Jonathan Amatruda, MD

Assistant Professor

Jonathan Amatruda, MD, MAS is an assistant clinical professor in the UCSF Division of Nephrology at the Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital. His research interests have focused on the development of novel biomarkers of kidney health, especially those that relate to the kidney tubule. His clinical practice is in general nephrology (chronic kidney disease, dialysis, and acute kidney injury) with a particular interest in the care of patients with chronic kidney disease and heart disease.

Education
MAS, 06/2021 - Clinical Research, University of California, San Francisco
Internship & Residency, 06/2018 - Internal Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
MD, 05/2015 - Medicine, University of Connecticut School of Medicine
BA, 05/2009 - Anthropology, Yale University
Publications

  1. Amatruda JG, Katz R, Rebholz CM, Sarnak MJ, Gutierrez OM, Schrauben SJ, Greenberg JH, Coresh J, Cushman M, Waikar S, Parikh CR, Schelling JR, Jogalekar MP, Bonventre JV, Vasan RS, Kimmel PL, Ix JH, Shlipak MG, CKD Biomarkers Consortium. Urine Biomarkers of Kidney Tubule Health and Risk of Incident CKD in Persons Without Diabetes: The ARIC, MESA, and REGARDS Studies. Kidney Medicine 2024. PMID: 38826568


  2. Aron AW, Amatruda JG. Fractional Excretion of Sodium and Urea are Useful Tools in the Evaluation of AKI: CON. Kidney360 2022. PMID: 37384888


  3. Amatruda JG, Scherzer R, Rao VS, Ivey-Miranda JB, Shlipak MG, Estrella MM, Testani JM. Renin-Angiotensin-Aldosterone System Activation and Diuretic Response in Ambulatory Patients With Heart Failure. 2022. PMID: 35620081


  4. Amatruda JG, Katz R, Sarnak MJ, Gutierrez OM, Greenberg JH, Cushman M, Waikar S, Parikh CR, Schelling JR, Jogalekar MP, Bonventre JV, Vasan RS, Kimmel PL, Shlipak MG, Ix JH, CKD Biomarkers Consortium. Biomarkers of Kidney Tubule Disease and Risk of End-Stage Kidney Disease in Persons With Diabetes and CKD. Kidney international reports 2022. PMID: 35812302


  5. Ivey-Miranda JB, Stewart B, Cox ZL, McCallum W, Maulion C, Gleason O, Meegan G, Amatruda JG, Moreno-Villagomez J, Mahoney D, Turner JM, Wilson FP, Estrella MM, Shlipak MG, Rao VS, Testani JM. FGF-23 (Fibroblast Growth Factor-23) and Cardiorenal Interactions. 2021. PMID: 34689571


  6. Amatruda JG, Estrella MM, Garg AX, Thiessen-Philbrook H, McArthur E, Coca SG, Parikh CR, Shlipak MG, TRIBE-AKI Consortium. Urine Alpha-1-Microglobulin Levels and Acute Kidney Injury, Mortality, and Cardiovascular Events following Cardiac Surgery. 2021. PMID: 34515046


  7. Amatruda JG, Katz R, Peralta CA, Estrella MM, Sarathy H, Fried LF, Newman AB, Parikh CR, Ix JH, Sarnak MJ, Shlipak MG. Association of Non-Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs with Kidney Health in Ambulatory Older Adults. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 2020. PMID: 33305369


  8. Harris ED, Ziniel SI, Amatruda JG, Clinton CM, Savage SK, Taylor PL, Huntington NL, Green RC, Holm IA. The beliefs, motivations, and expectations of parents who have enrolled their children in a genetic biorepository. Volume 14 of Issue 3. 2012. PMID: 22241099