Arnold D.
@kidneyrebel.bsky.social
Kidney patient. Need more innovation in kidney care. Bring dialysis into the 21st century. Make tomorrow’s kidney care unrecognizable from today’s.
Let's make our Nephrology messaging far more compelling.
No more 3 times a week of four hours of dialysis.
Instead, a 50% chance of being dead in five years, a higher mortality rate than some solid organ cancers, and a fierce urgency for major advances.
No more 3 times a week of four hours of dialysis.
Instead, a 50% chance of being dead in five years, a higher mortality rate than some solid organ cancers, and a fierce urgency for major advances.
December 2, 2025 at 12:36 AM
Let's make our Nephrology messaging far more compelling.
No more 3 times a week of four hours of dialysis.
Instead, a 50% chance of being dead in five years, a higher mortality rate than some solid organ cancers, and a fierce urgency for major advances.
No more 3 times a week of four hours of dialysis.
Instead, a 50% chance of being dead in five years, a higher mortality rate than some solid organ cancers, and a fierce urgency for major advances.
How many dialysis patients just celebrated their last Thanksgiving?
Let's drive that number lower every year.
...with a Nephrology united by fierce ambition, tight timelines, and transparent metrics to light up the field and its patients with a dialysis that is always better.
Let's drive that number lower every year.
...with a Nephrology united by fierce ambition, tight timelines, and transparent metrics to light up the field and its patients with a dialysis that is always better.
November 30, 2025 at 5:06 PM
How many dialysis patients just celebrated their last Thanksgiving?
Let's drive that number lower every year.
...with a Nephrology united by fierce ambition, tight timelines, and transparent metrics to light up the field and its patients with a dialysis that is always better.
Let's drive that number lower every year.
...with a Nephrology united by fierce ambition, tight timelines, and transparent metrics to light up the field and its patients with a dialysis that is always better.
Let's have a vision for dialysis technology - "Always better." Repeated at every new fellows orientation, professional gathering, and investor presentation.
November 28, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Let's have a vision for dialysis technology - "Always better." Repeated at every new fellows orientation, professional gathering, and investor presentation.
Kicking off Thanksgiving with a 5K. Happy Thanksgiving to everyone who is celebrating!
November 27, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Kicking off Thanksgiving with a 5K. Happy Thanksgiving to everyone who is celebrating!
The Sunday plenary xenotransplantation session at #KidneyWk is worth watching on YouTube.
In addition to so many exciting developments, glad to hear the patient voice is helping drive innovation forward.
In addition to so many exciting developments, glad to hear the patient voice is helping drive innovation forward.
November 18, 2025 at 5:21 AM
The Sunday plenary xenotransplantation session at #KidneyWk is worth watching on YouTube.
In addition to so many exciting developments, glad to hear the patient voice is helping drive innovation forward.
In addition to so many exciting developments, glad to hear the patient voice is helping drive innovation forward.
“Everyone Lives” - Target ALS documentary worth watching.
Three operating principles:
• Impatient Optimism (urgency + belief)
• Deliberate Disruption (break what’s broken)
• Radical Collaboration (dissolve silos)
Time to get deliberately impatient about kidney health.
Three operating principles:
• Impatient Optimism (urgency + belief)
• Deliberate Disruption (break what’s broken)
• Radical Collaboration (dissolve silos)
Time to get deliberately impatient about kidney health.
November 15, 2025 at 5:44 AM
“Everyone Lives” - Target ALS documentary worth watching.
Three operating principles:
• Impatient Optimism (urgency + belief)
• Deliberate Disruption (break what’s broken)
• Radical Collaboration (dissolve silos)
Time to get deliberately impatient about kidney health.
Three operating principles:
• Impatient Optimism (urgency + belief)
• Deliberate Disruption (break what’s broken)
• Radical Collaboration (dissolve silos)
Time to get deliberately impatient about kidney health.
Great #KidneyWk. Exciting developments in pharma and transplantation. But here’s what keeps me up: dialysis innovation has barely moved. It’s the third leg of the stool, and we’re pretending a two-legged stool is stable. Time to get serious about breakthrough dialysis technology.
November 9, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Great #KidneyWk. Exciting developments in pharma and transplantation. But here’s what keeps me up: dialysis innovation has barely moved. It’s the third leg of the stool, and we’re pretending a two-legged stool is stable. Time to get serious about breakthrough dialysis technology.
Surprised when basic science kidney researchers at #KidneyWk tell me they rarely talk with kidney patients. We need to flip this. Show researchers the real lives their work impacts. Motivation isn’t abstract — it’s human. Let’s build those connections systematically.
November 9, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Surprised when basic science kidney researchers at #KidneyWk tell me they rarely talk with kidney patients. We need to flip this. Show researchers the real lives their work impacts. Motivation isn’t abstract — it’s human. Let’s build those connections systematically.
Excellent #KidneyWk presentation by @glombandit.bsky.social on why kidney biopsies still matter in membranous nephropathy. Plus the integration of rigorous clinical thinking with her kidney artwork. Well done.
November 9, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Excellent #KidneyWk presentation by @glombandit.bsky.social on why kidney biopsies still matter in membranous nephropathy. Plus the integration of rigorous clinical thinking with her kidney artwork. Well done.
Seeing @daniel-batlle.bsky.social and @jwaitz.bsky.social at #KidneyWk — always a reminder that nephrology’s strength is in its people. Leaders who engage, contribute, and elevate the conversation.
November 9, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Seeing @daniel-batlle.bsky.social and @jwaitz.bsky.social at #KidneyWk — always a reminder that nephrology’s strength is in its people. Leaders who engage, contribute, and elevate the conversation.
#KidneyWk: Join us for a policy/advocacy/community health meetup. If you are interested in these topics, this conversation is for you. Today at 6pm. Open to all.
November 6, 2025 at 9:35 PM
#KidneyWk: Join us for a policy/advocacy/community health meetup. If you are interested in these topics, this conversation is for you. Today at 6pm. Open to all.
Interested in policy, advocacy, and population health to benefit 850 million people with kidney disease? Stop by the meet up at #KidneyWk.
November 1, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Interested in policy, advocacy, and population health to benefit 850 million people with kidney disease? Stop by the meet up at #KidneyWk.
Kidney disease isn't keeping me down. Explored Toronto running a half marathon.
October 21, 2025 at 3:01 AM
Kidney disease isn't keeping me down. Explored Toronto running a half marathon.
Happy Diwali to everyone who is celebrating!
October 20, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Happy Diwali to everyone who is celebrating!
Hi #NephJC. If you or anyone you know are going to Kidney Week and have an interest in policy, advocacy, or population health, consider dropping by the meet-up below.
October 14, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Hi #NephJC. If you or anyone you know are going to Kidney Week and have an interest in policy, advocacy, or population health, consider dropping by the meet-up below.
Thank you to Orhi Esarte Palomero, PhD. for a tour of his advanced electron microscope lab at @nu-nephrology.bsky.social that is doing pioneering work in visualizing the molecular basis of kidney and other diseases.
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October 7, 2025 at 1:22 AM
Thank you to Orhi Esarte Palomero, PhD. for a tour of his advanced electron microscope lab at @nu-nephrology.bsky.social that is doing pioneering work in visualizing the molecular basis of kidney and other diseases.
news.feinberg.northwestern.edu/2025/08/12/n...
news.feinberg.northwestern.edu/2025/08/12/n...
Thank you to @nu-nephrology.bsky.social for hosting me at renal grand rounds today. Such a thrill to talk about creating an unrecognizable future for nephrology.
September 26, 2025 at 12:40 AM
Thank you to @nu-nephrology.bsky.social for hosting me at renal grand rounds today. Such a thrill to talk about creating an unrecognizable future for nephrology.
Super excited to give renal grand rounds at @nu-nephrology.bsky.social. If you are interested in watching, DM me and I'll send you the Zoom link.
September 24, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Super excited to give renal grand rounds at @nu-nephrology.bsky.social. If you are interested in watching, DM me and I'll send you the Zoom link.
Excited to give Renal Grand Rounds at @nu-nephrology.bsky.social The place where my kidney advocacy all started.
September 1, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Excited to give Renal Grand Rounds at @nu-nephrology.bsky.social The place where my kidney advocacy all started.
First Triathlon done.
August 23, 2025 at 7:48 PM
First Triathlon done.
My daughter in medical school evangelizing Nephrology as she moves apartments.
July 26, 2025 at 10:49 PM
My daughter in medical school evangelizing Nephrology as she moves apartments.
Rough NIH Senate Appropriations Committee hearing. Let's keep the pressure on.
If you are impacted by NIH funding - which is basically all of us - contact your elected officials, speak up, and speak out.
If you are impacted by NIH funding - which is basically all of us - contact your elected officials, speak up, and speak out.
June 12, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Rough NIH Senate Appropriations Committee hearing. Let's keep the pressure on.
If you are impacted by NIH funding - which is basically all of us - contact your elected officials, speak up, and speak out.
If you are impacted by NIH funding - which is basically all of us - contact your elected officials, speak up, and speak out.