Merve Postalcioglu, MD
Adjunct Instructor
Medicine
School of Medicine

Dr. Postalcioglu is a nephrologist and clinical researcher. Her research focuses on improving the diagnosis and prognostication of chronic kidney disease by identifying novel biomarkers. She is particularly interested in understanding disease pathophysiology and advancing early detection strategies to improve outcomes for patients with kidney disease.

Education & Training

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• MAS Epidemiology and Clinical Research UCSF 2024
• Nephrology School of Medicine UCSF 2024
• Internal Medicine School of Medicine Kent Hospital/Brown University 2021
• MD School of Medicine Hacettepe University 2015

Publications (5)

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Cold IschemiaRegistriesKidneyGraft RejectionHematopoietic Stem Cell TransplantationKidney TransplantationAntidiuretic Hormone Receptor AntagonistsKidney Failure, ChronicTransplantation ConditioningGraft SurvivalThrombotic MicroangiopathiesPolycystic Kidney, Autosomal DominantTissue and Organ HarvestingSurvival AnalysisLiver

• Associations of Urine Epidermal Growth Factor With Kidney and Cardiovascular Outcomes in Individuals With CKD in SPRINT.
  Kidney international reports 2024 Postalcioglu M, Katz R, Ascher SB, Hall T, Garimella PS, Hallan SI, Ix JH, Shlipak MG
• Urine Epidermal Growth Factor and Kidney Function Decline in Middle-Aged Adults.
  Kidney medicine 2024 Postalcioglu M, Scherzer R, Ix JH, Jacobs DR, Lewis CE, Vaigankar S, Estrella MM, Gutierrez OM, Shlipak MG
• Much Ado About Something: The Clinical Pattern of Tolvaptan-Associated Liver Injury in Participants With ADPKD.
  American journal of kidney diseases : the official journal of the National Kidney Foundation 2022 Postalcioglu M, Cullaro G, Park M
• Association of Cold Ischemia Time With Acute Renal Transplant Rejection.
  Transplantation 2018 Postalcioglu M, Kaze AD, Byun BC, Siedlecki A, Tullius SG, Milford EL, Paik JM, Abdi R
• Impact of Thrombotic Microangiopathy on Renal Outcomes and Survival after Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation.
  Biology of blood and marrow transplantation : journal of the American Society for Blood and Marrow Transplantation 2018 Postalcioglu M, Kim HT, Obut F, Yilmam OA, Yang J, Byun BC, Kupiec-Weglinski S, Soiffer R, Ritz J, Antin JH, Alyea E, Koreth J, Cutler C, Armand P, Paik JM, Leaf DE, Ho VT, Abdi R