So proud of my fellow critical care nephrology colleagues! 😍 Shoutout to my cofellow/team 8 Sameer Thadani and our wonderful mentor Ayse Akcan Arikan, MD, FAAP, FASN!! 👏🙇‍♀️🤩🫘

It’s not #PAS2024 without crashing the UCSD fam party!😍 Drs Nephro Diva & Carter (mentors from kidneyland), Dr Rhee from moonlighting in the eating disorders unit, Dr Haddad our peds chairman (who affectionately called me “a mover & a shaker”😂), & residency buds Tatyana & John!❤️

Big thank you to our fearless leader Carlos Romero!! 🙇‍♀️ ❤️ 👏 We love and will miss you in pFENa!! 😘

When a chocoholic goes to Canada and learns they use higher quality chocolate 🍫 and less high fructose corn 🌽 syrup 😍 #chocoAddict #theHypeIsReal #thankYouBrandonForBringingTheseBackForMe #fellowLectureNoms BCM Pediatric Renal Fellowship

The late flight crew made it through Security, Customs/Passport, and what feels like a forever walk to the gate! 👏🤩🍁 #vendingMachineSnacksForDinner #doubleFistingKitKatsAshna #goodbyeForNowCanada #PAS2024 Emily Frierson Monica Rairikar

Big thanks to American Society of Pediatric Nephrology for this cute pic moment with some of our attendings!! 🥸🤩🫘 Leyat Tal, MD Monica Rairikar BCM Pediatric Renal Fellowship

Crazy Toronto explorations while waiting to head to the airport - what we didn’t win in claw plushies we gained in laughs/memories with Emily Frierson & Monica Rairikar 😍 #tulipsForDays #couldntAffordTheFancyFlight ✈️🤣 with Sarah Swartz Joshua Samuels, MD, MPH (he/him) Jonathan Chawla, MD Eileen D Brewer

Enjoying Toronto sunshine ☀️ with beautiful weather, yummy lunch eats, & wonderful company (current cofellow Emily Frierson and recent grad Monica Rairikar) ❤️ #fellowshipFam #postConferenceAdventures

Last but not least from the morning session: Dr. Liz Onugha rounding us out with School Neighborhood Influences Adolescent Hypertension Prevalence 🏡 🫘❤️ Photo credit to Leyat Tal, MD!!

So proud of our TCH/BCM professor Dr. Srivaths closing out our peds neph lectures with such an important topic: Second Fiddle: How Dialysis Dictates Heart Health in ESKD! 🫘 BCM Pediatric Renal Fellowship #DrSrivathsFanClub

Love you, Monica Rairikar!!! Showing her support even now that she’s a real person with a real attending job! 🤪🤣 #neverForgetTheLittleFellows #foreverCoFellows #DrRairikarIsHere #theOriginalConferenceBuddy #MonicaUnhinged

Thank you Monica Rairikar for bringing us together outside of the Texas heat! ☀️🫘🍽️ #srivathsWithTheJokes #TCHfam

Honored to be part of this collection of neonatal nephrology posters!! #babyKidneysMatter #theBestMentorsInNeonatalNephrology #fabricPosterClub

Late night dessert with Kenneth Delgado - Cincinnati fellow extraordinaire and fellow milkshake lover! ❤️🍦 #chocolateReignsSupreme #canadaMilkshakesAreBest #fellowBuddiesAcrossPrograms

The gang’s all here for some diner munchies! 🥰 Love the bonding opportunities with fellow kidney beans at other programs! ❤️ Brought together by #PAS2024 & American Society of Pediatric Nephrology!! 🫘 #fryMe #poutineLess #teamBurger Samantha Schwartz, MD Ana Solis Zavala, MD Carlos Romero Dr. Erika Young, MD Emily Frierson Kenneth Delgado

Just a few kidneys on a late night stroll in search of late night snackies post ASN reception! 🤪🥰 Quick detour for cute pics 📸⛲️ Emily Frierson Joey Alge Jonathan Chawla, MD Kenneth Delgado Dr. Erika Young, MD

THE ABSOLUTE BEST conference trio I could’ve asked for!! 😭 Co-fellow bestie Emily Frierson and neonatal nephrology bestie IU fellow Evan Rajadhyaksha! ❤️😍😘 #torontoExplorers #kidneyBeansAlmostAllGrownUp #bestieBeansForever

Two of my FAV people and critical care nephrology conference buddies!! 😍 Can’t believe how far we’ve come from ASN Kidney STARS!! 🤯 #THEkyleMerrill Kyle Merrill, MD, MS and forever nephrology bestie Rhodes Hambrick, MD, MS 🫘

Love the neonatal nephrology representation for the COINED study presented by UNC’s Dr. Keia Sanderson Keia Sanderson, MD MSCR!!! 👣🩵

SO IMPRESSED!! 👏 Incredibly impactful work about neighborhood level factors using ADI score and clinical graft outcomes by co-fellow Dr. Brandon Fairless with mentor Dr. Liz Onugha!! 🧠🫘 💪 #proudCoBean #PAS2024 #neighborhoodFactorsMatter BCM Pediatric Renal Fellowship