Teresa Chen, MD, MHS

Assistant Adjunct Professor

Education
MHS, 2012 - Clinical Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Fellowship, 2012 - Nephrology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine / The Johns Hopkins Hospital
Residency, 2009 - Internal Medicine, Washington University in St. Louis / Barnes-Jewish Hospital
MD, 2006 - School of Medicine, University of Texas - Houston
BS, 2002 - Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, Yale University
Honors and Awards
  • Clinician Scientist Career Development Award, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 2019
  • W.H. Linda Kao Scholar Award, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, 2017
Websites
Publications

  1. Blum MF, Surapaneni A, Chang A, Inker LA, Chen TK, Appel LJ, Shin JI, Grams ME. Dihydropyridine Calcium Channel Blockers and Kidney Outcomes. Journal of general internal medicine 2024. PMID: 38639831


  2. Peschard VG, Scherzer R, Katz R, Chen TK, Bullen AL, Campos K, Estrella MM, Ix JH, Shlipak MG. Association of Urinary Dickkopf-3 Levels with Cardiovascular Events and Kidney Disease Progression in Systolic Blood Pressure Intervention Trial. Kidney360 2024. PMID: 38472135


  3. Chen TK, Hoenig MP, Nitsch D, Grams ME. Advances in the management of chronic kidney disease. BMJ (Clinical research ed.) 2023. PMID: 38052474


  4. Chen TK, Estrella MM, Appel LJ, Surapaneni AL, Köttgen A, Obeid W, Parikh CR, Grams ME. Associations of Baseline and Longitudinal Serum Uromodulin With Kidney Failure and Mortality: Results From the African American Study of Kidney Disease and Hypertension (AASK) Trial. American journal of kidney diseases : the official journal of the National Kidney Foundation 2023. PMID: 37690632


  5. Srialluri N, Surapaneni A, Schlosser P, Chen TK, Schmidt IM, Rhee EP, Coresh J, Grams ME. Circulating Proteins and Mortality in CKD: A Proteomics Study of the AASK and ARIC Cohorts. Kidney Medicine 2023. PMID: 37711886


  6. Chen TK, Shlipak MG. Should We Really Still Be Using Creatinine in the Critical Care Setting? Clinical journal of the American Society of Nephrology : CJASN 2023. PMID: 37410991


  7. Dubin RF, Deo R, Ren Y, Lee H, Shou H, Feldman H, Kimmel P, Waikar SS, Rhee EP, Tin A, Chen J, Coresh J, Go AS, Kelly T, Rao PS, Chen TK, Segal MR, Ganz P. Analytical and Biological Variability of a Commercial Modified Aptamer Assay in Plasma Samples of Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease. The journal of applied laboratory medicine 2023. PMID: 36705086


  8. Chen TK, Coca SG, Thiessen-Philbrook HR, Heerspink HJL, Obeid W, Ix J, Fried L, Bonventre JV, El-Khoury JM, Shlipak MG, Parikh CR. [Urinary Biomarkers of Tubular Health and Risk for Kidney Function Decline or Mortality in Diabetes]. American journal of nephrology 2023. PMID: 36630924


  9. Taliercio JJ, Nakhoul G, Mehdi A, Yang W, Sha D, Schold JD, Kasner S, Weir M, Hassanein M, Navaneethan SD, Krishnan G, Kanthety R, Go AS, Deo R, Lora CM, Jaar BG, Chen TK, Chen J, He J, Rahman M, CRIC study Investigators. Aspirin for Primary and Secondary Prevention of Mortality, Cardiovascular Disease, and Kidney Failure in�the Chronic Renal Insufficiency Cohort (CRIC) Study. Kidney Medicine 2022. PMID: 36339663


  10. Chen TK, Surapaneni AL, Arking DE, Ballantyne CM, Boerwinkle E, Chen J, Coresh J, Köttgen A, Susztak K, Tin A, Yu B, Grams ME. APOL1 Kidney Risk Variants and Proteomics. Volume 17 of Issue 5. Clinical journal of the American Society of Nephrology : CJASN 2022. PMID: 35474272


  11. Muiru AN, Yang J, Derebail VK, Liu KD, Feldman HI, Srivastava A, Bhat Z, Saraf SL, Chen TK, He J, Estrella MM, Go AS, Hsu CY, CRIC Study Investigators. Black and White Adults With CKD Hospitalized With Acute Kidney Injury: Findings From the Chronic Renal Insufficiency Cohort (CRIC) Study. 2022. PMID: 35405207


  12. Chen TK, Coca SG, Estrella MM, Appel LJ, Coresh J, Thiessen Philbrook H, Obeid W, Fried LF, Heerspink HJL, Ix JH, Shlipak MG, Kimmel PL, Parikh CR, Grams ME, CKD Biomarkers Consortium (BioCon). Longitudinal TNFR1 and TNFR2 and Kidney Outcomes: Results from AASK and VA NEPHRON-D. 2022. PMID: 35314457


  13. Lopez-Silva C, Surapaneni A, Coresh J, Reiser J, Parikh CR, Obeid W, Grams ME, Chen TK. Comparison of Aptamer-Based and Antibody-Based Assays for Protein Quantification in Chronic Kidney Disease. Volume 17 of Issue 3. Clinical journal of the American Society of Nephrology : CJASN 2022. PMID: 35197258


  14. Hsu CY, Yang W, Parikh RV, Anderson AH, Chen TK, Cohen DL, He J, Mohanty MJ, Lash JP, Mills KT, Muiru AN, Parsa A, Saunders MR, Shafi T, Townsend RR, Waikar SS, Wang J, Wolf M, Tan TC, Feldman HI, Go AS, CRIC Study Investigators. Race, Genetic Ancestry, and Estimating Kidney Function in CKD. The New England journal of medicine 2021. PMID: 34554660


  15. Cihakova D, Streiff MB, Menez SP, Chen TK, Gilotra NA, Michos ED, Marr KA, Karaba AH, Robinson ML, Blair PW, Dioverti MV, Post WS, Cox AL, R Antar AA. High-value laboratory testing for hospitalized COVID-19 patients: a review. Future virology 2021. PMID: 34567235


  16. Grams ME, Surapaneni A, Chen J, Zhou L, Yu Z, Dutta D, Welling PA, Chatterjee N, Zhang J, Arking DE, Chen TK, Rebholz CM, Yu B, Schlosser P, Rhee EP, Ballantyne CM, Boerwinkle E, Lutsey PL, Mosley T, Feldman HI, Dubin RF, Ganz P, Lee H, Zheng Z, Coresh J. Proteins Associated with Risk of Kidney Function Decline in the General Population. 2021. PMID: 34465608


  17. Coresh J, Grams ME, Chen TK. Using GFR, Albuminuria, and Their Changes in Clinical Trials and Clinical Care. Volume 78 of Issue 3. American journal of kidney diseases : the official journal of the National Kidney Foundation 2021. PMID: 34059333


  18. Chen TK, Sperati CJ, Thavarajah S, Grams ME. Reducing Kidney Function Decline in Patients With CKD: Core Curriculum 2021. Volume 77 of Issue 6. American journal of kidney diseases : the official journal of the National Kidney Foundation 2021. PMID: 33892998


  19. Chen TK, Estrella MM, Appel LJ, Coresh J, Luo S, Obeid W, Parikh CR, Grams ME. Serum levels of IL-6, IL-8 and IL-10 and risks of end-stage kidney disease and mortality. 2021. PMID: 33156902


  20. Yamaguchi Y, Zampino M, Moaddel R, Chen TK, Tian Q, Ferrucci L, Semba RD. Plasma metabolites associated with chronic kidney disease and renal function in adults from the Baltimore Longitudinal Study of Aging. Volume 17 of Issue 1. Metabolomics : Official journal of the Metabolomic Society 2021. PMID: 33428023


  21. Chen TK, Estrella MM, Appel LJ, Coresh J, Luo S, Reiser J, Obeid W, Parikh CR, Grams ME. Biomarkers of Immune Activation and Incident Kidney Failure With Replacement Therapy: Findings From the African American Study of Kidney Disease and Hypertension. 2021. PMID: 33388403


  22. Hong X, Rosenberg AZ, Zhang B, Binns-Roemer E, David V, Lv Y, Hjorten RC, Reidy KJ, Chen TK, Wang G, Ji Y, Simpson CL, Davis RL, Kopp JB, Wang X, Winkler CA. Joint Associations of Maternal-Fetal APOL1 Genotypes and Maternal Country of Origin With Preeclampsia Risk. Volume 77 of Issue 6. American journal of kidney diseases : the official journal of the National Kidney Foundation 2020. PMID: 33359152


  23. Chen TK, Fitzpatrick J, Winkler CA, Binns-Roemer EA, Corona-Villalobos CP, Jaar BG, Sozio SM, Parekh RS, Estrella MM. APOL1 Risk Variants and Subclinical Cardiovascular Disease in Incident Hemodialysis Patients. 2020. PMID: 33615058


  24. Qiao Y, Shin JI, Chen TK, Sang Y, Coresh J, Vassalotti JA, Chang AR, Grams ME. Association of Albuminuria Levels With the Prescription of Renin-Angiotensin System Blockade. Volume 76 of Issue 6. Hypertension (Dallas, Tex. : 1979) 2020. PMID: 32981368


  25. Chen TK, Coresh J, Daya N, Ballew SH, Tin A, Crews DC, Grams ME. Race, APOL1 Risk Variants, and Clinical Outcomes among Older Adults: The ARIC Study. Volume 69 of Issue 1. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 2020. PMID: 32894582


  26. Chen TK, Katz R, Estrella MM, Post WS, Kramer H, Rotter JI, Tayo B, Mychaleckyj JC, Wassel CL, Peralta CA. Association of APOL1 Genotypes With Measures of Microvascular and Endothelial Function, and Blood Pressure in MESA. Journal of the American Heart Association 2020. PMID: 32851884


  27. Saraf SL, Hsu JY, Ricardo AC, Mehta R, Chen J, Chen TK, Fischer MJ, Hamm L, Sondheimer J, Weir MR, Zhang X, Wolf M, Lash JP. Anemia and Incident End-Stage Kidney Disease. Volume 1 of Issue 7. Kidney360 2020. PMID: 33117990


  28. Ishigami J, Taliercio JT, Feldman HI, Srivastava A, Townsend RR, Cohen DL, Horwitz EJ, Rao P, Charleston J, Fink JC, Ricardo AC, Sondheimer J, Chen TK, Wolf M, Isakova T, Appel LJ, Matsushita K, CRIC study Investigators. Fibroblast Growth Factor 23 and Risk of Hospitalization with Infection in Chronic Kidney Disease: The Chronic Renal Insufficiency Cohort (CRIC) Study. Volume 31 of Issue 8. Journal of the American Society of Nephrology : JASN 2020. PMID: 32576601


  29. Ishigami J, Taliercio J, I Feldman H, Srivastava A, Townsend R, L Cohen D, Horwitz E, Rao P, Charleston J, Fink JC, Ricardo AC, Sondheimer J, Chen TK, Wolf M, Isakova T, Appel LJ, Matsushita K, CRIC Study Investigators. Inflammatory Markers and Incidence of Hospitalization With Infection in Chronic Kidney Disease. Volume 189 of Issue 5. American journal of epidemiology 2020. PMID: 31673705


  30. Qiao Y, Shin JI, Chen TK, Inker LA, Coresh J, Alexander GC, Jackson JW, Chang AR, Grams ME. Association Between Renin-Angiotensin System Blockade Discontinuation and All-Cause Mortality Among Persons With Low Estimated Glomerular Filtration Rate. Volume 180 of Issue 5. JAMA internal medicine 2020. PMID: 32150237


  31. Chen TK, Parikh CR. Management of Presumed Acute Kidney Injury during Hypertensive Therapy: Stay Calm and Carry on? Volume 51 of Issue 2. American journal of nephrology 2020. PMID: 31940606


  32. Chen TK, Knicely DH, Grams ME. Chronic Kidney Disease Diagnosis and Management: A Review. Volume 322 of Issue 13. JAMA 2019. PMID: 31573641


  33. Grams ME, Surapaneni A, Ballew SH, Appel LJ, Boerwinkle E, Boulware LE, Chen TK, Coresh J, Cushman M, Divers J, Gutiérrez OM, Irvin MR, Ix JH, Kopp JB, Kuller LH, Langefeld CD, Lipkowitz MS, Mukamal KJ, Musani SK, Naik RP, Pajewski NM, Peralta CA, Tin A, Wassel CL, Wilson JG, Winkler CA, Young BA, Zakai NA, Freedman BI. APOL1 Kidney Risk Variants and Cardiovascular Disease: An Individual Participant Data Meta-Analysis. Journal of the American Society of Nephrology : JASN 2019. PMID: 31383730


  34. McMahon BA, Hanouneh M, Chedid A, Fine DM, Chen TK, Foy M, Lucas GM, Estrella MM, Atta MG. Association of HIV Suppression with Kidney Disease Progression among HIV-Positive African Americans with Biopsy-Proven Classic FSGS. Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes (1999) 2018. PMID: 30204721


  35. Luo S, Coresh J, Tin A, Rebholz CM, Chen TK, Hayek SS, Tracy M, Lipkowitz MS, Appel LJ, Levey AS, Inker LA, Reiser J, Grams ME. Soluble Urokinase-Type Plasminogen Activator Receptor in Black Americans with CKD. Volume 13 of Issue 7. Clinical journal of the American Society of Nephrology : CJASN 2018. PMID: 29903900


  36. Chen TK, Katz R, Estrella MM, Gutierrez OM, Kramer H, Post WS, Shlipak MG, Wassel CL, Peralta CA. Association Between APOL1 Genotypes and Risk of Cardiovascular Disease in MESA (Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis). Volume 6 of Issue 12. Journal of the American Heart Association 2017. PMID: 29269352


  37. Chen TK, Tin A, Peralta CA, Appel LJ, Choi MJ, Lipkowitz MS, Winkler CA, Estrella MM. APOL1 Risk Variants, Incident Proteinuria, and Subsequent eGFR Decline in Blacks with Hypertension-Attributed CKD. Volume 12 of Issue 11. Clinical journal of the American Society of Nephrology : CJASN 2017. PMID: 29051146


  38. Hanouneh M, Chen TK. Calcium Oxalate Crystals in Ethylene Glycol Toxicity. Volume 377 of Issue 15. The New England journal of medicine 2017. PMID: 29020580


  39. Chen TK, Appel LJ, Grams ME, Tin A, Choi MJ, Lipkowitz MS, Winkler CA, Estrella MM. APOL1 Risk Variants and Cardiovascular Disease: Results From the AASK (African American Study of Kidney Disease and Hypertension). Volume 37 of Issue 9. Arteriosclerosis, thrombosis, and vascular biology 2017. PMID: 28572159


  40. Chen TK, Estrella MM, Vittinghoff E, Lin F, Gutierrez OM, Kramer H, Lewis CE, Kopp JB, Allen NB, Winkler CA, Bibbins-Domingo KB, Peralta CA. APOL1 genetic variants are not associated with longitudinal blood pressure in young black adults. Volume 92 of Issue 4. Kidney international 2017. PMID: 28545715


  41. Chen TK, Estrella MM. APOL1 risk variants and death among African American hemodialysis patients: survival of the fittest? Volume 90 of Issue 2. Kidney international 2016. PMID: 27418089


  42. Chen TK, Estrella MM, Parekh RS. The evolving science of apolipoprotein-L1 and kidney disease. Volume 25 of Issue 3. Current opinion in nephrology and hypertension 2016. PMID: 27023839


  43. Chen TK, Choi MJ, Kao WH, Astor BC, Scialla JJ, Appel LJ, Li L, Lipkowitz MS, Wolf M, Parekh RS, Winkler CA, Estrella MM, Crews DC. Examination of Potential Modifiers of the Association of APOL1 Alleles with CKD Progression. Volume 10 of Issue 12. Clinical journal of the American Society of Nephrology : CJASN 2015. PMID: 26430087


  44. Chen TK, Estrella MM, Astor BC, Greene T, Wang X, Grams ME, Appel LJ. Longitudinal changes in hematocrit in hypertensive chronic kidney disease: results from the African-American Study of Kidney Disease and Hypertension (AASK). Volume 30 of Issue 8. Nephrology, dialysis, transplantation : official publication of the European Dialysis and Transplant Association - European Renal Association 2015. PMID: 25817226


  45. Chen TK, Gelber AC, Witter FR, Petri M, Fine DM. Renal biopsy in the management of lupus nephritis during pregnancy. Volume 24 of Issue 2. Lupus 2014. PMID: 25249595


  46. Chen TK, Murakami C, Manno RL, Geetha D. Hematuria duration does not predict kidney function at 1 year in ANCA-associated glomerulonephritis. Volume 44 of Issue 2. Seminars in arthritis and rheumatism 2014. PMID: 24775913


  47. Chen TK, Fine DM. Top 10 developments in lupus nephritis. Volume 15 of Issue 9. Current rheumatology reports 2013. PMID: 23893235


  48. Chen TK, Estrella MM, Fine DM. Predictors of kidney biopsy complication among patients with systemic lupus erythematosus. Volume 21 of Issue 8. Lupus 2012. PMID: 22415926