Noppawit Aiumtrakul, MD

🫘 ASN Kidney Week 2026 in Denver has been amazing! 🎉 American Society of Nephrology #KidneyWk @ASNKidney So wonderful to see our Mayo Clinic Nephrology team actively participating, sharing knowledge, presenting research, and engaging with colleagues from around the world! 😊😃 👏 Proud of our incredible team and their dedication to advancing nephrology education, academic medicine, innovative research, and excellence in kidney care. Kidney Week is always a fantastic opportunity to learn, exchange ideas, strengthen collaborations, and inspire the next generation of nephrology professionals. #KidneyWk2026 Grateful to be part of such an outstanding team and the broader kidney community. Together, we continue to move kidney care forward! 🫘💙 Wisit Cheungpasitporn, MD, FACP, FASN, FAST Professor of Medicine, Division of Nephrology and Hypertension AI Course Director, Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine Mayo Clinic, Minnesota #KidneyWk #ASN #MedicalEducation #MayoClinic @MayoClinicNeph #KidneyWk #ASN2026 #MayoClinic #Nephrology #KidneyCare #MedicalEducation #KidneyResearch #TeamMayo

Wrapping up a wonderful afternoon at the ASN Nephrology Training Program Directors (TPDs) Meeting during ASN Kidney Week 2026 in Denver! 🏔️🫘  @ASNKidney It was an absolute honor to serve as a panelist for the session, “From GFR to GPT: Filtering the Future of AI in Nephrology Training,” and to deliver my talk on “AI-Augmented, Not AI-Dependent: Guiding Nephrology Trainees in Clinical AI Use.”   We had a fantastic discussion exploring how AI can enhance nephrology education and clinical workflows while firmly preserving the critical thinking, independent clinical reasoning, and judgment that our trainees must develop.   A few key messages from our session: 🔹 Augment, Don't Replace:Automation can hide the learning. For a fellow, the clinical reasoning model is still being built. Efficiency matters, but cognitive development is an equally critical outcome of training. 🔹 Reduce Friction: We should deploy AI as a scribe or knowledge assistant to reduce administrative friction—not to outsource clinical judgment. Every AI output is simply a draft that a human still owns. 🔹 No Source, No Decision:Clinical recommendations must be grounded in verified evidence. A tool name is not evidence; if an AI output changes patient care, you must climb to the original primary source.   I am incredibly grateful to the American Society of Nephrology, our fantastic moderator Dr. Jon Webb, my fellow panelists (Dr. Lili Chan, Dr. Suzanne Boyle, and Dr. Maulin Shah), and all the training program directors for their thoughtful discussions and engagement today!   Our collective goal is clear: we must train the next generation of nephrologists to be AI-augmented, not AI-dependent.   Wisit Cheungpasitporn, MD, FACP, FASN, FAST Professor of Medicine, Division of Nephrology and Hypertension AI Course Director, Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine Mayo Clinic, Minnesota  @MayoClinicNeph #ASNKidneyWeek #KidneyWeek2026 #ArtificialIntelligence #Nephrology #MedicalEducation #ResponsibleAI #MedEd #DigitalHealth #MayoClinic

🎉😊 Happy to share that our article, “Circulating Nephrin Antibodies and Post-Transplant Recurrence of Diffuse Podocytopathies,” has been published in Kidney Medicine! Great work Noppawit Aiumtrakul @NoppawitMD @KidneyMed 📖 Read our full article: doi.org/10.1016/j.xkme.2026.… Our article explores the emerging role of circulating anti-nephrin autoantibodies in recurrent diffuse podocytopathies following kidney transplantation, highlighting their potential implications for risk stratification, disease monitoring, and patient care. 👏 Congratulations to Noppawit Aiumtrakul for leading this excellent work! Great work by the entire team, and many thanks to all our co-authors! We are also delighted to see our findings gaining attention and being featured in multiple medical news outlets, including Rare Disease Advisor and Renal & Urology News! Congratulations again to Noppawit and the team on this well-deserved recognition! 📖 Read our full article: doi.org/10.1016/j.xkme.2026.… 📰 News coverage: 🔹 Rare Disease Advisor: rarediseaseadvisor.com/news/… 🔹 Renal & Urology News: renalandurologynews.com/news… #KidneyMedicine #Nephrology #KidneyTransplantation #FSGS #Nephrin #Podocytopathy #Research #PrecisionMedicine @MayoClinicNeph

Honored to have the opportunity to speak this morning at the MONDO (Monitoring Dialysis Outcomes) Meeting, held in conjunction with ASN Kidney Week 2026 in Denver! 🏔️🩺  It was a true pleasure to present: “Artificial Intelligence in Nephrology: Where We Are, Emerging Opportunities, and Research Priorities.”  During our session, we explored: 🔹 Current State & Progress: Where AI is already moving from promise to practice across risk prediction, pattern recognition, and workflow support. 🔹 Emerging Opportunities: Harnessing longitudinal registries, multimodal data, and dynamic analytics to shift dialysis care from reactive troubleshooting toward proactive, personalized interventions. 🔹 Research Priorities: Focusing on external validation, calibration drift, equity, and seamless workflow integration to translate algorithms into measurable improvements in patient outcomes.  With MONDO representing over 41 countries, 20 years of longitudinal data, and more than 100 million dialysis sessions, the potential for international, collaborative data science to redefine kidney care is immense!  Great engagement, thoughtful questions, and stimulating discussions throughout the room. My sincere thanks to the MONDO consortium and the Renal Research Institute (RRI) teams—including Sheetal Chaudhuri and fellow session speakers—for the kind invitation, warm hospitality, and leadership in fostering global collaboration.  Looking forward to the continued conversations throughout Kidney Week! 🫘🤖 Wisit Cheungpasitporn, MD, FACP, FASN, FAST Professor of Medicine, Division of Nephrology and Hypertension AI Course Director, Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine Mayo Clinic, Minnesota  @MayoClinicNeph #ASNKidneyWeek #KidneyWeek2026 #KidneyWk #MONDO #RenalResearchInstitute #ArtificialIntelligence #AINephrology #Dialysis #KidneyCare #PrecisionMedicine #DigitalHealth #MayoClinic

😊🙏🏻 It was a great honor and pleasure to speak at the Thai Transplantation Society webinar in conjunction with CAST 2027 (20th Congress of the Asian Society of Transplantation) today! 🤗 I truly enjoyed sharing perspectives on “Artificial Intelligence in Kidney Transplantation: From Predictive Models to Precision Medicine and Agentic AI.” It was wonderful to see such strong participation and engagement from colleagues across Asia and beyond, reflecting the growing global interest in how AI can transform kidney transplantation, from organ allocation and graft outcome prediction to precision monitoring, personalized care, and emerging agentic AI applications. My sincere appreciation to Professor Yingyos Avihingsanon, President of the Thai Transplantation Society, and Professor Adis Tasanarong, Secretary General of CAST 2027, for their kind invitation, leadership, and support. Special thanks to the Thai Transplantation Society, CAST 2027 organizing committee, and everyone involved in making this international educational event possible. Thank you to all participants for joining, engaging in the discussion, and sharing your enthusiasm! Looking forward to continued international collaboration to advance responsible AI innovation and improve outcomes for kidney transplant recipients worldwide. @MayoClinicNeph #KidneyTransplantation #ArtificialIntelligence #AgenticAI #PrecisionMedicine #Nephrology #Transplantation #CAST2027 #ThaiTransplantationSociety

📚🙏🏻 Thank you to American Society of Nephrology (ASN) In The Loop for highlighting our article this morning! 😊 I am thrilled to see our newly published Perspective, now available ahead of print in Kidney360, featured by the American Society of Nephrology, ASN in the Loop. 🔁 “Artificial Intelligence in Nephrology Practice: Practical Pathways to Improve Efficiency” In this piece, we explore practical opportunities to integrate AI into everyday nephrology workflows—supporting care before, during, and after the patient visit.  Our focus highlights how we can: 🔹 Improve Efficiency: Utilizing workflow AI to assemble information, draft documentation, and streamline routine clinical tasks to significantly reduce administrative burden. 🔹 Support Clinicians: Designing practical pathways that serve as a force multiplier for kidney care professionals. 🔹 Maintain Human Oversight: Ensuring that AI implementation remains responsible, with clinicians firmly at the center of verification and decision-making.  As the feature notes, our next priority as a field must be rigorous multicenter studies to evaluate the effectiveness, safety, workload impact, patient experience, and cost of these AI-enabled workflows.  A sincere thank you to my fantastic co-authors, Dr. Noppawit Aiumtrakul and Dr. Charat Thongprayoon, for this great collaboration! 🙏🏻 Thank you as well to @asnpublications for sharing this piece. @NoppawitMD @MayoClinicNeph 🔓 Read the full article here: 🔗 ovid.com/jnls/kidney360/full… (DOI: 10.34067/KID.0000001424) Wisit Cheungpasitporn, MD, FACP, FASN, FAST Professor of Medicine, Division of Nephrology and Hypertension AI Course Director, Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine Mayo Clinic, Minnesota #ArtificialIntelligence #Nephrology #Kidney360 #DigitalHealth #ClinicalAI #MayoClinic

📚🙏🏻😊 Excited to share our newly published Perspective, now available ahead of print in Kidney360!  @asnpublications “Artificial Intelligence in Nephrology Practice: Practical Pathways to Improve Efficiency” 🔗 Read here: ovid.com/jnls/kidney360/full…  In this Perspective, we explore practical opportunities to integrate AI into everyday nephrology workflows. Our focus highlights how we can: 🔹 Improve Efficiency: Utilizing AI to streamline routine clinical tasks and significantly reduce administrative burden 🔹 Support Clinicians: Designing practical pathways that serve as a force multiplier for kidney care professionals 🔹 Maintain Human Oversight: Ensuring that AI implementation remains responsible, with clinicians firmly at the center of verification and decision-making Authors: Noppawit Aiumtrakul, Dr. Charat Thongprayoon, and Wisit Cheungpasitporn  A sincere thank you to my fantastic co-authors, Dr. Noppawit Aiumtrakul (@NoppawitMD) and Dr. Charat Thongprayoon, for this great collaboration! 🙏🏻 Thank you as well to @asnpublications for sharing this piece. 🔓 Read the full article here: 🔗 DOI: 10.34067/KID.0000001424  Wisit Cheungpasitporn, MD, FACP, FASN, FAST Professor of Medicine, Division of Nephrology and Hypertension AI Course Director, Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine Mayo Clinic, Minnesota #ArtificialIntelligence #Nephrology #Kidney360 #DigitalHealth #ClinicalAI #MayoClinic @MayoClinicNeph