Naudeau-Fredette et al.)

Episode 1: Ethics of Transplantation & Xenotransplantation

Thursday, March 24, 2022 • Duration

It's Episode 1 of The Nephron Segment! Join the Nephrons as we chat with Dr. Lilia Cervantes and Dr. Peter Reese and discuss ending emergency-only dialysis for undocumented immigrants in Colorado, ethics of transplantation, and xenotransplantation.

Nephrons: Elinor Mannon, Sam Kant, Matthew Sparks, Samira Farouk

Guests: Lilia Cervantes, Peter Reese

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11:20 Association of Citizenship Status With Kidney Transplantation in Medicaid Patients

11:51 Kidney transplantation in undocumented immigrants with ESRD: a policy whose time has come? (Linden et al.)

Organ donation among undocumented hispanic immigrants: an assessment of knowledge and attitudes (Baru et al.)

12:23 Undocumented immigrants apply for a driver’s license in CA

13:48 Racial disparities in preemptive waitlisting and deceased donor kidney transplantation: Ethics and solutions (Reese et al.)

20:25 Transplantation Ethics (Robert Veatch & Lainie F Ross)

Episode 14: Disaster Nephrology: Kidney Care During Crises

Friday, July 26, 2024 • Duration

It’s Episode 14 of The Nephron Segment! Join us as we chat with Dr. Mehmet Sukru Sever and Dr. Rasha Rashan and discuss disaster nephrology and kidney care during crises. To summarize Dr. Sever tells us "disasters are inevitable. And All countries around the globe are at risk of disasters, either natural or man made." We discuss what we might learn from prior disasters, what do expect in the future, and what we should do, as a nephrology community, to prepare for the worst.

Nephrons: Matthew Sparks, Samira Farouk

Guests: Mehmet Sukru Sever, Rasha Rashan

1:44: Marmara earthquake (1999)

2:35: Bingöl earthquake (2003)

2:44: Bam earthquake (2003)

2:57: Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF)

4:07: Some of Dr. Sever's Papers

4:35: "Destructive Disasters, trauma, crush injury, and beyond"

9:42: Kidney News 2024 Special Section

Episode 13: NephMadness & Dual-Organ Transplantation: Is 2 Better Than One?

Thursday, March 7, 2024 • Duration

It’s Episode 13 of The Nephron Segment and it's time for NephMadness! Join us as we chat with transplant nephrologist Dr. Roslyn Mannon & transplant hepatologist Dr. Elizabeth Aby and discuss all things dual-organ transplantation: liver-kidney, pancreas-kidney, kidney after liver, kidney after pancreas, or even kidney alone?! Listen to the end to hear everyone's picks for NephMadness 2024.

And to be clear, Dr. Mannon supported the Kansas City Chiefs before their Super Bowl 58 win.

Submit your NephMadness brackets here (just like March Madness!) by 3/31. Maximize your changes by submitting 2 brackets per email address.

Nephrons: Matthew Sparks, Samira Farouk

Guests: Roslyn Mannon, Lizzie Aby

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