UTSW Nephrology

It’s a match! 🎉 We’re beyond excited to share our 2025 Match results and introduce you to our amazing incoming fellows! Welcome to the @UTSWNephrology family!

Big push for innovation in kidney care! ✨ As ASN President, @samirparikhmd Dr. Parikh is spotlighting the 2026 KidneyX’s $4M EMPOWER Prize to remove barriers and strengthen living kidney donation nationwide. 💙 #KidneyCare #ASN #PatientFirst

Full NEJM paper here 📰📎 - nejm.org/doi/full/10.10…

🗣️Original research publication @NEJM led by Dr. Jiang He in collaboration with @UTSWNephrology Dr. Jing Chen shows that a team-based care approach can improve blood pressure control!🩺 Proud of the positive impact on our patients💖 Check it out here👇👇👇 utsouthwestern.edu/newsroom/artic…

So proud of our fellow Danny Yang, MD 👏 Outstanding RGR on complement inhibitors in C3G, IgAN & ANCA GN—making a complex, evolving space practical. Packed room and great discussion! Our trainee community is strong 🔥

🎉 Celebrating Scientific Excellence! Congratulations to Dr. June Song on receiving the Basic Science Award at the 2026 Donald W. Seldin Research Symposium 🧪🏆 - A well-deserved achievement! 👏 Mentors: Dr. Vishal Patel & Dr. Ronak Lakhia @Vishal_D_Patel @RonakLakhia1

Our fellows showing up and representing nephrology at the Annual Seldin Symposium 💙 Proud of this group. 🔬

Thank you @kdjhaveri for highlighting my editorial *Champions and Change* in this issue of ASN Kidney News! We have unique and powerful stories to tell in Nephrology, together and for every audience out there 🙏

Innovation in Training🧠✨ Meet RenalScholar - Our Nephrology fellowship proudly launched this platform built to support fellows through personalized learning, board prep, and evidence-based practice! Just one of the many tools we offer to support our fellows during training!📖🩺

🚀 Introducing RenalScholar — built by @UTSWNephrology team An AI-powered platform designed to meet you where you are 👇 🧠 Question bank 🎥 Lecture navigator 📊 Study appraisal tool 📚 Landmark papers 🔗 Explore: renalscholar.vercel.app 🎬 Demo: vimeo.com/1178728228

The DETAILS 👀 📸 Photo backdrop 🎭 Custom props 🖼️ Custom photo frame 🧁 Cupcakes Every detail brought the night to life 🔥 🚨 Operation Homeostasis = SUCCESS 🚨 #NephMadness #NephMadnessParty

💥 @NephMadness PARTY #2 💥 Photo booth? ICONIC 📸 This right here… the REAL mission accomplished 💥 #NephMadness #NephMadnessParty

💥 @NephMadness PARTY #2 💥 The bracket was fun—but THIS? This was the real win 💥 Fellows. Alumni. Faculty. Families. All together, just having fun. 🧵⬇️ #NephMadness #NephMadnessParty

⚔️ NEPHMADNESS CHAMPION NLP (AI) 🆚 POCUS in AKI Algorithms vs ultrasound. ⚡ In a final showdown— 🏆 NLP (AI) takes it ALL 👑 @lakhani_laila remains UNDEFEATED No POWs for her 💥❌ Bracket complete and submitted! Mission accomplished. 🚨 #NephMadness #NephMadnessParty

⚔️ RIGHT KIDNEY FINAL C3G Treatment 🆚 POCUS in AKI Mentor @stephanietr612 vs Mentee… now colleagues ⚡ A full circle moment. When it was all said and done— 🏆 POCUS in AKI takes the win 💥 C3G Treatment gets the POW #NephMadness #NephMadnessParty

🚨 @Nephmadness OPERATION HOMEOSTASIS: RIGHT KIDNEY DEPLOYED 🚨 Right side of the bracket. Final battles. Same rules. Higher stakes. And this time: we had special helpers… mini trolls ready to deliver the POWs 💥😄 Let’s finish this. ⚡ 🧵⬇️ #NephMadnessParty #NephMadness

💥 #NephMadness LEFT KIDNEY SECURED 💥 Left side of the bracket = decided. Winners crowned. But the real win? The energy, the battles, the FUN 🔥 And.... the PIZZA 🍕😋 Plot twist: 🤖 might be taking over… We’re not done yet 👀 Part 2 coming soon ⚡ #NephMadnessParty

🐱⚔️🐶 BATTLE #4: ANIMAL HOUSE 💥 MEOW vs BARK 💥 Fellows: June Song (Cats) vs Pranav Prakash (Dogs) Claws were out… but the bark was louder 🏆 Dogs win 💥 Cats = POW #NephMadnessParty #NephMadness

🚨 #NephMadness OPERATION HOMEOSTASIS: LEFT KIDNEY FULL REPORT 🚨 Left bracket deployed. 4 battles. ⚔️4 showdowns. One advances. Everyone else? POW 💥 Let the @nephmadness begin. 🧵⬇️ ⚡ #NephMadnessParty #NephMadness