Kerry Cho, MD

HS Clinical Professor

EDUCATION
College: Williams College, BA
Medical School: Cornell University Medical College, MD
Residency: Internal Medicine, University of Michigan
Fellowship: Nephrology, University of California San Francisco
Post-graduate: Teaching Scholars Program, Haile T. Debas Academy of Medical Educators, UCSF

INTERESTS
My clinical interests include end-stage renal disease, acute kidney injury, amyloidosis, and continuous renal replacement therapy. As the nephrology fellowship program director, I monitor our nephrology fellows through clinical and research training at UCSF. I am interested in medical education at all levels including medical students, residents, and fellows.

Education
2019 - Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Champion Training, University of California, San Francisco
2007 - Teaching Scholars Program, University of California, San Francisco
Fellowship, 2002 - Nephrology, University of California, San Francisco
Residency, 1999 - Internal Medicine, University of Michigan
Honors and Awards
  • Master Clinician Award, Department of Medicine, UCSF, 2021
  • [415] Top Doctor, Marin Magazine, 2012-2021
  • Exceptional Physician Award, UCSF Medical Center, 2012
  • Top Doctor, US News & World Report, 2012
  • Haile T. Debas Academy of Medical Educators Excellence in Teaching Award, UCSF, 2007
  • Alpha Omega Alpha, Cornell University Medical College, 1995
  • Phi Beta Kappa, Williams College, 1991
Websites
Publications
  1. Huppert LA, Hsiao EC, Cho KC, Marquez C, Chaudhry RI, Frank J, Goglin SE, Hsu G, Kathpalia P, Khanna R, Kompala T, Rao MN, Bower BA, Trafas V, Santhosh L, Schwartz BS, Babik JM. Virtual Interviews at Graduate Medical Education Training Programs: Determining Evidence-Based Best Practices. Academic medicine : journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges 2020. PMID: 33298691


  2. Murray SG, Wachter RM, Cho KC, Dhaliwal G. CLINICAL PROBLEM-SOLVING. A Breakthrough Diagnosis. The New England journal of medicine 2015. PMID: 26535516


  3. Cho KC. Current Medical Diagnosis and Treatment Electrolyte & Acid-Base Disorders 2012. PMID:


  4. Lin A, Cho KC. Handbook of Endovascular Peripheral Interventions Prevention of Contrast-Induced Nephropathy 2012. PMID:


  5. Coca SG, Cho KC, Hsu CY. Acute kidney injury in the elderly: predisposition to chronic kidney disease and vice versa. Nephron. Clinical practice 2011. PMID: 21832852


  6. Lao D, Parasher PS, Cho KC, Yeghiazarians Y. Atherosclerotic renal artery stenosis--diagnosis and treatment. Mayo Clinic proceedings 2011. PMID: 21719621


  7. Cho KC. Current Medical Diagnosis and Treatment Electrolyte & Acid-Base Disorders 2011. PMID:


  8. Cho KC, Chertow GM. Primer on Kidney Diseases Management of Acute Kidney Injury 2009. PMID:


  9. Cho KC, Himmelfarb J, Paganini E, Ikizler TA, Soroko SH, Mehta RL, Chertow GM. Survival by dialysis modality in critically ill patients with acute kidney injury. Journal of the American Society of Nephrology : JASN 2006. PMID: 17021268


  10. Tichy M, Garg JP, Cho KC, Chertow GM. Bone disease and bottle caps. Journal of renal nutrition : the official journal of the Council on Renal Nutrition of the National Kidney Foundation 2005. PMID: 15827900


  11. . Hospital Medicine; Wachter RM, Goldman L, Hollander H, eds Common Electrolyte Disorders 2005. PMID:


  12. Cho KC, Chertow GM. Primer on Kidney Diseases; Greenberg A, ed Management of Acute Renal Failure 2005. PMID: