Lowell Lo, MD
Professor
Medicine
School of Medicine
Lowell Lo, MD is an Assistant Professor in the Division of Nephrology. He is interested in medical and health professions education, particularly in the field of fluid, electrolytes, and acid-base disorders. He has been providing small group sessions, didactic rounds, and classroom lectures for the medical students, housestaff, and fellows since he started his faculty position at UCSF.
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He also organizes the weekly renal fellow lecture series. He is looking forward to helping improve trainees’ understanding of basic renal physiology, which is critical in providing excellent patient care.
Awards
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- Nominated for Teaching Scholar Program, UCSF, 2011-2012
- The Haile T. Debas Academy of Medical Educators Excellence in Teaching Award, UCSF, 2010-2011
Education & Training
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- Cert Medicine (Advance Training in Clinical Research) University of California, San Francisco 2009
- M.D. School of Medicine University of Texas Southwestern 2004
Websites
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- Clinical Profile at UCSF Medical Center (ucsfhealth.org)
Publications (14)
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Water-Electrolyte ImbalanceDialysisHypovolemiaAcute Kidney InjuryRenal Insufficiency, ChronicGlomerular Filtration RateDiet TherapyHyponatremiaAmbulatory CareFoodNutrition PolicyFood, FormulatedCystatin CKidney Function TestsKidney Failure, Chronic
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Incidence and Risk Factors for Dialysis Reinitiation among Patients with a History of Dialysis Dependency.
Clinical journal of the American Society of Nephrology : CJASN 2022 Ku E, Hsu RK, McCulloch CE, Lo L, Copeland T, Siyahian S, Grimes B, Johansen KL -
Outpatient Dietary Management of Electrolyte Disorders During COVID-19: Food as Medicine.
JAMA internal medicine 2021 Kwong YD, Liu KD, Lo LJ -
Electronic Decision Support for Management of CKD in Primary Care: A Pragmatic Randomized Trial.
American journal of kidney diseases : the official journal of the National Kidney Foundation 2020 Peralta CA, Livaudais-Toman J, Stebbins M, Lo L, Robinson A, Pathak S, Scherzer R, Karliner LS -
Screening for CKD To Improve Processes of Care among Nondiabetic Veterans with Hypertension: A Pragmatic Cluster-Randomized Trial.
Clinical journal of the American Society of Nephrology : CJASN 2020 Peralta CA, Frigaard M, Rolon L, Seal K, Tuot D, Senyak J, Lo L, Powe N, Scherzer R, Chao S, Chiao P, Lui K, Shlipak MG, Rubinsky AD -
A Pragmatic Cluster Randomized Trial of an Electronic Clinical Decision Support System to Improve Chronic Kidney Disease Management in Primary Care: Design, Rationale, and Implementation Experience.
JMIR research protocols 2019 Khoong EC, Karliner L, Lo L, Stebbins M, Robinson A, Pathak S, Santoyo-Olsson J, Scherzer R, Peralta CA
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Validating laboratory defined chronic kidney disease in the electronic health record for patients in primary care.
BMC nephrology 2019 Frigaard M, Rubinsky A, Lowell L, Malkina A, Karliner L, Kohn M, Peralta CA -
Implementation of a pragmatic randomized trial of screening for chronic kidney disease to improve care among non-diabetic hypertensive veterans.
BMC nephrology 2017 Peralta CA, Frigaard M, Rubinsky AD, Rolon L, Lo L, Voora S, Seal K, Tuot D, Chao S, Lui K, Chiao P, Powe N, Shlipak M -
Uric acid levels, kidney function, and cardiovascular mortality in US adults: National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) 1988-1994 and 1999-2002.
American journal of kidney diseases : the official journal of the National Kidney Foundation 2014 Odden MC, Amadu AR, Smit E, Lo L, Peralta CA -
Temporal changes in incidence of dialysis-requiring AKI.
Journal of the American Society of Nephrology : JASN 2012 Hsu RK, McCulloch CE, Dudley RA, Lo LJ, Hsu CY -
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Bartter Syndrome: Differential Diagnoses & Workup. 2011 Lo L, Frassetto L -
First Aid for the USMLE Step 3
Renal Section 2010 Wu AK, Lo L -
Dialysis-requiring acute renal failure increases the risk of progressive chronic kidney disease.
Kidney international 2009 Lo LJ, Go AS, Chertow GM, McCulloch CE, Fan D, Ordoñez JD, Hsu CY -
Some methodological issues in studying the long-term renal sequelae of acute kidney injury.
Current opinion in nephrology and hypertension 2009 Liu KD, Lo L, Hsu CY -
Long-term outcomes after acute kidney injury: where we stand and how we can move forward.
American journal of kidney diseases : the official journal of the National Kidney Foundation 2009 Lo L, Liu KD, Hsu CY