Dinushika Mohottige
@DMohottige
Nephrologist and health equity researcher. Views are my own. 🏳️🌈🇱🇰🇺🇸She/her
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05-08-2014 23:04:33
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Thank you for this wonderful work Katie Rizzolo Lilia Cervantes and team —- NYLPI New York Immigration Coalition (NYIC) NY State of Health more evidence for #coverage4all
jamanetwork.com/journals/jaman…
⭐️New pub⭐️
Undocumented people are restricted from federal insurance options, which make quality care difficult to access for those with kidney failure, including transplantation. 1/11 JAMA Network Open Lilia Cervantes Claudia Camacho
shorturl.at/nzSX3
Outstanding National Kidney Foundation NKFGNY talk from Sadiya Khan (@NephMadness 2022 #CardioRenal Region Expert 🫀🫘 )
PREVENT calculator (10 & 30-yr CVD risk): professional.heart.org/en/guidelines-…
#NephMadness :
ajkdblog.org/2022/03/01/nep…
1/💡✍️🏽🔓 NEW on #racebasedmedicine in The American Journal of Bioethics by @ruqaiijah, Derek Soled, and I.
We concretize how racism-conscious praxis can promote material restitution across clinical decisions, scarce resource allocation, policy intervention, and beyond.
tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…
I’m happy to announce the 6 month results from the SECOND United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS) policy surrounding the elimination of Black race to diagnose and manage kidney disease. This policy required all US transplant centers review their waitlists and modify time for qualifying Black individuals.
IDSA and HIV Medicine Association are deeply saddened by the passing of Adaora Adimora, MD, MPH, FIDSA.
Dr. Adimora exemplified the difference a single person can make in the world. She was an extraordinary leader, infectious diseases physician, researcher, mentor, advocate, and colleague…
It was an honor to be on MSNBC this morning to discuss Dr. Ebony Boulware and colleagues’ new study connecting structural racism and health outcomes for Black people and people of color. Thank you for watching and sharing!
New paper led by Tonia Poteat, Carl G Streed Jr MD MPH FACP FAHA (he/him) William La Cava Asa Radix, MD, PhD Jowanna Malone, Ph.D. . A simple investigation that shows how imprecise clinical algorithms can be, particularly for groups not routinely captured or considered in construction of tools. liebertpub.com/doi/10.1089/he…
Tell the government to help us take race out of the kidney transplant equation. #MyKidneyVoice #KIDNEYEQUITYFORALL bit.ly/3Rw2R5o
In honor of Hammam Mahmoud Alloh sacrifice, I urge neph communities to take a minute to pause & reflect. He was a quiet member of #nephtwitter . A reminder that some of the most significant actions come from the least noticeable people. His humanity deserves a place in nephro textbooks
If you are part of the Duke Health community and knew Dr. Kimberly Evans, please consider donating here. gofund.me/213c0ace
This bipartisan bill prohibits insurance companies from denying or limiting life, disability and long-term care insurance to living donors. Tell Congress to support it today: #MyKidneyVoice voices.kidney.org/ldpa/?utm_sour…
1/ Congrats Mitchell R. Lunn MD MAS 🏳️🌈 (he/him) Stanford Nephrology on his American Society of Nephrology Councilor nomination - my vote is for Mitch!
He is a nationally-renowned expert in community engaged research & co-director of The PRIDE Study:
The 1st long-term 🇺🇸🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ LGBTQ+ health study
pridestudy.org/team
1205 people died of maternal causes in the US in 2021 vs 658 in 2018. JAMA EIC Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo spoke with Joia Crear Perry, @mclemoremr, and Audra Robertson Meadows MD, MPH about these preventable #MaternalMortality deaths, which are particularly high among Black people. ja.ma/3KftsPv
Bill Whittier American Society of Nephrology Samira Farouk, MD, MSCR Roger Rodby Laura Maursetter Congratulations Bill Whittier and Samira Farouk, MD, MSCR - could not think of better leaders in education to follow Roger Rodby and Laura Maursetter! BRCU was already amazing, and can't wait to see where you all will take it in the coming years! Congratulations to all! 👏👏
🙏🏽 Sarah Sanghavi for highlighting our paper in this CJASN editorial
'Applying Scientific Rigor to #MedEd in the #FOAMed Era'
journals.lww.com/cjasn/Abstract…
And grateful to Layla Fattah, who introduced us to and guided us through 'Love & Breakup Letter' methodology ♥️💔💌
#Nephrology