You cannot fix it when you don’t know there is a problem
In this blog post, Dr. Sumeska Thavarajah, looks at the 2022 theme for World Kidney Day and the challenges faced by the nephrology community.
Dr. Sumeska Thavarajah is an Assistant Professor of Medicine at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Su is committed to education and dedicated to bringing community awareness on kidney disease through her work with the National Kidney Foundation serving Maryland and Delaware. Su has served as the Chairman of its Medical Advisory Board for the last six years and has been a member of the board since 2012. Much of Su’s work has focused on the development of patient education programs for dialysis and transplant options. She has been honored with the National Kidney Foundation’s Linda Cameron Award for Patient Services, for donating her time at community health screenings and assisting the Programs & Advocacy committee. Dr. Thavarajah joined the BMC Nephrology editorial board in October 2019 as a Blog Editor for the journal.
Latest posts by Sumeska Thavarajah (see all)
- You cannot fix it when you don’t know there is a problem - 8th April 2022
- Protecting an investment - 16th July 2021
- Taking care of the patient- not just the disease - 14th July 2021
Protecting an investment
BMC Nephrology Blog Editor Dr. Sumeska Thavarajah has written this blog in which the importance of screening for Polyoma virus BK Nephropathy in recipients of… Read more »
Taking care of the patient- not just the disease
BMC Nephrology Blog Editor Dr. Sumeska Thavarajah has written 'Taking care of the patient- not just the disease', to reiterate the importance of considering… Read more »
World Kidney Day 2021: The Goal of Life Participation
11 March 2021 marks World Kidney Day, BMC Nephrology Blog Editor Dr. Su Thavarajah tells us more about this year's theme and how the nephrology community can… Read more »
Contrasting views: Whether to Order a CT Scan with Contrast or Not
In our next BMC Nephrology blog, Blog Editor Dr. Sumeska Thavarajah takes a look at recommendations of contrast use in individuals with kidney disease and… Read more »
Getting real about kidney transplant timelines
In this month's BMC Nephrology blog, Editor Dr. Sumeska Thavarajah explores the difficulty of predicting pretransplant hemodialysis duration for dialysis… Read more »
Remembering the Caregivers
This month in BMC Nephrology, an article by Shah, et al. investigated the impact of the type of treatment on health quality and caregiver experience in those… Read more »
Performance scores and kidney discard rates: the challenging balance for transplant centers
This month in BMC Nephrology, a study by Lee et al. found that the survival rates of dual kidney transplant grafts, from deceased donors… Read more »
Could Arteriovenous Fistula Creation be Reno-Protective?
This week in BMC Nephrology, an article by Benard et al. associated the creation of arteriovenous fistulas with a reduction in the decline of glomerular… Read more »