@FissellIv is giving a #wfc13 keynote address on his work with #artificalkidneys. #Kidneyfailure is a major health problem. Huge gap between need and transplant availability.

@FissellIv at #wfc13 - kidneys are active filtration membranes and the solutions for an artifical kidney exist.

Don't Miss It! The Kidney Project Live! Decade of the Kidney™ is happening virtually on April 28th @ 4pmET w/ AAKP VP Ed Hickey, Dr. Fissell & Dr. Roy to discuss the role partnerships and advocacy can play in advancing the artificial kidney. Register now https://t.co/Xk8DcOuQ5v

Today at 1:00pm PT! Register to watch "The Decade of the Kidney" with Drs. Shuvo Roy and William Fissell, and AAKP's Edward Hickey III. See you there! https://t.co/kfj6J1p5To

The gap between "That's not possible" and "It doesnt seem that anyone has tried that" is called "The future"

Handing your patient your stethoscope and letting him hear his pleural friction rub.

I bought this book 12 yrs ago and have been waiting for a "good" time to start reading it. The time has come. It begins with the German/Soviet invasion of Poland in September 1939, using the same pretenses we are hearing today. I hope the similarity ends there.

This one rang so true

Super-excited about ARPA-H - a bold new program that will devote resources to true innovation and product development in healthcare https://t.co/FBbSsg6Lsf

When people are drowning, they’re less interested in the genetics of respiration than in a life preserver.

Pulmonary and Critical care have led the way in balancing a research portfolio of basic science and pragmatic trials of existing treatments

I think this is crucially important. The context here is mental health, but the issue is relevant in other medical disciplines as well.

Sharing some recent progress! https://t.co/ZVapUsfrWZ

#tspotter new tornado warning up in Williamson?

Theres been intense interest in autoimmune models of T1 diabetes and islet transplants and stem cells. Yet, its glucometers, insulin pumps, CGM that saves lives in T1 diabetes. Engineering saves lives while discovery science presses on.

We’re on the big board! This one's by Jessica Atlass Roscoe. Honored to have co-curated Picturing Pandemic Baltimore, an exhibition of photographs documenting our city’s experiences with COVID over these past months. See https://t.co/LXhlUNbbLP @BHMjournal

I once took care of a schizophrenic pt at the VA who had prostate CA and brachytherapy and a pacemaker/AICD. He was telling us docs had implanted a radioactive computer in him to monitor him. He was kinda right, actually.

Thank you to those who have fought for immunosuppressive drug coverage for many, many years!