Good Vibes

What do you call an elevator full of Nephrologists?

A lot of fun!

The high level of energy, enthusiasm and cameraderie of the teams that staff the general nephrology consults was captured in a selfie this week.

According to Dr. Steven Cheng (the very enthusiastic physician in the back of the photo) all 3 consult teams meet up in the afternoon to do teaching rounds. They had just finished rounds and were on their way en masse to pathology to review the slides of a patient who was biopsied the day before.

“Not a very professional picture, but it very much captures the fun vibe our teams have been having,” said Cheng.

Cast of Characters

Back: David Windus, MD, FACP Professor of Medicine, Nephrology/Internal Medicine; Steven Cheng, MD, Professor of Medicine, Nephrology/Internal Medicine; Frank Zhang, MD, 2^nd year fellow.

Middle: Sreelatha Katari, MD, 1^st year fellow; Daphne Xiao, 4^th year medical student doing an elective in nephrology; Janice Kim, 4^th year medical student doing an elective in nephrology and then Owais Bhatti, MD, 1^st year fellow.

Front: Karthikeyan Venkatachalam, MD, 2^nd year fellow taking the selfie, Deepa Amberker, MD, 1^st year fellow; Alex Thomas, MD, 2^nd year internal medicine resident doing renal elective; Will Ross, MD, MPH, Professor of Medicine, Nephrology/Internal Medicine; Nurelign Abebe, MD, 2^nd year fellow.