As a Northwestern Medicine #nephrologist, Aleksandra Gmurczyk, MD, knows how a #KidneyTransplant can change lives.
That’s why she decided to donate one of her own #kidneys to a person she’d never met, setting off a chain that saved two lives.
#DonateLife#NMBetter
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Satish Nadig, MD (@SatishNadig) discusses how the team from Northwester Medicine Organ Transplantation Program is dedicated to saving the lives of those suffering from end-stage organ failure by allowing patients equitable access to high-quality, leading-edge care.
🗣️ ITPA is hosting the 5th educational symposium on September 17th, both in-person AND virtually!! Registration includes 3.75 contact hours (0.375 CEUs)
#TxPharm#Transplant#ITPA
A patient @NM_Transplant became the first in the U.S. to receive a donor #kidney that was perfused by a new @OrganAssist system. Surgeon Daniel Borja-Cacho, MD, says the device circulates an oxygen-rich solution through the organ. @NorthwesternMed https://t.co/yHI3Uam28m
Had the opportunity to play professor as “Dr. Arora” and give a lecture to the @NUFeinbergMed PA program! Incredibly thankful for these little opportunities to pay it forward along the way of my own training
Sunday night starter pack: essential oil diffuser, Himalayan salt lamp, Spotify reading chill out playlist, several transplant desensitization papers
Why yes, yes I am a nerd, but a ~relaxed~ nerd
Me as a yoga instructor: Where is the issue in your tissue
Me as a transplant pharmacist: Are you experiencing any new tremors, headaches, and/or vision changes with your tacrolimus
A dehydating story -
My organs: please need water
Me: nahhh m&ms
Organs: no seriously water
Me: caramel :) m&ms :)))
My kidneys: transplant us outta here
My buddy @ryanmckillip always has his finger on the figurative cultural and literally pulse.
If you’re in medicine and enjoy a certain word game, check out his latest endeavor:
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