Roger Rodby

Academic nephrology, gardening, golfing, biking, not necessarily in that order. Always learning.

[Mitch Rosen @MitchRosen670]

Bulls win!!! @ctsbulls is dancing. Score.

[Charuhas V Thakar @CharuThakar]

@TWhittier_RUSH
@NephRodby
@VelezNephHepato
Hunting 🧐 interesting posters at #KidneyWk 2026
@ASNKidney
@asnpublications

[Roger Rodby @NephRodby]

@DavidHaugh I’m in Denver at @ASNKidney National Annual Kidney meeting, but rest assured we will be glued to local sports bar. Can’t wait. Go Bears

[David Haugh @DavidHaugh]

Beautiful October night on Chicago’s lakefront for #Bears-Patriots, a game between two of best young QBs in the NFL and two of the most intense coaches. Great opportunity on big stage for the Bears.

[UTSW Nephrology @UTSWNephrology]

Dr. Will Flanary @DGlaucomflecken receives the ASN President’s Medal! 🏅

Morton salt made an appearance, along with his biggest contribution to our field: “Just give the contrast.” 🧂

He closed with a heartfelt reminder: care for the people around the patient, too. #KidneyWk

[Brian Rifkin, MD @brian_rifkin]

#KidneyWk It’s almost time! 😁
The kidneys love @DGlaucomflecken ALMOST as much as SGLGT2 inhibitors #flozins

[Roger Rodby @NephRodby]

@ASNKidney President’s Award goes to Will Flanary. “Cardiology never gave me an award” . Well deserved. #KidneyWk

[Mykhailo Rohoza @MykhailoRohoza]

“Why do some British people dislike Donald Trump?”

Nate White, an eloquent and witty English writer, gave this magnificent answer:

Trump lacks certain qualities that the British traditionally value.

He has no nobility, no charm, no composure, no gravitas, no compassion, no wit, no warmth, no wisdom, no subtlety, no sensitivity, no self-awareness, no humility, no honour, and no grace — qualities with which, strangely enough, his predecessor, Mr Obama, was abundantly blessed.

Although Trump may be ridiculous, he has never said anything ironic, amusing, or even remotely funny — not once, ever. I do not mean this rhetorically. I mean it literally: never. To the British, a lack of humour is almost inhuman.

But with Trump, it is a fact. He does not even seem to understand what a joke is. To him, a joke is a crude remark, an illiterate insult, an act of casual cruelty.

Trump is like a troll: he never laughs or enjoys himself; he merely squeals with delight or derision.

And the most frightening thing is that he does not merely utter crude and stupid insults: he actually means them. His mind is nothing more than a robotic algorithm of petty prejudices and instinctive malice.

There is no irony in him, no complexity, no subtlety, no depth. Everything is superficial. What we see is a man without an inner world, without a soul.

In Britain, we traditionally side with David, not Goliath. All our heroes are courageous underdogs: Robin Hood, Dick Whittington, Oliver Twist.

Trump is neither courageous nor an underdog. He is the exact opposite.

He is not even merely a spoiled rich boy or a greedy fat cat. He is more like a giant white slug, a privileged Jabba the Hutt.

And, worse still, he is a bully.

When he finds himself among other bullies, he suddenly becomes a whining lackey.

He punches down — something a gentleman should never, could never, and must never do — and every blow he delivers is below the belt. He particularly enjoys attacking the vulnerable or the voiceless, and he kicks them when they are down.

That is why the fact that a substantial minority — perhaps a third — of Americans watch what he does, listen to what he says, and then think, “Yes, he seems like my kind of guy,” is a source of bewilderment and profound distress to the British.

After all, it is impossible to read a single tweet of his or hear him utter a sentence or two without staring into the abyss. He turns shallowness into an art form. He is the Picasso of pettiness, the Shakespeare of shit. His flaws are fractal: even his flaws have flaws, and so on to infinity.

There have always been stupid people in the world, and villains have never been in short supply either. But rarely has stupidity been so evil, or evil so stupid.

He makes Nixon seem trustworthy and George W. Bush seem intelligent.

If Frankenstein had decided to create a monster composed entirely of human flaws, he would have created Trump, and the remorseful Dr Frankenstein would have cried out in despair, “My God, what have I created?”

If an idiot were a television show, Trump would be the entire set.

[Nikhil Shah MBBS DNB(IM, Neph)🇨🇦 @dr_nikhilshah]

Can you believe it, I have worked with @edgarvlermamd for nearly a decade and this is the first time I met him in person - courtesy #KidneyWk
Crazy!
And hello to my new EIC - @NephroShah - Thanks for a lovely presentation at @PDI_Journal editorial meeting .
And big kudos to @PD_Perls for all his work with the journal and for me as a mentor. 🫡

[Roger Rodby @NephRodby]

@aparachick @ChristosArgyrop I don’t know what impresses me more, your infection free interval or that you are a real nephrologist! I mean that with all respect.

[Jeffrey Sparks MD MMSc @jeffsparks]

Huge congrats to Dr. Dua!!

[Roger Rodby @NephRodby]

@DCharytan I have but more recently they wanted an endothelin inhibitor “failure”. I don’t think that is likely to happen. If APRIL BAFF is superior therapy (argument can be made without head to head trial) then …

[Governor JB Pritzker @GovPritzker]

Congratulations to all 24 schools across Illinois on your official recognition as a Governor’s Blue Ribbon School.

You’ve all gone above and beyond in the past school year and set the standard for excellence in education.

[Roger Rodby @NephRodby]

@kidney_boy @ASNKidney I thought “as if Rocky Mountain High wasn’t enough, his name is John DENVER” but then found out his original name was Henry John Deutschendorf Jr! Tragic 🛩️ death too young!

[Roger Rodby @NephRodby]

@kidney_boy @ASNKidney Cmon, that’s ridiculous.

[Joel M. Topf, MD FACP @kidney_boy]

Sitting in my Uber on the way to the Airport and this comes on. Shuffle-Play has become self-aware.

Onward to @ASNKidney #KidneyWk

#RockyMountainHigh

[Haugh & Payton Show @HaughPayton]

If you missed any part from today’s Haugh & Payton show.

- reaction to @CALEBcsw and @KylerGordon return on Bears’ win
- @BradBiggs talks Bears’ win
-@olin_kreutz on Bears & Caleb Williams

You can click the link & listen on the Audacy App: https://t.co/N5jQyBqhlo

[Trump Lie Tracker (Commentary Account) @MAGALieTracker]

FLASHBACK: Ten years ago tonight, Hillary Clinton said that Donald Trump would operate as a puppet of Vladimir Putin.

Hillary was right about everything.

[Mitch Rosen @MitchRosen670]

It’s great listening to @ZachZaidman @olin_kreutz @PatrickMannelly breaking down the Bears win on @thescorechicago live from @flagshipfox big thanks to @CircaSports listen and watch listening 35k in the Air! Thanks @SouthwestAir #Bears

[Roger Rodby @NephRodby]

@MitchRosen670 @ZachZaidman @olin_kreutz @PatrickMannelly @thescorechicago @flagshipfox @CircaSports @SouthwestAir It is a lot more fun listening to the break down of this week's performance, than the game last week against the team "we shall not name" . That was rough. I know we had Caleb this week, but it is hard to put that loss all on the QB. #GoBears