Umar Farooq, MD, MS, MBA

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Umar Farooq, MD, MS, MBA

Umar Farooq, MD, MS, MBA

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Interim SVP-Chief Medical Officer @PennStHershey Hershey Medical Center | Academic Nephrologist; |Tweets my own views.

Hershey, Pennsylvania, USA Joined Haziran 2009
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NEJM@NEJM·
Presented at #ERA25: In the CONFIDENCE trial in persons with chronic kidney disease and type 2 diabetes, combination therapy with finerenone and empagliflozin led to a greater reduction in the urinary albumin-to-creatinine ratio than either drug alone. Full trial results: nej.md/4jEVbbk @ERAkidney
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MBA with busy clinical work, ongoing research & teaching activities, growing families and advancing careers— the online MBA option at @SmealCollege made it achievable for us. #LifelongLearning #weare @FA_VascularMD @PSUWorldCampus
Penn State Smeal@SmealCollege

Faisal Aziz & Umar Farooq began their #PennState Smeal OMBA journey together & crossed the finish line last weekend! As physicians, they sought to better understand the business side of health care to amplify physicians' voices: ow.ly/XSsv50SWehN @SmealPGP @PSUWorldCampus

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GLP1RA is the fourth pillar for renal protection in diabetic kidney diseases after ACE-I/ARB, SGLT2 inhibitors and MRAs. Great to have RCT data to support #DiabeticKidneyDisease #CardioRenalProtection
NEJM@NEJM

Presented at #ERA24: FLOW trial: In patients with type 2 diabetes and chronic kidney disease, weekly semaglutide significantly reduced risks of major kidney events, cardiovascular events, and death from any cause while slowing loss of kidney function. nej.md/44U3slP

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I m extremely grateful to the wonderful team behind the ‘KIDNEY UPDATES 2022’ Nasrollah Ghahramani Robin Asick Kristy Washinger Phyllis Hicks Rebecca Brown Michelle Carrager Kim Mentzer Rajiv Sharma @kidneyupdates22 #KidneyUpdates
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Kidney Updates 2022
Kidney Updates 2022@kidneyupdates22·
The annual Kidney Updates Conference is happening on August 23, 2022, in Hershey, PA. This year, the meeting has been organized as a hybrid event, with options to attend in person, or virtually. Registrations will open soon. #kcpa #pennstatehealth #kidneycare #kidneyupdates22
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