Lowell Lo, MD

HS Clinical Professor

Lowell Lo, MD is an Assistant Professor in the Division of Nephrology. He is interested in medical and health professions education, particularly in the field of fluid, electrolytes, and acid-base disorders. He has been providing small group sessions, didactic rounds, and classroom lectures for the medical students, housestaff, and fellows since he started his faculty position at UCSF. He also organizes the weekly renal fellow lecture series. He is looking forward to helping improve trainees’ understanding of basic renal physiology, which is critical in providing excellent patient care.

Education
Cert, 2009 - Medicine (Advance Training in Clinical Research), University of California, San Francisco
M.D., 2004 - School of Medicine, University of Texas Southwestern
Honors and Awards
  • Nominated for Teaching Scholar Program, UCSF, 2011-2012
  • The Haile T. Debas Academy of Medical Educators Excellence in Teaching Award, UCSF, 2010-2011
Websites
Publications

  1. Ku E, Hsu RK, McCulloch CE, Lo L, Copeland T, Siyahian S, Grimes B, Johansen KL. Incidence and Risk Factors for Dialysis Reinitiation among Patients with a History of Dialysis Dependency. Clinical journal of the American Society of Nephrology : CJASN 2022. PMID: 35953103


  2. Kwong YD, Liu KD, Lo LJ. Outpatient Dietary Management of Electrolyte Disorders During COVID-19: Food as Medicine. JAMA internal medicine 2021. PMID: 33555305


  3. Peralta CA, Livaudais-Toman J, Stebbins M, Lo L, Robinson A, Pathak S, Scherzer R, Karliner LS. Electronic Decision Support for Management of CKD in Primary Care: A Pragmatic Randomized Trial. American journal of kidney diseases : the official journal of the National Kidney Foundation 2020. PMID: 32682696


  4. Peralta CA, Frigaard M, Rolon L, Seal K, Tuot D, Senyak J, Lo L, Powe N, Scherzer R, Chao S, Chiao P, Lui K, Shlipak MG, Rubinsky AD. Screening for CKD To Improve Processes of Care among Nondiabetic Veterans with Hypertension: A Pragmatic Cluster-Randomized Trial. Clinical journal of the American Society of Nephrology : CJASN 2020. PMID: 32034070


  5. Khoong EC, Karliner L, Lo L, Stebbins M, Robinson A, Pathak S, Santoyo-Olsson J, Scherzer R, Peralta CA. A Pragmatic Cluster Randomized Trial of an Electronic Clinical Decision Support System to Improve Chronic Kidney Disease Management in Primary Care: Design, Rationale, and Implementation Experience. JMIR research protocols 2019. PMID: 31199334


  6. 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


  7. Peralta CA, Frigaard M, Rubinsky AD, Rolon L, Lo L, Voora S, Seal K, Tuot D, Chao S, Lui K, Chiao P, Powe N, Shlipak M. Implementation of a pragmatic randomized trial of screening for chronic kidney disease to improve care among non-diabetic hypertensive veterans. Volume 18 of Issue 1. BMC nephrology 2017. PMID: 28399844


  8. Odden MC, Amadu AR, Smit E, Lo L, Peralta CA. Uric acid levels, kidney function, and cardiovascular mortality in US adults: National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) 1988-1994 and 1999-2002. American journal of kidney diseases : the official journal of the National Kidney Foundation 2014. PMID: 24906981


  9. Hsu RK, McCulloch CE, Dudley RA, Lo LJ, Hsu CY. Temporal changes in incidence of dialysis-requiring AKI. Volume 24 of Issue 1. Journal of the American Society of Nephrology : JASN 2012. PMID: 23222124


  10. Lo L, Frassetto L. Emedicine.com Bartter Syndrome: Differential Diagnoses & Workup. 2011. PMID:


  11. Wu AK, Lo L. First Aid for the USMLE Step 3 Renal Section 2010. PMID:


  12. Lo LJ, Go AS, Chertow GM, McCulloch CE, Fan D, Ordoñez JD, Hsu CY. Dialysis-requiring acute renal failure increases the risk of progressive chronic kidney disease. Kidney international 2009. PMID: 19641480


  13. Liu KD, Lo L, Hsu CY. Some methodological issues in studying the long-term renal sequelae of acute kidney injury. Current opinion in nephrology and hypertension 2009. PMID: 19318944


  14. Lo L, Liu KD, Hsu CY. Long-term outcomes after acute kidney injury: where we stand and how we can move forward. American journal of kidney diseases : the official journal of the National Kidney Foundation 2009. PMID: 19303684