Kerry Cho, MD
Professor
Medicine
School of Medicine

415-476-2172

EDUCATION

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College: Williams College, BA Medical School: Cornell University Medical College, MD Residency: Internal Medicine, University of Michigan Fellowship: Nephrology, University of California San Francisco Post-graduate: Teaching Scholars Program, Haile T. Debas Academy of Medical Educators, UCSF

INTERESTS My clinical interests include end-stage renal disease, acute kidney injury, amyloidosis, and continuous renal replacement therapy. As the nephrology fellowship program director, I monitor our nephrology fellows through clinical and research training at UCSF. I am interested in medical education at all levels including medical students, residents, and fellows.

Awards

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  • Master Clinician Award, Department of Medicine, UCSF, 2021
  • [415] Top Doctor, Marin Magazine, 2012-2021
  • Exceptional Physician Award, UCSF Medical Center, 2012
  • Top Doctor, US News & World Report, 2012
  • Haile T. Debas Academy of Medical Educators Excellence in Teaching Award, UCSF, 2007
  • Alpha Omega Alpha, Cornell University Medical College, 1995
  • Phi Beta Kappa, Williams College, 1991

Education & Training

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  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Champion Training University of California, San Francisco 2019
  • Teaching Scholars Program University of California, San Francisco 2007
  • Fellowship Nephrology University of California, San Francisco 2002
  • Residency Internal Medicine University of Michigan 1999

Websites

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Videos

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Publications (12)

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Food PackagingUrinary BladderAcute Kidney InjuryUrinary Bladder, NeurogenicHot TemperatureKidney DiseasesRenal DialysisKidney Failure, ChronicAluminumMultiple SclerosisRenal Artery ObstructionBone DiseasesInternship and ResidencyHeroin DependenceAcute Disease

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  • Atherosclerotic renal artery stenosis--diagnosis and treatment.
    Mayo Clinic proceedings 2011 Lao D, Parasher PS, Cho KC, Yeghiazarians Y
  • Current Medical Diagnosis and Treatment
    Electrolyte & Acid-Base Disorders 2011 Cho KC
  • Primer on Kidney Diseases
    Management of Acute Kidney Injury 2009 Cho KC, Chertow GM
  • Survival by dialysis modality in critically ill patients with acute kidney injury.
    Journal of the American Society of Nephrology : JASN 2006 Cho KC, Himmelfarb J, Paganini E, Ikizler TA, Soroko SH, Mehta RL, Chertow GM
  • Bone disease and bottle caps.
    Journal of renal nutrition : the official journal of the Council on Renal Nutrition of the National Kidney Foundation 2005 Tichy M, Garg JP, Cho KC, Chertow GM
  • Hospital Medicine; Wachter RM, Goldman L, Hollander H, eds
    Common Electrolyte Disorders 2005
  • Primer on Kidney Diseases; Greenberg A, ed
    Management of Acute Renal Failure 2005 Cho KC, Chertow GM