Ruth Schulman, MD

Nephrologist. Interested in urine microscopy and medical education. All opinions are my own. She/Her/Hers

[Ruth Schulman, MD @RuthSchulman]

There’s nothing better than being surrounded by a bunch of Nephrology nerds 😁 Especially @romero_NBCe1A and @dinny82 who led the wonderful kidney stone module I was a part of. 2/2

[Ruth Schulman, MD @RuthSchulman]

Had an amazing week as a preceptor for @ASNKidney #TREKS week at @MDIBL. It definitely deserves its nickname of “Kidney Camp”. I highly recommend it to any student interested in learning renal physiology with a research twist in the beautiful setting of Acadia National Park. 1/2

[Ruth Schulman, MD @RuthSchulman]

@Jwaitz @VelezNephHepato Happy NKF!

[Ruth Schulman, MD @RuthSchulman]

Hi #urinemicroscopy #spinurine Twitter. I’d like to pick your brain. New pt. 85 yo W w/ complicated cardiac history and imaging 1yr ago showing R hydro from UPJ narrowing (? If followed up) with slowly worsening Cr, dipstick positive protein, hematuria, and WBC. +Dysuria. 1/3

[Ruth Schulman, MD @RuthSchulman]

@Jwaitz @VelezNephHepato Thanks!!! I miss the camera microscope. I would have captured a beautiful video of focusing up and down to better define them.

[Ruth Schulman, MD @RuthSchulman]

What are these? I’ve never seen dysmorphic WBCs, but that’s what they look like to me. Too few normal RBCs for a HPF with both for comparison, but they were there and smaller than these guys. 3/3

[Ruth Schulman, MD @RuthSchulman]

These cells were everywhere, but I don’t think they are acanthocytes. Low quality image, but the cells had granules, some with easy to see nuclei, and some of those blebs “glittered”. Also note the bacteria. I did see a few granular casts and 0-3 normal appearing RBCs. 2/3

[Ruth Schulman, MD @RuthSchulman]

Tried typing “highland” because there’s a neighborhood close by called “highland park”. My phone autocorrected it to hyponatremia 😂 Now I officially feel like a Nephrologist.

[Ruth Schulman, MD @RuthSchulman]

Applications for Kidney TREKS are open! I participated in a similar course as a #Nephrology fellow which was utterly amazing! A week of delving into the science of how the kidneys work and the research performed to discover that knowledge! Plus, you can’t beat those Acadia views!

[American Society of Nephrology @ASNKidney]

Applications for Kidney TREKS are now open!

This week-long research course retreat and long-term mentorship program is the perfect opportunity for medical students interested in kidney medicine.

https://t.co/cltM3qdAco

[Ruth Schulman, MD @RuthSchulman]

@StotterMD Can’t wait for the day that my phone does that!

[Dr. Glaucomflecken @DGlaucomflecken]

The nephrology fellowship interview

[Hannah Abrams, MD @HannahRAbrams]

Why calculate a urine anion gap?

This never clicked for me until @NSMCInternship explained it’s a way to detect urine ammonium. Thanks to @Nephro_Sparks & Dr. Sarah Street for helping me turn it into a mini-chalk talk!

[Ruth Schulman, MD @RuthSchulman]

@BID_NephFellows Miss you too! Couldn’t have done it without the amazing fellowship experience I had there. Thanks for eating all of my baked goods!

[Ruth Schulman, MD @RuthSchulman]

I love my dialysis unit team! They surprised me with a congratulatory cake for passing the Nephrology boards! It’s such a privilege getting to work with them. (*There are many wonderful people who aren’t pictured here).

[Ruth Schulman, MD @RuthSchulman]

I was talking to my hospitalist friend about our approaches to determining the etiology of hyponatremia. Hers definitely made me laugh 😂

[Ruth Schulman, MD @RuthSchulman]

Dialysis dietitian and social worker for the win! Not only do they do amazing work for our patients, they also make a great team as right and left kidneys! Happy almost Halloween!

[Ruth Schulman, MD @RuthSchulman]

@VelezNephHepato Or a foley! I tried to depict cortical thinning from chronic outlet obstruction. Renal prognosis quite poor for this person.

[Ruth Schulman, MD @RuthSchulman]

Career advice for all the med students/young docs out there. If you’re not much of an artist (I am not), pick a specialty where it’s really easy when you want to draw pictures for your patients. Ie- reason 1,000 why I love Nephrology!

[Ruth Schulman, MD @RuthSchulman]

Good luck to everyone taking the Nephrology boards tomorrow! We got this!

[Ruth Schulman, MD @RuthSchulman]

In case anyone wants to know a reason why I love Nephrology so much…just look at how cool and BEAUTIFUL the kidney is! @arkanalabs, these scanning EM pics are the best! Thanks for posting.

[Arkana Laboratories @arkanalabs]

Today’s #eyeSCANdy image shows scanning EM of a normal glomerulus with a glomerular capillary loop with interdigitating podocyte foot processes. #pathart 🍬👀🔬

📸 credits to Dr. Stephen Bonsib!