Yale Nephrology Family 💙

Our 2nd year nephrology-crit care fellow Laura Aponte Becerra, MD. presenting an in depth review of the complement system in kidney disease this morning! Fun topic!

Our favorite organ sending us (specifically Laura Aponte Becerra, MD.) some good vibes on a busy Friday!! 💟

Many treats this AM on another interview Friday: Dr. B’s (👑Ursula Brewster) favorite, Lithuanian coffee cake from Claire's CornerCopia, for her birthday from the fellows (👏Emily Moss for organizing!), & Anna Qian presenting a phenomenal talk on immune dysfunction in ESKD!

📸 2nd year Yale Neph Crit Care fellow Laura Aponte Becerra, MD. presenting at Internal Medicine mini-rounds in Kampala on her 6 week Uganda Global Health rotation! Having an incredible experience with our partners at Makerere University Makerere University Hospital ! 🌍 Yale Internal Medicine Yale School of Medicine Global Health @ Yale

🔥 Laura Aponte Becerra, MD. & Yale Nephrology donated the POCUS equipment to Mulago National Referral Hospital Renal unit. 🔥 Laura taught residents, medical students and also visited African Community Center for Social Sustainability , ACCESS SCHOOL OF NURSING AND MIDWIFERY & Nakasero Hospital for a true global health experience! Masereka Tomson Dr. Oriba Dan Langoya #MUYU

Thank you so much, Dr. Kalyesubula Robert Kalyesubula,MD, FISN(USA), PhD-FRCP(London) and Dr. Bagasha Peace Bagasha, for the time, teaching, and dedication, I learned a lot from you! Special thanks to Yale Nephrology, Global Health @ Yale, and Makerere University for making this possible.

2nd year Neph-crit care fellow Laura Aponte Becerra, MD. flew across the 🌎 from her global health rotation in Uganda to American Society of Nephrology in San Diego to present her case with Deepthi Gunasekaran at #KidneyWk - Influenza B triggering aHUS in a patient w/ CBC disease carrier state + CFH mutation!

All smiles from fellows and faculty to be here together in sunny San Diego at American Society of Nephrology #KidneyWk! Ursula Brewster Lloyd Cantley Menaka Sarav Anna Qian Saieda Alleyne Laura Aponte Becerra, MD.

📸 Laura Aponte Becerra, MD. presenting her second poster of the conference on a case of MCD and HCG-mediated thyrotoxicosis during pregnancy with Maryam Gondal, and Saieda Alleyne!

Thanks to American Society of Nephrology for another amazing #KidneyWk and for the opportunity to share our research. It was a wonderful experience to reconnect with old friends, meet new ones, and learn from leading experts in the field. Especial thanks to Mayo Clinic Nephrology for making it possible.

Special congratulations to our 2nd year Nephrology fellows Saad Alshihri and Adrian Llama for matching into Yale CC fellowship!! Along with Laura Aponte Becerra, MD., there is a lot of Neph Crit Care representation here at Yale PCCSM ! Ursula Brewster Arundati Rao Yale Internal Medicine

Dr. Laura Aponte Becerra, MD. used Renal Rounds this AM to share with us her reflections & takeaways from her fellowship experience as a Global Health @ Yale scholar in Uganda this year! So grateful for our partnership with Makerere University Makerere University Hospital making impactful experiences like this possible!

This week, I've been thinking about pain. And David Lynch. The former, because of a very cool study in @JAMANeurology which I'll tell you about in a second. The latter because Dune 1984 and Twin Peaks were transformative to my childhood. (Thread)

International food day for the fellows with a surprise appearance by one of our favorite visitors, Yale University PD’s Heidi!! 🐶🐾 Special thanks to Anushree Shirali and Maryam Gondal for organizing every year! Yale Internal Medicine Yale School of Medicine

The GLP-1 receptor agonists (like Ozempic and Mounjaro) are wildly effective weight-loss agents. But are they COST-effective? That's a trickier question. And a new study just out in JAMA Health Forum provides an answer. A resounding "no." (Thread)