The Filtrate:
Joel Topf
Swapnil Hiremath
Josh Waitzman
Sophia Ambruso
With Special Guest:
Anna Vinakova Associate Professor of Medicine at Virginia Commonwealth University. NephMadness Executive.
Vanuja Java is a transplant nephrologist at Washington University in St. Louis, MO. Her research involves functional characterization of genetic variants in complement-mediated diseases. She co-chairs the ClinGen complement gene curation expert panel.
Editor:
Sophia Ambruso
Show Notes:
#NephMadness 2023: Thrombotic Microangiopathy Region
TMA Review article in the NEJM from 2014: Syndromes of Thrombotic Microangiopathy
Dr. Anuja Java Co-chairs Working Group in an International Committee for Revising aHUS Nomenclature
Nephrology Secrets 4th Edition at Amazon
University of Iowa Genetic testing for aHUS
Early Eculizumab Withdrawal in Patients With Atypical Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome in Native Kidneys Is Safe and Cost-Effective: Results of the CUREiHUS Study. KI reports. This is the Netherlands study. They used home urine dipsticks to monitor for relapses.
Clinical promise of next-generation complement therapeutics Nature reviews. Drug Discovery
Tubular Secretions
Swap: Neuromancer and the works of William Gibson (@GreatDismal)
Sophia: The Magicians on Netflix
Anna: Recommends nephrology. Says it is awesome.
Anuja: Dope Sick on Hulu and Women in Nephrology mentor program
Josh: Mobituaries with Mo Rocca. Specifically “Death of a Banana”
Joel: Ivory by TapBot