Delphine Tuot, MD

Professor In Residence

EDUCATION
College: Stanford University, BS
Medical School: McGill University Faculty of Medicine, MDCM
Other graduate training: University of California, San Francisco, MAS
Internal Medicine residency: University of California, San Francisco
Nephrology fellowship: University of California, San Francisco


Dr. Tuot is a Professor of Medicine, Interim Division Chief of Nephrology at ZSFG, Associate CMO of Specialty Care and Diagnostics at ZSFG, and Director of the UCSF Center for Innovation in Access and Quality at ZSFG. Her interests include primary care management of chronic kidney disease (CKD), provider-patient communication, patient education and self-management, and implementation science. She is currently focused on the development, implementation, and evaluation of interventions that increase patient awareness and self-management of kidney health, as well as health system interventions that enhance patient access to timely, equitable high-quality specialty care, particularly within safety-net settings.

Education
2019 - Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Champion Training, University of California
M.A.S., 2011 - Clinical Research, University of California, San Francisco
Clinical Fellowship, 2011 - Nephrology, University of California, San Francisco
Residency, 2008 - Internal Medicine, University of California, San Francisco
Honors and Awards
  • Covid-19 Clinical Service Recognition Award, ZSFG, 2022
  • Values in Action Award, ZSFG, 2022
  • Inductee, Reviewer Hall of Fame, AJKD, 2018
  • Fellow of the National Kidney Foundation, NKF, 2016
  • Early Women's Professional Development Scholarship, AAMC, 2013
  • American Kidney Fund Clinical Sciencist in Nephrology, 2010
  • Andy I. Choi Memorial Scholarship, UCSF, 2010
Websites
Publications

  1. Willard-Grace R, Tuot DS. NAVKIDS2: a lesson in matching outcome measures to interventions. Kidney international 2024. PMID: 39304272


  2. Iroegbu C, Tuot DS, Lewis L, Matura LA. The Influence of Patient-Provider Communication on Self-Management Among Patients With Chronic Illness: A Systematic Mixed Studies Review. Journal of advanced nursing 2024. PMID: 39340765


  3. Chu CD, Dohan D, Estrella MM, Shlipak MG, Tuot DS. Primary care clinician perspectives on automated nephrology e-consults for diabetic kidney disease: a pre-implementation qualitative study. BMC primary care 2024. PMID: 38834994


  4. Kong M, Willard-Grace R, Khoong E, Sharma A, Mukerjee M, Su G, Tuot D. Implementing team-based telemedicine workflows in safety-net primary care. The American journal of managed care 2024. PMID: 38820184


  5. Tuot DS, Mukherjee A, Churape A, DeFries T, Su G, Khoong EC, Lyles C. Lessons From the Field From a Volunteer Telehealth Ambassador Program to Enhance Video Visits Among Low-Income Patients: Qualitative Improvement Study. JMIR formative research 2024. PMID: 38619874


  6. Plantinga LC, Concepcion DB, Chapman SA, Morgan JC, Rickenbach F, Douglas-Ajayi C, Tuot DS, Jaar BG, Urbanski M. It Is Time to Replace the Term "Patient Care Technician" in Dialysis. American journal of kidney diseases : the official journal of the National Kidney Foundation 2024. PMID: 38588978


  7. Martinez A, Warner A, Powe NR, Fernandez A, Tuot DS. Association between English Proficiency and Kidney Disease Knowledge and Communication Quality among Patients with ESKD. Kidney360 2024. PMID: 38356152


  8. Bhave NM, Han Y, Steffick D, Bragg-Gresham J, Zivin K, Burrows NR, Pavkov ME, Tuot D, Powe NR, Saran R. Assessing trends and variability in outpatient dual testing for chronic kidney disease with urine albumin and serum creatinine, 2009-2018: a retrospective cohort study in the Veterans Health Administration System. BMJ open 2024. PMID: 38346884


  9. Drawz PE, Lenoir KM, Rai NK, Rastogi A, Chu CD, Rahbari-Oskoui FF, Whelton PK, Thomas G, McWilliams A, Agarwal AK, Suarez MM, Dobre M, Powell J, Rocco MV, Lash JP, Oparil S, Raj DS, Dwyer J, Rahman M, Soman S, Townsend RR, Pemu P, Horwitz E, Ix JH, Tuot DS, Ishani A, Pajewski NM. Effect of Intensive Blood Pressure Control on Kidney Outcomes: Long-Term Electronic Health Record-Based Post-trial Follow-Up of SPRINT. Clinical journal of the American Society of Nephrology : CJASN 2023. PMID: 37883184


  10. Sam R, Zhang L, Tuot DS, Chaudhry R. The Decrease in Serum Total Cholesterol and Low-Density Lipoprotein (LDL) Concentrations With the Initiation of Hemodialysis Despite a Concomitant Increase in Serum Albumin Concentrations. Cureus 2023. PMID: 38022186


  11. Ferrè S, Storfer-Isser A, Kinderknecht K, Montgomery E, Godwin M, Andrews A, Dunning S, Barton M, Roman D, Cuddeback J, Stempniewicz N, Chu CD, Tuot DS, Vassalotti JA. Fulfillment and Validity of the Kidney Health Evaluation Measure for People with Diabetes. Mayo Clinic proceedings. Innovations, quality & outcomes 2023. PMID: 37680649


  12. Chu CD, Xia F, Du Y, Singh R, Tuot DS, Lamprea-Montealegre JA, Gualtieri R, Liao N, Kong SX, Williamson T, Shlipak MG, Estrella MM. Estimated Prevalence and Testing for Albuminuria in US Adults at Risk for Chronic Kidney Disease. JAMA network open 2023. PMID: 37498594


  13. Chu CD, McCulloch CE, Hsu RK, Powe NR, Bieber B, Robinson BM, Raina R, Pecoits-Filho R, Tuot DS. Utility of the Kidney Failure Risk Equation and Estimated GFR for Estimating Time to Kidney Failure in Advanced CKD. American journal of kidney diseases : the official journal of the National Kidney Foundation 2023. PMID: 37301501


  14. Chu CD, Tuot DS, Tummalapalli SL. Kidney Function Trajectories and Health Care Costs: Identifying High-Need, High-Cost Patients. Kidney Medicine 2023. PMID: 37250504


  15. Tuot DS, Powe NR. Care of the Patient With Abnormal Kidney Test Results. Annals of internal medicine 2023. PMID: 37155988


  16. Peter S, Wang M, Chu CD, Tuot DS, Chattopadhyay A, Chen JH. Gaps in Nephrology Referral Care Utilization in Patients at High-Risk of Progression to Kidney Failure. AMIA ... Annual Symposium proceedings. AMIA Symposium 2023. PMID: 37128404


  17. Chu CD, Lenoir KM, Rai NK, Soman S, Dwyer JP, Rocco MV, Agarwal AK, Beddhu S, Powell JR, Suarez MM, Lash JP, McWilliams A, Whelton PK, Drawz PE, Pajewski NM, Ishani A, Tuot DS. Concordance between clinical outcomes in the systolic blood pressure intervention trial and in the electronic health record. Contemporary clinical trials 2023. PMID: 37004812


  18. Archibald D, Grant R, Tuot DS, Liddy C, Sewell JL, Price DW, Grad R, Shipman SA, Campbell C, Guglani S, Wood TJ, Keely E. Development of eConsult reflective learning tools for healthcare providers: a pragmatic mixed methods approach. BMC primary care 2023. PMID: 36647016


  19. Lamprea-Montealegre JA, Madden E, Tummalapalli SL, Chu CD, Peralta CA, Du Y, Singh R, Kong SX, Tuot DS, Shlipak MG, Estrella MM. Prescription Patterns of Cardiovascular- and Kidney-Protective Therapies Among Patients With Type 2 Diabetes and Chronic Kidney Disease. Diabetes care 2022. PMID: 36156061


  20. Chu CD, Powe NR, Shlipak MG, Scherzer R, Tummalapalli SL, Estrella MM, Tuot DS. Albuminuria testing and nephrology care among insured US adults with chronic kidney disease: a missed opportunity. BMC primary care 2022. PMID: 36434513


  21. Chi D. Chu, Charles E. Mcculloch, Raymond K. Hsu, Neil R. Powe, Brian Bieber, Bruce M. Robinson, Roberto Pecoits-Filho, Rupesh Raina, Delphine S. Tuot. Estimating Time to Kidney Failure: Comparison of KFRE and eGFR Thresholds. Complement Activation 2022. PMID:


  22. Chi D. Chu, Fang Xia, Yuxian Du, Delphine S. Tuot, Michael Shlipak, Julio Lamprea, Rakesh Singh, Ralph Gualtieri, Sheldon X. Kong, Todd E. Williamson, Michelle M. Estrella. Estimating Underdetection of CKD in Real-World Health Systems. Complement Activation 2022. PMID:


  23. Chu CD, Powe NR, Estrella MM, Shlipak MG, McCoy IE, Tuot DS. Submaximal Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitor and Angiotensin Receptor Blocker Dosing Among Persons With Proteinuria. Mayo Clinic proceedings 2022. PMID: 36210196


  24. Tuot DS, Crowley ST, Katz LA, Leung J, Alcantara-Cadillo DK, Ruser C, Talbot-Montgomery E, Vassalotti JA. Usability Testing of the Kidney Score Platform to Enhance Communication About Kidney Disease in Primary Care Settings: Qualitative Think-Aloud Study. JMIR formative research 2022. PMID: 36170008


  25. Mohottige D, Tuot DS. Advancing Kidney Health Equity: Influences of Gender-Affirming Hormone Therapy on Kidney Function. Clinical journal of the American Society of Nephrology : CJASN 2022. PMID: 35973727


  26. Ding X, Barnett M, Mehrotra A, Tuot DS, Bitterman DS, Miller TA. Classifying unstructured electronic consult messages to understand primary care physician specialty information needs. Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association : JAMIA 2022. PMID: 35751571


  27. Kwong YD, Tuot DS. Optimizing Self-Management Programs in Kidney Disease: Implementation of Sick-Day Protocols. Kidney Medicine 2022. PMID: 36071743


  28. Wang M, Peter SS, Chu CD, Tuot DS, Chen JH. Analysis of Specialty Nephrology Care Among Patients With Chronic Kidney Disease and High Risk of Disease Progression. JAMA network open 2022. PMID: 35984661


  29. Kim EK, Kidane J, Brodie S, Tuot DS, Sharon JD. Utility of telephone visits at an urban safety-net hospital during 2020: A retrospective review. Laryngoscope investigative otolaryngology 2022. PMID: 36258874


  30. JULIO A. LAMPREA MONTEALEGRE, ERIN MADDEN, SRI LEKHA TUMMALAPALLI, CHI CHU, YUXIAN DU, RAKESH SINGH, SHELDON KONG, DELPHINE S. TUOT, CARMEN PERALTA, MICHAEL G. SHLIPAK, MICHELLE ESTRELLA. 178-OR: Prescription Patterns of Cardiovascular and Kidney Protective Therapies among Patients with Type 2 Diabetes. Diabetes 2022. PMID:


  31. Sharma AE, Khoong EC, Sierra M, Rivadeneira NA, Nijagal MA, Su G, Lyles CR, Defries T, Tuot D, Sarkar U. System-level factors associated with telephone and video visit use: Survey of safety-net clinicians during the early phase of COVID-19. 2022. PMID: 35148271


  32. Fallahzadeh MK, Ku E, Chu CD, McCulloch CE, Tuot DS. Racial Differences in Medication Utilization for Secondary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease in Kidney Transplant Recipients: A Post Hoc Analysis of the FAVORIT Trial Cohort. 2022. PMID: 35360084


  33. Tummalapalli SL, Chu CD, Tuot DS. Avoiding Overuse of Venipuncture and Laboratory Testing in Hospitalized Patients on Hemodialysis. Journal of patient safety 2020. PMID: 32569100


  34. Wilk AS, Tuot DS. Nudging Behavioral Economics into Nephrology Care Delivery Research. 2022. PMID: 34969819


  35. Bruce MA, Thorpe RJ, Kermah D, Shen J, Nicholas SB, Beech BM, Tuot DS, Ku E, Waterman AD, Duru K, Brown A, Norris KC. Religious Service Attendance and Mortality among Adults in the United States with Chronic Kidney Disease. 2021. PMID: 34948788


  36. Jiang MY, Song R, Chen R, Cho A, Bellou S, Zhuo M, Li J, Krupat E, Mothi SS, Shah K, Policht J, Rosenblatt A, Berns J, Tuot DS, Heung M, Hsiao LL. Addressing the nephrology workforce shortage via a novel undergraduate pipeline program: the Kidney Disease Screening and Awareness Program (KDSAP) at 10 years. 2021. PMID: 34678335


  37. Chu CD, Tuot DS. Facilitating a Patient-Centered Transition From Kidney Disease to Kidney Failure: Can Digital Tools Help? 2021. PMID: 34938995


  38. Yun Han, Nicole Bhave, Diane Steffick, Kara Zivin, Alain Koyama, Meda E. Pavkov, Neil R. Powe, Delphine S. Tuot, Rajiv Saran. Facility-Level Variation and Racial Disparities in Albuminuria and Serum Creatinine Dual Testing in the US Veterans Health Administration (VHA) Health Care System. Complement Activation 2021. PMID:


  39. Chi D. Chu, Neil R. Powe, Michelle M. Estrella, Michael Shlipak, Ian Mccoy, Delphine S. Tuot. Submaximal Dose of Angiotensin Converting Enzyme Inhibitor and Angiotensin II Receptor Blockers Among Persons with Proteinuria. Complement Activation 2021. PMID:


  40. Chu CD, Powe NR, Crews DC, Tuot DS. CKD Progression From the Time of Estimated GFR-Based Waitlist Eligibility and Racial Disparities in Transplant Access. American journal of kidney diseases : the official journal of the National Kidney Foundation 2021. PMID: 34543686


  41. Rosenblatt AM, Crews DC, Powe NR, Zonderman AB, Evans MK, Tuot DS. Association between neighborhood social cohesion, awareness of chronic diseases, and participation in healthy behaviors in a community cohort. BMC public health 2021. PMID: 34479522


  42. Chu CD, Powe NR, McCulloch CE, Crews DC, Han Y, Bragg-Gresham JL, Saran R, Koyama A, Burrows NR, Tuot DS, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Chronic Kidney Disease Surveillance Team. Trends in Chronic Kidney Disease Care in the US by Race and Ethnicity, 2012-2019. JAMA network open 2021. PMID: 34570204


  43. Khoong EC, Nouri SS, Tuot DS, Nundy S, Fontil V, Sarkar U. Comparison of Diagnostic Recommendations from Individual Physicians versus the Collective Intelligence of Multiple Physicians in Ambulatory Cases Referred for Specialist Consultation. Medical decision making : an international journal of the Society for Medical Decision Making 2021. PMID: 34378444


  44. Okpechi IG, Tinwala MM, Muneer S, Zaidi D, Ye F, Hamonic LN, Khan M, Sultana N, Brimble S, Grill A, Klarenbach S, Lindeman C, Molnar A, Nitsch D, Ronksley P, Shojai S, Soos B, Tangri N, Thompson S, Tuot D, Drummond N, Mangin D, Bello AK. Prevalence of polypharmacy and associated adverse health outcomes in adult patients with chronic kidney disease: protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis. Systematic reviews 2021. PMID: 34218816


  45. Chu CD, Chen MH, McCulloch CE, Powe NR, Estrella MM, Shlipak MG, Tuot DS. Patient Awareness of CKD: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Patient-Oriented Questions and Study Setting. Kidney Medicine 2021. PMID: 34401725


  46. Machen L, Handley MA, Powe N, Tuot D. Engagement With a Health Information Technology-Augmented Self-Management Support Program in a Population With Limited English Proficiency: Observational Study. JMIR mHealth and uHealth 2021. PMID: 33973868


  47. Sharma AE, Khoong EC, Nijagal MA, Lyles CR, Su G, DeFries T, Sarkar U, Tuot D. Clinician experience with telemedicine at a safety-net hospital network during COVID-19: a cross-sectional survey. Journal of health care for the poor and underserved 2021. PMID: 37020792


  48. Murphy EJ, Tuot DS. Assuring safety and efficacy of nurse triage for electronic consultation to improve access to specialty care. BMJ quality & safety 2021. PMID: 33542064


  49. Velazquez AF, Velasquez A, Tuot DS. Limited english proficiency and concordance of CKD awareness among primary care providers and patients. BMC nephrology 2020. PMID: 33302896


  50. Drawz PE, Agarwal A, Dwyer JP, Horwitz E, Lash J, Lenoir K, McWilliams A, Oparil S, Rahbari-Oskoui F, Rahman M, Parkulo MA, Pemu P, Raj DS, Rocco M, Soman S, Thomas G, Tuot DS, Whelton PK, Pajewski NM. Concordance Between Blood Pressure in the Systolic Blood Pressure Intervention Trial and in Routine Clinical Practice. JAMA internal medicine 2020. PMID: 33044494


  51. Chu CD, Powe NR, McCulloch CE, Banerjee T, Crews DC, Saran R, Bragg-Gresham J, Morgenstern H, Pavkov ME, Saydah SH, Tuot DS. Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitor or Angiotensin Receptor Blocker Use Among Hypertensive US Adults With Albuminuria. Hypertension (Dallas, Tex. : 1979) 2020. PMID: 33190561


  52. Chu CD, Ku E, Fallahzadeh MK, McCulloch CE, Tuot DS. The Kidney Failure Risk Equation for Prediction of Allograft Loss in Kidney Transplant Recipients. Kidney Medicine 2020. PMID: 33319199


  53. Tuot DS, Crowley ST, Katz LA, Leung J, Alcantara-Cadillo DK, Ruser C, Talbot-Montgomery E, Vassalotti JA. The Kidney Score Platform for Patient and Clinician Awareness, Communication, and Management of Kidney Disease: Protocol for a Mixed Methods Study. JMIR research protocols 2020. PMID: 33074162


  54. Chi D. Chu, Neil R. Powe, Delphine S. Tuot. Differences in Kidney Failure Risk by Race/Ethnicity at the Time of GFR-Based Transplant Eligibility. Journal of the American Society of Nephrology 2020. PMID:


  55. Yun Han, Maggie Yin, Diane Steffick, April Wyncott, Jennifer L. Bragg-Gresham, Kara Zivin, Nilka Rios Burrows, Carla I. Mercado, Delphine S. Tuot, Neil R. Powe, Rajiv Saran. Low Documentation of Social Determinants of Health Among US Veterans and Medicare Patients with CKD. Journal of the American Society of Nephrology 2020. PMID:


  56. Mohammad Kazem Fallahzadeh Abarghouei, Elaine Ku, Chi D. Chu, Charles E. McCulloch, Delphine S. Tuot. Racial Disparities in Receipt of Medications for Secondary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease in Kidney Transplant Recipients in the FAVORIT Trial. Journal of the American Society of Nephrology 2020. PMID:


  57. Nicole M. Bhave, Yun Han, Diane Steffick, Jennifer L. Bragg-Gresham, Kara Zivin, Nilka Rios Burrows, Meda E. Pavkov, Delphine S. Tuot, Neil R. Powe, Rajiv Saran. Urine Albumin and Serum Creatinine Dual Testing in US Veterans: Trends and Associations with Subspecialty Care. Journal of the American Society of Nephrology 2020. PMID:


  58. Chi D. Chu, Neil R. Powe, Michael Shlipak, Rebecca Scherzer, Sri Lekha Tummalapalli, Michelle M. Estrella, Delphine S. Tuot. Variation in Kidney Failure Risk Across Health Organizations Among Adults with CKD in Nephrology Ambulatory Care. Journal of the American Society of Nephrology 2020. PMID:


  59. Chu CD, Tuot DS, Harrison JD, Duong J, Luxenberg A, Khanna RR. Completeness and quality of text paging for subspecialty consult requests. Postgraduate medical journal 2020. PMID: 32820085


  60. Tuot DS. Improving Equity in Medication Use through Better Kidney Function Measurement. Journal of the American Society of Nephrology : JASN 2020. PMID: 32663799


  61. Moroz I, Archibald D, Breton M, Cote-Boileau E, Crowe L, Horsley T, Hyseni L, Johar G, Keely E, Burns KK, Kuziemsky C, Laplante J, Mihan A, Oppenheimer L, Sturge D, Tuot DS, Liddy C. Key factors for national spread and scale-up of an eConsult innovation. Health research policy and systems 2020. PMID: 32493357


  62. Liddy C, Hauteclocque J, Moroz I, Oppenheimer L, Sturge D, Burns KK, Horsley T, Tuot D, Keely E. Enabling patient-centred policy for electronic consultations: A qualitative analysis of discussions from a stakeholder meeting. Journal of telemedicine and telecare 2020. PMID: 32486888


  63. Shieu M, Morgenstern H, Bragg-Gresham J, Gillespie BW, Shamim-Uzzaman QA, Tuot D, Saydah S, Rolka D, Burrows NR, Powe NR, Saran R, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Chronic Kidney Disease Surveillance Team. US Trends in Prevalence of Sleep Problems and Associations with Chronic Kidney Disease and Mortality. 2020. PMID: 35368590


  64. Tummalapalli SL, Vittinghoff E, Crews DC, Cushman M, Gutiérrez OM, Judd SE, Kramer HJ, Peralta CA, Tuot DS, Shlipak MG, Estrella MM. Chronic Kidney Disease Awareness and Longitudinal Health Outcomes: Results from the REasons for Geographic And Racial Differences in Stroke Study. American journal of nephrology 2020. PMID: 32349001


  65. Chu CD, McCulloch CE, Banerjee T, Pavkov ME, Burrows NR, Gillespie BW, Saran R, Shlipak MG, Powe NR, Tuot DS. CKD Awareness Among US Adults by Future Risk of Kidney Failure. American journal of kidney diseases : the official journal of the National Kidney Foundation 2020. PMID: 32305206


  66. Novick TK, Han D, Tuot DS, Jacobs EA, Zonderman A, Evans MK, Crews DC. Housing Instability and Health Care Engagement Among People With CKD. 2020. PMID: 32734256


  67. Peralta CA, Frigaard M, Rolon L, Seal K, Tuot D, Senyak J, Lo L, Powe N, Scherzer R, Chao S, Chiao P, Lui K, Shlipak MG, Rubinsky AD. Screening for CKD To Improve Processes of Care among Nondiabetic Veterans with Hypertension: A Pragmatic Cluster-Randomized Trial. Clinical journal of the American Society of Nephrology : CJASN 2020. PMID: 32034070


  68. Knox M, Murphy EJ, Leslie T, Wick R, Tuot DS. e-Consult implementation success: lessons from 5 county-based delivery systems. The American journal of managed care 2020. PMID: 31951363


  69. Bello AK, Ronksley PE, Tangri N, Kurzawa J, Osman MA, Singer A, Grill AK, Nitsch D, Queenan JA, Wick J, Lindeman C, Soos B, Tuot DS, Shojai S, Brimble KS, Mangin D, Drummond N. Quality of Chronic Kidney Disease Management in Canadian Primary Care. JAMA network open 2019. PMID: 31483474


  70. Tuot DS, Rubinsky AD, Velasquez A, McCulloch CE, Schillinger D, Handley MA, Hsu CY, Powe NR. Interventions to Improve Blood Pressure Control Among Socioeconomically Disadvantaged Patients With CKD: Kidney Awareness Registry and Education Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial. Kidney Medicine 2019. PMID: 32734204


  71. . SUN-233 The state of CKD care in Canadian primary care: a retrospective analysis of a national database. 2019. PMID:


  72. Lee J, Chu C, Guzman D, Fontil V, Velasquez A, Powe NR, Tuot DS. Albuminuria Testing by Race and Ethnicity among Patients with Hypertension with and without Diabetes. American journal of nephrology 2019. PMID: 31167180


  73. Ku E, Hsu RK, Tuot DS, Bae SR, Lipkowitz MS, Smogorzewski MJ, Grimes BA, Weir MR. Magnitude of the Difference Between Clinic and Ambulatory Blood Pressures and Risk of Adverse Outcomes in Patients With Chronic Kidney Disease. Journal of the American Heart Association 2019. PMID: 31014164


  74. Grubbs V, Tuot DS, Powe NR, O'Donoghue D, Chesla CA. Family Involvement in Decisions to Forego or Withdraw Dialysis: A Qualitative Study of Nephrologists in the United States and England. Kidney Medicine 2019. PMID: 32734185


  75. Banerjee T, Crews DC, Tuot DS, Pavkov ME, Burrows NR, Stack AG, Saran R, Bragg-Gresham J, Powe NR. Poor accordance to a DASH dietary pattern is associated with higher risk of ESRD among adults with moderate chronic kidney disease and hypertension. Kidney international 2019. PMID: 30975440


  76. Tuot DS, Wong KK, Velasquez A, Crews DC, Zonderman AB, Evans MK, Powe NR. CKD Awareness in the General Population: Performance of CKD-Specific Questions. Kidney Medicine 2019. PMID: 32734184


  77. Fontil V, Radcliffe K, Lyson HC, Ratanawongsa N, Lyles C, Tuot D, Yuen K, Sarkar U. Testing and improving the acceptability of a web-based platform for collective intelligence to improve diagnostic accuracy in primary care clinics. JAMIA Open 2019. PMID: 31984344


  78. Bello AK, Ronksley PE, Tangri N, Kurzawa J, Osman MA, Singer A, Grill A, Nitsch D, Queenan JA, Wick J, Lindeman C, Soos B, Tuot DS, Shojai S, Brimble S, Mangin D, Drummond N. Prevalence and Demographics of CKD in Canadian Primary Care Practices: A Cross-sectional Study. Kidney international reports 2019. PMID: 30993231


  79. Contreras MG, Lee J, Shakhnazaryan N, Shakhnazaryan N, Salamanca N, Creasy K, Tuot D, Marquez-Magaña L. San Francisco Health Initiative: Creating Agents of Change to Build Capacity for Free Clinic Research. Free clinic research collective 2018. PMID: 31346588


  80. Tuot DS, Liddy C, Vimalananda VG, Pecina J, Murphy EJ, Keely E, Simon SR, North F, Orlander JD, Chen AH. Evaluating diverse electronic consultation programs with a common framework. BMC health services research 2018. PMID: 30355346


  81. Tuot DS. Better Patient Ambulatory Care Experience: Does It Translate into Improved Outcomes among Patients with CKD? Clinical journal of the American Society of Nephrology : CJASN 2018. PMID: 30337325


  82. Tuot DS, Lin F, Norris K, Gassman J, Smogorzewski M, Ku E. Depressive Symptoms Associate With Race and All-Cause Mortality in Patients With CKD. Kidney international reports 2018. PMID: 30775619


  83. Wong KK, Velasquez A, Powe NR, Tuot DS. Association between health literacy and self-care behaviors among patients with chronic kidney disease. BMC nephrology 2018. PMID: 30081951


  84. Bragg-Gresham J, Morgenstern H, McClellan W, Saydah S, Pavkov M, Williams D, Powe N, Tuot D, Hsu R, Saran R. County-level air quality and the prevalence of diagnosed chronic kidney disease in the US Medicare population. PloS one 2018. PMID: 30063741


  85. Olayiwola JN, Potapov A, Gordon A, Jurado J, Magana C, Knox M, Tuot D. Electronic consultation impact from the primary care clinician perspective: Outcomes from a national sample. Journal of telemedicine and telecare 2018. PMID: 29991315


  86. Tuot DS, McCulloch CE, Velasquez A, Schillinger D, Hsu CY, Handley M, Powe NR. Impact of a Primary Care CKD Registry in a US Public Safety-Net Health Care Delivery System: A Pragmatic Randomized Trial. American journal of kidney diseases : the official journal of the National Kidney Foundation 2018. PMID: 29699885


  87. Cervantes L, Tuot D, Raghavan R, Linas S, Zoucha J, Sweeney L, Vangala C, Hull M, Camacho M, Keniston A, McCulloch CE, Grubbs V, Kendrick J, Powe NR. Association of Emergency-Only vs Standard Hemodialysis With Mortality and Health Care Use Among Undocumented Immigrants With End-stage Renal Disease. Volume 178 of Issue 2. JAMA internal medicine 2018. PMID: 29255898


  88. Selvig D, Sewell JL, Tuot DS, Day LW. Gastroenterologist and primary care perspectives on a post-endoscopy discharge policy: impact on clinic wait times, provider satisfaction and provider workload. Volume 18 of Issue 1. BMC health services research 2018. PMID: 29321069


  89. Malkina A, Tuot DS. Role of telehealth in renal replacement therapy education. Volume 31 of Issue 2. Seminars in dialysis 2018. PMID: 29314304


  90. Strait A, Velasquez A, Handley MA, Leong K, Najmabadi A, Powe NR, Tuot DS. Acceptability of a multilevel intervention to improve blood pressure control among patients with chronic kidney disease in a public health care delivery system. Clinical kidney journal 2017. PMID: 30094019


  91. Olayiwola JN, Knox M, Dubé K, Lu EC, Woldeyesus T, James IE, Willard-Grace R, Tuot D. Understanding the Potential for Patient Engagement in Electronic Consultation and Referral Systems: Lessons From One Safety Net System. Health services research 2017. PMID: 28940495


  92. Rich NC, Vartanian SM, Sharief S, Freitas DJ, Tuot DS. A mixed-methods investigation of incident Hemodialysis access in a safety-net population. Volume 18 of Issue 1. BMC nephrology 2017. PMID: 28865432


  93. Bello AK, Ronksley PE, Tangri N, Singer A, Grill A, Nitsch D, Queenan JA, Lindeman C, Soos B, Freiheit E, Tuot D, Mangin D, Drummond N. A national surveillance project on chronic kidney disease management in Canadian primary care: a study protocol. Volume 7 of Issue 8. BMJ open 2017. PMID: 28780553


  94. Ulloa JG, Russell MD, Chen AH, Tuot DS. A cohort study of a general surgery electronic consultation system: safety implications and impact on surgical yield. Volume 17 of Issue 1. BMC health services research 2017. PMID: 28645288


  95. Kwok J, Olayiwola JN, Knox M, Murphy EJ, Tuot DS. Electronic consultation system demonstrates educational benefit for primary care providers. Journal of telemedicine and telecare 2017. PMID: 28614974


  96. Peralta CA, Frigaard M, Rubinsky AD, Rolon L, Lo L, Voora S, Seal K, Tuot D, Chao S, Lui K, Chiao P, Powe N, Shlipak M. Implementation of a pragmatic randomized trial of screening for chronic kidney disease to improve care among non-diabetic hypertensive veterans. Volume 18 of Issue 1. BMC nephrology 2017. PMID: 28399844


  97. Dharmarajan SH, Bragg-Gresham JL, Morgenstern H, Gillespie BW, Li Y, Powe NR, Tuot DS, Banerjee T, Burrows NR, Rolka DB, Saydah SH, Saran R. State-Level Awareness of Chronic Kidney Disease in the U.S. Volume 53 of Issue 3. American journal of preventive medicine 2017. PMID: 28410862


  98. Grubbs V, Tuot DS, Powe NR, O'Donoghue D, Chesla CA. System-Level Barriers and Facilitators for Foregoing or Withdrawing Dialysis: A Qualitative Study of Nephrologists in the United States and England. Volume 70 of Issue 5. American journal of kidney diseases : the official journal of the National Kidney Foundation 2017. PMID: 28242134


  99. Tuot DS, Boulware LE. Telehealth Applications to Enhance CKD Knowledge and Awareness Among Patients and Providers. Volume 24 of Issue 1. Advances in chronic kidney disease 2017. PMID: 28224941


  100. Keely EJ, Archibald D, Tuot DS, Lochnan H, Liddy C. Unique Educational Opportunities for PCPs and Specialists Arising From Electronic Consultation Services. Volume 92 of Issue 1. Academic medicine : journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges 2017. PMID: 28030423


  101. Fulford D, Tuot DS, Mangurian C. Electronic Psychiatric Consultation in Primary Care in the Safety Net. Volume 67 of Issue 10. Psychiatric services (Washington, D.C.) 2016. PMID: 27691391


  102. Tuot DS, Zhu Y, Velasquez A, Espinoza J, Mendez CD, Banerjee T, Hsu CY, Powe NR. Variation in Patients' Awareness of CKD according to How They Are Asked. Volume 11 of Issue 9. Clinical journal of the American Society of Nephrology : CJASN 2016. PMID: 27340288


  103. de Boer IH, Kovesdy CP, Navaneethan SD, Peralta CA, Tuot DS, Vazquez MA, Crews DC. Pragmatic Clinical Trials in CKD: Opportunities and Challenges. Volume 27 of Issue 10. Journal of the American Society of Nephrology : JASN 2016. PMID: 27283497


  104. Xie Y, Maziarz M, Tuot DS, Chertow GM, Himmelfarb J, Hall YN. Risk prediction to inform surveillance of chronic kidney disease in the US Healthcare Safety Net: a cohort study. Volume 17 of Issue 1. BMC nephrology 2016. PMID: 27276913


  105. . Sa1099 Effects of a Post-Endoscopy Discharge Policy to Improve Access to a Safety Net Gastroenterology Clinic. 2016. PMID:


  106. Tuot DS, Scherzer R, Leong H, Hung AM, Grunfeld C, Shlipak MG. Use of cystatin C to inform metformin eligibility among adult veterans with diabetes. Volume 3. Journal of clinical & translational endocrinology 2016. PMID: 28603691


  107. Tuot DS, Leeds K, Murphy EJ, Sarkar U, Lyles CR, Mekonnen T, Chen AH. Facilitators and barriers to implementing electronic referral and/or consultation systems: a qualitative study of 16 health organizations. Volume 15. BMC health services research 2015. PMID: 26687507


  108. Tuot DS, Velasquez A, McCulloch CE, Banerjee T, Zhu Y, Hsu CY, Handley M, Schillinger D, Powe NR. The Kidney Awareness Registry and Education (KARE) study: protocol of a randomized controlled trial to enhance provider and patient engagement with chronic kidney disease. Volume 16. BMC nephrology 2015. PMID: 26494562


  109. Tuot DS, Lin F, Shlipak MG, Grubbs V, Hsu CY, Yee J, Shahinian V, Saran R, Saydah S, Williams DE, Powe NR. Potential Impact of Prescribing Metformin According to eGFR Rather Than Serum Creatinine. Volume 38 of Issue 11. Diabetes care 2015. PMID: 26307607


  110. Tuot DS, Cavanaugh KL. Evaluating the Merits of CKD Patient Educational Materials: Readability Is Necessary But Not Sufficient. Volume 65 of Issue 6. American journal of kidney diseases : the official journal of the National Kidney Foundation 2015. PMID: 26003608


  111. Tuot DS, Murphy EJ, McCulloch CE, Leeds K, Chan E, Chen AH. Leveraging an electronic referral system to build a medical neighborhood. Volume 3 of Issue 4. Healthcare (Amsterdam, Netherlands) 2015. PMID: 26699344


  112. Tuot DS, Peralta CA. To screen or not to screen: that is not (yet) the question. Volume 10 of Issue 4. Clinical journal of the American Society of Nephrology : CJASN 2015. PMID: 25779993


  113. Tuot DS, Grubbs V. Chronic kidney disease care in the US safety net. Volume 22 of Issue 1. Advances in chronic kidney disease 2015. PMID: 25573515


  114. Tuot DS, Sewell JL, Day L, Leeds K, Chen AH. Increasing access to specialty care: patient discharges from a gastroenterology clinic. Volume 20 of Issue 10. The American journal of managed care 2014. PMID: 25365684


  115. Carlson AQ, Tuot DS, Jen KY, Butcher B, Graf J, Sam R, Imboden JB. Pauci-immune glomerulonephritis in individuals with disease associated with levamisole-adulterated cocaine: a series of 4 cases. Volume 93 of Issue 17. Medicine 2014. PMID: 25398064


  116. Tuot DS, Diamantidis CJ, Corbett CF, Boulware LE, Fox CH, Harwood DH, Star RA, Rys-Sikora KE, Narva A. The last mile: translational research to improve CKD outcomes. Volume 9 of Issue 10. Clinical journal of the American Society of Nephrology : CJASN 2014. PMID: 24970870


  117. McBride D, Dohan D, Handley MA, Powe NR, Tuot DS. Developing a CKD registry in primary care: provider attitudes and input. Volume 63 of Issue 4. American journal of kidney diseases : the official journal of the National Kidney Foundation 2013. PMID: 24295612


  118. Tuot DS, Powe NR. Translating science to improve health: hope for patients with kidney disease at what cost? Volume 159 of Issue 6. Annals of internal medicine 2013. PMID: 24042371


  119. Tuot DS, Davis E, Velasquez A, Banerjee T, Powe NR. Assessment of printed patient-educational materials for chronic kidney disease. Volume 38 of Issue 3. American journal of nephrology 2013. PMID: 23970127


  120. Sewell JL, Day LW, Tuot DS, Alvarez R, Yu A, Chen AH. A brief, low-cost intervention improves the quality of ambulatory gastroenterology consultation notes. Volume 126 of Issue 8. The American journal of medicine 2013. PMID: 23791206


  121. . Tu1250 A Brief, Low-Cost Intervention Improves the Quality of Ambulatory Gastroenterology Consultation NOTES. 2013. PMID:


  122. Tuttle KR, Tuot DS, Corbett CL, Setter SM, Powe NR. Type 2 translational research for CKD. Volume 8 of Issue 10. Clinical journal of the American Society of Nephrology : CJASN 2013. PMID: 23620444


  123. Grubbs V, Plantinga LC, Tuot DS, Hedgeman E, Saran R, Saydah S, Rolka D, Powe NR. Americans' use of dietary supplements that are potentially harmful in CKD. Volume 61 of Issue 5. American journal of kidney diseases : the official journal of the National Kidney Foundation 2013. PMID: 23415417


  124. Tuot DS, Plantinga LC, Judd SE, Muntner P, Hsu CY, Warnock DG, Gutiérrez OM, Safford M, Powe NR, McClellan WM. Healthy behaviors, risk factor control and awareness of chronic kidney disease. Volume 37 of Issue 2. American journal of nephrology 2013. PMID: 23392070


  125. Plantinga LC, Tuot DS, Grubbs V, Hsu CY, Powe NR. Chronic kidney disease identification in a high-risk urban population: does automated eGFR reporting make a difference? Volume 89 of Issue 6. Journal of urban health : bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine 2012. PMID: 22684427


  126. Tuot DS, Sehgal NL, Neeman N, Auerbach A. Enhancing quality of trainee-written consultation notes. Volume 125 of Issue 7. The American journal of medicine 2012. PMID: 22560812


  127. Grubbs V, Plantinga LC, Tuot DS, Powe NR. Chronic kidney disease and use of dental services in a United States public healthcare system: a retrospective cohort study. Volume 13. BMC nephrology 2012. PMID: 22471751


  128. Tuot DS, Lopez M, Miller C, Karliner LS. Impact of an easy-access telephonic interpreter program in the acute care setting: an evaluation of a quality improvement intervention. Volume 38 of Issue 2. Joint Commission journal on quality and patient safety 2012. PMID: 22372255


  129. Tuot DS, Plantinga LC, Hsu CY, Powe NR. Is awareness of chronic kidney disease associated with evidence-based guideline-concordant outcomes? Volume 35 of Issue 2. American journal of nephrology 2012. PMID: 22286715


  130. Tuot DS, Plantinga LC. What patients don't know may hurt them: knowledge and the perception of knowledge among patients with CKD. Volume 80 of Issue 12. Kidney international 2011. PMID: 22126982


  131. Tuot DS, Plantinga LC, Hsu CY, Jordan R, Burrows NR, Hedgeman E, Yee J, Saran R, Powe NR. Chronic kidney disease awareness among individuals with clinical markers of kidney dysfunction. Volume 6 of Issue 8. Clinical journal of the American Society of Nephrology : CJASN 2011. PMID: 21784832


  132. Diamond LC, Tuot DS, Karliner LS. The use of Spanish language skills by physicians and nurses: policy implications for teaching and testing. Volume 27 of Issue 1. Journal of general internal medicine 2011. PMID: 21773850


  133. . 106 Missed Opportunity? —Dental Visits by Chronic Kidney Disease Status in Underserved Patients. 2011. PMID:


  134. . 248 Prevalence of Diagnosed Risk Factors in Underserved Patients Without Creatinine Measurements is High. 2011. PMID:


  135. . 329 Limited English Proficiency and Acute Health Care Utilization Among Patients With CKD. 2011. PMID:


  136. Tuot DS, Powe NR. Chronic kidney disease in primary care: an opportunity for generalists. Volume 26 of Issue 4. Journal of general internal medicine 2011. PMID: 21359580


  137. Plantinga LC, Tuot DS, Powe NR. Awareness of chronic kidney disease among patients and providers. Volume 17 of Issue 3. Advances in chronic kidney disease 2010. PMID: 20439091


  138. Tuot D, Gibson S, Caughey AB, Frassetto LA. Intradialytic hyperalimentation as adjuvant support in pregnant hemodialysis patients: case report and review of the literature. Volume 42 of Issue 1. International urology and nephrology 2009. PMID: 19911296


  139. Wu LC, Tuot DS, Lyons DS, Garcia KC, Davis MM. Two-step binding mechanism for T-cell receptor recognition of peptide MHC. Volume 418 of Issue 6897. Nature 2002. PMID: 12152083