Adrian Whelan, MD, MAS
Assistant Professor
Medicine
School of Medicine

Adrian Whelan is an Assistant Professor of Medicine in the Division of Nephrology. His clinical work includes serving as an Attending on the Kidney Transplant Unit caring for patients prior to, around the time of, and after kidney transplantation. He has completed research evaluating barriers to kidney transplantation with the aim of removing these barriers and helping patients along the pathway to transplantation.

Awards

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• Andy I. Choi Memorial Scholarship, University of California, San Francisco, 2019
• MRCP UK, Royal College of Physicians of the United Kingdom, 2012
• MRCPI, Royal College of Physicians of Ireland, 2011
• Dr. H. H. Stewart Scholarship in Medicine, National University of Ireland, 2009

Education & Training

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• Transplant Nephrology Fellowship University of California, San Francisco 06/2021
• MAS Clinical Research University of California, San Francisco 06/2020
• General Nephrology Fellowship- Clinical Research Track University of California, San Francisco 06/2020
• Editorial Internship American Journal of Kidney Diseases 06/2019
• Higher Specialist Training in Nephrology and General Internal Medicine Royal College of Physicians of Ireland 07/2017
• Basic Specialist Training in General Internal Medicine Royal College of Physicians of Ireland 07/2012
• MB BCh BAO Medicine University College Cork 06/2009

Interests

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• Medical education
• Hypertension
• Kidney donor health
• Kidney transplantation

Websites

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• AJKD Blog. Waitlist Eligibility and Disparities in Transplant Access. (ajkdblog.org)
• AJKD Blog. NKF Clinicals 2019: Peritoneal Dialysis in Patients with Chronic Liver Disease and Ascites. (ajkdblog.org)
• AJKD Blog. NephMadness 2020: Transplantation Region. (ajkdblog.org)

Publications (10)

Top publication keywords:
Graft SurvivalHealth Services AccessibilityTravelPublishingNephrologyKidney TransplantationTissue and Organ ProcurementLiving DonorsRenal InsufficiencyHypertensionKidney DiseasesPeriodicals as TopicBlood Pressure Monitoring, AmbulatoryWaiting ListsKidney Failure, Chronic

• Rurality of patient residence and access to transplantation among children with kidney failure in the United States.
  Pediatric nephrology (Berlin, Germany) 2023 Accetta-Rojas G, McCulloch CE, Whelan AM, Copeland TP, Grimes BA, 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 Whelan AM, Dinh A, Ku E
• Kidney transplant candidacy evaluation and waitlisting practices in the United States and their association with access to transplantation.
  American journal of transplantation : official journal of the American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons 2022 Whelan AM, Johansen KL, Copeland T, McCulloch CE, Nallapothula D, Lee BK, Roll GR, Weir MR, Adey DB, Ku E
• Evaluation of Genetic Kidney Diseases in Living Donor Kidney Transplantation: Towards Precision Genomic Medicine in Donor Risk Assessment.
  Current transplantation reports 2022 Caliskan Y, Lee B, Whelan A, Abualrub F, Lentine KL, Jittirat A
• 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 Whelan AM, Johansen KL, Brar S, McCulloch CE, Adey DB, Roll GR, Grimes B, Ku E

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• Weighing the waitlist: Weight changes and access to kidney transplantation among obese candidates.
  PloS one 2020 Ku E, Whelan AM, McCulloch CE, Lee B, Niemann CU, Roll GR, Grimes BA, Johansen KL
• Longer Distance From Dialysis Facility to Transplant Center Is Associated With Lower Access to Kidney Transplantation.
  Transplantation direct 2020 Whelan AM, Johansen KL, McCulloch CE, Adelmann D, Niemann CU, Roll GR, Siyahian S, Grimes B, Ku E
• The AJKD Editorial Internship: Insights From the Inaugural Class of Editorial Interns.
  American journal of kidney diseases : the official journal of the National Kidney Foundation 2019 Gelfand SL, Khairallah P, Nair D, Whelan AM
• 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 Whelan AM, Ku E
• A prospective comparison of the performance and survival of two different tunnelled haemodialysis catheters: SplitCath® versus DuraMax®.
  The journal of vascular access 2017 McGarry JG, Given MF, Whelan A, O'Kelly P, Connaughton D, McGrath FP, Keeling AN, Conlon PJ, Lee MJ