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🤲🏽 Proud to start #DonateLifeMonth 2026 sharing our new @JASN_News article “Evaluation and Counseling of Living Kidney Donor Candidates.”💙💚 📖In this review, we highlight new research that has changed the landscape of the evaluation and counseling of donor candidates, focused on emerging information since the 2017 @goKDIGO #LivingDonor Guideline 📊 🤝🏽@SAHusainMD | @yasar_caliskan | @SSMHealthSTL | @SSMHealth | @DonateLife🫶 👇🏽Read today @JASN_News: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41805749/

Screening Using Chronic Kidney Disease Epidemiology Collaboration 2021 Equation Glomerular Filtration Rate Underestimates in Living Kidney Donors Compared With Measurement of Glomerular Filtration Rate @OscarGarciaMD @NaimSIssa journals.lww.com/transplantatio…

Happy to share our recent publication in Digital Health! 😊📄 "Generative AI and large language model evaluation of kidney donation websites: Benchmarking health literacy, sentiment, and digital engagement to optimize donor recruitment" 🔗 journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/20… Kidney transplantation remains one of the most effective therapies for ESKD, yet severe organ shortages persist. As we continue to advance AI in nephrology, it is crucial that we apply these tools to all aspects of the patient journey and overall kidney care. In this study, we explored a critical but often overlooked barrier: how kidney donation information is presented online. Using a structured evaluation of 27 major U.S. kidney donation websites, combined with a generative AI framework (LLM-based sentiment and tone analysis), here is what we found: 🔹 Readability remains a major challenge: The average reading grade level is ~12.3, with many sites written at a college level. 🔹 Content is solid: Information is generally accurate and neutral-to-positive in tone. 🔹 Digital engagement is limited: There are few interactive tools and minimal personalization. 🔹 Growth potential: Significant opportunities exist to improve inclusivity, accessibility, and patient-centered communication. Importantly, this work demonstrates how artificial intelligence can move beyond clinical prediction into the practical, scalable evaluation of real-world patient education systems. 💡 🎯 The Takeaway: Improving health literacy and digital engagement is not just a communication issue—it is a transplant access and equity issue. AI offers a path to systematically optimize these platforms, potentially increasing donor awareness and transforming the future of kidney care. Incredibly grateful to collaborate with such an outstanding team on this work! 🙏🏻 🔗 Read the full Open Access article here: doi.org/10.1177/205520… 📌 Authors: Benjamin Bizer, Oscar Garcia Valencia, Jose Arriola-Montenegro, Charat Thongprayoon, Jing Miao, Iasmina M. Craici, Wisit Cheungpasitporn Best regards, Wisit Cheungpasitporn, MD, FACP, FASN, FAST Professor of Medicine, Mayo Clinic Advocate for AI in kidney care @MayoClinicNeph @jingmiao2019 @josearriolam @OscarGarciaMD #AIinNephrology #KidneyCare #KidneyTransplant #HealthLiteracy #DigitalHealth #TransplantEquity #GenerativeAI #MayoClinic #PatientEducation

Eager to share our review "Updates in guidelines and policy for selection, care, and aftercare of the Living #KidneyDonor" @KristaLentine @KidneyBea_n #livingkidneydonation #kidneytransplant pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41846389/

🌟Celebrating Glenda V. Roberts, Chair of the #CommunityAdvisoryCouncil (#CAC) at @ApolloNetwork13 🏆 Recipient of the 2026 Derek Forfang #PatientAdvocate Award 🎖️ Presented by Ardelyx, Inc. at NKF Spring Clinicals (May 2026) A powerful voice in kidney research 🧬 and CKD advocacy, Glenda has served on 15+ advisory committees and contributed to 50+ publications 📚, bridging clinical science with patient lived experience. Her leadership spans the Kidney Precision Medicine Project and board roles with the Kidney Health Institute, LifeCenter Northwest, and Critical Path Institute 🌍. A true trailblazer ✨ and the first to receive both the @ASNKidney President’s Award and the @NKF Celeste Castillo Lee Patient Engagement Award. Congratulations, @itsglendar ! 👏🏽 🎉 🙏🏽Thank you for your incredible impact on the #APOLLOStudy and beyond.

March is #NationalKidneyMonth 🧡 1 in 7 adults has kidney disease and many don’t know it. This March, help us spread awareness by: • Sharing this post • Encouraging loved ones to know their numbers • Starting conversations about kidney health #KidneyHealth

With decades of kidney care advocacy under his belt, Sidney The Kidney is preparing for a well-earned retirement. Now, his younger cousin, Kenny The Kidney, is stepping up as NKF’s new Chief Kidney Officer. bit.ly/4aGRLCc

🧡 @NKF_KSMO #CelebrationOfExcellence | 75th Anniversary ‘Heroes Awards’, March 2026🏅 What HEROES Means in Kidney Care 🤲🏽 Humbled & honored to be one of 75 individuals across the country recognized with the @nkf #HeroesAward, as part of NKF’s 75th Anniversary celebration, along with amazing #Missouri women Nicole Birkett-Brunkhorst➕ Laurie Hines 🏅 🫶 When I think about heroes in #KidneyCare, I think about the extraordinary people who make this work possible every day. 🔵 Dialysis units beginning their day before sunrise 🔵 Transplant teams working together with precision and compassion 🔵 Living donors whose generosity changes lives 🔵 Families who support patients with unwavering hope In many ways, the word #HEROESreflects the principles that guide kidney care: H — Humanity E — Equity R — Resilience O — Opportunity E — Education S — Shared Purpose 🤝🏽 These values shape our work every day. Progress in kidney health comes from compassion, collaboration, and shared commitment across the kidney community. 🙏🏽 Grateful to be part of a community working together to advance kidney health and support kidney patients and living donors. 🫶 @AlizaAnwarMemo1 | @renginels | @HoujeijNourhan | @AbualrubFadee | @hjschlachter | @SuperChaperone | @amywaterman | @AvaDelonai6124 | @UchennaAgbim | @RaviNayakMD | @NKF_NephPros | @SSMHealth | @slusom 🤝🏽 📸 Sharing moments from the NKF St. Louis ‘Celebration of Excellence’ event at The Sheldon Concert Hall | March 5, 2026 🎶 (Post 2 of 3👇🏽) 🧡 #KidneyHeroes #KidneyHealth #LivingDonation #Transplantation #Nephrology #Teamwork #NationalKidneyMonth 🧡

The hallway. The moment when your bed starts moving and your family can’t follow anymore, understanding that your life is about to change. The space #BetweenGoodbyeandHope It’s where fear, courage, and trust all exist at the same time #Transplant #PatientVoice @AASLDtweets

Humbled by JASN publication. Our findings call for reforms: 1- OPTN waitlist time credit for preemptive (before dialysis) kidney transplant. 2- IOTA metric for preemptive #Transplant. @asnpublications @AST_LDCOP @UCIrvine @KristaLentine @kamkalantar journals.lww.com/jasn/fulltext/…

I am grateful for our collaboration across the U.S. to advance telemedicine care delivery in transplantation. Working together with amazing collaborators @AST_LDCOP #Telemedicine @KristaLentine @VineetaKumar8 @UCIrvine

Congratulations Dr. Barrett on your successful epidemiology defense today - now back to clinicals! 👏🎉👏🎉 @LDGB97 @uiowapedneph @IowaMSTP @IowaMed

LDC publication spotlight | A Survey Study of Liver Donors' Information Needs on Recipient Outcomes in High-Risk Donation Scenarios | ow.ly/EaCv50Xq5jc #livingdonors #transplantation #transplant

Searching for a new #kidney: Around the world and right back to Colorado’s breathtaking Wet Mountain Valley | ow.ly/Na9F50Xq85s #livingdonors #kidneytransplant #transplant #transplantation #fridayreads #weekendreads

For #LiverAwarenessMonth (October) , SRTR took a look at the most recent #liver #transplantation numbers in the U.S. #livertransplant #transplant

A wonderful collaboration with Abhishek Kumar and @MonaDoshiMD !! Thankful for the opportunity. Take a 👀

🔥academic debate: more or fewer LDLT in 5 years with machine perfusion happening at TLM2025 @NorthupHepTXP @AASLDtweets #liverTwitter @AST_LDCOP @HowardTLeeMD @NYULH_GastroHep

📢 New Publication Alert! 🧬 Our manuscript “Non-HLA Genetics and Application to Living Donor Candidates” is now published online in Current Transplantation Reports. Grateful to my co-authors & collaborators for this work! Please take a look😊 rdcu.be/eEsjB

Anti-obesity medications have revolutionized #obesity treatment with significant weight loss outcomes. #Nutrition2025 has explored strategies that optimize nutritional care for lasting success for #weightloss therapy.

At @uabmedicine we welcome the Transplant Games 2024 to Birmingham, Alabama! July 5-10. Great to have you in the Magic City.