
Alejandra Mena-Gutierrez
@alejmenamd
🇨🇴🇺🇸Transplant Nephrologist, assistant professor, proud latina, mother and wife, inclusion and diversity advocate @Wakehealth
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19-04-2021 19:44:54
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⭐️new pub⭐️Ineligibility for federal insurance can lead to bad outcomes for undocumented people requiring dialysis. Some states provide dialysis care for undocumented immigrants- but which states, and how? A🧵 /1 Neil R. Powe Lilia Cervantes Annals of Int Med shorturl.at/lrzJV


Excited to share a special study that inspired camaraderie, community organizing, and changed healthcare policy in Colorado JAMA Network My dear friend and patient Hilda died in 2014. A few years later, we developed a peer support group for undocumented immigrants with kidney


Equity, Diversity & Inclusion #EDI in organ transplantation: ESOTtransplant survey results just published👉bit.ly/3KXjBhB


Thanks to Gary&Nancy Rosenthal, & #BarryFreedman for having me give Wake Forest Department of Internal Medicine Grand Rounds today, on World Kidney Day. Had a great time meeting w/wonderful people in Medicine, Pathology, and Tx. Surg, such as tx nephrologist Alejandra Mena-Gutierrez




Check out this write-up about the Women In Nephrology speakers’ bureau!! Take advantage of this initiative WIN has for YOU!!! Become a WIN member today to join the speakers’ bureau & get recognized for your expertise📢📢 womeninnephrology.org/membership/

A Holistic Framework for the Evaluation of Kidney Function in a Gender-Diverse Landscape buff.ly/3TvBw2x (FREE temporarily) Keila Turino Miranda David Collister @SofiaAhmedMD @ccolettep Sylvia Rosas,MD,MSCE Nathalie Saad UCalgaryMedicine UAlberta Med & Dent



Heard but Excluded: A Language Manifesto by Rose L. Molina, MD, MPH ⭐️ language concordance yields better quality/health outcomes yet language barriers persist ⭐️ approach: partner with patients to co-design solutions, expand multilingual workforce, and build multilingual research



🚗 NEW EPISODE! Learn how a culturally sensitive approach can improve living donation conversations. Tune in for expert insights on overcoming cultural barriers. 🎧 Listen now at kidney.org/podcasts/kidne… Alejandra Mena-Gutierrez Glenda V. Roberts 😷


