Elaine Ku, MD, MAS

Alexandra C. Bicki, Sang M. Nguyen, Gabriela Accetta Rojas, David V. Glidden, Barbara Grimes, Elaine Ku. Reduced Access to Second Kidney Transplantation Among Adolescent Girls. Kidney international reports 2025. PMID:

Mendez NV, Bokoch MP, Adelmann D, Bucknor MD, Ku E, Kolodzie K. Ultrasound-based assessment of muscle mass is associated with early recovery after kidney transplant: a prospective single-center study. BMC anesthesiology 2025. PMID: 40859136

A. Bicki, G. Accetta Rojas, K. Koester, E. Ku. Misconceptions Regarding Living Kidney Donation Among Adolescents and Young Adults with Chronic Kidney Disease. American Journal of Transplantation 2025. PMID:

J. Belkora, A. Webber, P. Sood, Z. Shabbir, A. Camarena, A. Mello, C. Light, D. Adey, A. Brar, A. Whelan, J. Oveyssi, B. Martinez, H. Pham, D. Salazar, H. Huang, O. Addo, C. Lam, N. Carpio Sandoval, A. Fontao, E. Ku, C. Freise. Pre-Health Students Can Extend the Kidney Transplant Navigator Workforce to Help Patients Search for Living Donors. American Journal of Transplantation 2025. PMID:

L. Calthorpe, M. Nunez, G. Gamino, T. Copeland, E. Ku, G. Roll. Understanding the Relationship Between Donor Diabetes Insipidus, Kidney Donor Profile Index (KDPI), and Recipient Kidney Function. American Journal of Transplantation 2025. PMID:

Ku E, Adey DB, Lopez I, Lee BK, Lin F, Whelan AM, McCulloch CE, Weir MR, Chen LX, Ahearn P, Gill J, Kim SJ, Johansen KL. Variations in Center-level Practices Across US Transplant Centers Are Associated With Time to Relisting and Retransplantation in Patients With Graft Failure. Kidney Medicine 2025. PMID: 40893916

Copeland TP, Nahm WJ, Woo K, Wisk LE, Dworsky JQ, Martin EJ, Ku E. Opioid use patterns and persistent use after hemodialysis access surgery. Journal of vascular surgery 2025. PMID: 40482897

Johansen KL, Gilbertson DT, Li S, Li S, Liu J, Roetker NS, Hart A, Knapp CD, Ku E, Powe NR, Snyder J, Peter WS, Weinhandl ED, Wetmore JB. US Renal Data System 2024 Annual Data Report: Epidemiology of Kidney Disease in the United States. American journal of kidney diseases : the official journal of the National Kidney Foundation 2025. PMID: 40379355

Huang JX, Peschard VG, Ku E. Impact of intensive blood pressure control on kidney outcomes. Current opinion in nephrology and hypertension 2025. PMID: 40130611

Shi V, Jang A, Copp H, Ku E. Pediatric to Adult Nephrology Transition in CKD. Kidney360 2025. PMID: 40053397

Giang S, Lin F, McCulloch CE, Brakeman P, Hoffmann TJ, Ku E. Suicide in Patients Treated With Dialysis: Risk Factors and Trends in the United States. American journal of kidney diseases : the official journal of the National Kidney Foundation 2025. PMID: 40043898

Nowak KL, Copeland TP, Ku E, Sarnak MJ, Gitomer B, Abebe KZ, Chapman A, Perrone R, Rahbari-Oskoui FF, Steinman T, Yu ASL, Chonchol M. Overweight and Obesity and Progression to End-Stage Kidney Disease in Patients with Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease. Clinical journal of the American Society of Nephrology : CJASN 2025. PMID: 39970002

Winnicki E, Copeland TP, Kim A, Glenn Lecea EM, McCulloch CE, Ku E. Trends in Timing of Preemptive Kidney Transplantation and Association with Allograft and Survival Outcomes in Children. Clinical journal of the American Society of Nephrology : CJASN 2025. PMID: 39960768

Ku E, McCulloch CE, Roll G, Adey D, Sood P, Posselt A, Grimes BA, Johansen KL. Association between bariatric surgery after kidney transplantation and graft and survival outcomes. American journal of transplantation : official journal of the American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons 2025. PMID: 39848339

Zhang LY, Dinh A, Johansen KL, McCulloch CE, Grimes B, Ku E. Access to kidney transplantation from dialysis facilities affiliated with a transplant center versus free-standing dialysis facilities in the US. Nephrology, dialysis, transplantation : official publication of the European Dialysis and Transplant Association - European Renal Association 2024. PMID: 39215438

Bicki AC, Grimes B, McCulloch CE, Copeland TP, Ku E. Dialysis Facility Staffing Ratios and Kidney Transplant Access Among Adolescents and Young Adults. JAMA 2024. PMID: 39441575

Accetta-Rojas G, McCulloch CE, Copeland TP, Whelan AM, Bicki AC, Giang S, Grimes BA, Ku E. Pediatric Nephrology Workforce and Access of Children with Kidney Failure to Transplantation in the United States. Journal of the American Society of Nephrology : JASN 2024. PMID: 39641993

Centor RM, Ku E, Sarnak MJ. Web Exclusive. Annals On Call - Renin-Angiotensin System Blockade in Persons With Advanced Chronic Kidney Disease. Annals of internal medicine 2024. PMID: 39556866

Ku E, Copeland TP, McCulloch CE, Seth D, Carlos CA, Cho K, Malkina A, Lo LJ, Hsu RK. Intensive Home Blood Pressure Lowering in Patients with Advanced CKD. American journal of kidney diseases : the official journal of the National Kidney Foundation 2024. PMID: 39427725

Huang JX, Copeland TP, Hsu RK, McCulloch CE, Ku E. Characterizing Risk Factors for the Need for Kidney Replacement Therapy in Children After Discontinuation of Maintenance Dialysis. Kidney international reports 2024. PMID: 39810783

Huang JX, Casper TC, Pitts C, Myers SR, Lynch R, Loomba L, Ramesh J, Kuppermann N, Ku E, Glaser N. Characterizing the relationship between social determinants of health and risk of albuminuria among children with type 1 diabetes. Journal of diabetes and its complications 2024. PMID: 39423463

Ku E, Legaspi S, Copeland TP, Adey DB, Whelan AM, Roll GR, McCulloch CE, Lee BK, Johansen KL. Living Donor Candidates' Self-reported Health and Health Perceptions and Completion of Donor Evaluation: A Cohort Study. Kidney Medicine 2024. PMID: 39534796

Alexandra Bicki, Sang M. Nguyen, Gabriela Accetta Rojas, Charles E. Mcculloch, Elaine Ku. Sex Disparities in Access to Second Kidney Transplantation among Adolescents. Journal of the American Society of Nephrology 2024. PMID:

Ku E, Copeland T, McCulloch CE, Abebe KZ, Chonchol M, Perrone RD, Rahbari-Oskoui FF, Yu ASL, Steinman T, Chapman A, Sarnak MJ. Effect of Dual RAAS Blockade and Intensive BP Lowering on Risk of End-Stage Kidney Disease and Death in Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease: Long-Term Follow-Up of the HALT-PKD Trials. American journal of kidney diseases : the official journal of the National Kidney Foundation 2024. PMID: 39154887

Ku E, Jamerson K, Copeland TP, McCulloch CE, Tighiouart H, Sarnak MJ. Acute Declines in Estimated Glomerular Filtration Rate in Patients Treated With Benazepril and Hydrochlorothiazide Versus Amlodipine and Risk of Cardiovascular Outcomes. Journal of the American Heart Association 2024. PMID: 39056339

Ku E, Inker LA, Tighiouart H, McCulloch CE, Adingwupu OM, Greene T, Estacio RO, Woodward M, de Zeeuw D, Lewis JB, Hannedouche T, Jafar TH, Imai E, Remuzzi G, Heerspink HJL, Hou FF, Toto RD, Li PK, Sarnak MJ. Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitors or Angiotensin-Receptor Blockers for Advanced Chronic Kidney Disease : A Systematic Review and Retrospective Individual Participant-Level Meta-analysis of Clinical Trials. Annals of internal medicine 2024. PMID: 38950402

Ku E, Tighiouart H, McCulloch CE, Inker LA, Adingwupu O, Greene T, Estacio RO, Woodward M, de Zeeuw D, Lewis JB, Hannedouche T, Hou FF, Jafar TH, Ima E, Remuzzi G, Heerspink HJL, Toto RD, Sarnak MJ. Association between Acute Declines in Estimated Glomerular Filtration Rate during Renin-Angiotensin System Inhibition and Risk of Adverse Outcomes. Journal of the American Society of Nephrology : JASN 2024. PMID: 38889197

Huang JX, Copeland TP, Pitts CE, Myers SR, Kilberg MJ, Ku E, Glaser N. Transient albuminuria in the setting of short-term severe hyperglycemia in type 1 diabetes. Journal of diabetes and its complications 2024. PMID: 38703638

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

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

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

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

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

Jia Xin Huang, T. Charles Casper, Casey Pitts, Sage Myers, Rebecca Lynch, Lindsey Loomba-Albrecht, Nathan Kuppermann, Elaine Ku, Nicole Glaser. 708: SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH EFFECTS ON RISK OF MICROALBUMINURIA AMONG CHILDREN WITH T1D. Critical care medicine 2023. PMID:

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

Alexandra Bicki, Charles E. Mcculloch, Barbara A. Grimes, Elaine Ku. Higher Dialysis Facility Patient-to-Nurse Staffing Ratio Is Associated with Lower Hazard of Kidney Transplantation Among Adolescents and Young Adults. Journal of the American Society of Nephrology 2023. PMID:

Elaine Ku, Lesley A. Inker, Hocine Tighiouart, Charles E. Mcculloch, Ogechi M. Adingwupu, Tom Greene, Mark J. Sarnak. Initiation of ACE Inhibitor and ARBs in Patients with Advanced CKD. Journal of the American Society of Nephrology 2023. PMID:

Kirsten L. Johansen, David T. Gilbertson, Jiannong Liu, Kayla L. Horak, Elaine Ku. Kidney Transplant Graft Loss During 2020. Journal of the American Society of Nephrology 2023. PMID:

Gabriela Accetta Rojas, Charles E. Mcculloch, Adrian Whelan, Timothy P. Copeland, Alexandra Bicki, Sophia Giang, Barbara A. Grimes, Elaine Ku. Pediatric Nephrology Workforce in the United States and Access to Waitlist Registration in Children with ESKD. Journal of the American Society of Nephrology 2023. PMID:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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:

Nallapothula D, Ku E. What's the Weather Like Today? Forecasting a Chance of Shower, Snow, and… Missing Dialysis. Clinical journal of the American Society of Nephrology : CJASN 2023. PMID: 39074303

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Divya Seth, Alexandra Bicki, Sanober Sadiq, Elaine Ku. Improving Blood Pressure Control in Young Patients at Elevated Cardiovascular Risk: A Pilot Study. Journal of the American Society of Nephrology 2022. PMID:

Sarah Chen, Barbara A. Grimes, Charles E. Mcculloch, Flavio Vincenti, Elaine Ku. Prevalence and Predictors of Suboptimal Kidney Donor Profile Index (KDPI) and Estimated Post-Transplant Survival (EPTS) Mismatches in Kidney Transplant Recipients. Journal of the American Society of Nephrology 2022. PMID:

Lucy Zhang, Sandra Amaral, Charles E. Mcculloch, Barbara A. Grimes, Elaine Ku. Risk of Death in Hospital-Based vs. Free-Standing Dialysis Facilities in the United States. Journal of the American Society of Nephrology 2022. PMID:

Davidson F. Emanuels, Timothy P. Copeland, Kirsten L. Johansen, Charles E. Mcculloch, Elaine Ku. Variations in Access to Repeat Transplantation by Transplant Center Continuity. Journal of the American Society of Nephrology 2022. PMID:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Anoop Sheshadri, Elaine Ku, Deborah B. Adey, Jennifer C. Lai, Kirsten L. Johansen. Association of Physical Performance with Death or Delisting in Patients Waitlisted for Kidney Transplantation. Journal of the American Society of Nephrology 2021. PMID:

Sophie Mcallister, Salpi Siyahian, Divya Seth, Elaine Ku. Discontinuation of Renin-Angiotensin System Blockade Among Kidney Transplant Recipients. Journal of the American Society of Nephrology 2021. PMID:

Alex Dinh, Timothy P. Copeland, Charles E. Mcculloch, Deborah B. Adey, Elaine Ku. Peripheral Arterial Disease and Risk of Infection-Related Complications After Kidney Transplantation. Journal of the American Society of Nephrology 2021. PMID:

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

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:

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

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

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:

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

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:

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

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

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:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Alex Dinh, Timothy P. Copeland, Joachim H. Ix, Barry I. Freedman, Charles E. McCulloch, Elaine Ku. Intensive BP Control Associates with Better Kidney Outcomes in Individuals with APOL1 High-Risk Genotypes. Journal of the American Society of Nephrology 2020. PMID:

Mohammad Kazem Fallahzadeh Abarghouei, Elaine Ku, Chi D. Chu, Charles E. McCulloch, Delphine S. Tuot. Racial Disparities in Receipt of Medications for Secondary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease in Kidney Transplant Recipients in the FAVORIT Trial. Journal of the American Society of Nephrology 2020. PMID:

Yuenting D. Kwong, Kirsten L. Johansen, Charles E. McCulloch, Kathleen D. Liu, Barbara A. Grimes, Elaine Ku. Regional Variation in Recovery of Kidney Function in Patients Requiring Maintenance Hemodialysis with Acute Tubular Necrosis. Journal of the American Society of Nephrology 2020. PMID:

Adrian Whelan, Brian K. Lee, Deborah B. Adey, Dhiraj Nallapothula, Elaine Ku. Variations in Practice Patterns in Eligibility Assessments Across Kidney Transplant Programs in the United States. Journal of the American Society of Nephrology 2020. PMID:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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