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Anna Burgner MD MEHP

@annaburgner.bsky.social
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Kidney doctor @VUMC Health and PD for @VUMCKidney | MEHP from @HopkinsMEHP | posts are my own and do not represent medical advice

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American Journal of Kidney Diseases @ajkd.bsky.social · 17/01/2026
#NephMadness 2026: Meet the Gamemakers bit.ly/3Nk10Ap @nephrosparks.bsky.social @annaburgner.bsky.social @kidneywars.bsky.social @jrkott27.bsky.social @catochita.bsky.social @ssfarouk.bsky.social
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American Journal of Kidney Diseases @ajkd.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
#NephMadness 2025: The Effluent Eight bit.ly/43wtXzd @nephrosparks.bsky.social @annaburgner.bsky.social @kidneywars.bsky.social @jrkott27.bsky.social @catochita.bsky.social
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#NephMadness 2025: The Effluent Eight
It’s time to announce the winners of each region! Is your pick for the eventual champion still alive, or have your hopes been dashed by the Blue Ribbon Panel? Check out the Current Standings …
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Anna Burgner MD MEHP @annaburgner.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
The Effluent Eight from #NephMadness 2025 was just announced!! How is your bracket doing? What did the blue ribbon panel get right? ajkdblog.org/2025/04/02/n...
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#NephMadness 2025: The Effluent Eight
It’s time to announce the winners of each region! Is your pick for the eventual champion still alive, or have your hopes been dashed by the Blue Ribbon Panel? Check out the Current Standings …
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NephMadness @nephmadness.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
#NephMadness 2025: CAR-T for Kidney Disease Region bit.ly/NM25CART Teams: - CAR-T for Autoimmune Disease - CAR-T Side Effects Expert: @jeffsparks.bsky.social Writer: Yara Mouawad Execs: Dia Waguespack & @annaburgner.bsky.social
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#NephMadness 2025: CAR-T for Kidney Disease Region
Submit your picks! | @NephMadness | @nephmadness.bsky.social | NephMadness 2025 Selection Committee Member: Jeffrey Sparks @jeffsparks @jeffsparks.bsky.social Jeffrey A. Sparks is a rheumatologist …
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American Journal of Kidney Diseases @ajkd.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
#NephMadness 2025 Commentary by Kelly Birdwell: Obesity in Kidney Transplant Recipients – A Weighty Problem to Scale Back bit.ly/NM25Birdwell
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#NephMadness 2025: Obesity in Kidney Transplant Recipients – A Weighty Problem to Scale Back
Submit your picks! | @NephMadness | @nephmadness.bsky.social | NephMadness 2025   Kelly Birdwell Dr. Birdwell is a transplant nephrologist at Vanderbilt University Medical Center where she is focus…
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NephMadness @nephmadness.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
#NephMadness 2025 is live on the #AJKDBlog: bit.ly/WelcomeNM25 Topics include: - Resistant Hypertension - Obesity - Green House - Minimal Change Disease - Disaster Nephrology - Genetics - Hemodialysis - CAR-T for Kidney Disease Looking forward to the fun and learning with all of you!
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Welcome to #NephMadness 2025
Here it is, the 13th edition of NephMadness!  Whether you’re new to the competition or just want to relive past glories, we have all the info you need for NephMadness 2025: What is NephMadnes…
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Swapnil Hiremath 🍁🇨🇦 @hswapnil.medsky.social · 06/03/2025
Announcing the #NephJC internship, @nephjc.bsky.social and @kireports.bsky.social joining forces www.nephjc.com/intern-app for details and to apply! #NephSky
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NephJC Editorial Internship — NephJC
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NephMadness @nephmadness.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
#NephMadness 2025: CAR-T for Kidney Disease Region bit.ly/NM25CART Teams: - CAR-T for Autoimmune Disease - CAR-T Side Effects Expert: @jeffsparks.bsky.social Writer: Yara Mouawad Execs: Dia Waguespack & @annaburgner.bsky.social
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#NephMadness 2025: CAR-T for Kidney Disease Region
Submit your picks! | @NephMadness | @nephmadness.bsky.social | NephMadness 2025 Selection Committee Member: Jeffrey Sparks @jeffsparks @jeffsparks.bsky.social Jeffrey A. Sparks is a rheumatologist …
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NephMadness @nephmadness.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
#NephMadness 2025: Obesity in Kidney Transplant Region bit.ly/NM25Obesity Teams: - Obesity in Donors - Obesity in Recipients Experts: Swee-Ling Levea & Babak Orandi Writers: Alissa Ice & Trevor Stevens Execs: @annaburgner.bsky.social & @jrkott27.bsky.social
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#NephMadness 2025: Obesity in Kidney Transplant Region
Submit your picks! | @NephMadness | @nephmadness.bsky.social | NephMadness 2025 Selection Committee Member: Swee-Ling Levea @SweeLevea Swee-Ling Levea is an Associate Professor of Medicine at Unive…
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Anna Burgner MD MEHP @annaburgner.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
Happy #NephMadness 2025! Check out this years teams here: ajkdblog.org/2025/03/01/w... and then hop over to www.nephmadness.com to submit your 2 brackets!! @nephmadness.bsky.social @ajkd.bsky.social
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Welcome to #NephMadness 2025
Here it is, the 13th edition of NephMadness!  Whether you’re new to the competition or just want to relive past glories, we have all the info you need for NephMadness 2025: What is NephMadnes…
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American Journal of Kidney Diseases @ajkd.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
And the 1️⃣ post in our countdown of the Top Ten #NephMadness region posts from 2020-2024 is: 1️⃣ Cardiorenal Region (2022) 🎉 bit.ly/41saa2u Expert: @nishabansal.bsky.social and Sadiya Khan Writer: @drflashheart.bsky.social Exec: @ssfarouk.bsky.social @annaburgner.bsky.social
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Anna Burgner MD MEHP @annaburgner.bsky.social · 09/02/2025
Valentine’s Day ginger bread house making fun for the fellowship! Thanks to Dr. McCall for hosting! The winner of the most kidney themed ginger bread house goes to Dr. Clapp and Dr. Mir!
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Anna Burgner MD MEHP @annaburgner.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
Because someday we need a rainbow in our life!
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American Journal of Kidney Diseases @ajkd.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
This month's Fellowship Program Highlight: Authors Nicole E. Wyatt and Levan Gakhokidze are Nephrology Fellows at Vanderbilt University Medical Center under Program Director @annaburgner.bsky.social. Thank you for submitting this #Quiz! bit.ly/3DMjZyT (FREE)
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Anna Burgner MD MEHP @annaburgner.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
The amazing story of a colleague, Dr. Billy Hudson, and how he overcame abuse and poverty as a child, ultimately leading to founding the Aspirnaut program, through which he has inspired thousands of students to dream and pursue careers in STEM t.e2ma.net/share/inboun...
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Dr. Billy Hudson's story about Aspirnaut in @People
Aspirnaut™ and Billy Hudson, Ph.D. in People On January 18th, Dr. Billy Hudson and Aspirnaut™ were featured in an exclusive online article in @People. The article After Escaping 'Torture' and Poverty ...
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Anna Burgner MD MEHP @annaburgner.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
Huge congrats to my colleague Dr. JP Arroyo @vumc-insights.bsky.social on receiving the ASCI young physician scientist award! Such a well deserved honor! the-asci.org/controllers/...
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NephMadness @nephmadness.bsky.social · 07/01/2025
SAVE THE DATE: #NephMadness is just around the corner! Bracket submission opens March 1st and closes March 31st. Details: bit.ly/4frRAv3 @annaburgner.bsky.social @jrkott27.bsky.social @nephrosparks.bsky.social @kidneywars.bsky.social
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Save the Date for #NephMadness 2025
The new year is almost upon us!  Before we know it, it will be March again, and time for NephMadness 2025!   This year the tournament will officially begin on Saturday, March 1, 2025. If you w…
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Anna Burgner MD MEHP @annaburgner.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
Former VUMC kidney fellow all star Dr Jen Bergeron on the @ajkd.bsky.social blog discussing: Risks and Benefits: Is Maintenance Dialysis Associated with Becoming Frail? ajkdblog.org/2025/01/15/r...
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Risks and Benefits: Is Maintenance Dialysis Associated with Becoming Frail?
Jennifer Bergeron (@DrJennyBee) is an Assistant Professor of Medicine and the Assistant Nephrology Program Director at West Virginia University. She completed her residency at the University of Ver…
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Anna Burgner MD MEHP @annaburgner.bsky.social · 01/01/2025
Started out the new year with a 3 mile run before hospital rounds to #sockittokidneydisease!
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Anna Burgner MD MEHP @annaburgner.bsky.social · 24/12/2024
Mark your calendars!!! #Nephmadness is approaching! Now is the time to party plan!
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Anna Burgner MD MEHP @annaburgner.bsky.social · 14/12/2024
Nice review on the cross talk between glomeruli and tubules and the complex interplay between them that underlies progressive kidney injury. From two of my fantastic colleagues Dr. Harris and Dr. Fogo! @vumc-insights.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Crosstalk between glomeruli and tubules - Nature Reviews Nephrology
Glomerular injury and damage to the glomerular filtration barrier can promote the development of tubulointerstitial fibrosis. Here, the authors discuss potential mechanisms underlying this effect, as ...
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Anna Burgner MD MEHP @annaburgner.bsky.social · 14/12/2024
Wow!!! Congrats to all!! Vanderbilt urologists bring home AUA awards news.vumc.org/2024/12/12/v...
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Vanderbilt urologists bring home AUA awards
The American Urological Association is honoring several Vanderbilt Department of Urologic Surgery faculty.
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Anna Burgner MD MEHP @annaburgner.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
Quoting Dr. Jamie Dwyer “The price of euvolemia is azotemia” during todays renal grand rounds on acute heart failure congestion and the kidney! What is AKI when decongesting during CHF and what is just an appropriate increase in this setting? We clearly need better biomarkers in this setting!
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#NephMadness 2022: Cardiorenal Region
Submit your picks! | NephMadness 2022 | #NephMadness | #CardioRenal Selection Committee Member: Nisha Bansal @NishaKidneyDoc Nisha Bansal is an Associate Professor and the Arthur Stach Family Endow…
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Anna Burgner MD MEHP @annaburgner.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
Excited to share the incoming 2025 class of @vumc-insights.bsky.social nephrology Fellows!!!
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Anna Burgner MD MEHP @annaburgner.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
Hi #NephJC! Looking forward to tonight’s chat! Anna Burgner, fellowship program director at VUMC!
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Nephrology Journal Club @nephjc.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
👉Before we start, a few reminders! Are you new to #NephJC? Not sure what to do or how this works? Here is a quick rundown- pic made by @sstoneman.bsky.social We’ll get started in 30 min!
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Anna Burgner MD MEHP @annaburgner.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
Hi #nephJC! Anna Burgner, program director at VUMC here to chat dialysate potassium! No COI!
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Anna Burgner MD MEHP @annaburgner.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
I love my #NephJC sweatshirt! So soft and comfy and great for wearing during chats!
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Anna Burgner MD MEHP @annaburgner.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
Looking forward to tonight’s #NephJC and learning how to use Bluesky better!
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Anna Burgner MD MEHP @annaburgner.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
Obviously! #nephsky #NephJC check out all the nephrology starter packs: www.nephjc.com/news/2024/11...
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The BlueSky Migration — NephJC
What is BlueSky and why should you migrate? Because winter…is coming!
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Nephrology Journal Club @nephjc.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
Is adding SZC + 3K bath the solution to sudden death in dialysis? Join us this on #NephJC to discuss www.nephjc.com/news/potassi... #NephSky
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Potassium Rollercoaster Heartbreak — NephJC
This week, we will discuss the use of 3K dialysis bath with sodium zirconium cyclosilicate versus 2K bath and no potassium lowering medications in dialysis patients and the associated risk of arrhythm...
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Anna Burgner MD MEHP @annaburgner.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
Looking forward to tonight’s #NephJC!
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Anna Burgner MD MEHP @annaburgner.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
Blockbuster obesity drugs also may slow kidney disease news.vumc.org/2024/10/25/b... from @vumc-insights.bsky.social
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Blockbuster obesity drugs also may slow kidney disease
Vanderbilt research suggests that GLP-1 obesity drugs also may protect the kidney and reduce the progression of kidney disease.
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Anna Burgner MD MEHP @annaburgner.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
Congrats! Exciting news!
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Anna Burgner MD MEHP @annaburgner.bsky.social · 12/11/2024
In all seriousness, prior creatinines are the most helpful. I spend a lot of time trying to track down previous labs to help. Kidney size and echogenicity can give you clues but the most helpful is prior labs!
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Anna Burgner MD MEHP @annaburgner.bsky.social · 11/11/2024
The world felt like it needed more happy dog pictures….so here is Luna and Percy posing in front of some inflatable Halloween dogs!
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