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APOLLO Network13 @apollonetwork13.bsky.social · 24/07/2025

🌟 apollonetwork13.bsky.social #MemberSpotlight July 2025 🤲🏽 Meet Heather Johnson — #LivingDonor & voice on the #APOLLO Community Advisory Council (#CAC). 🫶 Heather champions donor & family voices in research aiming to improve transplant outcomes & safety, esp. for those with #APOL1 variants. 🧬 💚💙

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Krista Lentine, MD,PhD @kristalentine.bsky.social · 14/07/2025

🎓 The 2025 #SSMHealth #SLUNephrons Graduation — a night of pride, joy, and inspiration as we celebrated our graduates and rising senior fellows! 👏🏽💐 🔵 So #SLUProud of your hard work, heart, and impact on patients and the future of nephrology. 🏥💪🏽 ⭐️ The future is bright — and it’s in great hands! 🫶 🤝🏽

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Wisit Cheungpasitporn, MD, FACP, FASN, FAST @wisit661.bsky.social · 02/06/2025

📌 “Economic Impact of Dementia After Kidney Transplantation” Grateful for the opportunity to contribute and learn from Dr. @kristalentine.bsky.social on this important study at the intersection of cognitive health and kidney transplantation. 🔗 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

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Economic Impact of Dementia After Kidney Transplantation: A Matched Cohort Analysis

Background Kidney disease significantly increases the risk of dementia, including among kidney transplant (KTx) recipients. To date, the cost implications of dementia after KTx are not well describe.....

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APOLLO Network13 @apollonetwork13.bsky.social · 02/07/2025

🌟 @ApolloNetwork13 #MemberSpotlight July 2025 🤲🏽 Honoring Dr. William Rayfield, a valued #APOLLO CAC member advocating for kidney health & APOL1 awareness. 🫶 Dr. Rayfield hopes #APOLLO raises awareness ➕ leads to breakthroughs in transplantation & kidney care. #OrganDonation #PrecisionMedicine 🧬💚💙

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APOLLO Network13 @apollonetwork13.bsky.social · 02/07/2025

🌟 @apollonetwork13.bsky.social #MemberSpotlight July 2025 🤲🏽 Honoring #AnaIltisPhD, Co-Chair of #APOLLO Community Advisory Council & leading transplant ethicist, championing ethical #transplant systems 🫶 Empowering #LivingDonors & expanding #KidneyTransplant availability through #APOL1 research 🧬💙💚

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APOLLO Network13 @apollonetwork13.bsky.social · 01/06/2025

🌟 The apollonetwork13.bsky.social #MemberSpotlight💡, June 2025: 🤲🏽 Honoring #DanBrennanMD for exceptional leadership on #APOLLO Steering Cmte➕Publications & Presentations Cmte. 📖 🔵 Dan's vision➕commitment inspire breakthroughs in #Transplantation, #OrganDonation & #PrecisionMedicine 🧬💙💚

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APOLLO Network13 @apollonetwork13.bsky.social · 31/05/2025

🌟The apollonetwork13.bsky.social #MemberSpotlight, May 2025: 🤲🏽 Proud to honor Juan Felipe Velasquez, MD for outstanding service as Study Coordinator at @miaminephrology.bsky.social Transplant 💙💚 🔵 Dr. Velasquez hopes the #APOLLOStudy will advance personalized medicine in #KidneyTransplantation 🧬🏥

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Krista Lentine, MD,PhD @kristalentine.bsky.social · 31/05/2025

🎓Inspiring #Scholarship in Action! Proud of #SSMHealthSTL #InternalMedicine residents➕fellows for outstanding #GrandRounds talks on #APOL1KD, #SGLT2i, #GLP1RA, #DKA, & screening equity.🏥 👏🏽 Kudos Drs. Afsar, Plunkett, Peters, Kilani. 🙏🏽 Dr. Kamel for leadership! Honored to be part of mentoring team 🤝🏽

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Krista Lentine, MD,PhD @kristalentine.bsky.social · 14/05/2025

🤔Can we find them before they find us? 🫁🏥❓ 🎤 Dr. Shawn Aaron from #OttawaHospital Research Institute, asked this at the 2025 #SSMHealthSTL #InternalMedicine #SweetLecture 🔵 In “The Impact of Undiagnosed #COPD & #Asthma,” he urged us to detect earlier, treat smarter,➕close the gap in care💡💪🏽 #Research

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Anju Yadav @anjuyadav.bsky.social · 03/05/2025

Every step counts for transplant research You can join our team LDCOP #DonationDynamos Team for the 2025 AST Virtual Run And Fitness Challenge www.charityfootprints.com/AST2025Race/

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APOLLO Network13 @apollonetwork13.bsky.social · 12/05/2025

🌟@apollonetwork13.bsky.social #MemberSpotlight, May 2025: 🤲🏽 Proud to honor Dr. #BersanOzcanMD | @vanderbilt.edu Study Coordinator 'I hope the #APOLLOStudy will generate meaningful insights to help transplant teams make more informed decisions about both donor selection and recipient management’ 🧬🏥🫶

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APOLLO Network13 @apollonetwork13.bsky.social · 12/05/2025

🌟@apollonetwork13.bsky.social spotlights #GiftayKingston's inspiring work as a #CommunityAdvisoryCouncil member: ‘My hope that The #APOLLOStudy will contribute knowledge to help find ways to disable damage from the gene if found early in a young person’s life.' 🧬🏥🫶 #PrecisionMedicine #KidneyAdvocate

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APOLLO Network13 @apollonetwork13.bsky.social · 12/05/2025

🌟 @apollonetwork13.bsky.social k13.bsky.social #MemberSpotlight, May 2025: 🤲🏽 Proud to recognize #DrPatrickGee for his incredible service on #CommunityAdvisoryCouncil➕ Publications & Presentation Cmte. 🔵 His work➕advocacy helps #APOLLO's mission, w/ lasting impacts on #KidneyTransplantion 🧬🏥

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APOLLO Network13 @apollonetwork13.bsky.social · 12/05/2025

🌟The @apollonetwork13.bsky.social #MemberSpotlight, May 2025: 🤲🏽 Proud to honor Dr. #SylviaRosas for outstanding leadership on the #APOLLO Steering Committee➕ Dissemination Working Group.💙💚 Her leadership is vital in advancing #KidneyHealth, #OrganDonation, and #PrecisionMedicine 🧬🏥🫶

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APOLLO Network13 @apollonetwork13.bsky.social · 28/04/2025

⚾🫶 #DonateLifeMonth 2025: @apollonetwork13.bsky.social's #BarryFreedmanMD (Coordinating Cntr PI) threw 1st pitch at #WakeForest Baseball’s #LivingDonorAwarenessDay.🤲🏽 🏟The event honors stories like a coach who donated a kidney to player—#TransplantationSavesLives 🦋💙 💚@donatelifeamerica.bsky.social

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APOLLO Network13 @apollonetwork13.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

📣The @apollonetwork13.bsky.social celebrates #DonateLifeMonth 2025💚💙with #APOLLONetworkSpotlights🌟! 🔵 Honoring APOLLO #CommunityAdvisoryCouncil (CAC) Co-Chair @glendaroberts.bsky.social 🤝🏽Discover what fuels Glendas's passion for this vital work #DonateLife | #KidneyTransplant | #Genetics 🧬🤲🏽

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APOLLO Network13 @apollonetwork13.bsky.social · 06/04/2025

The @apollonetwork13.bsky.social kicks off #DonateLifeMonth 2025 💚💙 w/ #APOLLONetworkSpotlights 🌟! 🔵 First up: #LaurieRussell, Lead Project Manager at the #APOLLO Coordinating Center 🤝🏽 Discover what fuels @lrussell6868's passion for this vital work @donatelifeamerica.bsky.social | #KidneyTransplant🤲🏽

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Krista Lentine, MD,PhD @kristalentine.bsky.social · 28/04/2025

🌟A day to remember at @st-louis-cardinals.bsky.social Busch Stadium! 🏟️ 🙌🏾 Honored to join #DonorFamilies, #TransplantPatients, #LivingDonors ➕the #StLouisCommunity to celebrate the #GiftOfLife.💙💚 🤝🏽Through every story & every hug, we are truly #FansForLife.🙌🏾 #DonateLifeDay April 2025⚾️ #SSMHealthStL🦋💙💚

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Krista Lentine, MD,PhD @kristalentine.bsky.social · 28/04/2025

🙏🏽#MidAmericaTransplant, @st-louis-cardinals.bsky.social ➕ #DavidEckstein22 for unforgettable #DonateLifeDay at Busch Stadium! 🏟️ 🌅 #GreatDay gathering w/#DonorFamilies, #Transplant patients, #LivingDonors➕professionals in our #StLouiscommunity to honor #GiftOfLife 🦋💙💚 #DonateLifeAmerica #SSMHealthStL

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Krista Lentine, MD,PhD @kristalentine.bsky.social · 28/04/2025

🎉 Happy Birthday #RaviNayakMD! 🎂🎈 Our #SSMHealthSTL #InternalMedicine Dept surprised Dr. Nayak w/ a special celebration before #GrandRounds! 🎉 🙏🏽 Grateful for your incredible leadership, mentorship & dedication. Proud to advance #PatientCare, #Education➕#Research together! 🏥 #SLUCare | #SLUProud🤝🏽

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Krista Lentine, MD,PhD @kristalentine.bsky.social · 28/04/2025

🎤🌟Honored to co-present “State of the #Nephrology Division” w/ #JohnEdwardsMD at #SSMHealthSTL #InternalMedice Faculty Meeting!🤝🏽🏥 🤲🏽 Celebrating incredible achievements of #SLUNephrons — from #CKD to #Transplant to #Interventional & beyond! 💉🧬 💙 Opening Reflection: “Where we find our joy &share it.”💚

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Krista Lentine, MD,PhD @kristalentine.bsky.social · 23/04/2025

🧠 “We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.” –Churchill 💙💚Grateful to join #SSMHealthSTL➕#MidAmericaTransplant for 2025 #DonateLife ceremony—honoring donor heroes, celebrating second chances, & sharing impact of our growing #LivingDonorTransplant program🤝🏽 #TeamTransplant🏥

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Krista Lentine, MD,PhD @kristalentine.bsky.social · 19/04/2025

🙌🏾 Wonderful connecting w/ #UHhospitals #Transplant team Cleveland, OH 🏙️ to discuss 🎤Shifting Paradigms in #KidneyTransplantation: The Role of #PreemptiveTransplant💙💚 🤝🏽 Early education ➡️ increased access➕ better outcomes for patients 🌱 🩺 Let’s reimagine the future of kidney care! 🧡 #LivingDonation

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Krista Lentine, MD,PhD @kristalentine.bsky.social · 19/04/2025

🧠“Without continual growth… success has no meaning.” — B. Franklin 🙌🏽 Energizing #SSMHealthSTL #InternalMedicine #StepBackReview ! 🌟 🙏🏽Grateful for leadership & teams driving #ContinuousImprovement in #TripartiteMission of #ClinicalCare, #Education➕ #Research🏅 🤝🏽 #SLUCare | #ResearchMatters | #Quality🏥

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ASN Publications @asnpublications.bsky.social · 17/04/2025

C5b9uPR is emerging as a significant biomarker for FSGS progression, reflecting the complex interplay between complement activation, inflammation, and kidney injury. bit.ly/KID0787 #ASNKidney360 @kristalentine.bsky.social

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Krista Lentine, MD,PhD @kristalentine.bsky.social · 12/04/2025

🎤 Honored to introduce Dr. JohnEdwards at #SSMHealthSTL #InternalMedicine #GrandRounds —a biochemist, physician➕cellist whose career bridges science, art & teaching🎻🧪🩺 🔵 His talk 'Diuretic-Induced Hypokalemia, Gordon’s Syndrome & the Aldosterone Paradox' was a tour de force!🌟 #AcademicMedicine 🏥

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Krista Lentine, MD,PhD @kristalentine.bsky.social · 10/04/2025

🌟 Wonderful afternoon at #SaintLouisUniversity #SchoolOfMedicine Spring 2025 Town Hall ! 🙏🏽Thanks Dean Jacobs for celebrating key accomplishments & honoring our Hidden Heroes 🙏🏽Grateful to President Prestello for a decade of leadership & reflection 🤝🏽 Energizing time w/ #colleagues ! #AcademicMedicine🏥

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Krista Lentine, MD,PhD @kristalentine.bsky.social · 10/04/2025

🤲🏽 Packed house at April 2025 #SSMHealthSTL #SaintLouisUniversity #InternalMedicine #ResearchEducation Conf! 🌟 🙏🏽 #MatthewBreedenMD for amazing, hands-on #SlicerDicer session for #ClinicalResearch & #QualityImprovement📱 👏🏽 Engaged attendees !🎤 📊 Celebrating our Dept’s dive into #DataDriven discovery! 🏥

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Krista Lentine, MD,PhD @kristalentine.bsky.social · 07/04/2025

📣 Just published !📖 Well-timed for #DonateLifeMonth 2025 💙💚 🔵 Do #ProcurementBiopsies help or hinder #KidneyTransplant decisions? 🤝🏽 In a pilot #RCT w/ #SSMHealthSTL, @washunephrology.bsky.social➕#MidAmericaTransplant, we found: 🔍 No outcome impact ⚠️ High disenrollment 📊 More work needed 🆓 t.ly/QJg1c

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Krista Lentine, MD,PhD @kristalentine.bsky.social · 07/04/2025

🧠What does it take to lead in medicine?🏥 🔵On 4/4/25, #SSMHealth CCO Dr. Stephanie Duggan shared 10 powerful steps at #SLUH #InternalMedicine #GrandRounds with warmth, humor & insight—drawing from her journey & favorite reads📚 ✨ Fav takeaway: “Find your joy—and share it.”💙💚 #Mentors #WomenInMedicine

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APOLLO Network13 @apollonetwork13.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

📣New apollonetwork13.bsky.social Dissemination Workgroup asnpublications.bsky.social‬ #JASN 📖April 2025 🧬 Article urges care in sharing race-based #geneticresearch : ✔️ Don’t equate race with ancestry ✔️ Include community voices ✔️ Highlight social factors, not just genes 🌟Read �� t.ly/uC4C4Hm

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Krista Lentine, MD,PhD @kristalentine.bsky.social · 24/03/2025

🏃🏿‍♀️So much fun, #ItTakesTwo to share: 🌦️#GreatDay @kidney.org #StLouis #KidneyWalk👟w/families, #KidneyCareprofessionals➕sponsors in our community • We🏃‍♀️to honor mission of advancing care of #kidneypatients, #LivingDonors➕families 🙌🏾 #SSMHealthSTL #nkf @nkf-professionals.bsky.social 🧡💙💚

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Krista Lentine, MD,PhD @kristalentine.bsky.social · 23/03/2025

🌦️#RainOrShine : @kidney.org #StL #KidneyWalk 2025🟰 Great success! 👟March 23, 2025🏃🏿‍♀️ • Wonderful to🏃‍♀️w/families, #KidneyCare ➕ #transplantprofessionals & sponsors in our #StLouis community to honor shared mission 🙌🏾 🤝🏽 #SSMHealthSTL #nkf @nkf-professionals.bsky.social Together, we walk for hope 🧡💙💚

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Krista Lentine, MD,PhD @kristalentine.bsky.social · 23/03/2025

🇺🇸 Energizing #KidneyHealthAdvocacyDay 2025! • Honored to represent @asnkidney.bsky.social as #TeamHeartland #KidneyAdvocates🤝🏽 • 🙏🏽Thankful to meet w/ #Missouri➕#KS➕#NE Senate / House leaders➕staff to request ⬆️ support for #LivingDonors, #transplant care & #innovation 🙌🏾 #ASNAdvocacy #KidneysOnTheHill🗞️

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Krista Lentine, MD,PhD @kristalentine.bsky.social · 23/03/2025

📣 The #SSMHealthSTL➕ Southern Illinois (#StLSOIL) Regions 2024 Wrap-Up video is now online🏥 · Honored to be captured alongside Cody Wooley, RN ➕ #ReneKnott 📸 in the year’s media highlights (0:42)👇🏽#SSMHealth | #SLUHospital | #SLUCare | #slunephrons🧡💙💚 📲 t.ly/SlRoA

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Krista Lentine, MD,PhD @kristalentine.bsky.social · 23/03/2025

🙏🏽 #TransplantationJnl for publishing our new article📖 📣 Innovative, team-driven care in action: A new #genomic testing protocol🧬boosted diagnosis rates in #transplant candidates—guiding prognostication & donor evaluation. 47% diagnostic yield! 📊 #PrecisionMedicine 🏥 @ttsorg.bsky.social 📲 t.ly/kFXpm

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Krista Lentine, MD,PhD @kristalentine.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

🙌🏾 Our #SLUNephrons➕#SSMHealthSTL #transplant teams honor #WorldKidneyDay 2024🦋💙💚 · Helping raise awareness for 850M people worldwide🌎living with #kidneydisease ·🤝🏽 Working together to achieve #KidneyHealthForAll🙌🏾Grateful for #AmazingTeam👇🏽🧑🏾‍⚕️👩🏽‍⚕️💕 #SLUCare | #SLUSOM @nkf-professionals.bsky.social | #team 🏥

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Wisit Cheungpasitporn, MD, FACP, FASN, FAST @wisit661.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

Time truly flies! ⏳ Looking back at my journey—from receiving the 2016 Donald C. Balfour Research Award 🏆 as a nephrology fellow to now being honored as the 2025 Teacher of the Year 🎉—I feel incredibly grateful. 🙏🏻🙂😃 Honored, and excited for what’s ahead. #Gratitude #Nephrology #Mentorship

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ASN Publications @asnpublications.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

Welcome @wisit661.bsky.social to the Kidney News Editorial Board! Dr. Cheungpasitporn is a nephrologist at @MayoClinic, specializing in treating AKI, CKD, dialysis, hypertension, kidney stones, and electrolyte abnormalities, with expertise in AI and machine learning applications in kidney care.

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Krista Lentine, MD,PhD @kristalentine.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

☺️ In a field as complex as #transplantation, we can’t do it alone. @astinfo.bsky.social #CEoT2025 reminded me how lucky we are to have colleagues who challenge, support➕ inspire each other🌟 · 🤝🏽 Collegiality makes the challenges feel lighter & the breakthroughs even bigger🚀 #donation | #transplant 💙💚

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Krista Lentine, MD,PhD @kristalentine.bsky.social · 08/03/2025

🙌🏾 Nothing beats energy of being surrounded by brilliant minds who push the field forward. #CEoT2025 was a powerful reminder that #TransplantModernization isn’t just about #innovation—it’s about the people who make it happen💙💚 🙏🏽Grateful for invaluable #colleagues➕#community!🤝🏽✨ @astinfo.bsky.social 🙌🏾

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Krista Lentine, MD,PhD @kristalentine.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

🙌🏾 @astinfo.bsky.social #CEoT2025 ‘Transforming Tomorrow: Leading the Way in #OrganTransplantModernization’ truly delivered on its goal—fostering vigorous discussions on changes & challenges in our field🎤 ·One of my favorite aspects? The incredible collegiality among colleagues🤝🏽#TransplantCommunity💙💚

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Krista Lentine, MD,PhD @kristalentine.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

🙌🏾 Honored to present ‘The Current State of #Data in #Transplantation’🎤 @astinfo.bsky.social #CEoT2025 Session 1 ‘What is the Future of Data to Drive Modernization?’ 🙏🏽Grateful to #PatientVoice panelist for setting stage: We must work together to gather data needed by patients, families➕ clinicians 📊

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APOLLO Network13 @apollonetwork13.bsky.social · 02/03/2025

🌟The @apollonetwork13.bsky.social celebrates #BlackHistoryMonth !🖤💚❤️ 🆕 #JAmSocNephrol (#JASN) 📖 by #APOLLO Dissemination Working Group 🔗https://t.ly/uC4Hm ➡️ Read why it’s so important to distinguish between race, ethnicity, and ancestry in genetic research🧬esp. in #KidneyDisease & #Transplantation

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Krista Lentine, MD,PhD @kristalentine.bsky.social · 18/02/2025

🤝🏽 #ItTakes2 posts📸 🙏🏽 Amazing #SaintLouisUniversity ➕ #SSMHealth leaders for joining #SaintLouis Metropolitan Medical Society Gala🤝🏽 to celebrate my 'Award of Merit’🏅 🤝🏽 Lovely 🏙️ ➕opportunity to network w/ #MedicalPractice leaders in our #StLouis community💙💚 🙌🏾 #Grateful | #Science | #WomenInMedicine 🏥

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Krista Lentine, MD,PhD @kristalentine.bsky.social · 18/02/2025

🙏🏽Deeply honored to be 41st recipient of #SaintLouis Metropolitan Medical Society ‘#AwardOfMerit’🙌🏾 · #SLMMS was founded in 1836🟰one of the oldest U.S. medical societies🏥 · Unforgettable evening 🏙️ receiving🏅in company of @SaintLouisUniversity School of Medicine ➕ #SSMHealth leadership🤝🏽 #Grateful 🙌🏾💙💚

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Krista Lentine, MD,PhD @kristalentine.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

🙌🏾 Honored to be part of #UNOS/#SRTR 2023 #AnnualDataReport: #Kidney authorship team 📖 🤝🏽 #Teamwork | #DataDriven | #LivingDonation | #Access | #Outcomes 📊 · #KidneyTransplantation By The Numbers 📈 below💙💚 · 🆓 download @American Journal of Transplantation 👇🏽: www.amjtransplant.org/article/S160...

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APOLLO Network13 @apollonetwork13.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

🌟The @apollonetwork13.bsky.social celebrates #BlackHistoryMonth 2025!🖤💚❤️ · Sharing a message from the #APOLLO Study 🧬Team👇🏽 “Together, we celebrate not only history but the progress we continue to strive for every day” · Honoring the Past | Inspiring the Future 🙌🏾 🔗 www.apollocommunity.net

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Krista Lentine, MD,PhD @kristalentine.bsky.social · 16/01/2025

🙌🏾 Energizing #SaintLouisUniversityHospital #InternalMedicine 🏥 1st Faculty Meeting of 2025🌤️ #RaviNayakMD🎤 🙏🏽 #MauriceWillisMD for excellent State of #Hematology-Oncology Division🩸presentation👏🏽 🙏🏽 #PhilipVaidyanMD for update on #QualityMetrics🏅 🙌🏾 Honored to share IM #SeedGrantWinners 🌟 🤝🏽 #Teamwork 🏥

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