Aziz Valika

[Michelle Rheault @rheault_m]

Excited for this new opportunity! The UMN Department of Pediatrics has been my home for a long time and I’m honored to lead us through this transition. @UMNPeds

[Aziz Valika @zzvalika]

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[Katalin Susztak @KSusztak]

What a way to start 2026.
Very proud to share our new JASN paper, led by Michael Balzer @ms_balzer — who started this work as a trainee in my lab and is now a Professor at Charité Berlin. Watching that arc never gets old.
This paper forced us to rethink how RAAS inhibition actually works in diabetic kidney disease.

[AJKD @AJKDonline]

Three Cases of Red Yeast Rice–Containing Supplement-Induced Acute Kidney Injury and Fanconi Syndrome

https://t.co/smBunNjj9x #OpenAccess

[AJKD @AJKDonline]

Glucocorticoid Exposure and Infection in Children and Adults With Glomerular Disease: Findings From @CureGn

https://t.co/j8SxLZFEOL (FREE)

@MichelleOShaug3 @asbomback @Dr_KeishaGibson @Larrypedkid @ANCAUNC @DenburgMichelle

[Arkana Laboratories @arkanalabs]

We are excited to announce a new offering from Metis Genetics to provide No-Cost Pre-Test Genetic Counseling.

This is a part of the broader No-Cost to Patient APOL1 genotyping program for eligible patients, sponsored by Vertex Pharmaceuticals.

[Aziz Valika @zzvalika]

@wasse_m @ASDINNews @robshahverdyan @VASAMD I wouldnt hesitate to stent. and then if the stenosis creeps further distally, ask a surgeon to consider an interpositional graft. Close follow up and a provider-guided u/s would be helpful. Do the surgeons feel bovine grafts are better than ptfe grafts?

[Aziz Valika @zzvalika]

@askrenal

[Aziz Valika @zzvalika]

84 yo with avr, nml renal fx, now with pancytopenia and aki. BMBx neg. Renal bx showing mpgn with full house immune complex, no crescents, no other specific evidence of tma. Initial hapto low, ldh mildly high. Adamst13 neg. Would you tx with.. #askrenal

[Aziz Valika @zzvalika]

84 yo with avr, nml renal fx, now with pancytopenia and aki. BMBx neg. Renal bx showing mpgn with full house immune complex, no crescents, no other specific evidence of tma. Initial hapto low, ldh mildly high. Adamst13 neg. Would you tx with.. #askrenal

[Aziz Valika @zzvalika]

@CaptainKidney79 Nice!

[AJKD @AJKDonline]

Association of an Acute Kidney Injury Follow-up Clinic With Patient Outcomes and Care Processes: A Cohort Study

https://t.co/mM4hElrigk

@drsamsilver @NivethikaJ @AmitXGarg @DrRonWald @SNDixon @SBdoc33 @edclark75 @javo_neyra @ICESOntario @UofTNephrology #VisualAbstract #AKI

[Aziz Valika @zzvalika]

Has anyone given sodium thiosulfate for tumoral calcinosis?? Phos 3.5, CA 9.2, pth 76. Creat 1.3 to 1.5. B/l calf skin wounds. @askrenal

[Aziz Valika @zzvalika]

Anyone using sglt2 inhibitors in sickle cell nephropathy? Proteinuric but worried about inducing sickle cell crises. #askrenal

[Aziz Valika @zzvalika]

@CaptainKidney79 He's now at the creat he would be, if his kidneys and heart hadn't been pathologically compensating for his heart failure and inducing worsening damage in the long run. At least that's what I tell pts.

[Aziz Valika @zzvalika]

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[Aziz Valika @zzvalika]

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[Yale Nephrology @YaleNephrology]

👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
HUGE CONGRATULATUIONS to our star faculty !

🌟 Irene Chernova 🌟
@the_asci Emerging-Generation Awardee 2022

🌟 Whitney Besse 🌟
@the_asci Young Physician-Scientist Awardee 2022

We are very proud of you !

@YaleIMed @YaleMed @womeninnephro

[Pediatric Nephrology @Ped_Neph]

Edema is a clinical feature of nephrotic syndrome, yet optimal therapy is still debated. Read this Systematic Review/Meta-analysis that evaluates change in urine volume & urine sodium excretion after treatment w/furosemide only vs. furosemide w/albumin.
https://t.co/evrv7nODCU

[Aziz Valika @zzvalika]

"I’m usually an ADIEU person, but to mix it up I sometimes start with CHAOS"

I like IRATE personally.

https://t.co/2XRmDLFnux

[The Atlantic @TheAtlantic]

“Our natural state is dissatisfaction, punctuated by brief moments of satisfaction,” @arthurbrooks writes in our March cover story. But that doesn’t mean we’re doomed to be dissatisfied. Here are three practical ways to beat the curse.
https://t.co/Cpy8PYBWEl