NSMC Team

Program Director

Mythri Shankar, MBBS, MD, DNB (Nephrology) (@nephromythri),

Program Director, 2021 Grad, Bengaluru, India.

•MBBS, MD, DNB (Dr.HL Trivedi Gold Medal- DNB Nephrology)

•Associate Professor, Institute of Nephro-urology (Govt. of Karnataka), Bengaluru

•Glomcon fellowship instructor

•Secretary Women in Nephrology India – Karnataka chapter

•CJASN best visual abstract award (2021), and NephJC founders award(2022), Bansal Oration Award by Indian Society of Nephrology (2023)

•Member -ISN education working group, ISN social media team, ISN young, Kireports VA editorial board, Kidney medicine  VA editorial board, Glomcon pubs editorial board, ISN South Asia Regional board

Matthew A. Sparks, MD (@nephro_sparks), Program Director, Faculty since 2015, Durham, NC, USA

  • Experience- Proficiency in using Twitter, Wordpress, Blogger, Squarespace, Cursory use of HTML. 

  • Creator/Co-creator: NephMadness, Renal Fellow Network (current faculty lead)

  • Member of- NephJC Board Member, AJKD blog (Social Media Advisory Board), NephMadness Executive Team, AHA Kidney in Cardiovascular Disease Membership and Communication/Leadership/SCILL (Vice Chair) Committees. ABIM Nephrology Board. Interest in the intersection of social media and academia.

  • Course Director- Scientific Communication, Duke University Clinical Research Training Program (CRTP)

Twitter Accounts- @DukeKidney @KidneyInCVD @RenalFellowNtwk @NephMadness @NephSecrets @KIDNEYcon

Executive Board

2024 Pod Captains

Cristina Popa

Consultant Nephrologist, Dr. C.I.Hospital, Lasi, Romania

Twitter handle: @Nephroseeker

Brian Rifkin

General/Interventional Nephrology Hattiesburg Clinic, Hattiesburg MS

Twitter Handle: @brian_rifkin

Sabarinath S
Assistant Professor, Department of Nephrology,
Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research (JIPMER)
Puducherry-6

Twitter Handle : @sabarivenus 

Milagros Melissa Flores Fonseca

Associate investigator and Assistant Professor Internal Medicine and Nephrology, Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social 

X account: dra_miliflores

K J Priyadarshini John

Assistant Professor ,Department of Nephrology 

Osmania General Hospital , Hyderabad 

Twitter handle: @drpriyajohn

Srikanth Bathini

Senior Consultant of Nephrology , Krishna Institute of Medical Sciences,

Hyderabad.

twitter: @dakidneydoc

Rotation Leads

Sophia Ambruso

Associate Professor of Medicine, Renal Fellowship Mentorship Director University of Colorado School of Medicine, Division of Renal Diseases & Hypertension, Rocky Mountain Regional VA Medical Center

  • Experience - Twitter, PPT (visual abstracts & infographics), podcasting

  • Creator/Co-creator: KI Reports Community, Kidney Essentials podcast, ABC Kidney

  • Associate Editor, Visual Abstracts & Social Media, KI Reports

  • Contributor: Freely Filtered Podcast (discussant and podcast editor)

  • Director: NephMedEd (NSMC) blog and Xtorial rotation

  • Mentor: NephMedEd (NSMC) graphical communications rotation

Swapnil Hiremath

Twitter handle: @hswapnil

University of Ottawa, Ottawa Hospital, Ottawa, Canada 

Experience- Proficiency in using Twitter, Squarespace

  • Creator/Co-creator: NephJC.com

  • Member of AJKD Blog, NephMadness

Krithika Mohan
Consultant nephrologist and transplant physician
Cytecare hospital, Bangalore

Twitter handle: @krithicism

Executive Board

Cathy Quinlan, MD (@KidneyCathy) Class 2017, Faculty since 2018, Australia

  • Experience- Genetics, pediatric nephrology. Animation

Samira Farouk, MD, MS (@ssfarouk), 2018 Class, Faculty since 2019, New York, NY, USA

  • Experience- Wordpress, Twitter, Blogger, HTML, VideoScribe

  • Co-creator of NephSIM, SIM Series, co- faculty lead of Renal Fellow Network, founder of NephSIM Nephrons

  • Social Media Editor, Clinical Transplantation

  • Social Media Director, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Tom Oates, MD (@toates_19), Faculty since 2015, London, UK

  • Experience- Twitter, Medium, R, RStudio

  • Member of NephJC, investigator: Using Social Media to guide patient information in IgA nephropathy 

Silvi Shah, MD, MS (@silvishah)- Past Associate Program Director, NSMC 2016 Class, Faculty since 2017, Cincinnati, OH, USA

  • Experience- Transplant Nephrology, Twitter, Renal Fellow Network Blog, NephJC, Blogger

  • Member -  NephJC, AST Women’s Health Community of Practice, Women in Nephrology- Communications Committee, ASN Women’s Health and Research Community Leader.

Hector Madariaga, MD (@hecmagsmd), 2015 Inaugural Class, Faculty since 2016, Cambridge, MA, USA

  • Experience- Twitter, Medium, Renal Fellow Network contributor, blogging, digital archiving. 

  • Member of NephJC, ISN Social Media Task Force, Renal Fellow Network. 

Edgar Lerma, MD (@edgarvlermamd), Faculty since 2015, Chicago, IL, USA

  • Experience- Author and editor of (almost) every nephrology textbook

  • Creator/Co-creator: NephPearls

  • Member of NephJC.com.

Sayna Norouzi, MD (@SaynaNorouzi), 2018 Class, Faculty since 2019, Houston, TX, USA

  • Experience- Twitter, teaching with Twitter

  • Twitter, Videos

  • Course Director- Blog and Tweetorial rotation

  • Co director GlomCon Fellowship

Nikhil Shah, MBBS, DNB (@dr_nikhilshah), 2015 Inaugural Class, Faculty since 2016

  • Experience- Twitter, Storify, Blogger, WordPress, Squarespace, AWS

  • Social Media Editor - Peritoneal Dialysis International @PDI_Journal

  • Creator/Co-creator - #AbstractPodcast, #AskRenal bot, The Week In Nephrology (TWIN), socialkidney.com,

  • Member of NephJC, NSMC, NephMadness

Tiffany Caza, MD (@Tiff_Caza), 2019 Class, Faculty since 2020, Little Rock, AR, USA

  • Experience- Twitter, Nephrology Pathology

  • Arkana Lab Social Media Team, NephJC Faculty

Vandana Dua Niyyar, MD (@vandyniyyar), 2019 Class, Faculty since 2020, Atlanta, GA, USA

  • Experience- Twitter, Interventional Nephrology

Amit Langote, MD (@LangoteAmit) Class 2017, Faculty since 2018, India

Michelle Lim, MD (@whatsthegfr) 2018 Class, Faculty since 2019, Dundee, UK

  • Experience - Wordpress, Twitter, Adobe Photoshop, visual abstracts and infographics

  • Visual abstract editor for CJASN

  • Adult Nephrology and General Internal Medicine trainee

  • Course Director- Visual Abstracts

Divya Bajpai, MD (@divyaa24) 2018 Class, Faculty since 2019, Mumbai, India

  • Experience- Twitter, Visual Abstracts, Live streaming, Online Quizzes

  • Visual abstract editor CJASN, American Journal of Nephrology / Nephron, 

  • Member of NephJC, [Co lead NephJC Asia], NSMC, Last Month in Nephrology blog. 

Natasha Dave, MD (@NatashaNDave), 2018 Class, Faculty since 2019, Houston, TX

  • Experience- Twitter, Wordpress

  • Renal Fellow Network Faculty advisor, Kidney Medicine Journal- Social Media team lead

  • Councilor- Women in Nephrology

Nayan Arora, MD  (@captainchloride), 2020 class, Faculty since 2021, Seattle, WA

Caitlyn Vlasschaert, MD MSc (@DrFlashHeart), 2020 Class, Faculty since 2021, Kingston, Canada

  • Experience: Twitter, NephJC, Tweetorials

  • Site lead and infographic designer for The Intern At Work (a resident-led podcast)

Anna Gaddy, MD (@AnnaGaddy), 2020 Class, Faculty since 2021, Indiana

  • Experience: Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, NephJC hosting and Newsletter- NephJC Rookie of the Year 2020, Visual abstracts, Blogging

  • Renal Fellow Network Co-Editor

S. Sudha Mannemuddhu, MD (@drM_sudha), 2020 Class, Faculty since 2021

  • Experience- Twitter, Tweetorials, Blogging, PPT( visual abstracts)

  • Social Media Editor - ASPN (American Society of Pediatric Nephrology) @ASPNeph

  • Faculty - @TheSkeletonKG & @Neph_SIM Nephrons

  • Co-chair: ASPN ‘pediatric nephrology in a small group setting’ committee

Sophia Ambruso, DO (@Sophia_Kidney), 2020 class, faculty since late 2020, Denver, CO

  • Experience - Twitter, PPT (visual abstracts & infographics), podcasting

  • Creator/Co-creator: Kidney Essentials podcast, ABC Kidney

  • Associate Editor, Visual Abstracts & Social Media, KI Reports

  • Social Media Director, UCSOM Nephrology Division

  • Mentor, NSMC Graphical Communications rotation 

NSMC Faculty Mentors

Joel Topf, MD (@kidney_boy)- Program Director 2015-2021, Faculty since 2015, Detroit, MI, USA

  • Experience-Blogger, Twitter, Keynote, SquareSpace, WordPress, Storify

  • Creator/Co-creator: PBFluids.com, NephJC.com, NephMadness, Skeleton Key Group, Burton Rose Book Club.

  • Member of AJKDblog

Namrata Parikh, MD (@NamrataYParikh), 2020 Class, Faculty since 2021, India

  • Experience- Twitter, NephJC host, visual abstracts/ infographics creator, Blogging on RFN

Swasti Chaturvedi, MD (@SwastiThinks), 2020 Class, Faculty since 2021,  Australia 

  • Experience: Twitter, NephJC, Tweetorials, Blog writing, Visual Abstracts

  • Member of IPNA social Media Team

  • Paediatric Nephrology, Indigenous Health

Priti Meena, MD (@priti899), 2020 Class, Faculty since 2021, New Delhi, India.

  • Experience- Twitter, Facebook, Visual Abstracts, Blog writing, infographics, NephJC asia host

  • GlomCon virtual fellowship fellow

  • Winner of NephJC Kidney CJASN VA award 2020

Corina Teodosiu, MD (@CTeodosiu), 2020 Class, Faculty since 2021, Bucharest, Romania

  • Experience - Twitter, Facebook, visual abstracts/infographics, Adobe Illustrator

  • Co-founder of Medtinker.net & co-host of the Kidney & the Brain podcast (Romanian)

Krishna Agarwal, MD (@agrawalkris) 2020 Class, Faculty since 2021, Lumbini, Nepal

  • Experience- Twitter, Visual Abstracts, Blog writing, NephJC asia host

  • Member of ISN World Congress of Nephrology Social Media team 

  • GlomCon virtual fellowship fellow

Tiffany Truong (@CRRTiff), Class of 2020, Faculty since 2021, California

  • Fellow Editor, ASN Kidney News

Timothy Yau, MD (@maximal_change), Faculty since 2017, St. Louis, MO, USA

  • Experience-Twitter, Digital/Audio Web Recording, Live streaming

  • Creator- Washington University Nephrology Web Episodes

  • Member of Renal Fellow Network, AJKDBlog Social Media Editor, NephMadness

Laura Slattery, MD (@Slatts_1) 2018 Class, Faculty since 2019, Offaly, Ireland

  • Experience-Twitter, hosting/moderating NephJC,  NephMadness Choosing Wisely Campaign contributor, Renal Fellow Network Contributor.

  • Adult Nephrology and General Internal Medicine trainee

Bea Concepcion, MD (@KidneyBea_n) Class 2017, Faculty since 2018, Nashville Tennessee

  • Experience- Visual abstracts, NephMadness

Dearbhla Kelly, MD (@dearbhlakelly4), 2016 Class, Faculty since 2017, Dublin, Ireland

  • Experience- ICU Nephrology, Stroke, Twitter, Renal Fellow Network contributor

  • Member of NSMC, NephJC

Anna Burgner, MD (@anna_burgner), Faculty since 2017, Nashville, TN, USA

  • Experience- NephMadness Executive Team

Pablo Garcia, MD (@PabloGarciaMD) Class of 2017, Faculty since 2018. New Jersey

  • Experience- Visual Abstracts, NephJC hosting, Squarespace, Infographics.

Justin Davis, MD- @jbda19, 2019 Class, Faculty since 2020,

Angel Verner Venegas, MD- (@Vernisartan), 2019 Class, Faculty since 2020

Arun Kumar, MD- 2019 Class, Faculty since 2020

Krithika Mohan, MD (@krithicism)- 2019 Class, Faculty since 2020, Hyderabad, India

  • Experience- Twitter, Live streaming

Ankit Sukhuja, MD- 2019 Class, Faculty since 2020,

Kartik Kalra, MD (@kkalra_22)- 2020 Class, Faculty since 2021

Mohamed Elrggal, MD (@M_Elraggal) 2018 Class, Faculty since 2019, Alexandria, Egypt

  • Experience- Twitter, Wordpress

  • NephJC Kidney Winner 2018- Rookie of the Year

Larissa Kruger Gomes, MD  (@nephron_andon) 2019 Class, Faculty since 2021, Boston, USA

  • Experience - Twitter, Wordpress, Canva for infographics

  • Fellow editor of Landmark Nephrology

Denisse Arellano, MD  (@deniise_am) 2020 class, Faculty since 2021, Morelia, Mexico

  • Experience - Twitter

  • Member of GlomCon Latinoamerica Working Group

Diana Mahbod, MD (@DiMiRenalMD) 2018 Class, Faculty since 2019, Dallas, TX

  • Co-Creator- LandMark Nephrology

Rajesh Raj, MD (@kidneymedic) 2020 Class, Faculty since 2021, Launceston, Australia

Alejandro Meraz Munoz, MD- 2019 Class, Faculty since 2020

Anshul Bhalla, MD- 2019 Class, Faculty since 2020

NSMC Advisors

Paul Phelan, MD (@paulphel), Faculty since 2015, Edinburgh, UK

  • Experience- Proficiency in using Twitter, Blogger

  • Member of NephJC, AJKD blog, NephMadness. Editor at Renal Fellow Network. Investigator: Twitter sentiment scores & nephrology

Michelle Rheault, MD (@rheault_m), Faculty since 2017, Intern Omsbudperson, Minneapolis, MN, USA

  • Experience-Pediatric nephrology, Twitter

  • Member of NephJC, Co-chair ASPN Communications Committee

Natasha Dave, MD (@NatashaNDave), 2018 Class, Faculty since 2019, Houston, TX

  • Experience- Twitter, Wordpress

  • Renal Fellow Network Faculty advisor, Kidney Medicine Journal- Social Media team lead

  • Councilor- Women in Nephrology

Krystahl Andujar, MD (@Krystahllopathy)- 2019 Class, Faculty since 2020, Puerto Rico, USA

  • Experience- Twitter, Instagram

Ankur Shah, MD (@NephroShah) 2018 Class, Faculty since 2019, Rhode Island, USA

  • Experience- Peritoneal Dialysis Series on RFN

Annabel Biruete, PhD (@anniebelch), Class 2017, Faculty since 2018, Muncie, IN, USA

  • Experience- Renal nutrition, Twitter, NephJC moderator, Renal Fellow Network contributor. 

Nimra Sarfaraz, DO (@DrNimraS) 2018 Class, Faculty since 2019, Dallas, TX, USA

  • Experience- Twitter, Snapchat

Kamran Boka, MD (@Boka_MD), 2016 Class, Faculty since 2017, Houston, TX, USA

  • Experience- Twitter, Slack, Instagram, Storify, Blogger, Wordpress, Squarespace, Pixelmator/Photoshop, JustinMind, App Design & Development

  • Creator: BokasNotes.com, VagalThoughts.com (Retired), UPulmCC.com (In development with Jordan Weinstein), @McGovernPulmCC (Division of Pulm Crit Social Media Accounts: FB, Instagram, Twitter, Slack)

  • BokaMD.com in development.

  • Member of NephJC, NSMC, NephMadness, UPulmCC

Maryam Khosravi, MD (@_Dr_MK), Faculty since 2018, London UK

  • Experience-Twitter

  • Member of NephJC, NephMadness

  • Winner of 2018 NephJC Kidney- MVP

Sri Lekha Tummalapalli, MD (@LTummalapalli) 2018 Class, Faculty since 2019, New York, NY

  • Experience- ASN Quality Committee

Benjamin Stewart, MD @drbstewart), 2016 Class, Faculty since 2017

  • Experience- Twitter, NephJC, Renal Fellow Network contribution

  • Member of NSMC, NephJC 

  • Investigator: Impact of NephJC on literature Altmetric scores

Brian Stotter, MD (@StotterMD) 2018 Class, Faculty since 2019, Boston, MA

  • Experience- Wordpress, Twitter, Squarespace

  • Creator of Ins and Outs Academic Pediatric Nephrology Blog

  • Contributor to NephMadness (scouting report and choosing wisely campaign)

  • Member of ASPN Communications Committee

Joshua Schwimmer, MD (@joshuaschwimmer), Faculty since 2015, NYC, USA

  • Experience-Squarespace, Blogger, Tumblr, Doximity, Photography

  • Creator/Co-creator: KidneyNotes.com (first nephrology blog), Infosnack.com, Nephrogram.com

James Novak, MD, PhD (@JamesNovakNeph) 2018 Class, Faculty since 2019, Detroit, MI

Helen Currier, RN (@hxcurrier), 2016 Class, Faculty since 2017

Justin Berk, MD (@justinberk) 2018 Class, Faculty since 2019, Baltimore, MD

  • Experience- Correspondent for The Curbsiders

Vanessa Grubbs, MD (@thenephrologist) Class 2017, Faculty since 2018, San Francisco,CA

  • Experience- Published author. 

Ali Poyan Mehr, MD (@poyanmehr), Faculty since 2017, Boston, MA, USA

  • Experience-Registry & trial design, editor-in-chief Nephrology section WikiDoc.org, web based telehealth conferencing, web design

  • Creator- GlomCon.org

Chi Chu, MD (@cdchu), 2015 Class, Faculty since 2016, San Francisco, CA, USA

  • Experience-Twitter

  • Member of NephMadness, NephJC

Kenar D. Jhaveri, MD (@kdjahveri), Faculty since 2015, Great Neck, NY, USA

  • Experience- Blogger, Twitter, Wordpress, Linkedin

  • Creator/Co-creator: NephronPower.com, Detective Nephron, AJKD blog, Nephrology Crosswords and Anagrams

  • Member of ASN Onconephrology Forum, Education Committee and Recertification Committee, Nephmadness

Scherly Leon, MD, MS (@sleonmd),, 2015 Class, Faculty since 2016, NYC, USA

  • Experience-Twitter, Facebook, Instagram

  • Member of NephJC, ASN Communication and Media Committee

Kate Robson, MD (@Nephrologista) 2018 Class, Faculty since 2019, Melbourne, Australia

Nathaniel Reisinger, MD (@nephrothaniel) Class 2017, Faculty since 2018, Philadelphia, PA

  • Experience- point of care ultrasound

Angel Ortiz, MD (@AngelCesarOrtiz) 2018 Class, Faculty since 2019, Mexico City, Mexico

Manasi Bapat, MD (@manasib33) 2018 Class, Faculty since 2019, San Francisco, CA

Jordan Weinstein, MD (@drjjw), Faculty since 2015, Toronto, Canada

  • Experience - Multiple PHP-based platforms (Joomla, Wordpress, Concrete 5 etc), Server management, application design and development. Developer of 15-20 active websites

  • Creator/Co-creator: UKidney.com 

Aakash Shingada, MD (@aakashshingada) 2018 Class, Faculty since 2019, Mumbai, India 

  • Experience - Twitter, Visual Abstracts, Coreldraw, Live streaming, Live Visual Abstract 

  • Visual abstract editor CJASN, American Journal of Nephrology / Nephron, Brazilian Journal of Nephrology. 

  • Member of NephJC, NSMC, Last Month in Nephrology blog. 

Hugo Diniz, MD- 2019 Class, Faculty since 2020

Abhilash Koratala, MD- 2019 Class, Faculty since 2020

Alejandro Meraz Munoz, MD- 2019 Class, Faculty since 2020

Daniyal Jafree, MD- 2019 Class, Faculty since 2020

Itunu Owoyemi, MD-

Namrata Parikh, MD-

Eric Au, MD- 2019 Class, Faculty since 2020

Ailish Nimmo, MD- 2020 Class

Mya Htwe Nge, MD (@mhtwenge), 2018 Class, Faculty since 2019, Ygn, Myanmar 

Mayuri Trivedi, MD (@MayuriTrivedi80) 2018 Class, Faculty since 2019, Bombay, India

Jia Hwei Ng, MD- 2019 Class, Faculty since 2020

Vicki Sandys, MD- 2019 Class, Faculty since 2020

Sarah Gleeson, MD (@sarah_gleeson_) 2018 Class, Faculty since 2019, Auckland, New Zealand

Sinead Stoneman, MD (@Stones_) 2018 Class, Faculty since 2019, Waterford, Ireland

  • Experience- Twitter, NephJC host, visual abstracts/graphics creator

  • Adult Nephrology and General Internal Medicine trainee

  • Winner of NephMadness 2018

Omar Taco, MD (@errantnephon), Class of 2017, Faculty since 2018, Barcelona, Spain

  • Experience- Visual Abstracts, Infographics

  • Member of NephJC, NSMC, Last Month in Nephrology blog

NSMC Team

Program Director

Mythri Shankar, MBBS, MD, DNB (Nephrology) (@nephromythri),

Program Director, 2021 Grad, Bengaluru, India.

•MBBS, MD, DNB (Dr.HL Trivedi Gold Medal- DNB Nephrology)

•Associate Professor, Institute of Nephro-urology (Govt. of Karnataka), Bengaluru

•Glomcon fellowship instructor

•Secretary Women in Nephrology India – Karnataka chapter

•Dr.HL Trivedi Gold medal – DNB Nephrology (2017)

•CJASN best visual abstract award (2021), and NephJC founders award(2022)

•Member -ISN education, ISN social media team, ISN young, Kireports VA editorial board, Kidney medicine  VA editorial board, Glomcon pubs editorial board, Indian society of nephrology social media committee, Indian Journal of transplantation VA editorial board, ISN South Asia Regional board

Matthew A. Sparks, MD (@nephro_sparks), Program Director, Faculty since 2015, Durham, NC, USA

  • Experience- Proficiency in using Twitter, Wordpress, Blogger, Squarespace, Cursory use of HTML. 

  • Creator/Co-creator: NephMadness, Renal Fellow Network (current faculty lead)

  • Member of- NephJC Board Member, AJKD blog (Social Media Advisory Board), NephMadness Executive Team, AHA Kidney in Cardiovascular Disease Membership and Communication/Leadership/SCILL (Vice Chair) Committees. ABIM Nephrology Board. Interest in the intersection of social media and academia.

  • Course Director- Scientific Communication, Duke University Clinical Research Training Program (CRTP)

Twitter Accounts- @DukeKidney @KidneyInCVD @RenalFellowNtwk @NephMadness @NephSecrets @KIDNEYcon

Executive Board

2024 Pod Captains

Cristina Popa

Brian Rifkin

General/Interventional Nephrology Hattiesburg Clinic, Hattiesburg MS

Twitter Handle: @brian_rifkin

Sabarinath

Milagros Melissa Flores Fonseca

Associate investigator and Assistant Professor Internal Medicine and Nephrology, Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social 

X account: dra_miliflores

K J Priyadarshini John

Assistant Professor ,Department of Nephrology 

Osmania General Hospital , Hyderabad 

Twitter handle: @drpriyajohn

Srikanth Bathini

Rotation Leads

Sophia Ambruso

Associate Professor of Medicine, Renal Fellowship Mentorship Director University of Colorado School of Medicine, Division of Renal Diseases & Hypertension, Rocky Mountain Regional VA Medical Center

  • Experience - Twitter, PPT (visual abstracts & infographics), podcasting

  • Creator/Co-creator: KI Reports Community, Kidney Essentials podcast, ABC Kidney

  • Associate Editor, Visual Abstracts & Social Media, KI Reports

  • Contributor: Freely Filtered Podcast (discussant and podcast editor)

  • Director: NephMedEd (NSMC) blog and Xtorial rotation

  • Mentor: NephMedEd (NSMC) graphical communications rotation

Swapnil Hiremath

Twitter handle: @hswapnil

University of Ottawa, Ottawa Hospital, Ottawa, Canada 

Krithika Mohan
Consultant nephrologist and transplant physician
Cytecare hospital, Bangalore

Twitter handle: @krithicism

Executive Board

Cathy Quinlan, MD (@KidneyCathy) Class 2017, Faculty since 2018, Australia

  • Experience- Genetics, pediatric nephrology. Animation

Samira Farouk, MD, MS (@ssfarouk), 2018 Class, Faculty since 2019, New York, NY, USA

  • Experience- Wordpress, Twitter, Blogger, HTML, VideoScribe

  • Co-creator of NephSIM, SIM Series, co- faculty lead of Renal Fellow Network, founder of NephSIM Nephrons

  • Social Media Editor, Clinical Transplantation

  • Social Media Director, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Swapnil Hiremath, MD (@hswapnil), Faculty since 2015, Ottawa, Canada

  • Experience- Proficiency in using Twitter, Squarespace

  • Creator/Co-creator: NephJC.com

  • Member of AJKD Blog, NephMadness

Tom Oates, MD (@toates_19), Faculty since 2015, London, UK

  • Experience- Twitter, Medium, R, RStudio

  • Member of NephJC, investigator: Using Social Media to guide patient information in IgA nephropathy 

Silvi Shah, MD, MS (@silvishah)- Past Associate Program Director, NSMC 2016 Class, Faculty since 2017, Cincinnati, OH, USA

  • Experience- Transplant Nephrology, Twitter, Renal Fellow Network Blog, NephJC, Blogger

  • Member -  NephJC, AST Women’s Health Community of Practice, Women in Nephrology- Communications Committee, ASN Women’s Health and Research Community Leader.

Hector Madariaga, MD (@hecmagsmd), 2015 Inaugural Class, Faculty since 2016, Cambridge, MA, USA

  • Experience- Twitter, Medium, Renal Fellow Network contributor, blogging, digital archiving. 

  • Member of NephJC, ISN Social Media Task Force, Renal Fellow Network. 

Edgar Lerma, MD (@edgarvlermamd), Faculty since 2015, Chicago, IL, USA

  • Experience- Author and editor of (almost) every nephrology textbook

  • Creator/Co-creator: NephPearls

  • Member of NephJC.com.

Sayna Norouzi, MD (@SaynaNorouzi), 2018 Class, Faculty since 2019, Houston, TX, USA

  • Experience- Twitter, teaching with Twitter

  • Twitter, Videos

  • Course Director- Blog and Tweetorial rotation

  • Co director GlomCon Fellowship

Nikhil Shah, MBBS, DNB (@dr_nikhilshah), 2015 Inaugural Class, Faculty since 2016

  • Experience- Twitter, Storify, Blogger, WordPress, Squarespace, AWS

  • Social Media Editor - Peritoneal Dialysis International @PDI_Journal

  • Creator/Co-creator - #AbstractPodcast, #AskRenal bot, The Week In Nephrology (TWIN), socialkidney.com,

  • Member of NephJC, NSMC, NephMadness

Tiffany Caza, MD (@Tiff_Caza), 2019 Class, Faculty since 2020, Little Rock, AR, USA

  • Experience- Twitter, Nephrology Pathology

  • Arkana Lab Social Media Team, NephJC Faculty

Vandana Dua Niyyar, MD (@vandyniyyar), 2019 Class, Faculty since 2020, Atlanta, GA, USA

  • Experience- Twitter, Interventional Nephrology

Amit Langote, MD (@LangoteAmit) Class 2017, Faculty since 2018, India

Michelle Lim, MD (@whatsthegfr) 2018 Class, Faculty since 2019, Dundee, UK

  • Experience - Wordpress, Twitter, Adobe Photoshop, visual abstracts and infographics

  • Visual abstract editor for CJASN

  • Adult Nephrology and General Internal Medicine trainee

  • Course Director- Visual Abstracts

Divya Bajpai, MD (@divyaa24) 2018 Class, Faculty since 2019, Mumbai, India

  • Experience- Twitter, Visual Abstracts, Live streaming, Online Quizzes

  • Visual abstract editor CJASN, American Journal of Nephrology / Nephron, 

  • Member of NephJC, [Co lead NephJC Asia], NSMC, Last Month in Nephrology blog. 

Natasha Dave, MD (@NatashaNDave), 2018 Class, Faculty since 2019, Houston, TX

  • Experience- Twitter, Wordpress

  • Renal Fellow Network Faculty advisor, Kidney Medicine Journal- Social Media team lead

  • Councilor- Women in Nephrology

Nayan Arora, MD  (@captainchloride), 2020 class, Faculty since 2021, Seattle, WA

Caitlyn Vlasschaert, MD MSc (@DrFlashHeart), 2020 Class, Faculty since 2021, Kingston, Canada

  • Experience: Twitter, NephJC, Tweetorials

  • Site lead and infographic designer for The Intern At Work (a resident-led podcast)

Anna Gaddy, MD (@AnnaGaddy), 2020 Class, Faculty since 2021, Indiana

  • Experience: Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, NephJC hosting and Newsletter- NephJC Rookie of the Year 2020, Visual abstracts, Blogging

  • Renal Fellow Network Co-Editor

S. Sudha Mannemuddhu, MD (@drM_sudha), 2020 Class, Faculty since 2021

  • Experience- Twitter, Tweetorials, Blogging, PPT( visual abstracts)

  • Social Media Editor - ASPN (American Society of Pediatric Nephrology) @ASPNeph

  • Faculty - @TheSkeletonKG & @Neph_SIM Nephrons

  • Co-chair: ASPN ‘pediatric nephrology in a small group setting’ committee

Sophia Ambruso, DO (@Sophia_Kidney), 2020 class, faculty since late 2020, Denver, CO

  • Experience - Twitter, PPT (visual abstracts & infographics), podcasting

  • Creator/Co-creator: Kidney Essentials podcast, ABC Kidney

  • Associate Editor, Visual Abstracts & Social Media, KI Reports

  • Social Media Director, UCSOM Nephrology Division

  • Mentor, NSMC Graphical Communications rotation 

NSMC Faculty Mentors

Joel Topf, MD (@kidney_boy)- Program Director 2015-2021, Faculty since 2015, Detroit, MI, USA

  • Experience-Blogger, Twitter, Keynote, SquareSpace, WordPress, Storify

  • Creator/Co-creator: PBFluids.com, NephJC.com, NephMadness, Skeleton Key Group, Burton Rose Book Club.

  • Member of AJKDblog

Namrata Parikh, MD (@NamrataYParikh), 2020 Class, Faculty since 2021, India

  • Experience- Twitter, NephJC host, visual abstracts/ infographics creator, Blogging on RFN

Swasti Chaturvedi, MD (@SwastiThinks), 2020 Class, Faculty since 2021,  Australia 

  • Experience: Twitter, NephJC, Tweetorials, Blog writing, Visual Abstracts

  • Member of IPNA social Media Team

  • Paediatric Nephrology, Indigenous Health

Priti Meena, MD (@priti899), 2020 Class, Faculty since 2021, New Delhi, India.

  • Experience- Twitter, Facebook, Visual Abstracts, Blog writing, infographics, NephJC asia host

  • GlomCon virtual fellowship fellow

  • Winner of NephJC Kidney CJASN VA award 2020

Corina Teodosiu, MD (@CTeodosiu), 2020 Class, Faculty since 2021, Bucharest, Romania

  • Experience - Twitter, Facebook, visual abstracts/infographics, Adobe Illustrator

  • Co-founder of Medtinker.net & co-host of the Kidney & the Brain podcast (Romanian)

Krishna Agarwal, MD (@agrawalkris) 2020 Class, Faculty since 2021, Lumbini, Nepal

  • Experience- Twitter, Visual Abstracts, Blog writing, NephJC asia host

  • Member of ISN World Congress of Nephrology Social Media team 

  • GlomCon virtual fellowship fellow

Tiffany Truong (@CRRTiff), Class of 2020, Faculty since 2021, California

  • Fellow Editor, ASN Kidney News

Timothy Yau, MD (@maximal_change), Faculty since 2017, St. Louis, MO, USA

  • Experience-Twitter, Digital/Audio Web Recording, Live streaming

  • Creator- Washington University Nephrology Web Episodes

  • Member of Renal Fellow Network, AJKDBlog Social Media Editor, NephMadness

Laura Slattery, MD (@Slatts_1) 2018 Class, Faculty since 2019, Offaly, Ireland

  • Experience-Twitter, hosting/moderating NephJC,  NephMadness Choosing Wisely Campaign contributor, Renal Fellow Network Contributor.

  • Adult Nephrology and General Internal Medicine trainee

Bea Concepcion, MD (@KidneyBea_n) Class 2017, Faculty since 2018, Nashville Tennessee

  • Experience- Visual abstracts, NephMadness

Dearbhla Kelly, MD (@dearbhlakelly4), 2016 Class, Faculty since 2017, Dublin, Ireland

  • Experience- ICU Nephrology, Stroke, Twitter, Renal Fellow Network contributor

  • Member of NSMC, NephJC

Anna Burgner, MD (@anna_burgner), Faculty since 2017, Nashville, TN, USA

  • Experience- NephMadness Executive Team

Pablo Garcia, MD (@PabloGarciaMD) Class of 2017, Faculty since 2018. New Jersey

  • Experience- Visual Abstracts, NephJC hosting, Squarespace, Infographics.

Justin Davis, MD- @jbda19, 2019 Class, Faculty since 2020,

Angel Verner Venegas, MD- (@Vernisartan), 2019 Class, Faculty since 2020

Arun Kumar, MD- 2019 Class, Faculty since 2020

Krithika Mohan, MD (@krithicism)- 2019 Class, Faculty since 2020, Hyderabad, India

  • Experience- Twitter, Live streaming

Ankit Sukhuja, MD- 2019 Class, Faculty since 2020,

Kartik Kalra, MD (@kkalra_22)- 2020 Class, Faculty since 2021

Mohamed Elrggal, MD (@M_Elraggal) 2018 Class, Faculty since 2019, Alexandria, Egypt

  • Experience- Twitter, Wordpress

  • NephJC Kidney Winner 2018- Rookie of the Year

Larissa Kruger Gomes, MD  (@nephron_andon) 2019 Class, Faculty since 2021, Boston, USA

  • Experience - Twitter, Wordpress, Canva for infographics

  • Fellow editor of Landmark Nephrology

Denisse Arellano, MD  (@deniise_am) 2020 class, Faculty since 2021, Morelia, Mexico

  • Experience - Twitter

  • Member of GlomCon Latinoamerica Working Group

Diana Mahbod, MD (@DiMiRenalMD) 2018 Class, Faculty since 2019, Dallas, TX

  • Co-Creator- LandMark Nephrology

Rajesh Raj, MD (@kidneymedic) 2020 Class, Faculty since 2021, Launceston, Australia

Alejandro Meraz Munoz, MD- 2019 Class, Faculty since 2020

Anshul Bhalla, MD- 2019 Class, Faculty since 2020

NSMC Advisors

Paul Phelan, MD (@paulphel), Faculty since 2015, Edinburgh, UK

  • Experience- Proficiency in using Twitter, Blogger

  • Member of NephJC, AJKD blog, NephMadness. Editor at Renal Fellow Network. Investigator: Twitter sentiment scores & nephrology

Michelle Rheault, MD (@rheault_m), Faculty since 2017, Intern Omsbudperson, Minneapolis, MN, USA

  • Experience-Pediatric nephrology, Twitter

  • Member of NephJC, Co-chair ASPN Communications Committee

Natasha Dave, MD (@NatashaNDave), 2018 Class, Faculty since 2019, Houston, TX

  • Experience- Twitter, Wordpress

  • Renal Fellow Network Faculty advisor, Kidney Medicine Journal- Social Media team lead

  • Councilor- Women in Nephrology

Krystahl Andujar, MD (@Krystahllopathy)- 2019 Class, Faculty since 2020, Puerto Rico, USA

  • Experience- Twitter, Instagram

Ankur Shah, MD (@NephroShah) 2018 Class, Faculty since 2019, Rhode Island, USA

  • Experience- Peritoneal Dialysis Series on RFN

Annabel Biruete, PhD (@anniebelch), Class 2017, Faculty since 2018, Muncie, IN, USA

  • Experience- Renal nutrition, Twitter, NephJC moderator, Renal Fellow Network contributor. 

Nimra Sarfaraz, DO (@DrNimraS) 2018 Class, Faculty since 2019, Dallas, TX, USA

  • Experience- Twitter, Snapchat

Kamran Boka, MD (@Boka_MD), 2016 Class, Faculty since 2017, Houston, TX, USA

  • Experience- Twitter, Slack, Instagram, Storify, Blogger, Wordpress, Squarespace, Pixelmator/Photoshop, JustinMind, App Design & Development

  • Creator: BokasNotes.com, VagalThoughts.com (Retired), UPulmCC.com (In development with Jordan Weinstein), @McGovernPulmCC (Division of Pulm Crit Social Media Accounts: FB, Instagram, Twitter, Slack)

  • BokaMD.com in development.

  • Member of NephJC, NSMC, NephMadness, UPulmCC

Maryam Khosravi, MD (@_Dr_MK), Faculty since 2018, London UK

  • Experience-Twitter

  • Member of NephJC, NephMadness

  • Winner of 2018 NephJC Kidney- MVP

Sri Lekha Tummalapalli, MD (@LTummalapalli) 2018 Class, Faculty since 2019, New York, NY

  • Experience- ASN Quality Committee

Benjamin Stewart, MD @drbstewart), 2016 Class, Faculty since 2017

  • Experience- Twitter, NephJC, Renal Fellow Network contribution

  • Member of NSMC, NephJC 

  • Investigator: Impact of NephJC on literature Altmetric scores

Brian Stotter, MD (@StotterMD) 2018 Class, Faculty since 2019, Boston, MA

  • Experience- Wordpress, Twitter, Squarespace

  • Creator of Ins and Outs Academic Pediatric Nephrology Blog

  • Contributor to NephMadness (scouting report and choosing wisely campaign)

  • Member of ASPN Communications Committee

Joshua Schwimmer, MD (@joshuaschwimmer), Faculty since 2015, NYC, USA

  • Experience-Squarespace, Blogger, Tumblr, Doximity, Photography

  • Creator/Co-creator: KidneyNotes.com (first nephrology blog), Infosnack.com, Nephrogram.com

James Novak, MD, PhD (@JamesNovakNeph) 2018 Class, Faculty since 2019, Detroit, MI

Helen Currier, RN (@hxcurrier), 2016 Class, Faculty since 2017

Justin Berk, MD (@justinberk) 2018 Class, Faculty since 2019, Baltimore, MD

  • Experience- Correspondent for The Curbsiders

Vanessa Grubbs, MD (@thenephrologist) Class 2017, Faculty since 2018, San Francisco,CA

  • Experience- Published author. 

Ali Poyan Mehr, MD (@poyanmehr), Faculty since 2017, Boston, MA, USA

  • Experience-Registry & trial design, editor-in-chief Nephrology section WikiDoc.org, web based telehealth conferencing, web design

  • Creator- GlomCon.org

Chi Chu, MD (@cdchu), 2015 Class, Faculty since 2016, San Francisco, CA, USA

  • Experience-Twitter

  • Member of NephMadness, NephJC

Kenar D. Jhaveri, MD (@kdjahveri), Faculty since 2015, Great Neck, NY, USA

  • Experience- Blogger, Twitter, Wordpress, Linkedin

  • Creator/Co-creator: NephronPower.com, Detective Nephron, AJKD blog, Nephrology Crosswords and Anagrams

  • Member of ASN Onconephrology Forum, Education Committee and Recertification Committee, Nephmadness

Scherly Leon, MD, MS (@sleonmd),, 2015 Class, Faculty since 2016, NYC, USA

  • Experience-Twitter, Facebook, Instagram

  • Member of NephJC, ASN Communication and Media Committee

Kate Robson, MD (@Nephrologista) 2018 Class, Faculty since 2019, Melbourne, Australia

Nathaniel Reisinger, MD (@nephrothaniel) Class 2017, Faculty since 2018, Philadelphia, PA

  • Experience- point of care ultrasound

Angel Ortiz, MD (@AngelCesarOrtiz) 2018 Class, Faculty since 2019, Mexico City, Mexico

Manasi Bapat, MD (@manasib33) 2018 Class, Faculty since 2019, San Francisco, CA

Jordan Weinstein, MD (@drjjw), Faculty since 2015, Toronto, Canada

  • Experience - Multiple PHP-based platforms (Joomla, Wordpress, Concrete 5 etc), Server management, application design and development. Developer of 15-20 active websites

  • Creator/Co-creator: UKidney.com 

Aakash Shingada, MD (@aakashshingada) 2018 Class, Faculty since 2019, Mumbai, India 

  • Experience - Twitter, Visual Abstracts, Coreldraw, Live streaming, Live Visual Abstract 

  • Visual abstract editor CJASN, American Journal of Nephrology / Nephron, Brazilian Journal of Nephrology. 

  • Member of NephJC, NSMC, Last Month in Nephrology blog. 

Hugo Diniz, MD- 2019 Class, Faculty since 2020

Abhilash Koratala, MD- 2019 Class, Faculty since 2020

Vineet Behera, MD- 2019 Class, Faculty since 2020

Mario Funez, MD- 2019 Class, Faculty since 2020

Vighnesh Walavalkar, MD- 2019 Class, Faculty since 2020

Alejandro Meraz Munoz, MD- 2019 Class, Faculty since 2020

Daniyal Jafree, MD- 2019 Class, Faculty since 2020

Itunu Owoyemi, MD-

Namrata Parikh, MD-

Eric Au, MD- 2019 Class, Faculty since 2020

Ailish Nimmo, MD- 2020 Class

Mya Htwe Nge, MD (@mhtwenge), 2018 Class, Faculty since 2019, Ygn, Myanmar 

Mayuri Trivedi, MD (@MayuriTrivedi80) 2018 Class, Faculty since 2019, Bombay, India

Jia Hwei Ng, MD- 2019 Class, Faculty since 2020

Vicki Sandys, MD- 2019 Class, Faculty since 2020

Harish Seethapathy, MD- 2019 Class, Faculty since 2020

Sanjeev Nair, MD (@Nair_Sanj) 2018 Class, Faculty since 2019, Channai, India

Sarah Gleeson, MD (@sarah_gleeson_) 2018 Class, Faculty since 2019, Auckland, New Zealand

Madhuri Ramakrishnan, MD- 2019 Class, Faculty since 2020

Aldo Rodrigo Jimenez Vega, MD- 2019 Class, Faculty since 2020

Sinead Stoneman, MD (@Stones_) 2018 Class, Faculty since 2019, Waterford, Ireland

  • Experience- Twitter, NephJC host, visual abstracts/graphics creator

  • Adult Nephrology and General Internal Medicine trainee

  • Winner of NephMadness 2018

Omar Taco, MD (@errantnephon), Class of 2017, Faculty since 2018, Barcelona, Spain

  • Experience- Visual Abstracts, Infographics

  • Member of NephJC, NSMC, Last Month in Nephrology blog