Wow, what a list of speakers! Sounds like a great meeting!

Should be a great meeting! AIIMS Delhi has led the way in pediatric nephrology worldwide!

Sponsorship and mentorship can make a huge difference to someone's career! I know they did for me - now glad to pay it forward. Thank you Washington U. Med Dean Perlmutter and Associate Dean Renée Shellhaas, MD, MS for creating such an award and for this humbling honor!

Wow! Though post-transplant lymphoproliferative disorders (PTLDs) have been my passion for 25+ years, never did I think I would have a worldwide citation and impact ranking like this! Very humbling, but still so much to do in this field.

After gatecrashing this event for many years, glad to now be a regular official invitee! I feel that a division chief perspective is important at such events.

Congratulations to Dr. Samir El-Dahr on being the 2024 recipient of the American Academy of Pediatrics Henry Barnett lifetime achievement award winner! A most deserving addition to an illustrious list! Samir Sayem El-Dahr

5/5 With an electronic-only journal, rejection rates don’t have to be > 90%, -> faster publication. Impact factor would then be the quality criterion. Pvt companies and med societies still would get impactful research–enough out there to keep all happy. Please be kind in replies.

4/5 The journal would make lots of money even with no open access publication fees and after paying reviewers – monies that could be ploughed back into more research grants. The science would be immediately accessible to all worldwide.

3/5 Access to much of the published science is restricted for at least 12 months. I suggest: NIH should start their own electronic-only Journal of the National Institutes of Health. NIH would have right of first refusal for any manuscript that includes research funded by NIH.

2/5 These publishers all make > US$2billion/yr, though they did not fund the research or write the papers. Most don’t pay the peer reviewers. High tier journals have > 90% rejection rates. Authors budget publication fees in their grants, also coming out of taxpayer monies.

1/5 While at the @PASmeeting, I reflected on how medical journal publishing needs to change.
Much of the research in the USA is funded by the NIH (via taxpayers), foundations or universities. Authors then pay huge fees to private medical journals to get their science published.

Honored to have served the American Society of Pediatric Nephrology as a Councilor these past 4 years! Looking forward to seeing great things from the new team members Isa Ashoor Patty Seo-Mayer Christine B. Sethna, MD EdM Darcy Weidemann. I hope to stay involved with ASPN.

Humbly stated: Jodi Smith had a transformational run as American Society of Pediatric Nephrology President! Proud to call her my colleague, collaborator and friend! #PAS2024 Pediatric Academic Societies

We provide summer scholars programs and pilot grants for the entire community that is interested in advancing pediatric nephrology! Thank you NIDDK

Thank you so much F Bruder Stapleton for all your efforts as Founding President to place the American Society of Pediatric Nephrology Foundation on a sound footing! Your legacy will help our society for all future generations. Pediatric Academic Societies #PAS2024

Catching up with 2 American Society of Pediatric Nephrology legends at Pediatric Academic Societies - both spent time in St Louis early in their careers! #pas2024selfie NEJM Washington University Department of Pediatrics STLChildrensHospital

Now need more formal shoes and socks for my presentations today! Pediatric Academic Societies #pas2024 #pas2024 selfie

Our STLChildrensHospital is well represented at the #PAS2024 meeting!

Congrats to our WUSTL Pediatric Nephrology fellow Albert Liu Albert Liu for his poster today at #PAS2024 !

At our American Society of Pediatric Nephrology Council meeting in Toronto, we honored our President Jodi Smith