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Office
8300 Floyd Curl Drive
4th Floor -4B
San Antonio, TX 78229Phone+1 210-450-9650Fax+1 210-450-6036- Is this information wrong?
Summary
- Dr. Kumar Sharma is Chief of Nephrology at UT Health San Antonio and Vice Chair of Research for the Department of Medicine. He received his medical degree from Albert Einstein College of Medicine and has been in academic medicine for 32 years. He is had continuous NIH funding for the past 30 years in the areas of diabetic nephropathy, obesity, clinical trials, multi-omics and mitochondrial dysfunction. He is presently funded by the NIH, VA, JDRF and DOD for precision medicine programs in acute and chronic kidney disease, diabetic complications and multi-organ injury and is the Director of the Center for Renal Precision Medicine at UTHSA.
Education & Training
- University of Pennsylvania Health SystemFellowship, Nephrology, 1990 - 1994
- Jacobi Medical Center/Albert Einstein College of MedicineResidency, Internal Medicine, 1986 - 1989
- Temple University HospitalInternship, Internal Medicine, 1985 - 1986
- Albert Einstein College of MedicineClass of 1985
- Boston UniversityB.A., Biology, 1978 - 1981
Certifications & Licensure
- CA State Medical License 2007 - Present
- TX State Medical License 2018 - 2025
- PA State Medical License 1991 - 2008
- American Board of Internal Medicine Internal Medicine
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- Plenary Lecture Australian Society of Diabetes, 2014
- Robert Hearin Distinguished Lecture 2013
- NIDDK DP3 Award 2011
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Clinical Trials
- Pirfenidone: A New Drug to Treat Kidney Disease in Patients With Diabetes Start of enrollment: 2003 Jun 01
- Nicotinamide Riboside in SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) Patients for Renal Protection Start of enrollment: 2021 Jun 11
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- 764 citationsLong-term prevention of renal insufficiency, excess matrix gene expression, and glomerular mesangial matrix expansion by treatment with monoclonal antitransforming gro...Fuad N. Ziyadeh, Brenda B. Hoffman, Dong Cheol Han, M. Carmen Iglesias-de la Cruz, Soon Won Hong
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 2000-07-05 - 386 citationsDiabetic kidney disease in the db/db mouseKumar Sharma, Peter McCue, Stephen R. Dunn
American Journal of Physiology. Renal Physiology. 2003-06-01 - 172 citationsTissue-specific metabolic reprogramming drives nutrient flux in diabetic complicationsKelli M. Sas, Pradeep P. Kayampilly, Jaeman Byun, Viji Nair, Lucy M. Hinder
JCI Insight. 2016-09-22
Journal Articles
- Molecular Imaging of the Glomerulus via Mesangial Cell Uptake of Radiolabeled TilmanoceptCarl K Hoh, Kumar Sharma, Amin Haghighat Jahromi, Journal of Nuclear Medicine
- Aging increases the susceptibility of hepatic inflammation, liver fibrosis and aging in response to high-fat diet in miceKim IH, Xu J, Liu X, Koyama Y, Ma HY, Diggle K, You YH, Schilling JM, Jeste D, �Sharma K, Brenner DA, Kisseleva T, Age, 1/1/2016
- Diabetic kidney diseaseThomas, M., Brownlee, M., Susztak, K., Sharma, K., Jandeleit-Dahm, K., Zoungas, S., Rossing, P., Per-Henrik Groop, P-H, Cooper, M., Nature Reviews Disease Primers, 1/1/2015
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Books/Book Chapters
Lectures
- Nutrient Metabolism in Diabetic ComplicationsAmerican Society of Nephrology Kidney Week 2019 - Washington, D.C. - 11/9/2019
- State-of-the-Art Lecture--Mitochondrial Hormesis and Diabetic Kidney DiseaseKumar Sharma, MD - 6/14/2014
- Imaging Mass Spectrometry for the Detection of Metabolites in Diabetic Kidney DiseaseLa Jolla, CA - 6/14/2014
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Press Mentions
- Can a Vitamin Treat COVID-19-Related Acute Kidney Injury?August 2nd, 2021
- Genome-Wide Identification, Expression Profiling, and Evolution of Phosphate Transporter Gene Family in Green AlgaeOctober 8th, 2020
- Precision Medicine Uses Multiomic Details to Battle Kidney DiseaseSeptember 10th, 2020
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Hospital Affiliations
- University Health / UT Health Science Center at San AntonioSan Antonio, Texas
- University Health / UT Health Science Center at San AntonioSan Antonio, Texas
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