Elaine Ku, MD, MAS

The global context of my research program focuses on understanding differences in the epidemiology, clinical management, and outcomes of children versus adults with kidney disease and the conduct of clinical trials to test interventions (such as blood pressure control) that will improve survival of patients with kidney disease. I am especially interested in transitions of care, such as that between adolescence and young adulthood, as well as that between advanced chronic kidney disease and end-stage renal disease (including dialysis and transplant).

My specific areas of focus currently include 1) cardiovascular risk in patients with kidney disease; 2) disparities in access to kidney transplantation and transplant outcomes; and 3) risk factors for progression of chronic kidney disease.

I am currently Director of the Training in Clinical Research Program in the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Education
2020 - Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Champion Training, University of California
MAS, 06/2015 - Clinical Research, University of California
06/2015 - Nephrology and Pediatric Nephrology Fellowship, University of California
06/2011 - Medicine and Pediatrics Residency, LAC-USC Medical Center
MD, 06/2007 - Medicine, University of California
BA/BS, 06/2003 - English/Biology, University of California
Honors and Awards
  • Inquiry Mentor Award for Outstanding Mentorship, UCSF School of Medicine, 2019
  • National Kidney Foundation, Young Investigator Award/Satellite Clinical Investigator, 2016-2018
  • American Kidney Fund, Clinical Scientist in Nephrology Award, 2013-2014
Websites

  1. Johansen KL, Gilbertson DT, Li S, Li S, Liu J, Roetker NS, Ku E, Schulman IH, Greer RC, Chan K, Abbott KC, Butler CR, O'Hare AM, Powe NR, Reddy YNV, Snyder J, St Peter W, Taylor JS, Weinhandl ED, Wetmore JB. US Renal Data System 2023 Annual Data Report: Epidemiology of Kidney Disease in the United States. American journal of kidney diseases : the official journal of the National Kidney Foundation 2024. PMID: 38519262


  2. Bicki AC, Seth D, McCulloch CE, Lin F, Ku E. Use of activity trackers to improve blood pressure in young people at risk for cardiovascular disease: a pilot randomized controlled trial. Pediatric nephrology (Berlin, Germany) 2024. PMID: 38503990


  3. Ku E, McCulloch CE, Copeland TP, Johansen KL. Authors' Reply: Prioritizing Skills for Optimal Peritoneal Dialysis Care: A Focus Beyond Specialty. Journal of the American Society of Nephrology : JASN 2024. PMID: 38427450


  4. Ku E, Sarnak M. Post-Trial Follow-Up of Kidney Outcomes in SPRINT: Some Reassurance, Some Unanswered Questions. Clinical journal of the American Society of Nephrology : CJASN 2024. PMID: 38170478


  5. Nunez M, Gardner J, Syed S, Webber A, Shoji J, Copeland TP, McCulloch CE, Ku E, Roll GR. Diabetes Insipidus in Deceased Donors and Outcomes in Kidney Transplant Recipients. American journal of kidney diseases : the official journal of the National Kidney Foundation 2023. PMID: 38160701


  6. Ku E, Copeland T, Chen L, Weir MR, McCulloch CE, Johansen KL, Goussous N, Savant JD, Lopez I, Amaral S. Strategies to Guide Preemptive Waitlisting and Equity in Wait Time Accrual by Race/Ethnicity. Clinical journal of the American Society of Nephrology : CJASN 2023. PMID: 37930674


  7. Shan J, Ye M, Ku E, McCulloch CE, Langan SM, Abuabara K. Fasting blood glucose and insulin are not associated with atopic dermatitis in a pediatric population: A longitudinal cohort study from the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children. JAAD international 2023. PMID: 38371671


  8. Ku E, Copeland T, McCulloch CE, Freise C, Legaspi S, Weinhandl E, Woo K, Johansen KL. Peritoneal dialysis catheter complications after insertion by surgeons, radiologists, or nephrologists. Journal of the American Society of Nephrology : JASN 2023. PMID: 37846202


  9. Ku E, McCulloch CE, Bicki A, Lin F, Lopez I, Furth SL, Warady BA, Grimes BA, Amaral S. Association Between Dialysis Facility Ownership and Mortality Risk in Children With Kidney Failure. JAMA pediatrics 2023. PMID: 37669042


  10. Accetta-Rojas G, McCulloch CE, Whelan AM, Copeland TP, Grimes BA, Ku E. Rurality of patient residence and access to transplantation among children with kidney failure in the United States. Pediatric nephrology (Berlin, Germany) 2023. PMID: 37768419


  11. Emanuels D, Copeland T, Johansen KL, Brar S, McCulloch CE, Kadatz M, Gill JS, Ku E. Association Between Transplant Center Continuity and Access to a Second Kidney Transplant in Patients With Allograft Failure. American journal of kidney diseases : the official journal of the National Kidney Foundation 2023. PMID: 37657638


  12. Zhang L, Amaral S, McCulloch CE, Grimes B, Ku E. Risk of death among dialysis patients treated at hospital-affiliated versus free-standing facilities in the US. Kidney360 2023. PMID: 37357354


  13. Dhiraj Nallapothula, Elaine Ku. What's the Weather Like Today? Forecasting a Chance of Shower, Snow, and… Missing Dialysis. Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology 2023. PMID:


  14. Ku E, McCulloch CE, Copeland TP, Inker LA, Tighiouart H, Sarnak MJ. Acute Declines in Estimated GFR in Blood Pressure Target Trials and Risk of Adverse Outcomes. American journal of kidney diseases : the official journal of the National Kidney Foundation 2023. PMID: 37269972


  15. Ku E, Del Vecchio L, Eckardt KU, Haase VH, Johansen KL, Nangaku M, Tangri N, Waikar SS, Wiecek A, Cheung M, Jadoul M, Winkelmayer WC, Wheeler DC, for Conference Participants. Novel Anemia Therapies in Chronic Kidney Disease: Conclusions from a Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes (KDIGO) Controversies Conference. Kidney international 2023. PMID: 37236424


  16. Ku E, McCulloch CE, Sarnak MJ. Authors' Reply: A Specific Target BP in Chronic Kidney Disease Remains Unclear. Journal of the American Society of Nephrology : JASN 2023. PMID: 37259198


  17. Lopez R, Copeland T, McCulloch C, Ku E. Additive effects of intensive BP control and ACE inhibition on suppression of proteinuria in patients with CKD. Journal of human hypertension 2023. PMID: 36966224


  18. Johansen KL, Chertow GM, Gilbertson DT, Ishani A, Israni A, Ku E, Li S, Li S, Liu J, Obrador GT, Schulman I, Chan K, Abbott KC, O'Hare AM, Powe NR, Roetker NS, Scherer JS, St Peter W, Snyder J, Winkelmayer WC, Wong SPY, Wetmore JB. US Renal Data System 2022 Annual Data Report: Epidemiology of Kidney Disease in the United States. American journal of kidney diseases : the official journal of the National Kidney Foundation 2023. PMID: 36822739


  19. Ku E, McCulloch CE, Inker LA, Tighiouart H, Schaefer F, W?hl E, Ruggenenti P, Remuzzi G, Grimes BA, Sarnak MJ. Intensive BP Control in Patients with CKD and Risk for Adverse Outcomes. Journal of the American Society of Nephrology : JASN 2023. PMID: 36735510


  20. Wei J, Showen A, Bicki A, Lin F, McCulloch CE, Ku E, Hampson LA. Kidney transplant access for children and young adults with congenital anomalies of the kidney and urinary tract. International urology and nephrology 2023. PMID: 36626082


  21. Ku E, Amaral S, McCulloch CE, Adey DB, Li L, Johansen KL. Comparison of 2021 CKD-EPI Equations for Estimating Racial Differences in Preemptive Waitlisting for Kidney Transplantation. Clinical journal of the American Society of Nephrology : CJASN 2022. PMID: 36122938


  22. Elaine Ku, Jérôme Harambat. Epidemiology and Management of Chronic Kidney Disease in Children. 2022. PMID:


  23. Ku E, Hsu RK, McCulloch CE, Lo L, Copeland T, Siyahian S, Grimes B, Johansen KL. Incidence and Risk Factors for Dialysis Reinitiation among Patients with a History of Dialysis Dependency. Clinical journal of the American Society of Nephrology : CJASN 2022. PMID: 35953103


  24. Amaral S, McCulloch CE, Lin F, Grimes BA, Furth S, Warady B, Brunson C, Siyahian S, Ku E. Association Between Dialysis Facility Ownership and Access to the Waiting List and Transplant in Pediatric Patients With End-stage Kidney Disease in the US. JAMA 2022. PMID: 35916847


  25. Whelan AM, Dinh A, Ku E. Kidney Transplantation in the Setting of Prolonged Dialysis Vintage: It's About Time. American journal of kidney diseases : the official journal of the National Kidney Foundation 2022. PMID: 35718661


  26. Bae SR, Bicki A, Coufal S, Jin E, Ku E. Cardiovascular disease risk factors and lifestyle modification strategies after pediatric kidney transplantation: what are we dealing with, and what can we target? 2022. PMID: 35552523


  27. Johansen KL, Chertow GM, Gilbertson DT, Herzog CA, Ishani A, Israni AK, Ku E, Li S, Li S, Liu J, Obrador GT, O'Hare AM, Peng Y, Powe NR, Roetker NS, St Peter WL, Saeed F, Snyder J, Solid C, Weinhandl ED, Winkelmayer WC, Wetmore JB. US Renal Data System 2021 Annual Data Report: Epidemiology of Kidney Disease in the United States. 2022. PMID: 35331382


  28. Whelan AM, Johansen KL, Copeland T, McCulloch CE, Nallapothula D, Lee BK, Roll GR, Weir MR, Adey DB, Ku E. Kidney transplant candidacy evaluation and waitlisting practices in the US and their association with access to transplantation. 2022. PMID: 35289082


  29. Berry K, Copeland T, Ku E, Lai JC. Perioperative Delta Sodium and Post-Liver Transplant Neurological Complications in Liver Transplant Recipients. 2022. PMID: 35289775


  30. Fallahzadeh MK, Ku E, Chu CD, McCulloch CE, Tuot DS. Racial Differences in Medication Utilization for Secondary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease in Kidney Transplant Recipients: A Post Hoc Analysis of the FAVORIT Trial Cohort. 2022. PMID: 35360084


  31. Drawz PE, Beddhu S, Bignall ONR, Cohen JB, Flynn JT, Ku E, Rahman M, Thomas G, Weir MR, Whelton PK. KDOQI US Commentary on the 2021 KDIGO Clinical Practice Guideline for the Management of Blood Pressure in CKD. 2022. PMID: 35063302


  32. Braun HJ, Mello A, Kothari R, Ku E, Yilma M, Tavakol M, Zhang L, Niemann CU, Ascher NL, Adelmann D. Expedited Evaluation for Liver Transplantation: A Critical Look at Processes and Outcomes. 2021. PMID: 34791697


  33. Bruce MA, Thorpe RJ, Kermah D, Shen J, Nicholas SB, Beech BM, Tuot DS, Ku E, Waterman AD, Duru K, Brown A, Norris KC. Religious Service Attendance and Mortality among Adults in the United States with Chronic Kidney Disease. 2021. PMID: 34948788


  34. Ge J, Ku E, Roll GR, Lai JC. An Analysis of Free-Text Refusals as an Indicator of Readiness to Accept Organ Offers in Liver Transplantation. 2021. PMID: 34783178


  35. Elaine Ku, Jérôme Harambat. Epidemiology and management of Chronic Kidney Disease in Children. 2021. PMID:


  36. Hillary J. Braun, Iris H. Liu, Dominic Amara, Peter Stock, Libo Li, Elaine Ku, Jade Hiramoto. Lower Extremity Vascular Intervention Is Associated With Increased Mortality Following Kidney Transplantation. Journal of vascular surgery 2021. PMID:


  37. Ku E, McCulloch CE, Roll GR, Posselt A, Grimes BA, Johansen KL. Bariatric surgery prior to transplantation and risk of early hospital re-admission, graft failure, or death following kidney transplantation. American journal of transplantation : official journal of the American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons 2021. PMID: 34331744


  38. Dinh A, Copeland T, Freedman BI, McCulloch CE, Ku E. Intensive Blood Pressure Control, APOL1 Genotype, and Kidney Outcomes in Individuals With Type 2 Diabetes: A Post Hoc Analysis of the Action to Control Cardiovascular Risk in Diabetes-Blood Pressure (ACCORD-BP) Trial. 2021. PMID: 34693269


  39. Alex Dinh, Timothy Copeland, Barry I. Freedman, Charles E. McCulloch, Elaine Ku. Intensive Blood Pressure Control, APOL1 Genotype, and Kidney Outcomes in Individuals With Type 2 Diabetes: A Post Hoc Analysis of the Action to Control Cardiovascular Risk in Diabetes-Blood Pressure (ACCORD-BP) Trial. Kidney Medicine 2021. PMID:


  40. Black E, Lee J, Flynn JT, McCulloch CE, Samuels JA, Seth D, Warady B, Furth S, Mitsnefes M, Ku E. Discordances between pediatric and adult thresholds in the diagnosis of hypertension in adolescents with CKD. Pediatric nephrology (Berlin, Germany) 2021. PMID: 34170411


  41. Se Ri Bae, Charles E McCulloch, Raymond K Hsu, Elaine Ku. Intensive Home Blood Pressure Lowering in Advanced Chronic Kidney Disease: A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial Protocol. Open Access Journal of Clinical Trials 2021. PMID:


  42. Johansen KL, Chertow GM, Foley RN, Gilbertson DT, Herzog CA, Ishani A, Israni AK, Ku E, Kurella Tamura M, Li S, Li S, Liu J, Obrador GT, O'Hare AM, Peng Y, Powe NR, Roetker NS, St Peter WL, Abbott KC, Chan KE, Schulman IH, Snyder J, Solid C, Weinhandl ED, Winkelmayer WC, Wetmore JB. US Renal Data System 2020 Annual Data Report: Epidemiology of Kidney Disease in the United States. American journal of kidney diseases : the official journal of the National Kidney Foundation 2021. PMID: 33752804


  43. Whelan AM, Johansen KL, Brar S, McCulloch CE, Adey DB, Roll GR, Grimes B, Ku E. Association between Longer Travel Distance for Transplant Care and Access to Kidney Transplantation and Graft Survival in the United States. Journal of the American Society of Nephrology : JASN 2021. PMID: 33712528


  44. Sophie McAllister, Jennifer C. Lai, Timothy P. Copeland, Kirsten L. Johansen, Charles E. McCulloch, Yuenting D. Kwong, Divya Seth, Barbara Grimes, Elaine Ku. Renal Recovery and Mortality Risk Among Patients with Hepatorenal Syndrome Receiving Chronic Maintenance Dialysis. Kidney360 2021. PMID:


  45. McAllister S, Lai JC, Copeland TP, Johansen KL, McCulloch CE, Kwong YD, Seth D, Grimes B, Ku E. Renal Recovery and Mortality Risk among Patients with Hepatorenal Syndrome Receiving Chronic Maintenance Dialysis. 2021. PMID: 35373067


  46. Ku E, McCulloch CE, Adey DB, Li L, Johansen KL. Racial Disparities in Eligibility for Preemptive Waitlisting for Kidney Transplantation and Modification of eGFR Thresholds to Equalize Waitlist Time. Journal of the American Society of Nephrology : JASN 2021. PMID: 33622978


  47. Ku E, Hsu RK, Johansen KL, McCulloch CE, Mitsnefes M, Grimes BA, Liu KD. Recovery of kidney function after dialysis initiation in children and adults in the US: A retrospective study of United States Renal Data System data. PLoS medicine 2021. PMID: 33606673


  48. McCallum W, Sarnak MJ, Lin F, Ku E. Acute eGFR declines after intensive BP lowering with RAS blockade and risk of kidney failure. Journal of human hypertension 2021. PMID: 33542450


  49. Ahearn P, Johansen KL, Tan JC, McCulloch CE, Grimes BA, Ku E. Sex Disparity in Deceased-Donor Kidney Transplant Access by Cause of Kidney Disease. Clinical journal of the American Society of Nephrology : CJASN 2021. PMID: 33500250


  50. Dinh A, McCulloch CE, Ku E. Predicting long-term kidney allograft outcomes: pitfalls and progress. Kidney international 2021. PMID: 33390230


  51. Roberts MJ, Johansen KL, Copeland TP, McCulloch CE, Coufal S, Ku E. Factors Associated with Dialysis Discontinuation Outside of the Acute Care Setting. 2020. PMID: 35373030


  52. Ku E, Whelan AM, McCulloch CE, Lee B, Niemann CU, Roll GR, Grimes BA, Johansen KL. Weighing the waitlist: Weight changes and access to kidney transplantation among obese candidates. PloS one 2020. PMID: 33253253


  53. Chu CD, Ku E, Fallahzadeh MK, McCulloch CE, Tuot DS. The Kidney Failure Risk Equation for Prediction of Allograft Loss in Kidney Transplant Recipients. Kidney Medicine 2020. PMID: 33319199


  54. Whelan AM, Johansen KL, McCulloch CE, Adelmann D, Niemann CU, Roll GR, Siyahian S, Grimes B, Ku E. Longer Distance From Dialysis Facility to Transplant Center Is Associated With Lower Access to Kidney Transplantation. Transplantation direct 2020. PMID: 33134482


  55. Schneider MF, Muñoz A, Ku E, Warady BA, Furth SL, Schwartz GJ. Estimation of Albumin-Creatinine Ratio From Protein-Creatinine Ratio in Urine of Children and Adolescents With CKD. American journal of kidney diseases : the official journal of the National Kidney Foundation 2020. PMID: 32898620


  56. Ku E, McCulloch CE, Ahearn P, Grimes BA, Mitsnefes MM. Trends in Cardiovascular Mortality Among a Cohort of Children and Young Adults Starting Dialysis in 1995 to 2015. JAMA network open 2020. PMID: 32902652


  57. Parikh RV, Tan TC, Salyer AS, Auron A, Kim PS, Ku E, Go AS. Community-Based Epidemiology of Hospitalized Acute Kidney Injury. Pediatrics 2020. PMID: 32784225


  58. Chen DC, McCallum W, Sarnak MJ, Ku E. Intensive BP Control and eGFR Declines: Are These Events Due to Hemodynamic Effects and Are Changes Reversible? Current cardiology reports 2020. PMID: 32772196


  59. Kwong YD, Liu KD, Hsu RK, Johansen KL, McCulloch CE, Seth D, Fallahzadeh MK, Grimes BA, Ku E. Recovery of Kidney Function Among Patients With Glomerular Disease Starting Maintenance Dialysis. American journal of kidney diseases : the official journal of the National Kidney Foundation 2020. PMID: 32771649


  60. Ku E, Lee BK, McCulloch CE, Roll GR, Grimes B, Adey D, Johansen KL. Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Kidney Transplant Access Within a Theoretical Context of Medical Eligibility. Transplantation 2020. PMID: 31568216


  61. Wang CS, Ku E. eHealth in kidney care. Nature reviews. Nephrology 2020. PMID: 32238923


  62. Amaral S, McCulloch CE, Black E, Winnicki E, Lee B, Roll GR, Grimes B, Ku E. Trends in Living Donation by Race and Ethnicity Among Children With End-stage Renal Disease in the United States, 1995-2015. Transplantation direct 2020. PMID: 32766425


  63. Dinh A, Ku E. Pretransplant dialysis exposure and outcomes after kidney transplantation - Where quantity and quality intersect? American journal of transplantation : official journal of the American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons 2020. PMID: 32406189


  64. Weir MR, Chen DC, Ku E. Should Renin-Angiotensin System Blockade Be Avoided in Patients With Declining Kidney Function? American journal of kidney diseases : the official journal of the National Kidney Foundation 2020. PMID: 32407751


  65. Zhang X, Rule AD, McCulloch CE, Lieske JC, Ku E, Hsu CY. Tubular secretion of creatinine and kidney function: an observational study. BMC nephrology 2020. PMID: 32228497


  66. Lee J, McCulloch CE, Flynn JT, Samuels J, Warady BA, Furth SL, Seth D, Grimes BA, Mitsnefes MM, Ku E. Prognostic Value of Ambulatory Blood Pressure Load in Pediatric CKD. Clinical journal of the American Society of Nephrology : CJASN 2020. PMID: 32160993


  67. Wei J, Johansen KL, McCulloch CE, Lipkowitz M, Weir M, Lin F, Campese VM, Smogorzewski M, Ku E. Association Between APOL1 Genotype and Need for Kidney Replacement Therapy in Patients Without Diabetes: Does Age Matter? American journal of kidney diseases : the official journal of the National Kidney Foundation 2019. PMID: 31837887


  68. Ku E, Yang W, McCulloch CE, Feldman HI, Go AS, Lash J, Bansal N, He J, Horwitz E, Ricardo AC, Shafi T, Sondheimer J, Townsend RR, Waikar SS, Hsu CY, CRIC Study Investigators. Race and Mortality in CKD and Dialysis: Findings From the Chronic Renal Insufficiency Cohort (CRIC) Study. American journal of kidney diseases : the official journal of the National Kidney Foundation 2019. PMID: 31732235


  69. Winnicki E, McCulloch CE, Ku E. Authors' Reply. Journal of the American Society of Nephrology : JASN 2019. PMID: 31649098


  70. Whelan AM, Ku E. Use of ambulatory blood pressure monitoring in kidney transplant recipients. Nephrology, dialysis, transplantation : official publication of the European Dialysis and Transplant Association - European Renal Association 2019. PMID: 30838404


  71. Ku E, Sarnak MJ, Toto R, McCulloch CE, Lin F, Smogorzewski M, Hsu CY. Effect of Blood Pressure Control on Long-Term Risk of End-Stage Renal Disease and Death Among Subgroups of Patients With Chronic Kidney Disease. Journal of the American Heart Association 2019. PMID: 31411082


  72. Winnicki E, Johansen KL, Cabana MD, Warady BA, McCulloch CE, Grimes B, Ku E. Higher eGFR at Dialysis Initiation Is Not Associated with a Survival Benefit in Children. Journal of the American Society of Nephrology : JASN 2019. PMID: 31320460


  73. McCallum W, Tighiouart H, Ku E, Salem D, Sarnak MJ. Trends in Kidney Function Outcomes Following RAAS Inhibition in Patients With Heart Failure With Reduced Ejection Fraction. American journal of kidney diseases : the official journal of the National Kidney Foundation 2019. PMID: 31303349


  74. Ku E, McCulloch CE, Johansen KL. Starting Renal Replacement Therapy: Is It About Time? American journal of nephrology 2019. PMID: 31269487


  75. Ku E, Mitsnefes MM. Cardiovascular disease in young adults with incident ESRD. Nature reviews. Nephrology 2019. PMID: 31043718


  76. McCallum W, Ku E, Sarnak MJ. More Evidence to Suggest a Relation of Blood Pressure to Long-term Progression of Kidney Disease: Is It Causal? American journal of kidney diseases : the official journal of the National Kidney Foundation 2019. PMID: 31257049


  77. McCallum W, Tighiouart H, Ku E, Salem D, Sarnak MJ. Acute declines in estimated glomerular filtration rate on enalapril and mortality and cardiovascular outcomes in patients with heart failure with reduced ejection fraction. Kidney international 2019. PMID: 31420191


  78. Ku E, Hsu RK, Tuot DS, Bae SR, Lipkowitz MS, Smogorzewski MJ, Grimes BA, Weir MR. Magnitude of the Difference Between Clinic and Ambulatory Blood Pressures and Risk of Adverse Outcomes in Patients With Chronic Kidney Disease. Journal of the American Heart Association 2019. PMID: 31014164


  79. Roberts MJ, Mitsnefes MM, McCulloch CE, Greenbaum LA, Grimes BA, Ku E. Association between BMI changes and mortality risk in children with end-stage renal disease. Pediatric nephrology (Berlin, Germany) 2019. PMID: 30963283


  80. Ku E, Lee BJ, Wei J, Weir MR. Hypertension in CKD: Core Curriculum 2019. American journal of kidney diseases : the official journal of the National Kidney Foundation 2019. PMID: 30898362


  81. Elaine Ku, Jonas Kwok. Complications of Chronic Kidney Disease in Adolescents. Adolescents with Chronic Kidney Disease 2019. PMID:


  82. Ahearn P, Johansen KL, McCulloch CE, Grimes BA, Ku E. Sex Disparities in Risk of Mortality Among Children With ESRD. American journal of kidney diseases : the official journal of the National Kidney Foundation 2018. PMID: 30318132


  83. Tuot DS, Lin F, Norris K, Gassman J, Smogorzewski M, Ku E. Depressive Symptoms Associate With Race and All-Cause Mortality in Patients With CKD. Kidney international reports 2018. PMID: 30775619


  84. Ku E, McCulloch CE, Vittinghoff E, Lin F, Johansen KL. Use of Antihypertensive Agents and Association With Risk of Adverse Outcomes in Chronic Kidney Disease: Focus on Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitors and Angiotensin Receptor Blockers. Journal of the American Heart Association 2018. PMID: 30371331


  85. Weir MR, Lakkis JI, Jaar B, Rocco MV, Choi MJ, Kramer HJ, Ku E. Use of Renin-Angiotensin System Blockade in Advanced CKD: An NKF-KDOQI Controversies Report. American journal of kidney diseases : the official journal of the National Kidney Foundation 2018. PMID: 30201547


  86. Ku E, Ix JH, Jamerson K, Tangri N, Lin F, Gassman J, Smogorzewski M, Sarnak MJ. Acute Declines in Renal Function during Intensive BP Lowering and Long-Term Risk of Death. Journal of the American Society of Nephrology : JASN 2018. PMID: 30006417


  87. Ku E, Johansen KL, McCulloch CE. Time-Centered Approach to Understanding Risk Factors for the Progression of CKD. Clinical journal of the American Society of Nephrology : CJASN 2018. PMID: 29602779


  88. Ku E, Vittinghoff E, Jacobs DR, Lewis CE, Allen NB, Bibbins-Domingo K, Shlipak M, Kramer H, Peralta CA. Changes in Blood Pressure During Young Adulthood and Subsequent Kidney Function Decline: Findings From the Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adulthood (CARDIA) Study. American journal of kidney diseases : the official journal of the National Kidney Foundation 2018. PMID: 29510922


  89. Ku E, McCulloch CE, Warady BA, Furth SL, Grimes BA, Mitsnefes MM. Twenty-Four-Hour Ambulatory Blood Pressure versus Clinic Blood Pressure Measurements and Risk of Adverse Outcomes in Children with CKD. Clinical journal of the American Society of Nephrology : CJASN 2018. PMID: 29440119


  90. Winnicki E, McCulloch CE, Mitsnefes MM, Furth SL, Warady BA, Ku E. Use of the Kidney Failure Risk Equation to Determine the Risk of Progression to End-stage Renal Disease in Children With Chronic Kidney Disease. JAMA pediatrics 2018. PMID: 29255845


  91. Ku E, Kopple JD, Johansen KL, McCulloch CE, Go AS, Xie D, Lin F, Hamm LL, He J, Kusek JW, Navaneethan SD, Ricardo AC, Rincon-Choles H, Smogorzewski M, Hsu CY, CRIC Study Investigators. Longitudinal Weight Change During CKD Progression and Its Association With Subsequent Mortality. American journal of kidney diseases : the official journal of the National Kidney Foundation 2017. PMID: 29217305


  92. Ku E, Kopple JD, McCulloch CE, Warady BA, Furth SL, Mak RH, Grimes BA, Mitsnefes M. Associations Between Weight Loss, Kidney Function Decline, and Risk of ESRD in the Chronic Kidney Disease in Children (CKiD) Cohort Study. American journal of kidney diseases : the official journal of the National Kidney Foundation 2017. PMID: 29132947


  93. Ku E, Scherzer R, Odden MC, Shlipak M, White CL, Field TS, Benavente O, Pergola PE, Peralta CA. Patterns of blood pressure response during intensive BP lowering and clinical events: results from the secondary prevention of small subcortical strokes trial. Blood pressure 2017. PMID: 28952798


  94. Ku E, Bakris G, Johansen KL, Lin F, Sarnak MJ, Campese VM, Jamerson K, Gassman JJ, Smogorzewski M, Hsu CY. Acute Declines in Renal Function during Intensive BP Lowering: Implications for Future ESRD Risk. Journal of the American Society of Nephrology : JASN 2017. PMID: 28473636


  95. Ku E, McCulloch CE, Grimes BA, Johansen KL. Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Survival of Children with ESRD. Journal of the American Society of Nephrology : JASN 2016. PMID: 28034898


  96. Ku E, Lipkowitz MS, Appel LJ, Parsa A, Gassman J, Glidden DV, Smogorzewski M, Hsu CY. Strict blood pressure control associates with decreased mortality risk by APOL1 genotype. Kidney international 2016. PMID: 27927600


  97. Ku E, McCulloch CE, Mauer M, Gitelman SE, Grimes BA, Hsu CY. Association Between Blood Pressure and Adverse Renal Events in Type 1 Diabetes. Diabetes care 2016. PMID: 27872156


  98. Ku E, Gassman J, Appel LJ, Smogorzewski M, Sarnak MJ, Glidden DV, Bakris G, Gutiérrez OM, Hebert LA, Ix JH, Lea J, Lipkowitz MS, Norris K, Ploth D, Pogue VA, Rostand SG, Siew ED, Sika M, Tisher CC, Toto R, Wright JT, Wyatt C, Hsu CY. BP Control and Long-Term Risk of ESRD and Mortality. Journal of the American Society of Nephrology : JASN 2016. PMID: 27516235


  99. Ku E, Fine RN, Hsu CY, McCulloch C, Glidden DV, Grimes B, Johansen KL. Height at First RRT and Mortality in Children. Clinical journal of the American Society of Nephrology : CJASN 2016. PMID: 26933189


  100. Ku E, Xie D, Shlipak M, Hyre Anderson A, Chen J, Go AS, He J, Horwitz EJ, Rahman M, Ricardo AC, Sondheimer JH, Townsend RR, Hsu CY, CRIC Study Investigators. Change in Measured GFR Versus eGFR and CKD Outcomes. Journal of the American Society of Nephrology : JASN 2015. PMID: 26604213


  101. Ku E, Glidden DV, Hsu CY, Portale AA, Grimes B, Johansen KL. Association of Body Mass Index with Patient-Centered Outcomes in Children with ESRD. Journal of the American Society of Nephrology : JASN 2015. PMID: 26054540


  102. Ku E, Johansen KL, Portale AA, Grimes B, Hsu CY. State level variations in nephrology workforce and timing and incidence of dialysis in the United States among children and adults: a retrospective cohort study. BMC nephrology 2015. PMID: 25589150


  103. Ku E, Glidden DV, Johansen KL, Sarnak M, Tighiouart H, Grimes B, Hsu CY. Association between strict blood pressure control during chronic kidney disease and lower mortality after onset of end-stage renal disease. Kidney international 2014. PMID: 25493952


  104. Ku E, Thomas M, Ho CH, Whipple NS, Abdul-Rahman O, Megason GC, Herrington BL, Carmody JB, Charlton JR. Index of suspicion. Case 1: fever, diarrhea, jaundice, and confusion in an 18-year-old male. Case 2: severe anemia in a 6-month-old girl. Case 3: red urine in a 4-month-old boy. Pediatrics in review 2014. PMID: 24585816


  105. Hsu RK, McCulloch CE, Ku E, Dudley RA, Hsu CY. Regional variation in the incidence of dialysis-requiring AKI in the United States. Clinical journal of the American Society of Nephrology : CJASN 2013. PMID: 23929923


  106. Ku E, Campese V. Is lipid management effective for all stages of CKD?. Blood purification 2013. PMID: 23343543


  107. Ku E, Ananthapanyasut W, Campese VM. IgA nephropathy in a patient with ulcerative colitis, Graves' disease and positive myeloperoxidase ANCA. Clinical nephrology 2012. PMID: 22257545


  108. Campese VM, Ku E, Bigazzi R, Bianchi S. Do HMG-CoA reductase inhibitors improve kidney function? The saga continues. Journal of nephrology 2011. PMID: 21887675


  109. Elaine Ku, Tanzina Nasreen, Jeanie Park, Vito M. Campese. Metabolic and Dietary Influences on Sympathetic Nervous System Activity. Nutritional and Metabolic Bases of Cardiovascular Disease 2011. PMID:


  110. Campese VM, Ku E, Park J. Sympathetic renal innervation and resistant hypertension. International journal of hypertension 2011. PMID: 21331158


  111. Lu Y, Ku E, Campese VM. Aldosterone in the pathogenesis of chronic kidney disease and proteinuria. Current hypertension reports 2010. PMID: 20596805


  112. Elaine Ku, B. Jason Brotherton, Christopher Parrish, Stephanie K. Zia, Susan McKenna. Visual Diagnosis. 2010. PMID:


  113. Ku E, Brotherton BJ, Parrish C, Zia SK, McKenna S. Visual diagnosis: vaginal mass in a 16-month-old child. Pediatrics in review 2010. PMID: 20679100


  114. Ku E, Campese VM. Aldosterone and hypertension in African Americans. American journal of hypertension 2009. PMID: 19924116


  115. Elaine Ku, Jeanie Park, Jay Vidhun, Vito Campese. The Case for Dual Renin-Angiotensin System Inhibition—Reply. JAMA internal medicine 2009. PMID:


  116. Ku E, Cheung EL, Khan A, Yu AS. Anion and osmolal gaps after alcohol intoxication. American journal of kidney diseases : the official journal of the National Kidney Foundation 2009. PMID: 19560850


  117. Ku E, Park J, Vidhun J, Campese V. The hazards of dual renin-angiotensin blockade in chronic kidney disease. Archives of internal medicine 2009. PMID: 19506167


  118. Ku E, Nobakht N, Campese VM. Lixivaptan: a novel vasopressin receptor antagonist. Expert opinion on investigational drugs 2009. PMID: 19379124


  119. Ku E, Campese VM. Role of aldosterone in the progression of chronic kidney disease and potential use of aldosterone blockade in children. Pediatric nephrology (Berlin, Germany) 2009. PMID: 19347366