Jonathan Amatruda, MD
Assistant Professor
Medicine
School of Medicine

Jonathan Amatruda, MD, MAS is an assistant clinical professor in the UCSF Division of Nephrology at the Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital. His research interests have focused on the development of novel biomarkers of kidney health, especially those that relate to the kidney tubule. His clinical practice is in general nephrology (chronic kidney disease, dialysis, and acute kidney injury) with a particular interest in the care of patients with chronic kidney disease and heart disease.

Education & Training

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• MAS Clinical Research University of California, San Francisco 06/2021
• Internship & Residency Internal Medicine Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center 06/2018
• MD Medicine University of Connecticut School of Medicine 05/2015
• BA Anthropology Yale University 05/2009

Interests

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• acute kidney injury
• biomarkers
• chronic kidney disease
• pharmacoepidemiology
• diuretics

Grants and Projects

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• NSAID Use and Multidimensional Assessment of Kidney Health, NIH, 2020-2022

Publications (7)

Top publication keywords:
Cardiovascular DiseasesAttitude to HealthAcute Kidney InjurySodiumKidneyAlpha-GlobulinsCardiac Surgical ProceduresUreaCultureGlomerular Filtration RatePostoperative ComplicationsRenal Insufficiency, ChronicLongitudinal StudiesGenetic ResearchAnti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal

• Fractional Excretion of Sodium and Urea are Useful Tools in the Evaluation of AKI: CON.
  Kidney360 2022 Aron AW, Amatruda JG
• Renin-Angiotensin-Aldosterone System Activation and Diuretic Response in Ambulatory Patients With Heart Failure.
  Kidney medicine 2022 Amatruda JG, Scherzer R, Rao VS, Ivey-Miranda JB, Shlipak MG, Estrella MM, Testani JM
• Biomarkers of Kidney Tubule Disease and Risk of End-Stage Kidney Disease in Persons With Diabetes and CKD.
  Kidney international reports 2022 Amatruda JG, Katz R, Sarnak MJ, Gutierrez OM, Greenberg JH, Cushman M, Waikar S, Parikh CR, Schelling JR, Jogalekar MP, Bonventre JV, Vasan RS, Kimmel PL, Shlipak MG, Ix JH, CKD Biomarkers Consortium
• FGF-23 (Fibroblast Growth Factor-23) and Cardiorenal Interactions.
  Circulation. Heart failure 2021 Ivey-Miranda JB, Stewart B, Cox ZL, McCallum W, Maulion C, Gleason O, Meegan G, Amatruda JG, Moreno-Villagomez J, Mahoney D, Turner JM, Wilson FP, Estrella MM, Shlipak MG, Rao VS, Testani JM
• Urine Alpha-1-Microglobulin Levels and Acute Kidney Injury, Mortality, and Cardiovascular Events following Cardiac Surgery.
  American journal of nephrology 2021 Amatruda JG, Estrella MM, Garg AX, Thiessen-Philbrook H, McArthur E, Coca SG, Parikh CR, Shlipak MG, TRIBE-AKI Consortium
• 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
• The beliefs, motivations, and expectations of parents who have enrolled their children in a genetic biorepository.
  Genetics in medicine : official journal of the American College of Medical Genetics 2012 Harris ED, Ziniel SI, Amatruda JG, Clinton CM, Savage SK, Taylor PL, Huntington NL, Green RC, Holm IA