The time has come for another cycle of the John E. Lewy Foundation Advocacy Scholars Program! As a member of the most recent cohort, I’ll borrow the words of a fellow “JELF squad” member and say that this has truly been a transformative experience. From learning about the program’s early…
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June 27, 2025 Dr Prasad Devarajan is a pediatric nephrologist at the Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center. He specializes in pediatric acute kidney injury and kidney stone disease. He has authored more than 350 peer-reviewed publications, 100 book chapters, and delivered more than 250 invited lectures nationally and internationally. Dr…
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Background:I am at Cedars-Sinai Guerin Children’s Hospital and the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA. I have been at Cedars-Sinai for 35 years and affiliated with UCLA for 49! I did my pediatric training at the wonderful Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh followed by a clinical pediatric nephrology fellowship at…
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Over the past few months, JELF members have been working hard to keep up with the rapidly changing landscape of healthcare funding and research. We have especially been focusing on proposed cuts to Medicaid. This topic has come into greater focus over the past month when the House Committee on…
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During these unsettling times with widespread cuts in federal aid for medical care, research and safety nets for the poor, it is important to look at the history of our field and learn from those visionaries who tackled challenges and founded our subspecialty. The foremost among those was Dr Henry…
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Join co-hosts Emily Zangla and Jordy Salcedo in this final episode of The Sediment 2025 covering the American Society of Pediatric Nephrology sessions at the recent Pediatric Academic Societies in Honolulu Hawaii. Deepa Chand walks us through the session on FDA drug approval in children, Amanda Clark and Juhi Kumar…
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Join co-hosts Emily Zangla and Jordy Salcedo in this second episode of The Sediment 2025 covering the American Society of Pediatric Nephrology sessions at the recent Pediatric Academic Societies in Honolulu Hawaii. Ari Pollack talks to us about artificial intelligence in the field of nephrology, Armish Jain and Jordy discuss…
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Join hosts Emily Zangla and Jordy Salcedo with moderators from four nephrology sessions at the 2025 Pediatric Academic Societies Conference in Honolulu, Hawaii. Taylor House highlights the palliative care session, Zubin Modi and Kelly Garrity discuss the nephrotic syndrome workshop, Scott Sutherland reviews the cardiorenal session and Tahagod Mohamed explains…
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ASN Kidney Week 2025, the world’s premier nephrology meeting, will take place from Wednesday, November 5, to Sunday, November 9, 2025, in Houston, TX. This meeting provides the opportunity to connect with experts, exchange knowledge, learn about the latest scientific medical advances, and listen to provocative discussions. Held at ASN Kidney Week, the…
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April 25–28, 2025 | Live at the ASPN Meeting during PAS We’re excited to announce the ASPN Scavenger Hunt – a fun, interactive way to connect, explore, and WIN during the PAS 2025 Meeting! 🎮 How It Works: Download the ASPN Go App, join the hunt, and complete exciting tasks…
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