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Office
9500 Gilman Drive Va Medical Ctr
# 9111H
La Jolla, CA 92093Phone+1 617-699-8969
Education & Training
Tufts Medical CenterFellowship, Nephrology, 2005 - 2008
Yale-New Haven Medical CenterResidency, Internal Medicine, 2001 - 2005
Yale School of MedicineClass of 2001
Certifications & Licensure
CA State Medical License 2009 - 2025
MA State Medical License 2005 - 2010
CT State Medical License 2004 - 2005- American Board of Internal Medicine Internal Medicine
- American Board of Internal Medicine Nephrology
Clinical Trials
- Trial of Pirfenidone to Prevent Progression in Chronic Kidney Disease Start of enrollment: 2020 Oct 26
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- Another Note of Caution for Spironolactone: Implications of the BARACK-D Study.Akshat U Kumar, Dena E Rifkin
American Journal of Kidney Diseases. 2025-01-07 - Reply to "Comment on: Difference between kidney function by cystatin C versus creatinine and association with muscle mass and frailty".O Alison Potok, Dena E Rifkin
Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 2024-12-01 - 3 citationsDifference between kidney function by cystatin C versus creatinine and association with muscle mass and frailty.Julia H Yuan, Dena E Rifkin, Charles Ginsberg, Peggy M Cawthon, Deborah M Kado
Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 2024-10-01
Journal Articles
- Now or Later? Understanding Timing of Dialysis Initiation Beyond IDEALDena Rifkin, MD, Journal of the American Society of Nephrology
Press Mentions
Interdisciplinary Kidney Care at Core of NKF's 2017 SCMApril 17th, 2017
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