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Interim SVP-Chief Medical Officer @PennStHershey Hershey Medical Center | Academic Nephrologist; |Tweets my own views.

Hershey, Pennsylvania, USA
Joined June 2009
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Umar Farooq, MD, MS, MBA retweeted
Presented at #ERA25: In the CONFIDENCE trial in persons with chronic kidney disease and type 2 diabetes, combination therapy with finerenone and empagliflozin led to a greater reduction in the urinary albumin-to-creatinine ratio than either drug alone. Full trial results: nej.md/4jEVbbk @ERAkidney
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Physicians Faisal Aziz and Umar Farooq enrolled in the #PennStateOnlineMBA program to sharpen their business acumen and strengthen the voice of physicians in an increasingly complex industry. Read more: ow.ly/W1G050Mo5Ts. #SmealBusinessPartners @umar213 @FA_VascularMD
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Umar Farooq, MD, MS, MBA retweeted
Our 9th speaker Umar Farooq, MD, MS, FASN is delivering a lecture on "Xenotransplantation, Wearable and Implantable Bioartificial Kidney—What’s upcoming for patients with kidney disease." at Kidney Updates 2022. #kidneydisease #kidneytransplant #Hershey #pennstate #kidneyupdates
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Umar Farooq, MD, MS, MBA retweeted
We are about to kickstart the Kidney Updates 2022 - Stay tuned for live updates throughout the day. #COVID19 #kidneydisease #kidneytransplant #ckd #dialysis #socialworker #physician #nurses #dietitian #Hershey #pennstate #kidneyupdates
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Umar Farooq, MD, MS, MBA retweeted
The annual Kidney Updates Conference is happening on August 23, 2022, in Hershey, PA. This year, the meeting has been organized as a hybrid event, with options to attend in person, or virtually. Registrations will open soon. #kcpa #pennstatehealth #kidneycare #kidneyupdates22
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Umar Farooq, MD, MS, MBA retweeted
The KDIGO Glomerular Diseases Guideline Top 10 Takeaways for Clinicians highlight key points from each chapter of the Glomerular Diseases Guideline. This week, we spotlight the IgA Nephropathy Top 10 Takeaways: bit.ly/KDIGO-IgAN-Top-10-Tak… See more: kdigo.org/guidelines/gd/
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Academic Triple Threat is becoming an extinct species in the field of medicine. Is it possible to achieve it in the current day and age? Especially for surgeons? #Academicsurgery #AcademicTripleThreat #Research #Education @PennStHershey youtu.be/AvSy3L3NMv8 via @YouTube
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Umar Farooq, MD, MS, MBA retweeted
Feel wonderful to be part of #PakistanPowerPanel of these incredible women representing our beloved country on Gender Equity Forum Paris 2021 #GenderEqualHCW @WGHPakistan @WomeninGH @WHO
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Umar Farooq, MD, MS, MBA retweeted
Hanging out with the nephrologist
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Here is the Program Flow of the webinar Join us live to watch the webinar via the link below: youtube.com/watch?v=WqavznpF… This webinar is part of the World AIDS Day awareness campaign. Scan the QR Code for details. #HIV #AIDS #Hepatitis #worldaidsday2020 #Prevention #IPACFoundation
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COVID-19 PAKISTAN (UPDATED: 08:30 AM, 09 DEC 2020) Data Source: buff.ly/2UYnxF0 For more details on #COVID-19, visit the link: buff.ly/32rEhIy #coronavirusupdates #wearmask #washhands #socialdistancing #staysafe
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Umar Farooq, MD, MS, MBA retweeted
It's almost here! Get a sneak peek inside the new #NICU opening soon as part of our Penn State Children's Hospital expansion project. The 3-floor, 126,000-sq. ft expansion, which began in 2018, adds more pediatric beds for enhanced access to nationally ranked care in #centralPA
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Webinar Title: Tele-health, and Home Care of COVID-19 Patients Speaker Guest: Waqas Ahmed, MD, FACP Nephrologist & Hypertension Specialist, CEO & Founder American TelePhysicians . Date and Time: July 07, Tuesday, 08:00AM PST July 06, Monday, 11:00PM EST
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Congrats to all the @PSU_IM_Res grads and @PSUchiefs_im and great job @aliachisty @elianahempel @RFunyon. – at Pennsylvania, USA
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Umar Farooq, MD, MS, MBA retweeted
When Things Feels Hopeless, I Try To Remember 'The Little Things We Do Are Important' wbur.fm/3e6HxfH via @cogwbur. Thank you @jerrylanson. #MedTwitter #AcademicTwitter #psychtwitter #MedEd #psychiatry #Covid_19 #MedStudentTwitter – at Boston, MA
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COVID-19 PAKISTAN (UPDATE till 08:18 AM, 15 May 2020) SOCIAL DISTANCING CAN STOP IT Flatten the graph of new cases of Corona Virus. #COVID19 #Coronavirusupdates #Socialdistancing #Flattenthecurve #Togetherathome