Deborah Adey, MD

HS Clinical Professor

Dr. Deborah Adey is a Professor of Medicine. She is a transplant nephrologist with the Connie Frank Transplant Center. She has over 20 years experience in the field of transplantation,

Dr. Adey is interested in education and been involved in the education of medical students, residents, and fellows.

Dr. Adey has been involved in several clinical trials and has interest in infectious diseases related to transplantation. She was an NIH CO-Princiipal Investigator in a trial of treatment of BK nephropathy. Her other research interest is in the field of anti-HLA antibodies, both prior to and after transplantation.

Dr. Adey is actively involved in the American Society of Transplantation (AST) and has served on several committees as well as serving as Chair for several committees and communities of practice. The include the Membership Committee, the Accreditation Committee for the training of transplant nephrology, as well as the Womens Health Community of Practice. In addition she serves on the Board of Managers for the Transplant Nephrology Training Accreditation Program for the AST.

Education
post-doctoral transplant training, 1996 - Kidney Transplant Unit, University of California, San Francisco
Nephrology Fellowship/Research, 1994 - Nephrology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester
Nephrology Fellowship, 1992 - Nephrology, Medical Center Hospital of Vermont
Internal Medicine Residency, 1989 - Internal Medicine, Medical Center Hospital of Vermont
M.D., 1985 - School of Medicine, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center
Honors and Awards
  • Fellow, American Society of Transplantation, 2015
  • FELLOW, American College of Physicians, 2010
  • Young Investigator Award, American Society of Transplantation, 1997
Publications

  1. Ku E, Legaspi S, Copeland TP, Adey DB, Whelan AM, Roll GR, McCulloch CE, Lee BK, Johansen KL. Living Donor Candidates' Self-reported Health and Health Perceptions and Completion of Donor Evaluation: A Cohort Study. Kidney Medicine 2024. PMID: 39534796


  2. Imlay H, Gnann JW, Rooney J, Peddi VR, Wiseman AC, Josephson MA, Kew C, Young JH, Adey DB, Samaniego-Picota M, Whitley RJ, Limaye AP. A randomized, placebo-controlled, dose-escalation phase I/II multicenter trial of low-dose cidofovir for BK polyomavirus nephropathy. Transplant infectious disease : an official journal of the Transplantation Society 2024. PMID: 39226143


  3. Rodriguez RA, Sparks MA, Conway PT, Gavhane A, Reddy S, Awdishu L, Waheed S, Davidson S, Adey DB, Lea JP, Lieske JC, McDonald FS. American Board of Internal Medicine Nephrology Procedure Requirements for Initial Certification: Time for a Change and Pursuing Consensus in the Nephrology Community. American journal of kidney diseases : the official journal of the National Kidney Foundation 2024. PMID: 38640993


  4. Chandraker A, Regmi A, Gohh R, Sharma A, Woodle ES, Ansari MJ, Nair V, Chen LX, Alhamad T, Norman S, Cibrik D, Singh M, Alper A, Jain D, Zaky Z, Knechtle S, Sharfuddin A, Gupta G, Lonze BE, Young JH, Adey D, Faravardeh A, Dadhania DM, Rossi AP, Florescu D, Cardarelli F, Ma J, Gilmore S, Vasileiou S, Jindra P, Wojciechowski D. Posoleucel in Kidney Transplant Recipients with BK Viremia: Multicenter, Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Phase 2 Trial. Journal of the American Society of Nephrology : JASN 2024. PMID: 38470444


  5. Singh N, Anand PM, Gupta G, Sawinski D, Fix O, Adey D, Akalin E, Zayas C, Dadhania D, Doshi M, Cibrik D, Gupta M, Parsons R, Leca N, Santos RD, Concepcion BP, Nishio Lucar AG, Ong S, Sridhar VS, Parajuli S, Zachariah M, Mehta S, Soliman K, Shawar S, Husain SA, Preczewski L, Friedewald J, Mohan S, Wiseman A, Samaniego M, Kumar V, Tanriover B, Bloom R. Should Transplant Nephrology pursue recognition from the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME)? Clinical journal of the American Society of Nephrology : CJASN 2024. PMID: 38319649


  6. Sheshadri A, Elia JR, Garcia G, Abrams G, Adey DB, Lai JC, Sudore RL. Barriers and Facilitators to Exercise in Older Adults Awaiting Kidney Transplantation and Their Care Partners. Kidney Medicine 2023. PMID: 38419789


  7. Alhamad T, Murad H, Dadhania DM, Pavlakis M, Parajuli S, Concepcion BP, Singh N, Murakami N, Casey MJ, Ji M, Lubetzky M, Tantisattamo E, Alomar O, Faravardeh A, Blosser CD, Basu A, Gupta G, Adler JT, Adey D, Woodside KJ, Ong SC, Parsons RF, Lentine KL. The Perspectives of General Nephrologists Toward Transitions of Care and Management of Failing Kidney Transplants. Transplant international : official journal of the European Society for Organ Transplantation 2023. PMID: 37456682


  8. Smith J, Harris OO, Adey D, Park M. Barriers and facilitators to the transplant process among patients living with polycystic kidney disease: a qualitative Approach. BMC nephrology 2023. PMID: 37127564


  9. Salas MAP, Chua E, Rossi A, Shah S, Katz-Greenberg G, Coscia L, Sawinski D, Adey D. Sex and gender disparity in kidney transplantation: Historical and future perspectives. Clinical transplantation 2022. PMID: 36097741


  10. Ku E, Amaral S, McCulloch CE, Adey DB, Li L, Johansen KL. Comparison of 2021 CKD-EPI Equations for Estimating Racial Differences in Preemptive Waitlisting for Kidney Transplantation. Clinical journal of the American Society of Nephrology : CJASN 2022. PMID: 36122938


  11. Kant S, Soman S, Choi MJ, Jaar BG, Adey DB, National Kidney Foundation Education Committee. Management of Hospitalized Kidney Transplant Recipients for Hospitalists and Internists. 2022. PMID: 35472384


  12. Whelan AM, Johansen KL, Copeland T, McCulloch CE, Nallapothula D, Lee BK, Roll GR, Weir MR, Adey DB, Ku E. Kidney transplant candidacy evaluation and waitlisting practices in the US and their association with access to transplantation. 2022. PMID: 35289082


  13. Tatapudi VS, Kopchaliiska D, da Gente GJ, Buenaventura OF, Singh M, Laszik Z, Adey DB, Rajalingam R. Solid-Phase C1q/C3d Fixing Readouts Correlate with High Median Fluorescence Intensity (MFI) De Novo Donor-Specific HLA Antibodies and C4d⁺ Antibody-Mediated Rejection in Kidney Transplant Recipients. 2021. PMID: 34848674


  14. Lubetzky M, Tantisattamo E, Molnar MZ, Lentine KL, Basu A, Parsons RF, Woodside KJ, Pavlakis M, Blosser CD, Singh N, Concepcion BP, Adey D, Gupta G, Faravardeh A, Kraus E, Ong S, Riella LV, Friedewald J, Wiseman A, Aala A, Dadhania DM, Alhamad T. The failing kidney allograft: A review and recommendations for the care and management of a complex group of patients. American journal of transplantation : official journal of the American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons 2021. PMID: 34115439


  15. Alhamad T, Lubetzky M, Lentine KL, Edusei E, Parsons R, Pavlakis M, Woodside KJ, Adey D, Blosser CD, Concepcion BP, Friedewald J, Wiseman A, Singh N, Chang SH, Gupta G, Molnar MZ, Basu A, Kraus E, Ong S, Faravardeh A, Tantisattamo E, Riella L, Rice J, Dadhania DM. Kidney recipients with allograft failure, transition of kidney care (KRAFT): A survey of contemporary practices of transplant providers. American journal of transplantation : official journal of the American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons 2021. PMID: 33559315


  16. Whelan AM, Johansen KL, Brar S, McCulloch CE, Adey DB, Roll GR, Grimes B, Ku E. Association between Longer Travel Distance for Transplant Care and Access to Kidney Transplantation and Graft Survival in the United States. Volume 32 of Issue 5. Journal of the American Society of Nephrology : JASN 2021. PMID: 33712528


  17. Ku E, McCulloch CE, Adey DB, Li L, Johansen KL. Racial Disparities in Eligibility for Preemptive Waitlisting for Kidney Transplantation and Modification of eGFR Thresholds to Equalize Waitlist Time. Journal of the American Society of Nephrology : JASN 2021. PMID: 33622978


  18. Brar A, Gruessner A, Adey D, Tedla F, Yap E, Kaul D, Sumrani N, John D, Salifu MO. Association of Physical Function and Survival in Older-Adult Renal Transplant Recipients. Transplantation proceedings 2020. PMID: 32977978


  19. Ku E, Lee BK, McCulloch CE, Roll GR, Grimes B, Adey D, Johansen KL. Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Kidney Transplant Access within a Theoretical Context of Medical Eligibility. Transplantation 2019. PMID: 31568216


  20. Voora S, Adey DB. Management of Kidney Transplant Recipients by General Nephrologists: Core Curriculum 2019. American journal of kidney diseases : the official journal of the National Kidney Foundation 2019. PMID: 30981567


  21. Kobashigawa J, Dadhania D, Bhorade S, Adey D, Berger J, Bhat G, Budev M, Duarte-Rojo A, Dunn M, Hall S, Harhay MN, Johansen KL, Joseph S, Kennedy CC, Kransdorf E, Lentine KL, Lynch RJ, McAdams-DeMarco M, Nagai S, Olymbios M, Patel J, Pinney S, Schaenman J, Segev DL, Shah P, Singer LG, Singer JP, Sonnenday C, Tandon P, Tapper E, Tullius SG, Wilson M, Zamora M, Lai JC. Report from the American Society of Transplantation on frailty in solid organ transplantation. American journal of transplantation : official journal of the American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons 2018. PMID: 30506632


  22. Sharief S, Freitas D, Adey D, Wiley J. Disaster preparation in kidney transplant recipients: a questionnaire-based cohort study from a large United States transplant center?. Clinical nephrology 2018. PMID: 29092741


  23. Walavalkar V, Adey DB, Laszik ZG, Jen KY. Severe Renal Allograft Rejection Resulting from Lenalidomide Therapy for Multiple Myeloma: Case Report. Transplantation proceedings 2018. PMID: 29661456


  24. Lee BT, Gabardi S, Grafals M, Hofmann RM, Akalin E, Aljanabi A, Mandelbrot DA, Adey DB, Heher E, Fan PY, Conte S, Dyer-Ward C, Chandraker A. Efficacy of levofloxacin in the treatment of BK viremia: a multicenter, double-blinded, randomized, placebo-controlled trial. Clinical journal of the American Society of Nephrology : CJASN 2014. PMID: 24482066


  25. Adey DB. Women and kidney transplantation. Advances in chronic kidney disease 2013. PMID: 23978549


  26. Adey DB. Ionizing radiation during pretransplant evaluation: time to reconsider the evaluation process. Clinical journal of the American Society of Nephrology : CJASN 2013. PMID: 23620443


  27. Carpenter MA, Weir MR, Adey DB, House AA, Bostom AG, Kusek JW. Inadequacy of cardiovascular risk factor management in chronic kidney transplantation - evidence from the FAVORIT study. Clinical transplantation 2012. PMID: 22775763


  28. Bia M, Adey DB, Bloom RD, Chan L, Kulkarni S, Tomlanovich S. KDOQI US commentary on the 2009 KDIGO clinical practice guideline for the care of kidney transplant recipients. American journal of kidney diseases : the official journal of the National Kidney Foundation 2010. PMID: 20598411


  29. Terrault NA, Adey DB. The kidney transplant recipient with hepatitis C infection: pre- and posttransplantation treatment. Clinical journal of the American Society of Nephrology : CJASN 2007. PMID: 17699464


  30. Jordan SC, Tyan D, Stablein D, McIntosh M, Rose S, Vo A, Toyoda M, Davis C, Shapiro R, Adey D, Milliner D, Graff R, Steiner R, Ciancio G, Sahney S, Light J. Evaluation of intravenous immunoglobulin as an agent to lower allosensitization and improve transplantation in highly sensitized adult patients with end-stage renal disease: report of the NIH IG02 trial. Journal of the American Society of Nephrology : JASN 2004. PMID: 15579530


  31. Roland ME, Adey D, Carlson LL, Terrault NA. Kidney and liver transplantation in HIV-infected patients: case presentations and review. AIDS patient care and STDs 2003. PMID: 14588090


  32. Zambon AC, McDearmon EL, Salomonis N, Vranizan KM, Johansen KL, Adey D, Takahashi JS, Schambelan M, Conklin BR. Time- and exercise-dependent gene regulation in human skeletal muscle. Volume 4 of Issue 10. Genome biology 2003. PMID: 14519196


  33. Topp KS, Painter PL, Walcott S, Krasnoff JB, Adey D, Sakkas GK, Taylor J, McCormick K, TeNyenhuis M, Iofina M, Tomlanovich S, Stock P. Alterations in skeletal muscle structure are minimized with steroid withdrawal after renal transplantation. Transplantation 2003. PMID: 12973106


  34. Painter P, Taylor J, Wolcott S, Krasnoff J, Adey D, Tomlanovich S, Stock P, Topp K. Exercise capacity and muscle structure in kidney recipient and twin donor. Clinical transplantation 2003. PMID: 12780672


  35. Painter PL, Topp KS, Krasnoff JB, Adey D, Strasner A, Tomlanovich S, Stock P. Health-related fitness and quality of life following steroid withdrawal in renal transplant recipients. Kidney international 2003. PMID: 12753323


  36. Balagopal P, Schimke JC, Ades P, Adey D, Nair KS. Age effect on transcript levels and synthesis rate of muscle MHC and response to resistance exercise. American journal of physiology. Endocrinology and metabolism 2001. PMID: 11158921


  37. Adey D, Kumar R, McCarthy JT, Nair KS. Reduced synthesis of muscle proteins in chronic renal failure. American journal of physiology. Endocrinology and metabolism 2000. PMID: 10662705


  38. Balagopal P, Rooyackers OE, Adey DB, Ades PA, Nair KS. Effects of aging on in vivo synthesis of skeletal muscle myosin heavy-chain and sarcoplasmic protein in humans. The American journal of physiology 1997. PMID: 9357810


  39. Rooyackers OE, Adey DB, Ades PA, Nair KS. Effect of age on in vivo rates of mitochondrial protein synthesis in human skeletal muscle. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 1996. PMID: 8986817


  40. Charlton MR, Adey DB, Nair KS. Evidence for a catabolic role of glucagon during an amino acid load. The Journal of clinical investigation 1996. PMID: 8690809


  41. Adey DB, MacPherson BR, Groggel GC. Glomerulonephritis with associated hypocomplementemia and crescents: an unusual case of fibrillary glomerulonephritis. Journal of the American Society of Nephrology : JASN 1995. PMID: 7579081