Top Nephrologists on Twitter

Here are OrganizedWisdom's picks for the Top Nephrologists on Twitter. The best nephrologists on Twitter share valuable health resources to benefit others. View these impressive physicians' OrganizedWisdom Profiles:

1. @BrianJL Brian Lee, MD, loves nephrology, medical education, programming, and digging into large databases. He's enjoying the scenery and great weather in Honolulu, where he works at the Moanalua Medical Center and Clinic located near Honolulu's Moanalua Golf Course. Sounds like a great gig!
   
   
2. @simonprince Simon Prince, MD, is the founder and president of North Shore Nephrology, a private practice group of six nephrologists specializing in disorders of the kidney, and the medical director of the Queens-Long Island Renal Institute. Dr. Prince is the proud dad of Jacob, born July 16, 2009. He's working toward an MBA degree while running his personal Web site, Uremic Frost: The Nephrology Blog.
   
   
3. @dwmoskowitz David W. Moskowitz, MD, is a nephrologist turned genomicist. His goal is "to solve as many diseases as I can before I die." Dr. Moskowitz is the founder, chairman, chief executive officer, and chief medical officer of GenoMed, a company "working to translate knowledge of medical genomics--the study of which genes cause disease--into clinical practice." By studying disease genes, GenoMed hopes to make medicine more proactive and disease prevention more effective.
   
   
4. @JoshuaSchwimmer Joshua Schwimmer, MD, is a tech enthusiast and medical blogger. His Web site, Info-Snacks: Healthy Thought-Food, provides a steady, eclectic diet of fascinating news bits, clips, anecdotes, and images. Dr. Schwimmer offers free, secure email communication to all patients. Check out this video interview of Dr. Schwimmer on the use of technology in medical practice.
   
   
5. @kidney_boy Joel Topf, MD, a.k.a. "Kidney Boy," is a Detroit nephrologist interested in teaching, chronic kidney disease, and fluids. His Web site, Precious Bodily Fluids, is an absolute must-visit destination. (If you've seen Dr. Strangelove, you'll get a real kick out of the home page header!)
   
   
6. @maaronson86 Michael Aaronson, MD, is a nephrology consultant working at Alegent Health in Omaha, Nebraska, and the coathor of The Spider Diet: Breaking the Vicious Cycle of Constant Weight Gain. His personal Web site is MichaelAaronsonMD.com.
   
   
7. @Healthy_Kidney Roger Smith, MD, a nephrologist working in the public and private sector health care system of Jamaica, is employed at Spanish Town Hospital, and he is an appointed member at Winchester Dialysis. He is also a subspecialty consultant at the University Hospital of the West Indies. His Web site, All Kidney News, is a fantastic resource for patients and clinicians alike.
   
   
8. @thekidneygroup Established in 1989, The Kidney Group is consistently voted the top nephrology practice in south Florida. The Kidney Group is a practice composed of board-certified nephrologists who have formed "a team that works to predict your future kidney health by providing optimal care for each particular case . . . predicting your kidney health by creating it."

If you know of someone who is worthy of our Top Doctor Awards, please tweet your recommendation to @organizedwisdom in this format: "I recommend @[username] as a top doctor for @OrganizedWisdom," or use our contact form.

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By Julie Bohlen, MBA, ELS