ÜBER DIESE EPISODE
To achieve optimal outcomes for patients, it is not only the individual efforts of clinicians that matter in achieving optimal outcomes for our patients. Having a system that supports and facilitates those efforts is essential. In this special episode, Neil Skolnik speaks with Nihar Desai about the challenges of managing chronic kidney disease and diabetes.
This special episode is sponsored with support from Bayer.
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Presented by:
Neil Skolnik, MD, Professor of Family and Community Medicine, Sidney Kimmel Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University; Associate Director, Family Medicine Residency Program, Abington Jefferson Health
Nihar Desai, MD, MPH, Associate Professor of Medicine and Associate Chief of the Section of Cardiovascular Medicine at Yale University School of Medicine, Investigator at the Center for Outcomes Research and Evaluation, and Medical Director for Value Innovation at the Yale New Haven Health System.
Selected references:
Chronic Kidney Disease and Risk Management: Standards of Care in Diabetes—2026. The American Diabetes Association's Standards of Care 2026, Diabetes Care 2026;49 (Supplement_1) :S246–S260
Finerenone in Type 1 Diabetes and Chronic Kidney Disease. N Engl J Med 2026;394:947-957
Effect of Finerenone on Chronic Kidney Disease Outcomes in Type 2 Diabetes. N Engl J Med 2020;383:2219-2229
Dapagliflozin in Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease. N Engl J Med 2020;383:1436-1446
Effects of Semaglutide on Chronic Kidney Disease in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes. N Engl J Med 2024;391:109-121
