Amarpali Brar, MD

Associate Professor

Throughout my career as an Associate Professor in the Medicine department at UCSF, my primary research interests have centered around kidney transplantation. My primary focus of research has been in epidemiology and outcomes research in patients with kidney disease and transplantation, particularly cardiovascular disease and peripheral vascular disease. I have contributed to various research publications exploring topics such as gender disparities in kidney disease and mortality after renal allograft failure. I am also interested in understanding the impact of antibodies in renal transplant candidates and recipients and have been interested in desensitization and prevention and treatment of antibody mediated rejection.

Publications

  1. Torija A, Marie M, Flavio V, Casanova-Ferrer F, Caroline P, Tambur AR, Donadeu L, Crespo E, Kervella D, Meneghini M, Torres IB, Hafkamp F, Martinez-Lacalle A, Carrera C, Zúñiga J, Brar A, Cruzado J, Gaber AO, Lee H, Montgomery RA, Stegall M, Carmagnat M, Usureau C, Moreso F, Grimbert P, Bestard O. Anti-HLA serological response to CD38-targeting desensitization therapy is challenged by peripheral memory B-cells in highly sensitized kidney transplant candidates. American journal of transplantation : official journal of the American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons 2024. PMID: 39134120


  2. Vincenti F, Bestard O, Brar A, Cruzado JM, Seron D, Gaber AO, Ali N, Tambur AR, Lee H, Abbadessa G, Paul JA, Dudek M, Siegel RJ, Torija A, Semiond D, Lépine L, Ternes N, Montgomery RA, Stegall M. Isatuximab Monotherapy for Desensitization in Highly Sensitized Patients Awaiting Kidney Transplant. Journal of the American Society of Nephrology : JASN 2023. PMID: 38147137


  3. Brar A, Gruessner A, Adey D, Tedla F, Yap E, Kaul D, Sumrani N, John D, Salifu MO. Association of Physical Function and Survival in Older-Adult Renal Transplant Recipients. Transplantation proceedings 2020. PMID: 32977978


  4. Brar A, Markell M. Impact of gender and gender disparities in patients with kidney disease. Current opinion in nephrology and hypertension 2019. PMID: 30652978


  5. Tafaj-Reddy O, Brar A, Markell MS. Complementary and integrative medicine in kidney transplantation. Current opinion in organ transplantation 2019. PMID: 30540575


  6. Brar A, Yap E, Gruessner A, Gruessner R, Jindal RM, Nee R, Sattar M, Salifu MO. Trends and outcomes in dual kidney transplantation- A narrative review. Transplantation reviews (Orlando, Fla.) 2019. PMID: 30674425


  7. Markell M, Brar A, Bhela S, Patel A, Salifu M. Use of Repository Corticotropin Gel (Acthar) in Progressive Nephrotic Syndrome Secondary to Transplant Glomerulopathy: A Report of Three Cases. Kidney Medicine 2019. PMID: 32734181


  8. Brar A, Stefanov DG, Jindal RM, Salifu MO, Joshi M, Cadet B, Nee R. Mortality in Living Kidney Donors With ESRD: A Propensity Score Analysis Using the United States Renal Data System. Kidney international reports 2018. PMID: 30197971


  9. DeFerio JJ, Govindarajulu U, Brar A, Cukor D, Lee KG, Salifu MO. Association of restless legs syndrome and mortality in end-stage renal disease: an analysis of the United States Renal Data System (USRDS). BMC nephrology 2017. PMID: 28764654


  10. Brar A, Mallappallil M, Stefanov DG, Kau D, Salifu MO. Dialysis in the Elderly and Impact of Institutionalization in the United States Renal Data System. American journal of nephrology 2017. PMID: 28704826


  11. Markell M, Brar A, Stefanov DG, Salifu MO. Gender disparity in fistula use at initiation of hemodialysis varies markedly across ESRD networks-Analysis of USRDS data. Hemodialysis international. International Symposium on Home Hemodialysis 2017. PMID: 28662308


  12. Brar A, Markell M, Stefanov DG, Timpo E, Jindal RM, Nee R, Sumrani N, John D, Tedla F, Salifu MO. Mortality after Renal Allograft Failure and Return to Dialysis. American journal of nephrology 2017. PMID: 28110327


  13. Ramsey-Goldman R, Brar A, Richardson C, Salifu MO, Clarke A, Bernatsky S, Stefanov DG, Jindal RM. Standardised incidence ratios (SIRs) for cancer after renal transplant in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and non-SLE recipients. Lupus science & medicine 2016. PMID: 27335659


  14. Tedla FM, Roche-Recinos A, Brar A. Intravenous immunoglobulin in kidney transplantation. Current opinion in organ transplantation 2015. PMID: 26536425


  15. Norin AJ, Mondragon-Escorpizo MO, Brar A, Hochman D, Sumrani N, Distant DA, Salifu MO. Poor kidney allograft survival associated with positive B cell - Only flow cytometry cross matches: a ten year single center study. Human immunology 2013. PMID: 23811689


  16. Brar A, Jindal RM, Sumrani N, John D, Mondal Z, Tedla F, Salifu MO. Impact of renal posttransplantation amputation on allograft outcomes: a study of United States renal data system. Transplantation 2013. PMID: 23591760


  17. Brar A, Jindal RM, Elster EA, Tedla F, John D, Sumrani N, Salifu MO. Effect of peripheral vascular disease on kidney allograft outcomes: a study of U.S. Renal data system. Transplantation 2013. PMID: 23354295


  18. Brar A, Jindal RM, Abbott KC, Hurst FP, Salifu MO. Practice patterns in evaluation of living kidney donors in United Network for Organ Sharing-approved kidney transplant centers. American journal of nephrology 2012. PMID: 22555113