Elaine Ku, MD
Enriched profileProfessor, Medicine (Professor-in-Residence); Director, Nephrology Transition Clinic · University of California, San Francisco (UCSF)
Elaine Ku is Professor, Medicine (Professor-in-Residence); Director, Nephrology Transition Clinic at University of California, San Francisco (UCSF). OpenAlex indexes 193 publications with 4,721 citations (h-index 34); ClinicalTrials.gov lists 7 registered studies with this person as an investigator.
Data verified 14 Aug 2026
Overview
Updated 1 Sept 2026
Elaine Ku, MD, is Professor, Medicine (Professor-in-Residence) at University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) / UCSF Medical Center. The public record shows 193 publications with 4,721 citations (h-index 34), centered on Chronic Kidney Disease. It also documents an investigator role on 7 registered clinical trials, industry payments reported by 1 companies, 9 NIH-funded awards (2014–2026).
- Most recent indexed publication: 2026 · Pediatric transplantation
- Top research focus: Chronic Kidney Disease
- 7 registered trials on ClinicalTrials.gov
- Open Payments reporting from 1 companies
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Indications focus
from trials led + research topicsResearch focus
OpenAlex concept fingerprintDrugs & molecules
across trials, industry payments and publicationsWorks with
trial sponsors and companies reporting paymentsScholarship
indexed output and impact (OpenAlex)Distinct works indexed by OpenAlex, matched via ORCID; 27 in PubMed.
Total citations across indexed works.
Hirsch index, productivity × impact (OpenAlex).
Clinical & industry
trials, payments and federal fundingContact
The practice address and phone this provider lists in the federal NPPES (CMS) registry.
Practice address
Telephone
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Updated 1 Sept 2026
Listed as an investigator on 7 registered studies on ClinicalTrials.gov. The most recent:
- Hypertension in Young Adults Trial
Sponsor: University of California, San Francisco
- Watermelon/UBIQuinone Study
Sponsor: University of California, San Francisco
- Standard Therapy or Individualized Immunosuppression For Lowering Adverse Event Risk
Sponsor: University of California, San Francisco
Industry payments
Updated 1 Sept 2026
1 company reported payments to CMS in program years 2025–2025. These are public disclosures, not judgments. The latest:
- AKEBIA THERAPEUTICS INCProgram year20251 payment
Medicare prescribing footprint (2024)
The drugs this prescriber writes for Medicare patients, grouped by drug class and therapeutic area. Every percentage is a share of their total prescribing, so you can see what they prescribe most. These are proportions, not patient counts or dollar amounts. No condition is inferred: the claims record what was prescribed, never why.
Cardiovascular
57.4%Calcium channel blocker41.2%Amlodipine Besylate100%Part D<11 patientsAngiotensin receptor blocker (ARB)16.2%Olmesartan-Hydrochlorothiazide100%Part D<11 patientsCancer & immunology
22.1%Calcineurin inhibitor22.1%Tacrolimus100%Part D<11 patientsAnti-infectives
20.6%Short-acting sulfonamides20.6%Sulfamethoxazole-Trimethoprim100%Part D<11 patients
Drug classes come from the WHO ATC and U.S. National Library of Medicine (RxClass) classifications; prescribing counts come from the CMS Medicare Part D Prescribers file. Each drug is counted once, under its primary class. Medicare fee-for-service only, so no Medicare Advantage, commercial, or pediatric prescribing is included. CMS publishes this data about 17 months after the fact.
NIH funding
Updated 1 Sept 2026
9 NIH research awards on record, funded 2014–2026 per NIH RePORTER. The latest:
- Learners to LeAders in benign Urology, benign Nephrology, and non-Cancer Hematology
University of California, San Francisco
FY2026$832,600U2CDK133488 - Patient provider communication and disparities in access to home dialysis and kidney transplantation
University of California, San Francisco
FY2026$793,874R01DK142372 - Racial disparities in access to kidney transplantation
University of California, San Francisco
FY2026$669,096R01DK115629
Publications
Updated 1 Sept 2026
Their five most recent publications, matched to their ORCID record and linked to PubMed.
- Association Between Age at Kidney Transplantation and Risk of Early Graft Loss.
Pediatric transplantation
Article2026 - Donor-Derived Cell-Free DNA Levels and Prediction of Resolution of Rejection in Kidney Transplant Recipients.
Clinical transplantation
Article2026 - Pediatric Nephrology Workforce and Access of Children with Kidney Failure to Transplantation in the United States.
Journal of the American Society of Nephrology
Article2025 - Overweight Status, Obesity, and Progression to ESKD in Patients with Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease.
Clinical journal of the American Society of Nephrology
Article2025
Online presence
Updated 1 Sept 2026
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Owned accounts
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x.com/UCSFNephrology/status/1809422548129706371
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Background & recognition
Updated 1 Sept 2026
Credentials, appointments and honors, newest first, each linked to the public source it came from.
Education
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- Board Certification
Internal Medicine, American Board of Internal Medicine
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Nephrology, American Board of Internal Medicine
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Pediatric Nephrology, American Board of Pediatrics
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Editorial & leadership roles
journal and society appointments- Member
American Society of Clinical Investigation
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American Society of Nephrology
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American Society of Pediatric Nephrology
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Awards & honors
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Secondary affiliations
appointments beyond the home institution- Director
Training in Clinical Research Program, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, UCSF
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Department of Pediatrics, UCSF
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MATCH Consortium (multi-site EHR research initiative)
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