defining success

Last week I gave my first truly invited international talk at the American Society of Nephrology Kidney Week in Philadelphia. I say “truly” because I did give a couple of talks about my dental-kidney research in England last year, but I offered myself up on a platter and they kindly accepted.

saving at all costs

Samuel Alexander is a 35 year-old man with active drug use that led to end-stage kidney disease. Recently he added endocarditis, an infection of a heart valve, to the list of things wrong with him. It’s hard to remember he is only 35 because when he talks, his lips pout and his jowls sag like an old man because he has no teeth.