Manjula Kurella Tamura

Professor of Medicine (Nephrology)

Academic Appointments

Professor - University Medical Line, Medicine - Nephrology

Administrative Appointments

Director, VA Palo Alto Geriatrics Research and Education Clinical Center (GRECC) (2017 - Present)
Scientific Committee, Stanford Translational Research and Applied Medicine Program (2012 - Present)

Boards, Advisory Committees, Professional Organizations

Associate Editor, CJASN (2017 - Present)

Profesional Education

MD, Albany Medical College (1997)
Residency, Duke University, Internal Medicine (2000)
Fellowship, UCSF, Nephrology (2004)
MPH, UC Berkeley, Epidemiology (2004)

Current Research and Scholarly Interests

I am a clinical and health services investigator whose primary interest is in improving the quality of end-stage renal disease (ESRD) care among older adults. My previous and current work aims to describe outcomes (especially geriatric outcomes) in older patients and to compare the effectiveness of different ESRD management strategies on these outcomes.

2021-22 Courses

Independent Studies
- Directed Reading in Medicine
  MED 299 (Aut, Win, Spr, Sum)
- Early Clinical Experience in Medicine
  MED 280 (Aut, Win, Spr, Sum)
- Graduate Research
  MED 399 (Aut, Win, Spr, Sum)
- Medical Scholars Research
  MED 370 (Aut, Win, Spr, Sum)
- Undergraduate Research
  MED 199 (Aut, Win, Spr, Sum)

Graduate and Fellowship Programs

Geriatric Medicine (Fellowship Program)
Nephrology (Fellowship Program)

All Publications

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Steven R. Alexander, MD

Professor of Pediatrics (Nephrology)
Clinical Focus
Nephrology (Kidney), Pediatric, Pediatric Nephrology, Dialysis, Kidney Transplantation, Continuous Renal Replacement Therapies, Hypertension, Acute and Chronic Kidney Failure
Research Interests
Dialysis, kidney transplantation, continuous renal replacement therapy in pediatric patients; chronic kidney disease in pediatric patients.

145 Total Publications
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Shuchi Anand

Assistant Professor of Medicine (Nephrology)
Clinical Focus
Nephrology, Tubulointerstitial disease
Research Interests
Management of CKD and ESRD in low-resource settings
Tubulointerstitial disease
Chronic kidney disease of unknown etiology
ESRD and physical activity
ESRD and vitamin D deficiency

90 Total Publications
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Steven Asch

Professor of Medicine (Primary Care and Population Health)
Research Interests
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524 Total Publications
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Tara I. Chang

Associate Professor of Medicine (Nephrology)
Clinical Focus
Nephrology, hypertension, chronic kidney disease, dialysis
Research Interests
My research focuses on issues such as blood pressure control, coronary revascularization, and the comparative effectiveness of cardioprotective medications in patients with chronic kidney disease, with the long-term goal of improving cardiovascular outcomes in these high-risk patients.

140 Total Publications
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Glenn M. Chertow

Norman S. Coplon/Satellite Healthcare Professor of Medicine and Professor, by courtesy, of Epidemiology and Population Health
Clinical Focus
Nephrology
Research Interests
clinical epidemiology, health services research, decision sciences, clinical trials in acute and chronic kidney disease

853 Total Publications
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Stephen P. Fortmann, MD

C.F. Rehnborg Professor in Disease Prevention, Emeritus
Research Interests
Dr. Fortmann's interests include population-level (community) prevention of cardiovascular disease, the epidemiology and prevention of chronic diseases, and the effects of the built environment on health. He has conducted research projects addressing tobacco use cessation, tobacco control policy, the role of retail marketing on youth tobacco use, nutrition education, blood pressure control, and lipid disorders.

230 Total Publications
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William Haskell

Professor (Research) of Medicine, Emeritus
Research Interests
My major research interests and activities over the next several years will focus on the development and evaluation of the objective measurement of physical activity in free-living populations using a variety of sensing devices and mobile phones for data collection and processing. Also, I will continue to direct the Stanford Heart Network with the major mission being to assist community-based CVD prevention/treatment programs implement more effective heart attack and stroke prevention programs.

232 Total Publications
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Paul Heidenreich, MD

Professor of Medicine (Cardiovascular)
Clinical Focus
Echocardiography, Cardiovascular Disease
Research Interests
My research interests include

1) The cost-effectiveness of new cardiovascular technologies.
Example: tests to screen asymptomatic patients for left ventricular systolic dysfunction.

2) Interventions to improve the quality of care of patients with heart disease. Examples: include clinical reminders and home monitoring.

3) Outcomes research using existing clinical and administrative datasets.

4) Use of echocardiography to predict prognosis (e.g. diastolic dysfunction).

827 Total Publications
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Victor W. Henderson, MD, MS

Professor of Epidemiology and Population Health and of Neurology
Clinical Focus
Memory Disorders, Neurology
Research Interests
Research interests:
(1) Risk factors for age-associated cognitive decline and for dementia.
(2) Therapeutic strategies to improve cognitive abilities in aging and in dementia.
(3) Brain–behavior relations as they pertain to human cognition.

294 Total Publications
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Mark Hlatky, MD

Professor of Health Policy (Health Services Research), of Medicine (Cardiovascular Medicine) and, by courtesy, of Epidemiology and Population Health
Clinical Focus
Cardiovascular Disease, Cardiovascular Medicine
Research Interests
My main research work is in "outcomes research", especially examining the field of cardiovascular medicine. Particular areas of interest are the integration of economic and quality of life data into randomized clinical trials, evidence-based medicine, decision models, and cost-effectiveness analysis. I am also interested in the application of novel genetic, biomarker, and imaging tests to assess risk and guide clinical management of coronary artery disease.

387 Total Publications
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Jane P. Kim

Clinical Assistant Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Research Interests
Dr. Kim’s research focuses on ethical considerations for AI applications in medicine, by leveraging statistical and machine learning approaches. She also focuses on the integration of statistical machine learning to improve access to mental health care delivered via digital technology.

42 Total Publications
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Helena Chmura Kraemer

Professor of Biostatistics in Psychiatry, Emerita
Research Interests
I am interested in the methodology pertinent to dealing with research problems where biological and behavioral interests meet. These interests have been applied not only in psychiatric research, but in those areas of Cardiology, Pediatrics and other fields of medicine in which behavioral research is becoming ever more salient.

478 Total Publications