Paul Brakeman, MD, PhD

Education
M.D., 1997 - School of Medicine, John Hopkins University
Residency, - School of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco
Honors and Awards
  • Top Doctor, Marin Magazine, 2019
  • Top Doctor, San Francisco Magazine, 2019
  • Designated Nephrotic Syndrome Expert, Nephcure Kidney International, 2018
  • Excellence in Teaching Award, Haile T. Debas Academy of Medical Educators, 2016
Websites

  1. von Scheven E, Braun M, Nahal B, Perito ER, Brakeman P, Soulsby WD, Quill L, Cuneo A, Franck LS. Voices of Hope: Leveraging Think-Aloud Cognitive Interviews to Develop a Hope Assessment Tool for Young People Living with Chronic Health Conditions. Children (Basel, Switzerland) 2024. PMID: 39594971


  2. Soulsby WD, Franck LS, Perito E, Brakeman P, Cuneo A, Quill L, Boscardin J, von Scheven E. Healthcare Utilization Among Youth with Chronic Illness Receiving Care at a Large Urban Academic Healthcare System. Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) 2024. PMID: 39595475


  3. Kim EJ, Chen C, Gologorsky R, Santandreu A, Torres A, Wright N, Goodin MS, Moyer J, Chui BW, Blaha C, Brakeman P, Vartanian S, Tang Q, David Humes H, Fissell WH, Roy S. Feasibility of an implantable bioreactor for renal cell therapy using silicon nanopore membranes. Nature communications 2023. PMID: 37644033


  4. Onder AM, Ansari MAY, Deng F, Grinsell MM, Patterson L, Jetton J, Fathallah-Shaykh S, Ranch D, Aviles D, Copelovitch L, Ellis E, Chadha V, Elmaghrabi A, Lin JJ, Butani L, Haddad M, Marsenic O, Brakeman P, Quigley R, Shin HS, Garro R, Raina R, Langman CB. Persistent Increase in Serum Ferritin Levels despite Converting to Permanent Vascular Access in Pediatric Hemodialysis Patients: Pediatric Nephrology Research Consortium Study. Journal of clinical medicine 2023. PMID: 37445286


  5. Varnell C, Harshman LA, Liu C, Smith L, Al-Akash S, Barletta GM, Brakeman P, Chaudhuri A, Fadakar P, Galea L, Garro R, Gluck C, Kershaw DB, Matossian D, Patel HP, Peterson C, Pruette C, Ranabothu S, Rodig N, Singer P, Sebestyen VanSickle J, Weng PL, Danziger-Isakov L, Seifert ME, Hooper DK. COVID-19 in pediatric kidney transplantation: a follow-up report of the Improving Renal Outcomes Collaborative. 2022. PMID: 35538239


  6. Lombel RM, Brakeman PR, Sack BS, Butani L. Urologic Considerations in Pediatric Chronic Kidney Disease. Advances in chronic kidney disease 2022. PMID: 36084977


  7. Onder AM, Flynn JT, Ansari MAY, Deng F, DeFreitas M, Katsoufis C, Grinsell MM, Patterson L, Jetton J, Fathallah-Shaykh S, Ranch D, Aviles D, Copelovitch L, Ellis E, Chadha V, Elmaghrabi A, Lin JJ, Butani L, Haddad M, Marsenic O, Brakeman P, Quigley R, Shin HS, Garro R, Raina R, Langman CB, Wood E, Pediatric Nephrology Research Consortium. Conversion to permanent vascular access is associated with improved markers of hemodialysis efficacy in children: Pediatric nephrology research consortium study. Clinical nephrology 2021. PMID: 34190683


  8. Ganesan L, O'Brien F, Sirich T, Plummer N, Sheth R, Fajardo C, Brakeman P, Sutherland S, Meyer T. Association of Plasma Uremic Solute Levels with Residual Kidney Function in Children on Peritoneal Dialysis. Clinical journal of the American Society of Nephrology : CJASN 2021. PMID: 34233922


  9. Varnell C, Harshman LA, Smith L, Liu C, Chen S, Al-Akash S, Barletta GM, Belsha C, Brakeman P, Chaudhuri A, Fadakar P, Garro R, Gluck C, Goebel J, Kershaw D, Matossian D, Nailescu C, Patel HP, Pruette C, Ranabothu S, Rodig N, Smith J, Sebestyen VanSickle J, Weng P, Danziger-Isakov L, Hooper DK, Seifert M. COVID-19 in pediatric kidney transplantation: The Improving Renal Outcomes Collaborative. American journal of transplantation : official journal of the American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons 2021. PMID: 33452854


  10. O'Brien FJ, Sirich TL, Taussig A, Fung E, Ganesan LL, Plummer NS, Brakeman P, Sutherland SM, Meyer TW. Plasma pseudouridine levels reflect body size in children on hemodialysis. Pediatric nephrology (Berlin, Germany) 2019. PMID: 31728748


  11. Onder AM, Flynn JT, Billings AA, Deng F, DeFreitas M, Katsoufis C, Grinsell MM, Patterson L, Jetton J, Fathallah-Shaykh S, Ranch D, Aviles D, Copelovitch L, Ellis E, Chadha V, Elmaghrabi A, Lin JJ, Butani L, Haddad M, Marsenic O, Brakeman P, Quigley R, Shin HS, Garro R, Liu H, Rahimikollu J, Raina R, Langman CB, Wood E, Midwest Pediatric Nephrology Consortium. Predictors of time to first cannulation for arteriovenous fistula in pediatric hemodialysis patients: Midwest Pediatric Nephrology Consortium study. Pediatric nephrology (Berlin, Germany) 2019. PMID: 31696356


  12. Yu W, Marshall WF, Metzger RJ, Brakeman PR, Morsut L, Lim W, Mostov KE. Simple Rules Determine Distinct Patterns of Branching Morphogenesis. Cell systems 2019. PMID: 31557453


  13. Onder AM, Flynn JT, Billings AA, Deng F, DeFreitas M, Katsoufis C, Grinsell MM, Patterson LT, Jetton J, Fathallah-Shaykh S, Ranch D, Aviles D, Copelovitch L, Ellis E, Chadha V, Elmaghrabi A, Lin JJ, Butani L, Haddad M, Couloures OM, Brakeman P, Quigley R, Shin HS, Garro R, Liu H, Rahimikollu J, Raina R, Langman CB, Wood EG, Midwest Pediatric Nephrology Consortium. Correction to: Predictors of patency for arteriovenous fistulae and grafts in pediatric hemodialysis patients. Pediatric nephrology (Berlin, Germany) 2019. PMID: 30684015


  14. Ferrell N, Sandoval RM, Molitoris BA, Brakeman P, Roy S, Fissell WH. Application of physiological shear stress to renal tubular epithelial cells. Methods in cell biology 2019. PMID: 31395384


  15. Zinter MS, Spicer AC, Liu KD, Orwoll BE, Alkhouli MF, Brakeman PR, Calfee CS, Matthay MA, Sapru A. Positive Cumulative Fluid Balance Is Associated With Mortality in Pediatric Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome in the Setting of Acute Kidney Injury. Pediatric critical care medicine : a journal of the Society of Critical Care Medicine and the World Federation of Pediatric Intensive and Critical Care Societies 2019. PMID: 30672838


  16. Jayagopal A, Brakeman PR, Soler P, Ferrell N, Fissell W, Kroetz DL, Roy S. Apical Shear Stress Enhanced Organic Cation Transport in Human OCT2/MATE1-Transfected Madin-Darby Canine Kidney Cells Involves Ciliary Sensing. The Journal of pharmacology and experimental therapeutics 2019. PMID: 30910922


  17. Gomez Mendez LM, Cascino MD, Katsumoto TR, Brakeman P, Brunetta P, Jayne D, Dall'Era M, Rovin B, Garg J. Outcome of participants with nephrotic syndrome in combined clinical trials of lupus nephritis. Lupus science & medicine 2019. PMID: 31080631


  18. Onder AM, Flynn JT, Billings AA, Deng F, DeFreitas M, Katsoufis C, Grinsell MM, Patterson LT, Jetton J, Fathallah-Shaykh S, Ranch D, Aviles D, Copelovitch L, Ellis E, Chanda V, Elmaghrabi A, Lin JJ, Butani L, Haddad M, Couloures OM, Brakeman P, Quigley R, Stella Shin H, Garro R, Liu H, Rahimikollu J, Raina R, Langman CB, Wood EG, Midwest Pediatric Nephrology Consortium. Predictors of patency for arteriovenous fistulae and grafts in pediatric hemodialysis patients. Pediatric nephrology (Berlin, Germany) 2018. PMID: 30264215


  19. Gomez Mendez LM, Cascino MD, Garg J, Katsumoto TR, Brakeman P, Dall'Era M, Looney RJ, Rovin B, Dragone L, Brunetta P. Peripheral Blood B Cell Depletion after Rituximab and Complete Response in Lupus Nephritis. Clinical journal of the American Society of Nephrology : CJASN 2018. PMID: 30089664


  20. Wang MK, Chuang KW, Li Y, Gaither T, Brakeman P, Gonzalez L, Brennan J, Baskin LS. Renal function outcomes in pediatric patients with symptomatic reflux into the transplanted kidney treated with redo ureteroneocystostomy. Journal of pediatric urology 2018. PMID: 29605164


  21. Gao L, Yang Z, Hiremath C, Zimmerman SE, Long B, Brakeman PR, Mostov KE, Bryant DM, Luby-Phelps K, Marciano DK. Afadin orients cell division to position the tubule lumen in developing renal tubules. Development (Cambridge, England) 2017. PMID: 28860115


  22. Oates A, Benedict KA, Sun K, Brakeman PR, Lim J, Kim C. Laser acupuncture reduces pain in pediatric kidney biopsies: a randomized controlled trial. Pain 2017. PMID: 27749608


  23. Brakeman P, Miao S, Cheng J, Lee CZ, Roy S, Fissell WH, Ferrell N. A modular microfluidic bioreactor with improved throughput for evaluation of polarized renal epithelial cells. Biomicrofluidics 2016. PMID: 27917253


  24. Kim S, Heller J, Iqbal Z, Kant R, Kim EJ, Durack J, Saeed M, Do L, Hetts S, Wilson M, Brakeman P, Fissell WH, Roy S. Preliminary Diffusive Clearance of Silicon Nanopore Membranes in a Parallel Plate Configuration for Renal Replacement Therapy. ASAIO journal (American Society for Artificial Internal Organs : 1992) 2016. PMID: 26692401


  25. Tran CS, Eran Y, Ruch TR, Bryant DM, Datta A, Brakeman P, Kierbel A, Wittmann T, Metzger RJ, Mostov KE, Engel JN. Host cell polarity proteins participate in innate immunity to Pseudomonas aeruginosa infection. Cell host & microbe 2014. PMID: 24832456


  26. Wong T, Matthay KK, Boscardin WJ, Hawkins RA, Brakeman PR, DuBois SG. Acute changes in blood pressure in patients with neuroblastoma treated with ¹³¹I-metaiodobenzylguanidine (MIBG). Pediatric blood & cancer 2013. PMID: 23613447


  27. Yang Z, Zimmerman S, Brakeman PR, Beaudoin GM, Reichardt LF, Marciano DK. De novo lumen formation and elongation in the developing nephron: a central role for afadin in apical polarity. Development (Cambridge, England) 2013. PMID: 23487309


  28. Gálvez-Santisteban M, Rodriguez-Fraticelli AE, Bryant DM, Vergarajauregui S, Yasuda T, Bañón-Rodríguez I, Bernascone I, Datta A, Spivak N, Young K, Slim CL, Brakeman PR, Fukuda M, Mostov KE, Martín-Belmonte F. Synaptotagmin-like proteins control the formation of a single apical membrane domain in epithelial cells. Nature cell biology 2012. PMID: 22820376


  29. Hu JH, Yang L, Kammermeier PJ, Moore CG, Brakeman PR, Tu J, Yu S, Petralia RS, Li Z, Zhang PW, Park JM, Dong X, Xiao B, Worley PF. Preso1 dynamically regulates group I metabotropic glutamate receptors. Nature neuroscience 2012. PMID: 22561452


  30. Marciano DK, Brakeman PR, Lee CZ, Spivak N, Eastburn DJ, Bryant DM, Beaudoin GM, Hofmann I, Mostov KE, Reichardt LF. p120 catenin is required for normal renal tubulogenesis and glomerulogenesis. Development (Cambridge, England) 2011. PMID: 21521738


  31. Brakeman PR, Liu KD, Shimizu K, Takai Y, Mostov KE. Nectin proteins are expressed at early stages of nephrogenesis and play a role in renal epithelial cell morphogenesis. American journal of physiology. Renal physiology 2008. PMID: 19116242


  32. Yu W, Shewan AM, Brakeman P, Eastburn DJ, Datta A, Bryant DM, Fan QW, Weiss WA, Zegers MM, Mostov KE. Involvement of RhoA, ROCK I and myosin II in inverted orientation of epithelial polarity. EMBO reports 2008. PMID: 18660750


  33. Liu KD, Brakeman PR. Renal repair and recovery. Critical care medicine 2008. PMID: 18382192


  34. Hirose R, Xu F, Dang K, Liu T, Behrends M, Brakeman PR, Wiener-Kronish J, Niemann CU. Transient hyperglycemia affects the extent of ischemia-reperfusion-induced renal injury in rats. Anesthesiology 2008. PMID: 18292678


  35. Nguyen S, McCulloch C, Brakeman P, Portale A, Hsu CY. Being overweight modifies the association between cardiovascular risk factors and microalbuminuria in adolescents. Pediatrics 2008. PMID: 18166555


  36. Brakeman P. Vesicoureteral reflux, reflux nephropathy, and end-stage renal disease. Advances in urology 2008. PMID: 18670633


  37. Liu KD, Datta A, Yu W, Brakeman PR, Jou TS, Matthay MA, Mostov KE. Rac1 is required for reorientation of polarity and lumen formation through a PI 3-kinase-dependent pathway. American journal of physiology. Renal physiology 2007. PMID: 17804488


  38. Kim M, Datta A, Brakeman P, Yu W, Mostov KE. Polarity proteins PAR6 and aPKC regulate cell death through GSK-3beta in 3D epithelial morphogenesis. Journal of cell science 2007. PMID: 17606986


  39. Mostov K, Brakeman P, Datta A, Gassama A, Katz L, Kim M, Leroy P, Levin M, Liu K, Martin F, O'Brien LE, Verges M, Su T, Tang K, Tanimizu N, Yamaji T, Yu W. Formation of multicellular epithelial structures. Novartis Foundation symposium 2005. PMID: 16355541


  40. Foa L, Rajan I, Haas K, Wu GY, Brakeman P, Worley P, Cline H. The scaffold protein, Homer1b/c, regulates axon pathfinding in the central nervous system in vivo. Nature neuroscience 2001. PMID: 11319558


  41. Tu JC, Xiao B, Naisbitt S, Yuan JP, Petralia RS, Brakeman P, Doan A, Aakalu VK, Lanahan AA, Sheng M, Worley PF. Coupling of mGluR/Homer and PSD-95 complexes by the Shank family of postsynaptic density proteins. Neuron 1999. PMID: 10433269


  42. Brakeman PR, Lanahan AA, O'Brien R, Roche K, Barnes CA, Huganir RL, Worley PF. Homer: a protein that selectively binds metabotropic glutamate receptors. Nature 1997. PMID: 9069287


  43. Meltzer CC, Zubieta JK, Links JM, Brakeman P, Stumpf MJ, Frost JJ. MR-based correction of brain PET measurements for heterogeneous gray matter radioactivity distribution. Journal of cerebral blood flow and metabolism : official journal of the International Society of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism 1996. PMID: 8964805


  44. Keltner JR, Roos MS, Brakeman PR, Budinger TF. Magnetohydrodynamics of blood flow. Magnetic resonance in medicine 1990. PMID: 2255234