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Michelle Rheault

@rheault_m

6 months

Sparsentan versus Irbesartan in Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis #FSGS

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Michelle Rheault

@rheault_m

6 months

Parents came to visit before my surgery next week. Literally bought me a freezer, put it in my basement, and filled it with meals. THAT”S HOW YOU DO IT.

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Michelle Rheault

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2 years

Drug rep just called hospital operator to have me paged. 😱😡 Don’t do this.

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Michelle Rheault

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4 years

Paged during dinner, so taking notes. (Non-medical) husband looks over my shoulder. Him: “Hey, you didn’t do your little drawing?” Me: “What little drawing??” 🤔 Him: “You know...” Me: “Ohhh. You mean this one...”

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Michelle Rheault

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3 years

My kids got me a mug with my first ever paper memorialized on it. What a sweet, nerdy gift.🎄 Perfect.

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Michelle Rheault

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4 years

When I see kids for their first clinic visit after kidney transplant, I ask them all: What did you wish I warned you about that I didn’t? Was anything a surprise? Here are some things I’ve learned that have helped with pre-transplant counseling...

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Michelle Rheault

@rheault_m

1 year

I grew up in a small town in North Dakota. To think that someday I would be invited to give a talk in Bangkok at the #ISNWCN and be author on a Lancet publication on the same day makes me want to cry.

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Michelle Rheault

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4 years

Dear resident: You don’t have to apologize when you call me in the middle of the night. It’s my job.

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Michelle Rheault

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6 years

Elementary school science fair night. I don't know who this kid is but he/she is my new spirit animal.

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Michelle Rheault

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4 years

Schools going from hybrid to all distance learning. Kids sobbing uncontrollably. Me: It’s ok to be sad. 14: I’m not sad, I’m mad that no one is taking this seriously. Me too kid. Me too.

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Michelle Rheault

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1 year

Promoted to Professor! Was really important for me to get here for my own sense of accomplishment. Thanks to everyone for their help along the way.

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Michelle Rheault

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7 months

Yesterday was a really good day. Maybe even a career high. I should be popping the 🍾. But with every high has to come a low, right? That’s how this works. Have you been getting your mammograms like you’re supposed to? I haven’t. 🧵 #KidneyWk #WomenInMedicine

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Michelle Rheault

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4 years

Watching the new Zac Efron series on Netflix and his “water sommelier” 💧 tells him to never drink purified water because it will leach all the minerals out of your body. I think my head exploded. 5 minute rant later... 13: Mom. 🙄 It’s not always about the kidneys.

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Michelle Rheault

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3 years

“I am currently out of the office. But let’s be honest. I’ll still see your email. I’m just really, really going to try not to respond until next week, and I’ll feel terribly guilty about it, so maybe not send anything else until next week.”

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Michelle Rheault

@rheault_m

1 year

I’ve taken a lot of time recently to think about what I want to do with my career. What brings me joy and has the most impact? This👇 is what I came up with. I’m the new Director for the Center for Women in Medicine and Science @umnmedschool .

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Michelle Rheault

@rheault_m

7 months

So now I’ll be taking some time off. To heal. Both physically and mentally. But I’ll be back.

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Michelle Rheault

@rheault_m

2 months

I’ve been feeling down a lot lately, so my family made me this collage to remind me that it’s been a good year and that I shouldn’t feel sorry for myself. 😭

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Michelle Rheault

@rheault_m

7 months

But that big talk, that big paper, that big promotion, that important position aren’t worth it if you don’t take care of you. Learn from my mistakes. Get that mammogram. Get that colonoscopy. Go to the spa. You won’t be too busy when you’re dead. #KidneyWk

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Michelle Rheault

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5 years

If you go to Chicago and don’t make a pilgrimage to The Bean, are you even a nephrologist?

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Michelle Rheault

@rheault_m

2 years

Only 20% of the general public knows what a "nephrologist" specializes in. 4% thought it meant "death". 😱 Great work from the team @UMNPeds . I've learned to introduce myself as the kidney doctor.

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Michelle Rheault

@rheault_m

6 years

Has anyone tried nephrology yet? 💦Hyponatremia 🐫Hypernatremia 🍌Hyperkalemia 🚰Diabetes insipidis 🍔Hemolytic uremic syndrome 🚁Kidney transplant 🤰🏽Preeclampsia 🕷Rhabdomyolysis 🐡AKI 🐙 Podocytopathy 🦄 Dense deposit disease

Dr. Glaucomflecken

@DGlaucomflecken

6 years

😭 epiphora 😳 thyroid eye disease 😆 blepharospasm 😉 hemifacial spasm 😌 dermatochalasis 😔 dermatochalasis+brow ptosis 😵 bilateral tarsorrhaphy 😠 poorly done Botox 🙂 well done Botox 😏 Bell's palsy

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Michelle Rheault

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4 years

Any other pediatricians feeling #Covid19 guilt? Our patients will be ok, mostly, and our professional exposures minimal. Meanwhile our friends and colleagues in adult medicine are being extraordinarily brave, just by going to work. 😢

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Michelle Rheault

@rheault_m

2 years

Why is this infant formula shortage and people using homemade formulas such a big deal? If you or I changed what or how much we drink, our kidneys would simply maintain homeostasis. Why can't babies do the same? Turns out baby kidneys are stupid. 🧵

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Michelle Rheault

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3 years

OSH ER middle of the night call to transfer patient. Me: “What’s his COVID status?” “Oh we haven’t checked. He doesn’t have any symptoms.”

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Michelle Rheault

@rheault_m

6 years

Excited to be named Director of the Division of Pediatric Nephrology @UMNChildrens !

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Michelle Rheault

@rheault_m

5 years

@HollyBiology Be thankful you got out when you did. My ex husband left me for one of our bridesmaids (also best friend). I’m 1 million times better off now.

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Michelle Rheault

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2 years

If you are trained in an ultra rare specialty with a workforce shortage (say, I don’t know…peds nephrology), do you have an ethical obligation to practice? 🤔

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Michelle Rheault

@rheault_m

5 years

Why did I think it was a good idea to make 50 of these? Can anyone tell they are kidneys?

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Michelle Rheault

@rheault_m

6 months

Best part of my “journey” so far: Got injected for a contrast CT. Machine malfunctioned and wasn’t able to get it started again before contrast time window was up. Tech’s eyes got wide 😳. “OMG. I just injected a nephrologist with contrast for no reason!” 😂😂

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Michelle Rheault

@rheault_m

1 year

My first Lancet paper! (OK, so I’m middle author of many, but still happy to see this moving forward.) #ISNWCN

Sparsentan in patients with IgA nephropathy: a prespecified interim analysis from a randomised,...

Once-daily treatment with sparsentan produced meaningful reduction in proteinuria compared with irbesartan in adults with IgA nephropathy. Safety of sparsentan was similar to irbesartan. Future...

www.thelancet.com

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Michelle Rheault

@rheault_m

4 years

Discharged. Whoop! Whoop!

Michelle Rheault

@rheault_m

4 years

My grandmother has been hospitalized with #Covid19 this week and I find myself worrying about the stupid stuff like...have any of the nurses helped her hook into WiFi so she can get onto Facebook? The isolation is so stressful for families.

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Michelle Rheault

@rheault_m

4 years

“Please can you make the meeting this week? It’s the only day we can get the rest of the committee together.” ) “No, sorry. This is my vacation week and I’m trying to set boundaries so I have time for my family.” (Say it with me...)

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Michelle Rheault

@rheault_m

4 years

What fresh hell is this? @EPICEMRparody

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Michelle Rheault

@rheault_m

4 months

My cancer path report popped into my patient portal at 10:30pm on a Sunday. It was a long night. The waiting is the hardest part.

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Michelle Rheault

@rheault_m

3 years

Associate professorhood is a black hole for mid-career women in academic medicine. Have seen too many leave in the past few months. What practical steps can departments take to get these women to the next level? #WomenInMedicine

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Michelle Rheault

@rheault_m

6 years

Some residents just aren't into OB/GYN, period. @DrJenGunter

Joel M. Topf, MD FACP

@kidney_boy

6 years

Residents say they don’t like nephrology but that’s just for the time peeing.

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Michelle Rheault

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3 years

EPIC just “updated” to enhance my user experience and heme labs were moved to the top instead of chemistries and now I have to quit my job.

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Michelle Rheault

@rheault_m

1 year

I got mine too! And to think, if it wasn’t for Twitter, I never would have met @edgarvlermamd and never would have been part of this book. 1st 3 people who recognize me at #ISNWNC in Bangkok and ask will get a free copy!

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Michelle Rheault

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1 year

Of all the issues with Epic, this drop down list bothers me way more than it should...

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Michelle Rheault

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5 months

Day 1 of 25 radiation treatments in the book. It’s wild and humbling that there are corners of medicine where I have zero expertise. Not even like, “once in medical school…”

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Michelle Rheault

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6 months

After much soul searching, I have decided that…. I am not ready for retirement. Being on sick leave is boring. I guess you’re stuck with me.

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Michelle Rheault

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4 months

Last day of radiation today. Hooray! So now what? Go back to normal and hold my breath? No one tells you about this part.

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Michelle Rheault

@rheault_m

2 years

Give a child a fish and they will eat for a day. Give a child a sushi kit for Christmas and they will prepare a very expensive, not pretty, but very delicious meal for you. 🍣

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Michelle Rheault

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4 years

Thanks @RoshanPGeorgeMD for asking me to write a piece on Women in Medicine for the @ASPNeph Kidney Notes newsletter (page 4 in the link: ). Advancing Women In Nephrology: Don't Just Say It, Do It

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Michelle Rheault

@rheault_m

5 months

17 got accepted to one of her top college choices after receiving a heartbreaking rejection last week. The stress level around this place has dropped about 80%. Coaching our kids through disappointment is one of the hardest things we do as parents.

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Michelle Rheault

@rheault_m

3 years

“Is homeostasis a joke to you?” 🤣

Dr. Glaucomflecken

@DGlaucomflecken

3 years

Hanging out with the nephrologist

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Michelle Rheault

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6 months

Did you miss the High-Impact Clinical Trials session at #KidneyWk ? Full session is available here:

Kidney Week 2023: High-Impact Clinical Trials

View the High-Impact Clinical Trials presented on Friday, November 3, 2023, at Kidney Week 2023.

www.youtube.com

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Michelle Rheault

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4 years

When I work from home, I feel terribly guilty if I’m not doing “work” for one minute. Today I took a 15 minute walk to clear my head and WHY HAVEN’T I BEEN DOING THIS EVERY DAY?

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Michelle Rheault

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4 years

Hey academics. This year is really going to hurt the CV for many of our junior folks. Consider inviting someone from another institution to give an invited lecture to your group. Costs nothing, we all expect zoom anyway, and they continue to make progress toward promotion.

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Michelle Rheault

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7 months

So yes, I finally got that mammogram and 4 weeks ago found that I have breast cancer. I have cancer. Still hard to say. Find myself tearing up for no good reason. Now I’m the one being approached for consent for a clinical trial instead of the one running it. #KidneyWk

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Michelle Rheault

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2 years

Banff 🇨🇦 How do the pathologists get anything done here? I think now I know why they update the Banff Criteria every couple of years. #ipna2022

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Michelle Rheault

@rheault_m

2 years

I found a preview copy in the wild! Stop by the @Wolters_Kluwer booth to preorder your copy today! #KidneyWk

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Michelle Rheault

@rheault_m

6 years

I got divorced my 3rd year of medical school and checked all of these buttons. I didn't tell anyone. The culture of invincibility in medicine needs to end.

NEJM

@NEJM

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Roughly half of medical students experience burnout, and 10% report suicidal ideation during medical school.

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Michelle Rheault

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6 years

WANTED: Pediatric nephrology position in Hawaii, Miami, or South of France. 🌴

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Michelle Rheault

@rheault_m

6 years

Need kidney diet friendly candy for your young patients on dialysis for halloween? Try these suggestions from my lovely RD. 🎃

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Michelle Rheault

@rheault_m

3 years

Is it possible to make a dot phrase for texts to your spouse? I seem to use this one a lot. #MomMedTwitter

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Michelle Rheault

@rheault_m

4 years

Parents: “You didn’t tell me it would take so long for me to recover after donating.” OK, this one’s on the donor team. But now, I make sure they have help lined up for when they go home. What are your pre-kidney transplant counseling pearls?

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Michelle Rheault

@rheault_m

6 years

Every time I search Pubmed for myself, I'm reminded that there's another M Rheault out there diligently studying the metabolic fate of dietary nicotine in the cabbage looper. Some day I'll meet them and figure out what that means. 🤓

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Michelle Rheault

@rheault_m

3 years

15 years later, my daughter is attending #kidneyWk with me again, just this time from my living room.

Michelle Rheault

@rheault_m

7 years

My daughter was 3 months old at her 1st #kidneywk (SanDiego 2006). Have you brought your kids to a scientific meeting? @womeninnephro

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Michelle Rheault

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1 year

Sparsentan approved for IgA nephropathy today by FDA.

With FDA approval for Filspari, Travere turns Bristol Myers castoff into unique drug for rare...

Years after cutting ties to its disgraced founder, Martin Shkreli, and after navigating a short regulatory hiccup, Travere Therapeutics has won an FDA approval for a first-of-its-kind drug for a ra |...

www.fiercepharma.com

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Michelle Rheault

@rheault_m

4 years

The IVP showed that his pediatric nephrologist was over age 65.

AJKD

@AJKDonline

4 years

Quiz fm the AJKD archive (Mar 2007): A 6-yr-old boy had episode of painless gross hematuria. Family history significant for kidney stones on father’s side. Urine dipstick showed a large amount of blood. What does the intravenous pyelogram show? (FREE)

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Michelle Rheault

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3 years

When you haven’t been to Trader Joe’s for 18 months…. 😅

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Michelle Rheault

@rheault_m

8 years

Not all renal disease with deafness is #Alport syndrome. Couldn't find a comprehensive table, so I made one myself. #nephpearls

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Michelle Rheault

@rheault_m

4 years

Wait. The LUNGS get an emoji but still no kidney!

Emojipedia

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4 years

New in Emoji 13.0: Lungs #Emoji2020

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Michelle Rheault

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4 years

Just submitted a manuscript this morning and just found a typo IN THE TITLE.

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Michelle Rheault

@rheault_m

2 months

15: Mom, are you going to have to do work this vacation? Nope. Not this time kid. My out of office reply is up and I’m ready to just enjoy.

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Michelle Rheault

@rheault_m

4 years

Dapaglaflozin in patients with IgA nephropathy. #KidneyWk 👀

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Michelle Rheault

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3 months

17 just got into Wellesley! Any Ped Neph groups in Boston looking to hire? I don’t think I’m ready for this long distance parenting.

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Michelle Rheault

@rheault_m

4 years

Recent microaggression: Nurse wouldn’t start CRRT unless the (male) PICU fellow was at bedside even though I (20 years experience) was standing right there and said we could start. Bothered me the rest of the day.

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Michelle Rheault

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2 years

Nephrologist me: You should eat a low salt diet! 🧂 Working mom me: Orders take-out ramen for the entire family after being on call this week.

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Michelle Rheault

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3 years

Both kids ate brownies for breakfast and I’m left wondering when during this pandemic I completely lost control. #MomMedTwitter #GoodEnough

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Michelle Rheault

@rheault_m

4 years

I am an accidental nephrologist. As a 4th year Med student I had to do a peds specialty rotation. When my first choices of heme/onc and nicu were already full, I was randomly assigned to nephrology and loved it. Early exposure is key to recruitment. #WhyNephrology

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Michelle Rheault

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7 months

Are you attending the Glomerular Disease Update meeting today? I have books available to give away to the first 3 people to ask nicely. #KidneyWk

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Michelle Rheault

@rheault_m

7 years

Lucky to be elected the new Secretary of @womeninnephro ! Looking forward to a productive year! #kidneywk

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3 years

12: “I can’t believe there are that many people who want to hear you talk about nephrology stuff.” Me neither, kid.

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Michelle Rheault

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7 months

She’s right. I’ve got this. #KidneyWk

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Michelle Rheault

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2 years

@DGlaucomflecken 100% you’re up on Visine’s boardroom wall as a brand terrorist.

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Michelle Rheault

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2 years

Am I doing this right? 🇫🇷

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Michelle Rheault

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6 months

As a patient, I would like to say that modern healthcare’s obsession with “length of stay” is cruel and misguided.

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Michelle Rheault

@rheault_m

4 years

“You didn’t tell me I’d have to get up and move around so fast.” Our physical therapists are ruthless. Now I talk about the recovery process and how we help them exercise to help them recover faster.

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Michelle Rheault

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3 years

From our local paper police report. I swear it wasn’t me. 💃🏽 #MomMedTwitter

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@rheault_m

3 years

Long day. I needed this little glimmer of goodness. 😭Thanks for waiting kid. I’m on my way.

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Michelle Rheault

@rheault_m

4 years

Sometimes 280 characters just isn't enough to express yourself. God help us all, I started a blog. Here's my first: The Covimpostor #WomenInMedicine

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Michelle Rheault

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2 years

Some days you feel pretty good. And you feel like you’re making progress. And you wonder if you even need organizations like @womeninnephro anymore. And then this rolls across your feed and you feel angry and so, so tired. #NoManels

#NephsWhoLead

@DaVitaDoc

2 years

Thank you for having us @RPANephrology ! An inspiring and impactful conversation about the future of value-based care in our industry. #RPA #RPA22

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Michelle Rheault

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1 year

How many textbooks can you put in your suitcase before you’re considered an “importer”? #ISNWCN

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Michelle Rheault

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6 years

I'm sorry if I don't answer your page right away. It's because I'm putting my kids to bed. And my baby (10) said: "One more minute mommy. Lay by me one more minute." And I can never say no. #MomMedTwitter

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Michelle Rheault

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4 years

“You didn’t tell me I was going to be on 10 medicines.” True. I always warned about the immunosuppressives and anti infectives, but often didn’t mention the frequent mg or phos supplements. Adds to pull burden. Now I warn them. 💊 💊 💊

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Michelle Rheault

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4 years

Wondering when to biopsy children with signs of glomerular disease? My colleague Dr. Scott McEwen and I lay out some suggestions here.

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3 years

I am a Pediatric Nephrologist. I thank god I don’t have children between the age of 5-11 (seriously, how have you people survived this??), but if I did, they would be getting their COVID vaccine as soon as it was available. 💉

Mary McHenry MD

@maryjmchenry

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I am a Pediatric Allergist. My husband works at home so I can work full time. I have followed #COVID19 vaccine data closely, and reviewed Pfizer's safety & efficacy data in children <12. We WILL vaccinate our 4, 8 and 11 year old children with confidence. THANK YOU science!

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4 years

Can I brag that nephrology is the highest ranked program @UMNChildrens and the highest ranked nephrology program in the upper Midwest?

M Health Fairview Pediatrics

@mhfvpediatrics

4 years

For the 13th year in a row, our hospital has been named a national leader in caring for children – and it ranks for the most pediatric specialties in the Twin Cities ➡️

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Michelle Rheault

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4 years

I am the first person in my family to graduate from college. It wasn’t easy, but worth every loan and misstep to get here. Every kid deserves a shot at college.

First Gen, MD

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4 years

Happy National First-Gen Day! Being first in your family to graduate college is a major accomplishment. Then going on to become a doctor is truly incredible. The grit, drive, & ambition of a first gen is unmatched. You break barriers & defy stereotypes. Celebrate yourself 🎓🩺

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2 years

How is it possible that this little monkey got her drivers permit today? Time goes by too fast. Snuggle them while you can.

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3 years

Hey! I made the cover! “Clinical trials, consortiums place glomerular disease in the spotlight“. Also features quotes from @poyanmehr @GlassockJ and @LauraMarianiMD .

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5 years

Dialysis rounds @UMNChildrens are going to be lit today. So proud of my unit!

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4 years

Holy crap! I didn’t know that was going to come out yet. I’ll save a copy for my mother. Thanks @ASNKidney for giving a ped nephrologist a seat at the table.

Dr. “Dad” MD, FAAP, FASN

@DrRayMD

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Nothing like opening up @KidneyNews and being greeted by the smiling face of my friend and extraordinarily gifted clinician-researcher Dr @rheault_m ! Representing for @ASNKidney & @ASPNeph simultaneously (and with distinction!)

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5 years

@DrGolfShirt @DShadowgazer Nephrology: Nothing

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4 years

Kids hate the Foley catheter, but they don’t know what that is when the surgeon tells them it will be in for 4-5 days. Use simple explanations. “You will have a rubber tube in your urethra that will drain your urine. It will be uncomfortable”

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1 year

Just starting this book and already love it. I’ll be posting my highlights. First, this is not a ‘women just need to say no more’ book. “Women aren’t the problem. Organizational practices are.”

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4 years

Lots of tears at the Rheault house tonight as girls hear that their school trips and long-awaited activities are cancelled. 😢Take-aways for talking to your kids: ✅It’s OK to be sad ✅It’s OK to be mad ✅It’s not fair ✅I’m here to protect you

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