Chi Chu, MD, MAS

Assistant Adjunct Professor

Education
Fellowship, 2021 - Nephrology, University of California, San Francisco
MAS, 2020 - Clinical Research, University of California, San Francisco
2019 - Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Champion Training, University of California, San Francisco
Residency, 2017 - Internal Medicine, California Pacific Medical Center
MD, 2014 - Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School
AB, 2010 - Chemistry, Linguistics (minor), Dartmouth College
Publications

  1. Chu CD, Dohan D, Estrella MM, Shlipak MG, Tuot DS. Primary care clinician perspectives on automated nephrology e-consults for diabetic kidney disease: a pre-implementation qualitative study. BMC primary care 2024. PMID: 38834994


  2. Drawz PE, Lenoir KM, Rai NK, Rastogi A, Chu CD, Rahbari-Oskoui FF, Whelton PK, Thomas G, McWilliams A, Agarwal AK, Suarez MM, Dobre M, Powell J, Rocco MV, Lash JP, Oparil S, Raj DS, Dwyer J, Rahman M, Soman S, Townsend RR, Pemu P, Horwitz E, Ix JH, Tuot DS, Ishani A, Pajewski NM. Effect of Intensive Blood Pressure Control on Kidney Outcomes: Long-Term Electronic Health Record-Based Post-trial Follow-Up of SPRINT. Clinical journal of the American Society of Nephrology : CJASN 2023. PMID: 37883184


  3. Ferrè S, Storfer-Isser A, Kinderknecht K, Montgomery E, Godwin M, Andrews A, Dunning S, Barton M, Roman D, Cuddeback J, Stempniewicz N, Chu CD, Tuot DS, Vassalotti JA. Fulfillment and Validity of the Kidney Health Evaluation Measure for People with Diabetes. Mayo Clinic proceedings. Innovations, quality & outcomes 2023. PMID: 37680649


  4. Powe NR, Chu CD, Segev DL. Equity is more powerful than equality in addressing disparities in kidney transplantation. American journal of transplantation : official journal of the American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons 2023. PMID: 37532178


  5. Chu CD, Xia F, Du Y, Singh R, Tuot DS, Lamprea-Montealegre JA, Gualtieri R, Liao N, Kong SX, Williamson T, Shlipak MG, Estrella MM. Estimated Prevalence and Testing for Albuminuria in US Adults at Risk for Chronic Kidney Disease. JAMA network open 2023. PMID: 37498594


  6. Chu CD, McCulloch CE, Hsu RK, Powe NR, Bieber B, Robinson BM, Raina R, Pecoits-Filho R, Tuot DS. Utility of the Kidney Failure Risk Equation and Estimated GFR for Estimating Time to Kidney Failure in Advanced CKD. American journal of kidney diseases : the official journal of the National Kidney Foundation 2023. PMID: 37301501


  7. Chu CD, Tuot DS, Tummalapalli SL. Kidney Function Trajectories and Health Care Costs: Identifying High-Need, High-Cost Patients. Kidney Medicine 2023. PMID: 37250504


  8. Peter S, Wang M, Chu CD, Tuot DS, Chattopadhyay A, Chen JH. Gaps in Nephrology Referral Care Utilization in Patients at High-Risk of Progression to Kidney Failure. AMIA ... Annual Symposium proceedings. AMIA Symposium 2023. PMID: 37128404


  9. Chu CD, Lenoir KM, Rai NK, Soman S, Dwyer JP, Rocco MV, Agarwal AK, Beddhu S, Powell JR, Suarez MM, Lash JP, McWilliams A, Whelton PK, Drawz PE, Pajewski NM, Ishani A, Tuot DS. Concordance between clinical outcomes in the systolic blood pressure intervention trial and in the electronic health record. Contemporary clinical trials 2023. PMID: 37004812


  10. Lamprea-Montealegre JA, Madden E, Tummalapalli SL, Chu CD, Peralta CA, Du Y, Singh R, Kong SX, Tuot DS, Shlipak MG, Estrella MM. Prescription Patterns of Cardiovascular- and Kidney-Protective Therapies Among Patients With Type 2 Diabetes and Chronic Kidney Disease. Diabetes care 2022. PMID: 36156061


  11. Chu CD, Powe NR, Shlipak MG, Scherzer R, Tummalapalli SL, Estrella MM, Tuot DS. Albuminuria testing and nephrology care among insured US adults with chronic kidney disease: a missed opportunity. BMC primary care 2022. PMID: 36434513


  12. Chu CD, Powe NR, Estrella MM, Shlipak MG, McCoy IE, Tuot DS. Submaximal Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitor and Angiotensin Receptor Blocker Dosing Among Persons With Proteinuria. Mayo Clinic proceedings 2022. PMID: 36210196


  13. Wang M, Peter SS, Chu CD, Tuot DS, Chen JH. Analysis of Specialty Nephrology Care Among Patients With Chronic Kidney Disease and High Risk of Disease Progression. JAMA network open 2022. PMID: 35984661


  14. Fallahzadeh MK, Ku E, Chu CD, McCulloch CE, Tuot DS. Racial Differences in Medication Utilization for Secondary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease in Kidney Transplant Recipients: A Post Hoc Analysis of the FAVORIT Trial Cohort. 2022. PMID: 35360084


  15. Chu CD, Lamprea-Montealegre JA, Estrella MM. Too Many for Too Few: Finding Appropriate Nephrology Referrals for Patients With CKD That Optimize Outcomes. 2022. PMID: 35031165


  16. Tummalapalli SL, Chu CD, Tuot DS. Avoiding Overuse of Venipuncture and Laboratory Testing in Hospitalized Patients on Hemodialysis. Journal of patient safety 2020. PMID: 32569100


  17. Chu CD, Tuot DS. Facilitating a Patient-Centered Transition From Kidney Disease to Kidney Failure: Can Digital Tools Help? 2021. PMID: 34938995


  18. Chu CD, Powe NR, Crews DC, Tuot DS. CKD Progression From the Time of Estimated GFR-Based Waitlist Eligibility and Racial Disparities in Transplant Access. American journal of kidney diseases : the official journal of the National Kidney Foundation 2021. PMID: 34543686


  19. Chu CD, Powe NR, McCulloch CE, Crews DC, Han Y, Bragg-Gresham JL, Saran R, Koyama A, Burrows NR, Tuot DS, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Chronic Kidney Disease Surveillance Team. Trends in Chronic Kidney Disease Care in the US by Race and Ethnicity, 2012-2019. JAMA network open 2021. PMID: 34570204


  20. Chu CD, Chen MH, McCulloch CE, Powe NR, Estrella MM, Shlipak MG, Tuot DS. Patient Awareness of CKD: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Patient-Oriented Questions and Study Setting. Kidney Medicine 2021. PMID: 34401725


  21. Chu CD, Powe NR, McCulloch CE, Banerjee T, Crews DC, Saran R, Bragg-Gresham J, Morgenstern H, Pavkov ME, Saydah SH, Tuot DS. Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitor or Angiotensin Receptor Blocker Use Among Hypertensive US Adults With Albuminuria. Hypertension (Dallas, Tex. : 1979) 2020. PMID: 33190561


  22. Chu CD, Ku E, Fallahzadeh MK, McCulloch CE, Tuot DS. The Kidney Failure Risk Equation for Prediction of Allograft Loss in Kidney Transplant Recipients. Kidney Medicine 2020. PMID: 33319199


  23. Chu CD, Tuot DS, Harrison JD, Duong J, Luxenberg A, Khanna RR. Completeness and quality of text paging for subspecialty consult requests. Postgraduate medical journal 2020. PMID: 32820085


  24. Chu CD, McCulloch CE, Banerjee T, Pavkov ME, Burrows NR, Gillespie BW, Saran R, Shlipak MG, Powe NR, Tuot DS. CKD Awareness Among US Adults by Future Risk of Kidney Failure. American journal of kidney diseases : the official journal of the National Kidney Foundation 2020. PMID: 32305206


  25. Lee J, Chu C, Guzman D, Fontil V, Velasquez A, Powe NR, Tuot DS. Albuminuria Testing by Race and Ethnicity among Patients with Hypertension with and without Diabetes. American journal of nephrology 2019. PMID: 31167180