Anna Malkina, MD

HS Associate Clinical Prof

Dr. Anna Malkina is a nephrologist who specializes in diagnosing and managing acute and chronic kidney diseases, hypertension (high blood pressure) and kidney stones. She is passionate about patient education and engaging patients in self-care.

Malkina earned her medical degree from the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine, where she was especially active in caring for patients at the Student-Run Free Clinic Project. She completed a residency in internal medicine and a fellowship in nephrology at UCSF.

Malkina is interested in educating future physicians in the field of nephrology. She teaches in both hospital and clinic settings. Her honors include the Arnold P. Gold Foundation Humanism in Medicine Award from UC San Diego Health Sciences and the Andy I. Choi MD Memorial Scholarship from UCSF.

Education
Cert, 2020 - Differences Matter. Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Champion Training, UCSF
Cert, 2014 - Nephrology Fellowship, UCSF
Cert, 2012 - Internal Medicine Internship and Residency, UCSF
MD, 2009 - School of Medicine, UCSD
BS, 2005 - Microbiology, Immunology, and Molecular Genetics, UCLA
Publications

  1. Bernal J, Cresalia N, Fuller J, Gin B, Laves E, Lupton K, Malkina A, Marmor A, Wheeler D, Williams M, van Schaik S. Comprehensive Assessment of Clinical Learning Environments to Drive Improvement: Lessons Learned from a Pilot Program. Teaching and learning in medicine 2022. PMID: 36001491


  2. Frigaard M, Rubinsky A, Lowell L, Malkina A, Karliner L, Kohn M, Peralta CA. Validating laboratory defined chronic kidney disease in the electronic health record for patients in primary care. Volume 20 of Issue 1. BMC nephrology 2019. PMID: 30606109


  3. Malkina A, Tuot DS. Role of telehealth in renal replacement therapy education. Volume 31 of Issue 2. Seminars in dialysis 2018. PMID: 29314304


  4. Malkina A, Scherzer R, Shlipak MG, Bacchetti P, Tien PC, Grunfeld C, Kosmiski L, Peralta CA. The association of adiposity with kidney function decline among HIV-infected adults: findings from the Fat Redistribution and Metabolic Changes in HIV Infection (FRAM) study. HIV medicine 2014. PMID: 25251910


  5. Malkina A, Katz R, Shlipak MG, Ix JH, de Boer IH, Sarnak MJ, Allison M, Kramer HJ, Lin J, Siscovick D, Peralta CA. Association of Obesity and Kidney Function Decline among Non-Diabetic Adults with eGFR > 60 ml/min/1.73m2: Results from the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA). Open journal of endocrine and metabolic diseases 2013. PMID: 25210651


  6. Oh JJ, Razfar A, Delgado I, Reed RA, Malkina A, Boctor B, Slamon DJ. 3p21.3 tumor suppressor gene H37/Luca15/RBM5 inhibits growth of human lung cancer cells through cell cycle arrest and apoptosis. Cancer research 2006. PMID: 16585163