Joseph Kim

Husband, dad, Director of the Kidney Transplant Program @UHNTransplant, practitioner of Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, ski fanatic. Views are my own.

[Sonia Rodríguez-Ramírez @sonia_rgzr]

Cannabis users have less access to kidney transplantation and an increased risk of acute rejection, possibly leading to more graft loss 👇🏻

@CliniTransplant
@sjosephkim
@mucsist
@UHNTransplant

[Miguel Hernán @_MiguelHernan]

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Six years ago we emulated a #TargetTrial of screening colonoscopy for colorectal #cancer using observational #Medicare data:
https://t.co/AIInsfHMxZ

Today we publish preliminary findings from a truly randomized trial:
https://t.co/I9TUhxyGld

Their main results side by side👇

[Joseph Kim @sjosephkim]

@AlainnaJJ They be like, “We got this.”

[Lucas Chartier @chartierlucas]

.@UHN is an unbelievably stimulating and interesting environment and we are looking for a visionary and driven leader as Director of Quality, Safety & Clinical Adoption. Join a dedicated and frankly amazing team to make a huge difference in our patients' lives and journeys!!!

[scott cunningham @causalinf]

Many students starting out for the first time ask "Which stats software should I use? R or Stata?" The debates have gotten stale so I hired the couple on TikTok again to come in and give their two cents.

[Joseph Kim @sjosephkim]

@AlJurdi @MGHKidneys @mgh_transplant @sonia_rgzr @LVRiella Nice work team!

[Ayman Al Jurdi, MD FASN @AlJurdi]

Check out our new review article on prevention and treatment of AMR in kidney transplant recipients @MGHKidneys @mgh_transplant

👉 https://t.co/ie0q0Clg95

CC: @sonia_rgzr @LVRiella Ana Konvalinka

[Dr Ellie Murray, ScD @EpiEllie]

Everyone keeps talking about covid becoming endemic, but as I listen to the conversation, it’s becoming more & more clear to me that very few of you know what “endemic” means.

So here’s a thread on how pandemics end.

[Tessa Davis @TessaRDavis]

10 mind-blowing AI websites you probably didn't know existed:

[CQuIPS @CQuIPS]

New publication alert! Olivia Ostrow, our associate director for @SickKidsNews and @ChooseWiselyCA superstar, helped reduce UTI misdiagnoses and antibiotic usage using a diagnostic algorithm and a callback system.

Take a look! https://t.co/BMxtuSHYUa

[Joseph Kim @sjosephkim]

@AlainnaJJ @MLambadaris Two MOTSRTP alumnists, taking over the world. Couldn’t be prouder.

[Ilya Kashnitsky — bsky @ikashnitsky.phd @ikashnitsky]

Investing time into learning #rstats at the early stages of PhD
https://t.co/QcpotRXCgB

[Harvard Business Review @HarvardBiz]

People feel a greater sense of belonging when their colleagues check in with them regularly. https://t.co/Z2qZJslDKC

[Centre for Living Organ Donation at UHN @GiveLifeUHN]

Meet Dr. Markus Selzner. He is the Abdominal Transplant Surgeon Scientist Surgical Director for the Liver Transplant Program at the Ajmera Transplant Centre.

#HearttheTeam #ThankfulThursday #GiveLifeUHN

[Miguel Hernán @_MiguelHernan]

Randomized trials of the #BNT162b2 vaccine in children predated Omicron.

Using observational data, we estimated the short-term vaccine effectiveness against symptomatic #COVID19 in the Omicron era:

69% for 5-6 yrs of age
49% for 7-9 yrs
36% for 10-11 yrs
https://t.co/81O66JAuIQ

[Transplant Manitoba @TransplantMB]

Dr. David Rush has been appointed to the #OrderOfCanada in recognition of his clinical practice & pioneering work in the field of kidney transplantation that has benefitted patients here @hsc_winnipeg & around the world. Congratulations!

[Amit Garg @AmitXGarg]

Check out this #ICESWestern study by @mccusimano and team that found Ontario female #physicians may be at slightly higher risk of severe maternal morbidity, likely mediated by a tendency to delay childbearing. https://t.co/vOkqtatp2r @ICESOntario @AndreaSimpsonMD 1/

[David Juurlink @DavidJuurlink]

“When the resident reports seeing RBC casts in the urine, it’s pathognomonic for no RBC casts in the urine.”

- Dr. Bob Richardson, a nephrologist, to me, a resident, circa 1997

[Catherine Lesko @leskocar]

6) @smooney27's summary of what it means to be a critical thinker is fantastic: "We never have the data we wish we had - how can we tell if [the answers we come up with] are a little wrong or very wrong?"

[Joseph Kim @sjosephkim]

@themayadeeb @UHN @uhnfoundation Congratulations Maya. Well deserved!