Harini Sarathy, MD
Associate Professor
Medicine
School of Medicine
Dr. Harini Sarathy is an Assistant Professor at the University of California, San Francisco and board-certified nephrologist who treats patients in the inpatient and outpatient setting at the Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital (ZSFG). She also sees patients at outpatient dialysis clinics - both in-center and home dialysis patients.
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She is the Director of the chronic kidney disease (CKD)-Renal Plus Clinic at ZSFG that is dedicated to the care and concerns of patients with advanced CKD and helps them navigate this journey towards dialysis and kidney transplantation.
Dr. Sarathy's research interests focus on health disparities research and implementation science related to hypertension and advanced CKD, with a focus on risk modification in advanced CKD to slow down decline of kidney function. She is also interested in improving genetic testing in CKD and addressing health disparities that occur in communication related to shared decision-making with patients with advanced CKD.
Dr. Sarathy works closely with fellows, residents and students as a clinician educator and is passionate about teaching in all the different clinical settings. She was awarded an Excellence in Teaching Award by the UCSF Academy of Medical Educators in 2020.
Awards
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- Foundations for Excellence in Physician Leadership (FEPL, UCSF, 2024
- Hearts Grant Award, San Francisco General Hospital Foundation, 2020-2021
- Excellence in Teaching Award, UCSF's the Haile T. Debas Academy of Medical Educators, 2020
- Catalyst Awards Program Fall 2017 cycle, UCSF, 2017
- Ben J Lipps Fellowship Program, American Society of Nephrology (ASN), 2016-2018
Education & Training
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- Fellowship Nephrology University of California San Francisco 2018
- Residency Internal Medicine Albert Einstein College of Medicine - Jacobi Medical Center 2015
- MHS Epidemiology Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health 2010
- MBBS Medical School (MD-equivalent) Seth G.S.Medical College & K.E.M. Hospital 2007
Interests
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- Glomerular disorders
- Innovating dialysis modalities
- Chronic kidney disease and End-Stage Renal Disease
- Hypertension
- Fluid & Electrolyte disorders
Publications (16)
Top publication keywords:
Vitamin DBlood PressureHyperaldosteronismHypertensionSympathectomyInsulin ResistanceKidneyBone Density Conservation AgentsSleep Apnea, ObstructiveObesity, AbdominalRenal Insufficiency, ChronicIntra-Abdominal FatBlood GlucoseAntihypertensive AgentsDenervation
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Renal Denervation for the Treatment of Hypertension: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association.
Hypertension (Dallas, Tex. : 1979) 2024 Cluett JL, Blazek O, Brown AL, East C, Ferdinand KC, Fisher NDL, Ford CD, Griffin KA, Mena-Hurtado CI, Sarathy H, Vongpatanasin W, Townsend RR, American Heart Association Council on Hypertension; … -
Quantitative systems pharmacology model of erythropoiesis to simulate therapies targeting anemia due to chronic kidney disease.
Frontiers in pharmacology 2023 Roy M, Saroha S, Sarma U, Sarathy H, Kumar R -
Patient Preference Trade-offs for Next-Generation Kidney Replacement Therapies.
Clinical journal of the American Society of Nephrology : CJASN 2023 Wilson L, Gress AF, Frassetto L, Sarathy H, Gress EA, Fissell WH, Roy S -
Reduced kidney function and hypertension in adolescents with low birth weight, NHANES 1999-2016.
Pediatric nephrology (Berlin, Germany) 2023 Brathwaite KE, Levy RV, Sarathy H, Agalliu I, Johns TS, Reidy KJ, Fadrowski JJ, Schwartz GJ, Kaskel FJ, Melamed ML -
Primary Aldosteronism and the Role of Mineralocorticoid Receptor Antagonists for the Heart and Kidneys.
Annual review of medicine 2022 Cohen JB, Bancos I, Brown JM, Sarathy H, Turcu AF, Cohen DL
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Can renal denervation replace medications for patients with hypertension?
Lancet (London, England) 2022 Sarathy H, Salman LA -
Evaluation and Management of Secondary Hypertension.
The Medical clinics of North America 2022 Sarathy H, Salman LA, Lee C, Cohen JB -
Renal Denervation for the Treatment of Hypertension: Unnerving or Underappreciated?
Clinical journal of the American Society of Nephrology : CJASN 2021 Sarathy H, Cohen JB -
Analysis of Active and Passive Tobacco Exposures and Blood Pressure in US Children and Adolescents.
JAMA network open 2021 Levy RV, Brathwaite KE, Sarathy H, Reidy K, Kaskel FJ, Melamed ML -
Association of Non-Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs with Kidney Health in Ambulatory Older Adults.
Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 2020 Amatruda JG, Katz R, Peralta CA, Estrella MM, Sarathy H, Fried LF, Newman AB, Parikh CR, Ix JH, Sarnak MJ, Shlipak MG, Health ABC Study -
Functional Status Modifies the Association of Blood Pressure with Death in Elders: Health and Retirement Study.
Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 2017 Wu C, Smit E, Peralta CA, Sarathy H, Odden MC -
Abdominal Obesity, Race and Chronic Kidney Disease in Young Adults: Results from NHANES 1999-2010.
PloS one 2016 Sarathy H, Henriquez G, Abramowitz MK, Kramer H, Rosas SE, Johns T, Kumar J, Skversky A, Kaskel F, Melamed ML -
The effects of short-term vitamin D supplementation on glucose metabolism in dialysis patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
International urology and nephrology 2015 Sarathy H, Pramanik V, Kahn J, Abramowitz MK, Meier K, Kishore P, Melamed ML -
Patient attitudes toward CDC high infectious risk donor kidney transplantation: inferences from focus groups.
Clinical transplantation 2011 Ros RL, Kucirka LM, Govindan P, Sarathy H, Montgomery RA, Segev DL -
Risk of window period hepatitis-C infection in high infectious risk donors: systematic review and meta-analysis.
American journal of transplantation : official journal of the American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons 2011 Kucirka LM, Sarathy H, Govindan P, Wolf JH, Ellison TA, Hart LJ, Montgomery RA, Ros RL, Segev DL -
Risk of window period HIV infection in high infectious risk donors: systematic review and meta-analysis.
American journal of transplantation : official journal of the American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons 2011 Kucirka LM, Sarathy H, Govindan P, Wolf JH, Ellison TA, Hart LJ, Montgomery RA, Ros RL, Segev DL