Biography
I have been at UCSF since 1975 and on the faculty of the Department of Medicine in the division of Nephrology since 1976 and have been involved with the transplant service in patient care and clinical trials with novel immunosuppression drugs
Education
| Institution | Degree | Dept or School | End Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of California, San Francisco | Residency | School of Medicine |
Board Certifications
American Board of Internal Medicine, Internal Medicine
American Board of Internal Medicine, Nephrology - Subspecialty
Clinical Expertise
Internal Medicine
Transplant Nephrology
Kidney Transplantation
Pancreas Transplantation
Living Kidney Donor Transplantation
End Stage Renal Disease (Kidney Failure)
Chronic Kidney Disease
In the News
January, 28, 2016 | UCSF Transplant Surgery
February, 09, 2015 | UCSF Transplant Surgery
August, 27, 2014 | UCSF Transplant Surgery
Grants and Funding
- Applying precision MEdicine to optimize desensitization with noveL bIOlogics or cellular theRApies in highly sensiTized kidney transplant patiEnts (AMELIORATE) | NIH | 2014-07-01 - 2024-05-31 | Role: Principal Investigator
- General Clinical Research Center | NIH | 1974-12-01 - 2009-03-31 | Role: Co-Investigator
Research Interests
Transplant Nephrology
Publications
MOST RECENT PUBLICATIONS FROM A TOTAL OF 10
- A highly sensitive issue: Helping sensitized patients requires greater regulatory flexibility.| |
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- Open letter to the FDA: From priority to dead-end: Why are living donor kidney recipients blocked from novel clinical trials?| |
PubMed
- Dual costimulation blockade with the CD154-specific fusion protein dazodalibep and belatacept for prophylaxis of kidney allograft rejection.| |
PubMed
- Combined Anti-CD20/Anti-CD38 Therapy in Posttransplant Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis Recurrence: A Retrospective, International, Multicenter Study.| |
PubMed
- Pharmacokinetics, lineage identity, and trafficking of ex vivo expanded polyclonal regulatory T cells in a prospective randomized clinical trial of kidney transplant recipients with allograft inflammation.| |
PubMed
- Dysregulated Bone Marrow Contributes to Glomerular Injury through Soluble Factors.| |
PubMed
- Clinical events and healthcare resource utilization associated with neutropenia and leukopenia among adult kidney transplant recipients receiving valganciclovir.| |
PubMed
- Healthcare resource use and clinical events associated with neutropenia among adult kidney transplant recipients receiving valganciclovir or ganciclovir prophylaxis: a matched case-control cohort study.| |
PubMed
- Antiplasma cell antibodies: A new era of human leukocyte antigen antibody control in solid organ transplantation.| |
PubMed
- Anti-HLA serologic response to CD38-targeting desensitization therapy is challenged by peripheral memory B cells in highly sensitized kidney transplant candidates.| |
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