Sam James, MD
Professor Emeritus
Medicine
School of Medicine

Clinical Director at San Francisco General Hospital. Medical Director of the San Francisco General Hospital Dialysis Center and the RAI Haight St. Dialysis Center. Medical Education in South Africa and Renal Fellowship from the University of Arizona. Interest in Hypertension and Management of Chronic Kidney Failure

Publications (8)

Top publication keywords:
Serum Amyloid A ProteinCatheterizationChicagoHyperphosphatemiaAmyloidosisKidney DiseasesHospitals, CountyKidney Failure, ChronicHemodialysis, HomeSkin UlcerSubstance Abuse, IntravenousKidneyBiomarkersBone DensityRenal Dialysis

• Characteristics of AA amyloidosis patients in San Francisco.
  Nephrology (Carlton, Vic.) 2016 Lejmi H, Jen KY, Olson JL, James SH, Sam R
• Risk of vascular access complications with frequent hemodialysis.
  Journal of the American Society of Nephrology : JASN 2013 Suri RS, Larive B, Sherer S, Eggers P, Gassman J, James SH, Lindsay RM, Lockridge RS, Ornt DB, Rocco MV, Ting GO, Kliger AS, Frequent Hemodialysis Network Trial Group
• Effects of frequent hemodialysis on measures of CKD mineral and bone disorder.
  Journal of the American Society of Nephrology : JASN 2012 Daugirdas JT, Chertow GM, Larive B, Pierratos A, Greene T, Ayus JC, Kendrick CA, James SH, Miller BW, Schulman G, Salusky IB, Kliger AS, Frequent Hemodialysis Network (FHN) Trial Group
• J Am Soc Nephrol
  Effects of Frequent Hemodialysis on Measures of CKD Mineral and Bone Disorder. 2012 Daugirdas JT, Chertow GM, Larive B, Pierratos A, Greene T, Ayus JC, Kendrick CA, James SH, Miller BW, Schulman G, Salusky IB, Kliger AS; the Frequent Hemodialysis Network (FHN) Trial Group.
• Effects of Frequent In-Center Hemodialysis. N Engl J Med. 2010 Dec 9;363(24):2287-300
  Effects of Frequent In-Center Hemodialysis. N Engl J Med. 2010 Dec 9;363(24):2287-300 2010 15. Glenn M. Chertow, Nathan W. Levin, Gerald J. Beck, Thomas A. Depner, Paul W. Eggers, Jennifer J. Gassman, Irina Gorodetskaya, Tom Greene, Sam James, Brett Larive, Robert M. Lindsay, Ravindra L. …
• Kidney Int
  A Novel Type of Renal Amyloidosis. 2008 Merrill D. Benson, M.D.1, 2, Sam James, M.D. 3, Katherine Scott, M.D.4, Juris J. Liepnieks, Ph.D.1, Barbara Kluve-Beckerman, Ph.D.1
• Partial recovery of renal function in black patients with apparent end stage renal failure due to primary malignant hypertension. Nephron. 1995:71;29-34
  Partial recovery of renal function in black patients with apparent end stage renal failure due to primary malignant hypertension. Nephron. 1995:71;29-34. S.H. James, A.M. Meyers, F.J. Milne, S.G. Reinach.
• The Correlates of Sleep Quality among Hemodialysis Patients in the Frequent Hemodialysis Network Study. Am J Nephrol. 2011;33(5):398-406. Epub 2011 Apr 8
  The Correlates of Sleep Quality among Hemodialysis Patients in the Frequent Hemodialysis Network Study. Am J Nephrol. 2011;33(5):398-406. Epub 2011 Apr 8. Mark Unruh, Manjula Kurella Tamura, Brett Larive, Anjay Rastogi, Sam James, Brigitte Schiller,Jennifer Gassman, Christopher Chan, Bob Lockridge, Alan Kliger.