The National Kidney Foundation (NKF) 2025 Spring Clinical Meetings (SCM) are currently underway, featuring several WashU Nephrology faculty members presenting their work.
Taking place from April 9-13, 2025, at the John B. Hynes Veterans Memorial Convention Center in Boston, MA, this annual gathering serves as NKF’s premier educational event that focuses on translating science into practice for the entire healthcare team. The SCM will feature a variety of sessions, including poster presentations, workshops, and corporate symposia.
Attendees have the chance to delve into groundbreaking innovations, advancements in research, and the latest clinical practices in the field of nephrology.
Our presenters this year:
Anuja Java, MD, Associate Professor of Medicine, presented two talks: “Complement Genetic and Functional Testing: When and What to Order and How to Interpret” and “Kidney TMA: Case Based Approach in the Glomerular Diseases: Updates and Management precourse session, Wednesday, April 9, 2025.
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Lisa Koester-Wiedemann, MSN, CS, ANP, CNN-NP, Nephrology Nurse Practitioner, speaks on “Caring For Patients with Anemia in CKD: Simplifying Protocols for Personalized Patient Care,” Saturday, April 12, 2025.
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Tingting Li, MD, MSCI, Professor of Medicine, delivered a presentation on “An FSGS Lesion on the Biopsy: How to Evaluate and Manage” and served as co-chair for the session Glomerular Diseases: Updates and Management, on Wednesday, April 9, 2025.
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Naoka Murakami, MD, Assistant Professor of Medicine, speaks on “Cancer in the Kidney Transplant Recipient” in the Personalizing Onconephrology Care session, Friday, April 11, 2025.
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Yasir Baloch, MBBS, second-year renal fellow, presented his poster titled “Dialysis Detective Story: Hypereosinophilia Associated Acute Intradialytic Hypotension,” which was displayed for the entirety of the session.
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Alex E. Calderon, MD, second-year renal fellow, presented his poster titled “An Unusual Case of Malignant Transformation: From Type Il Cryoglobulinemia MGRS to Lymphocytoplasmacytic Lymphoma.” which was displayed for the entirety of the session.
Pics from SCM25 (credit: @LoriBaker444 and @Myasirbaloch on X.
