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Deidra C. Crews, MD, ScM

@drdeidracrews.bsky.social
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Professor @hopkinsneph @JHUWelchCenter|Deputy Director @jhhealthequity|Director, Doctoral Diversity Program| Past-President @ASNKidney| 🏐Mom|Love 🎾|Posts=my views| #NephSky

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ASN Publications @asnpublications.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
In her Kidney Week 2024 Presidential Address, Dr. Deidra Crews praised kidney health professionals and advocates for redefining the standard for kidney health and encouraged them to continue #RedefiningTheStandard. bit.ly/JASN0715 #ASNJASN @drdeidracrews.bsky.social
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Deidra C. Crews, MD, ScM @drdeidracrews.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
Aww! It was a great pleasure to be included in the @asnkidney.bsky.social AKI B2B Conference!
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Deidra C. Crews, MD, ScM @drdeidracrews.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
For those curious about the advocacy efforts of @asnkidney.bsky.social during these challenging times, this article by POTASN, @roy-chaudhury.bsky.social provides a great summary www.asn-online.org/policy/kidne...
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American Society of Nephrology | Advocacy & Public Policy - Kidney Health Advocacy
Learn more about ASN's advocacy efforts in support of kidney health research.
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Deidra C. Crews, MD, ScM @drdeidracrews.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
In our Mid-Atlantic Center for Cardiometabolic Health Equity (MACCHE) mtg, Dr. Lisa Cooper reminded us of a quote by MLK, Jr. -- "'Darkness Cannot Drive Out Darkness; Only Light Can Do That'. Pretty fitting message of encouragement for a research team named 'MACCHE'🔥 @jhhealthequity.bsky.social
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ASN Publications @asnpublications.bsky.social · 02/03/2025
Food insecurity for adults receiving in-center hemodialysis is linked to fluid or electrolyte-related hospitalization, with younger adults potentially more susceptible to these consequences. bit.ly/CJASN0657 #ASNCJASN @drdeidracrews.bsky.social
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ASN Publications @asnpublications.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
🚨ASN Kidney Health Guidance on the Outpatient Management of Patients with Dialysis-Requiring Acute Kidney Injury is now available! Learn how early identification can lead to improvement in kidney function and optimize chances of recovery. Now Available in JASN 🔗 bit.ly/ASNKHG #ASNJASN
ASN Kidney Health Guidance on the Outpatient Management of Patients with Dialysis-Requiring Acute Kidney Injury
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ASNKidney @asnkidney.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
⏳ Only two weeks left to nominate! ⏳ Celebrate the leaders, mentors, and changemakers in nephrology with an ASN Midcareer Award! 🌟 Recognize their incredible work and dedication to the field. 🏆 Nominations close Friday, March 7, 2025. Don’t wait!➡️ bit.ly/Midcareer25
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Deidra C. Crews, MD, ScM @drdeidracrews.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
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22 states sue to block Trump administration cuts to NIH research payments
Attorneys general sued the Trump administration to block a NIH decision that would slash grant payments for research overhead
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Deidra C. Crews, MD, ScM @drdeidracrews.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
Nominate your deserving colleague for an @asnkidney.bsky.social Midcareer Award!! www.asn-online.org/about/awards...
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American Society of Nephrology | Awards - Home
Get information on ASN awards, deadlines, and recipients.
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Deidra C. Crews, MD, ScM @drdeidracrews.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
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Doctors opposing RFK Jr. rally in the lead-up to his confirmation
Many health professionals are lining up against Trump's pick for health secretary. They say his anti-vaccine views could cost lives. Some of his supporters embrace his stance.
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Prabir Roy-Chaudhury @roy-chaudhury.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
First ASN Council call of 2025. Honored to be working with this incredible group of leaders! @drdeidracrews.bsky.social
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Prabir Roy-Chaudhury @roy-chaudhury.bsky.social · 13/01/2025
Delighted to be leading an outstanding faculty at ASN Highlights India at Bangalore @asnkidney.bsky.social @drdeidracrews.bsky.social
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Deidra C. Crews, MD, ScM @drdeidracrews.bsky.social · 09/01/2025
#NephSky don’t forget to nominate your deserving colleague for an award! Due Jan 24th www.asn-online.org/about/awards/
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American Society of Nephrology | Awards - Home
Get information on ASN awards, deadlines, and recipients.
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anil oza @aniloza.bsky.social · 07/01/2025
In case you missed it, last week we covered a study in JAMA related to this issue by Kadija Ferryman, @iwashyna.bsky.social, @drdeidracrews.bsky.social @cshachar.bsky.social et al www.statnews.com/2024/12/30/f...
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Fixing pulse oximeters requires federal might and possible legal action, researchers say
The devices remain unreliable in darker skinned people. Researchers say more guidance, enforcement and even legal action may be needed to spur improvement.
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Deidra C. Crews, MD, ScM @drdeidracrews.bsky.social · 07/01/2025
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FDA issues draft guidance to improve accuracy of pulse oximeters for people with darker skin tones | CNN
Years of research have showed that pulse oximeters yield less accurate readings for people with darker skin tones, and now the US Food and Drug Administration is proposing guidance to help make these ...
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Deidra C. Crews, MD, ScM @drdeidracrews.bsky.social · 01/01/2025
*new pub alert* Work with @iwashyna.bsky.social and others that we hope join #MedSky soon! Appreciate the thread by JAMA. Hope it draws attn to this colossal issue. @jhhealthequity.bsky.social
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Paul A. Welling, MD @pawellingmd.bsky.social · 01/01/2025
Summer Undergraduate Program in Kidney Science (SUPerKS) provides talented students the unique opportunity to explore research and physician-scientist careers in the kidney field with exposure to the practice of medicine. hopkinsmedicine.org/nephrology/e... Applications due by February 1, 2025
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Summer Undergraduate Program in Kidney Science (SUPerKS)
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Deidra C. Crews, MD, ScM @drdeidracrews.bsky.social · 31/12/2024
Today marks my last day as President @asnkidney.bsky.social. It’s been an amazing yr thx to the dedication of ASN leaders, volunteers and staff. Congrats to my friend, 2025 President, Dr Prabir Roy-Chaudhury, who I know will lead ASN and the broader kidney community to new heights!
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Deidra C. Crews, MD, ScM @drdeidracrews.bsky.social · 22/12/2024
Awe yeah!! RAVENS!!!!
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Deidra C. Crews, MD, ScM @drdeidracrews.bsky.social · 19/12/2024
www.healio.com/news/nephrol...
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Bill to expand financial support for living kidney donors progresses in Washington
Legislation that would expand eligibility for reimbursement of certain expenses related living organ donation passed the House and was introduced in the Senate, according to the website Congress.gov.C...
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Deidra C. Crews, MD, ScM @drdeidracrews.bsky.social · 18/12/2024
A new episode of Aging Fast & Slow has just been released! Dr. Sarah Szanton @hopkinsnursing.bsky.social and I recap some of the powerful discussions we have had w/ guests this past season! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a...
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The Best of Aging Fast & Slow: A Recap of Powerful Conversations
Podcast Episode · Aging Fast & Slow · 12/18/2024 · 22m
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Deidra C. Crews, MD, ScM @drdeidracrews.bsky.social · 18/12/2024
Very proud to share that the entry of our team of faculty, staff and students, titled ‘No More CKM’ won the annual @johnshopkinssph.bsky.social Welch Center Gingerbread House competition! #NephSky, be sure to check out the kidney! 😁 @jhhealthequity.bsky.social
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ASNKidney @asnkidney.bsky.social · 16/12/2024
🚨 Now Hiring: ASN is seeking an Editor-in-Chief for Kidney360 🌟 Lead innovation in nephrology, drive research, and shape the future of kidney care. Apply by Jan 31, 2025. Apply today. 👉 bit.ly/Kidney360EIC #Kidney360 #Nephrology #JobAlert
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Deidra C. Crews, MD, ScM @drdeidracrews.bsky.social · 18/12/2024
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Surgeons successfully transplant genetically edited pig kidney into living recipient
A woman from Alabama is the latest to receive a gene-edited pig kidney in a recent xenotransplantation at NYU Langone Health, according to a university press briefing. “We know much now about wh...
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Deidra C. Crews, MD, ScM @drdeidracrews.bsky.social · 14/12/2024
Wonderful time 2day at our annual leadership mtg of @asnkidney.bsky.social, @theisn.org & European Renal Association. Appreciate the warm hospitality (including Parmesan 🧀) of ERA at their ofc in Parma 🇮🇹 Our work together 4 the global kidney community continues! @samirparikhmd.bsky.social #NephSky
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Deidra C. Crews, MD, ScM @drdeidracrews.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
It's that time of year again, #NephSky, time to nominate your deserving colleague for an @asnkidney.bsky.social award! Nominations are due Jan 24th. www.asn-online.org/about/awards/
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American Society of Nephrology | Awards - Home
Get information on ASN awards, deadlines, and recipients.
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Deidra C. Crews, MD, ScM @drdeidracrews.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
Important work out of the @asnkidney.bsky.social Health Care Justice Committee Immigration Status Checks, Emergency Medicaid Utilization, and Health Care Access for Uninsured Individuals with Kidney Disease @cervantes-lily1.bsky.social @jmteakell.bsky.social journals.lww.com/jasn/citatio...
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Immigration Status Checks, Emergency Medicaid Utilization,... : Journal of the American Society of Nephrology
An abstract is unavailable. This article is available as a PDF only.
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Deidra C. Crews, MD, ScM @drdeidracrews.bsky.social · 07/12/2024
So excited to welcome Dr Griffith as our speaker for next week’s joint Welch Center/Center for Health Equity speaker! Wed, 12/11. Hybrid meeting so I hope you’ll tune in!
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Deidra C. Crews, MD, ScM @drdeidracrews.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
Sharing my final Kidney News update as President @asnkidney.bsky.social www.kidneynews.org/view/journal...
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Deidra C. Crews, MD, ScM @drdeidracrews.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
Match update for #NephSky from data guru Kurtis Pivert. @asnkidney.bsky.social
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Deidra C. Crews, MD, ScM @drdeidracrews.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
Such a pleasure yesterday 2 participate in a discussion on kidney health at the National Black Caucus of State Legislators mtg along w/ friends from @nkf-professionals.bsky.social & @americankidneyfund.bsky.social. The legislators had great questions & ideas 4 solutions! @asnkidney.bsky.social
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Deidra C. Crews, MD, ScM @drdeidracrews.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
Happy Fellowship Match Day to all of #MedSky, especially #NephSky! 🤩
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Deidra C. Crews, MD, ScM @drdeidracrews.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
Great to see the final Increasing Organ Transplant Access (IOTA) model rule from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation released. @asnkidney.bsky.social @nkf-professionals.bsky.social www.healio.com/news/nephrol...
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New federal model for increasing kidney transplants begins July 1
CMS and HHS finalized a federal rule aimed at increasing the number of kidney transplants and addressing disparities among potential organ recipients, according to a CMS press release. “The goa...
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Deidra C. Crews, MD, ScM @drdeidracrews.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
In the RICH LIFE Project, cluster-RCT testing an intervention to ⬆️BP control and ⬇️disparities, we deployed a Remote Collaborative Specialist Panel aimed at the comprehensive & coordinated management of pts w/ HTN & comorbidities. Manuscript on our approach is pub'd: journals.lww.com/qmhcjournal/...
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Remote Collaborative Specialist Panel Deployment to Address ... : Quality Management in Healthcare
o their more socially advantaged counterparts. We used a mixed-methods approach to describe the deployment of a Remote Collaborative Specialist Panel intervention aimed at the comprehensive and coordi...
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Deidra C. Crews, MD, ScM @drdeidracrews.bsky.social · 24/11/2024
*New Pub Alert* Led by Dr Marlena C Fisher, postdoc at National Human Genome Research Institute/NIH, we found that informal advance care planning conversations occur more frequently than written directives among Black adults with kidney failure journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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Deidra C. Crews, MD, ScM @drdeidracrews.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
I had such a great time at UNC today as the DeFriese Distinguished Lecturer in HSR and Health Policy for the Cecil Sheps Center for Health Services Research!
Honored to have my name added to this list of lecturers!Photo with Dr. Gordon DeFrieseThe paint everything Carolina blue here!
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Deidra C. Crews, MD, ScM @drdeidracrews.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
Looking forward to my visit with the University of North Carolina Sheps Center for Health Services Research this week to deliver the Gordon H. DeFriese Distinguished Lecture on Health Services Research and Health Policy. Hope to see some Carolina kidney people while there! 😀
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Deidra C. Crews, MD, ScM @drdeidracrews.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
*New Pub Alert* Led by Dr. Dipal Patel, we assessed perspectives on AV fistula care continuum including dialysis initiation, pt knowledge, & life impacts of AV access. Findings may inform interventions 4 optimizing dialysis access use & addressing disparities. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Patient Perspectives on Arteriovenous Fistula Placement, Maturation, and Use: A Qualitative Study
Arteriovenous fistula (AVF) use among US hemodialysis (HD) patients is suboptimal, especially among Black patients. We interviewed a group of predomin…
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Deidra C. Crews, MD, ScM @drdeidracrews.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
It was a fun & new experience 2 speak about #kidneyhealthequity this week at the #EubieBlake National Jazz Institute & Cultural Center. 1st time having a jazz band 'open' for me!🎷🎵🎺https://www.eubieblake.org/ Thx @johnshopkins.bsky.social Billie Holiday Center for Liberation Arts for the invite!
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Deidra C. Crews, MD, ScM @drdeidracrews.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
New here. Particularly looking to follow the #kidneycommunity @nephsky.bsky.social and @medsky.social folks, and anyone who cares enough about #healthequity and #healthcarejustice to continue the work of advancing them even in these times.
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