Joan Lo, MD
Clinical Professor
Medicine
School of Medicine

Education & Training

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• Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Champion Training University of California 2019

Websites

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• Profile at endocrine.medicine.ucsf.edu (endocrine.medicine.ucsf.edu)

Grants and Projects

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• Skeletal Health Outcomes among US Asian Women, NIH, 2021-2026
• Femur Fracture Outcomes Associated with Bisphosphonate Use, NIH, 2015-2020
• ESRD Endocrinopathy and Daily Dialysis, NIH, 2010-2015
• Pregnancy Outcomes in Polycystic Ovary Syndrome, NIH, 2007-2011
• General Clinical Research Center, NIH, 1974-2007

Publications (41)

Top publication keywords:
Bone DensityJaw DiseasesOsteoporotic FracturesMedication AdherencePharmaceutical ServicesBone Density Conservation AgentsOsteoporosis, PostmenopausalDiphosphonatesFractures, SpontaneousOsteoporosisFemoral FracturesFractures, BoneHip FracturesPrehypertensionRisk Assessment

• Challenges of fracture risk assessment in Asian and Black women.
  The American journal of managed care 2024 Lo JC, Chandra M, Yang W, Thompson N, Lee C, Ramaswamy M, Khan M, Wheeler A
• Identifying Complete Atypical Femur Fractures in Adults with Bisphosphonate Exposure.
  Endocrine practice : official journal of the American College of Endocrinology and the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists 2023 Lo JC, Grimsrud CD
• Osteoporosis and Fracture Risk among Older US Asian Adults.
  Current osteoporosis reports 2023 Lo JC, Yang W, Park-Sigal JJ, Ott SM
• Variation in fracture risk estimation among East Asian women.
  The American journal of managed care 2021 Lo JC, Nath S, Patel M, Chandra M, Yang B, Weintraub MR, Ettinger B
• Risk of complete atypical femur fracture with Oral bisphosphonate exposure beyond three years.
  BMC musculoskeletal disorders 2020 Lo JC, Neugebauer RS, Ettinger B, Chandra M, Hui RL, Ott SM, Grimsrud CD, Izano MA

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• Statin Therapy and Risk of Incident Diabetes Mellitus in Adults With Cardiovascular Risk Factors.
  The American journal of cardiology 2019 Go AS, Ambrosy AP, Kheder K, Fan D, Sung SH, Inveiss AI, Romo-LeTourneau V, Thomas SM, Koren A, Lo JC, Kaiser Permanente Cholesterol-Lowering Therapy in High-Risk Adults: Management and Patient Risks…
• Atypical femur fracture incidence in women increases with duration of bisphosphonate exposure.
  Osteoporosis international : a journal established as result of cooperation between the European Foundation for Osteoporosis and the National Osteoporosis Foundation of the USA 2019 Lo JC, Grimsrud CD, Ott SM, Chandra M, Hui RL, Ettinger B
• Using Pharmacy Data and Adherence to Define Long-Term Bisphosphonate Exposure in Women.
  Journal of managed care & specialty pharmacy 2019 Izano MA, Neugebauer R, Ettinger B, Hui R, Chandra M, Adams AL, Niu F, Ott SM, Lo JC
• Contemporary rates and correlates of statin use and adherence in nondiabetic adults with cardiovascular risk factors: The KP CHAMP study.
  American heart journal 2017 Go AS, Fan D, Sung SH, Inveiss AI, Romo-LeTourneau V, Mallya UG, Boklage S, Lo JC
• A multidisciplinary intervention to prevent subsequent falls and health service use following fall-related paramedic care: a randomised controlled trial.
  Age and ageing 2017 Mikolaizak AS, Lord SR, Tiedemann A, Simpson P, Caplan GA, Bendall J, Howard K, Webster L, Payne N, Hamilton S, Lo J, Ramsay E, O'Rourke S, Roylance L, Close JC
• Applying ethnic-specific bone mineral density T-scores to Chinese women in the USA.
  Osteoporosis international : a journal established as result of cooperation between the European Foundation for Osteoporosis and the National Osteoporosis Foundation of the USA 2016 Lo JC, Kim S, Chandra M, Ettinger B
• Accuracy of the Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Risk Equation in a Large Contemporary, Multiethnic Population.
  Journal of the American College of Cardiology 2016 Rana JS, Tabada GH, Solomon MD, Lo JC, Jaffe MG, Sung SH, Ballantyne CM, Go AS
• The association of race/ethnicity and risk of atypical femur fracture among older women receiving oral bisphosphonate therapy.
  Bone 2016 Lo JC, Hui RL, Grimsrud CD, Chandra M, Neugebauer RS, Gonzalez JR, Budayr A, Lau G, Ettinger B
• Racial/ethnic differences in hip and diaphyseal femur fractures.
  Osteoporosis international : a journal established as result of cooperation between the European Foundation for Osteoporosis and the National Osteoporosis Foundation of the USA 2014 Lo JC, Zheng P, Grimsrud CD, Chandra M, Ettinger B, Budayr A, Lau G, Baur MM, Hui RL, Neugebauer R
• Severe obesity in children: prevalence, persistence and relation to hypertension.
  International journal of pediatric endocrinology 2014 Lo JC, Chandra M, Sinaiko A, Daniels SR, Prineas RJ, Maring B, Parker ED, Sherwood NE, Daley MF, Kharbanda EO, Adams KF, Magid DJ, O'Connor PJ, Greenspan LC
• Prehypertension and hypertension in community-based pediatric practice.
  Pediatrics 2013 Lo JC, Sinaiko A, Chandra M, Daley MF, Greenspan LC, Parker ED, Kharbanda EO, Margolis KL, Adams K, Prineas R, Magid D, O'Connor PJ
• Association between retinopathy and cardiovascular disease in patients with chronic kidney disease (from the Chronic Renal Insufficiency Cohort [CRIC] Study).
  The American journal of cardiology 2012 Grunwald JE, Ying GS, Maguire M, Pistilli M, Daniel E, Alexander J, Whittock-Martin R, Parker C, Mohler E, Lo JC, Townsend R, Gadegbeku CA, Lash JP, Fink JC, Rahman M, Feldman H, Kusek JW, Xie D, …
• Clinical correlates of atypical femoral fracture.
  Bone 2012 Lo JC, Huang SY, Lee GA, Khandelwal S, Khandewal S, Provus J, Ettinger B, Gonzalez JR, Hui RL, Grimsrud CD
• Bone and the perimenopause.
  Obstetrics and gynecology clinics of North America 2011 Lo JC, Burnett-Bowie SA, Finkelstein JS
• Oral health considerations in older women receiving oral bisphosphonate therapy.
  Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 2011 Lo JC, O'Ryan F, Yang J, Hararah MK, Gonzalez JR, Gordon N, Silver P, Ansfield A, Wang B, Go AS
• Fracture risk tool validation in an integrated healthcare delivery system.
  The American journal of managed care 2011 Lo JC, Pressman AR, Chandra M, Ettinger B
• Association of vitamin D insufficiency with carotid intima-media thickness in HIV-infected persons.
  Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America 2011 Choi AI, Lo JC, Mulligan K, Schnell A, Kalapus SC, Li Y, Hunt PW, Martin JN, Deeks SG, Hsue PY
• Prevalence of osteonecrosis of the jaw in patients with oral bisphosphonate exposure.
  Journal of oral and maxillofacial surgery : official journal of the American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons 2009 Lo JC, O'Ryan FS, Gordon NP, Yang J, Hui RL, Martin D, Hutchinson M, Lathon PV, Sanchez G, Silver P, Chandra M, McCloskey CA, Staffa JA, Willy M, Selby JV, Go AS, Predicting Risk of Osteonecrosis of …
• Effects of ritonavir and amprenavir on insulin sensitivity in healthy volunteers.
  AIDS (London, England) 2007 Lee GA, Rao M, Mulligan K, Lo JC, Aweeka F, Schwarz JM, Schambelan M, Grunfeld C
• GFR, body mass index, and low high-density lipoprotein concentration in adults with and without CKD.
  American journal of kidney diseases : the official journal of the National Kidney Foundation 2007 Lo JC, Go AS, Chandra M, Fan D, Kaysen GA
• Effect of genetic variation in the organic cation transporter 1 (OCT1) on metformin action.
  The Journal of clinical investigation 2007 Shu Y, Sheardown SA, Brown C, Owen RP, Zhang S, Castro RA, Ianculescu AG, Yue L, Lo JC, Burchard EG, Brett CM, Giacomini KM
• Value of the sagittal abdominal diameter in coronary heart disease risk assessment: cohort study in a large, multiethnic population.
  American journal of epidemiology 2006 Iribarren C, Darbinian JA, Lo JC, Fireman BH, Go AS
• Increased prevalence of gestational diabetes mellitus among women with diagnosed polycystic ovary syndrome: a population-based study.
  Diabetes care 2006 Lo JC, Feigenbaum SL, Escobar GJ, Yang J, Crites YM, Ferrara A
• Single-dose lopinavir-ritonavir acutely inhibits insulin-mediated glucose disposal in healthy volunteers.
  Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America 2006 Lee GA, Lo JC, Aweeka F, Schwarz JM, Mulligan K, Schambelan M, Grunfeld C
• The metabolic syndrome and chronic kidney disease.
  Current opinion in nephrology and hypertension 2006 Peralta CA, Kurella M, Lo JC, Chertow GM
• Persistence with weekly alendronate therapy among postmenopausal women.
  Osteoporosis international : a journal established as result of cooperation between the European Foundation for Osteoporosis and the National Osteoporosis Foundation of the USA 2006 Lo JC, Pressman AR, Omar MA, Ettinger B
• Epidemiology and adverse cardiovascular risk profile of diagnosed polycystic ovary syndrome.
  The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism 2006 Lo JC, Feigenbaum SL, Yang J, Pressman AR, Selby JV, Go AS
• The relationship between nucleoside analogue treatment duration, insulin resistance, and fasting arterialized lactate level in patients with HIV infection.
  Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America 2005 Lo JC, Kazemi MR, Hsue PY, Martin JN, Deeks SG, Schambelan M, Mulligan K
• Metabolic syndrome and the risk for chronic kidney disease among nondiabetic adults.
  Journal of the American Society of Nephrology : JASN 2005 Kurella M, Lo JC, Chertow GM
• Increased prevalence of subclinical and clinical hypothyroidism in persons with chronic kidney disease.
  Kidney international 2005 Lo JC, Chertow GM, Go AS, Hsu CY
• Cavernous and inferior petrosal sinus sampling in the evaluation of ACTH-dependent Cushing's syndrome.
  Clinical endocrinology 2004 Liu C, Lo JC, Dowd CF, Wilson CB, Kunwar S, Aron DC, Tyrrell JB
• Indinavir increases glucose production in healthy HIV-negative men.
  AIDS (London, England) 2004 Schwarz JM, Lee GA, Park S, Noor MA, Lee J, Wen M, Lo JC, Mulligan K, Schambelan M, Grunfeld C
• The effects of low-dose growth hormone in HIV-infected men with fat accumulation: a pilot study.
  Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America 2004 Lo JC, Mulligan K, Noor MA, Lee GA, Schwarz JM, Grunfeld C, Schambelan M
• Progression of atherosclerosis as assessed by carotid intima-media thickness in patients with HIV infection.
  Circulation 2004 Hsue PY, Lo JC, Franklin A, Bolger AF, Martin JN, Deeks SG, Waters DD
• The metabolic effects of lopinavir/ritonavir in HIV-negative men.
  AIDS (London, England) 2004 Lee GA, Seneviratne T, Noor MA, Lo JC, Schwarz JM, Aweeka FT, Mulligan K, Schambelan M, Grunfeld C
• Increased thymic mass and circulating naive CD4 T cells in HIV-1-infected adults treated with growth hormone.
  AIDS (London, England) 2002 Napolitano LA, Lo JC, Gotway MB, Mulligan K, Barbour JD, Schmidt D, Grant RM, Halvorsen RA, Schambelan M, McCune JM