CKD Management and Cognition

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Connie Rhee, MD, is section chief of nephrology at the VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System and a professor in-residence in the Department of Medicine at the David Geffen School of Medicine at the University of California, Los Angeles. In 2023, she became the first female editor-in-chief of the Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology (CJASN).

Dr. Rhee spoke with Nephrology Times editorial board member Joel Topf, MD, in April at the National Kidney Foundation Spring Clinical Meetings 2025 (SCM25) in Boston, Massachusetts. She presented 2 abstracts at SCM25, “Impact of Conservative Management vs. Dialysis on Cognitive Dysfunction in US Veterans with Advanced CKD” and “Continuous Glucose Monitoring Utilization Among US Veterans with Diabetes and Chronic Kidney Disease.”