Anoop Sheshadri, MD
Assistant Professor
Medicine
School of Medicine

I am a nephrologist with a focus on improving outcomes and care for older and elderly patients. My career goal is to be a pioneer in research at the intersection of aging, nephrology, and transplantation. To that end my current focus has been on prehabilitation in older patients awaiting kidney transplantation.

Awards

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• Featured interview on CLIN-STAR Journey Stories, 2021
• CLIN-STAR 2020 Research "Shark Tank" Presentation Winner, University of California, San Francisco, 2020
• 2017 Andy M. Choi Memorial Scholarship, University of California, San Francisco, 2017
• Clinical Scientist in Nephrology Fellow, American Kidney Foundation, 2016
• John S. Miller Award for Outstanding Senior Resident in Internal Medicine, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, 2014

Education & Training

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• Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Champion Training University of California, San Francisco 01/2021
• MS Masters in Clinical Research University of California, San Francisco 03/2018
• MD University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center 06/2011
• MD Internal Medicine University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

Interests

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• kidney transplantation
• prehabilitation
• qualitative research
• physical function
• quality of life
• dialysis
• end-stage kidney disease
• behavioral interventions
• geriatrics
• exercise

Grants and Projects

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• Structured Program of exercise for Recipients of Kidney Transplant, UCSF, 2021-2024
• Identifying Goals and Barriers to Exercise for Prehabilitation in Older Adults awaiting Kidney Transplantation and their Caregivers, NIH, 2020-2022
• Identifying Goals for and Barriers to Prehabilitation in Older Adults with End-Stage Renal Disease Awaiting Kidney Transplantation and Community Engagement in ESKD (suppl.), UCSF, 2020-2021
• Pedometers and Exercise in Dialysis, NIH, 2017-2019

Publications (14)

Top publication keywords:
Body CompositionKidney TransplantationWalkingRenal DialysisMotivationOrgan TransplantationMass ScreeningPatient ComplianceFitness TrackersHealth PromotionBody Mass IndexExerciseCognitive DysfunctionKidney Failure, ChronicActigraphy

• Barriers and Facilitators to Exercise in Older Adults Awaiting Kidney Transplantation and Their Care Partners.
  Kidney medicine 2023 Sheshadri A, Elia JR, Garcia G, Abrams G, Adey DB, Lai JC, Sudore RL
• Structured Moderate Exercise and Biomarkers of Kidney Health in Sedentary Older Adults: The Lifestyle Interventions and Independence for Elders Randomized Clinical Trial.
  Kidney medicine 2023 Sheshadri A, Lai M, Hsu FC, Bauer SR, Chen SH, Tse W, Jotwani V, Tranah GJ, Lai JC, Hallan S, Fielding RA, Liu C, Ix JH, Coca SG, Shlipak MG
• Physical Resilience in Older Patients Incident to Hemodialysis: Can Following Trajectories Improve Our Ability to Intervene on Functional Decline?
  Kidney international reports 2022 Sheshadri A, Elia JR
• Effect of Structured, Moderate Exercise on Kidney Function Decline in Sedentary Older Adults: An Ancillary Analysis of the LIFE Study Randomized Clinical Trial.
  JAMA internal medicine 2022 Shlipak MG, Sheshadri A, Hsu FC, Chen SH, Jotwani V, Tranah G, Fielding RA, Liu CK, Ix J, Coca SG, LIFE Investigators
• Longitudinal Assessment of Body Composition and Its Association With Survival Among Participants of the ACTIVE/ADIPOSE Study.
  Journal of renal nutrition : the official journal of the Council on Renal Nutrition of the National Kidney Foundation 2021 Delgado C, Chiang JM, Kittiskulnam P, Sheshadri A, Grimes B, Segal M, Kaysen GA, Johansen KL

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• Association of Cognitive Function Screening Results with Adherence and Performance in a Pedometer-Based Intervention.
  American journal of nephrology 2021 Sheshadri A, Kittiskulnam P, Delgado C, Sudore RL, Lai JC, Johansen KL
• Association of motivations and barriers with participation and performance in a pedometer-based intervention.
  Nephrology, dialysis, transplantation : official publication of the European Dialysis and Transplant Association - European Renal Association 2020 Sheshadri A, Kittiskulnam P, Delgado C, Sudore R, Lai JC, Johansen KL
• Association of Karnofsky Performance Status with waitlist mortality among older and younger adults awaiting kidney transplantation.
  Clinical transplantation 2020 Sheshadri A, Cullaro G, Johansen KL, Lai JC
• Effect of a pedometer-based walking intervention on body composition in patients with ESRD: a randomized controlled trial.
  BMC nephrology 2020 Sheshadri A, Kittiskulnam P, Lai JC, Johansen KL
• A Walking Intervention to Increase Weekly Steps in Dialysis Patients: A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial.
  American journal of kidney diseases : the official journal of the National Kidney Foundation 2019 Sheshadri A, Kittiskulnam P, Lazar AA, Johansen KL
• Validation of a New Physical Activity Instrument Against Pedometers Among Dialysis Patients.
  Journal of renal nutrition : the official journal of the Council on Renal Nutrition of the National Kidney Foundation 2019 Kittiskulnam P, Sheshadri A, Johansen KL
• Higher Physical Activity Is Associated With Less Fatigue and Insomnia Among Patients on Hemodialysis.
  Kidney international reports 2018 Sheshadri A, Kittiskulnam P, Johansen KL
• Prehabilitation for the Frail Patient Approaching ESRD.
  Seminars in nephrology 2017 Sheshadri A, Johansen KL
• Consequences of CKD on Functioning.
  Seminars in nephrology 2016 Kittiskulnam P, Sheshadri A, Johansen KL