Naomi Anker, MD

Assistant Clinical Professor

VA Medicine Home, Nephrology

Dr Anker is an Associate Professor in the Division of Nephrology at the San Francisco Veteran's Affairs (SFVA) hospital. Her primary focus is on clinical care and education. She serves as a Bridges Coach for UCSF Medical School. She is interested in nephrology education and curriculum development at all levels of medical education.

EDUCATION
College: University of California, Berkeley, BA in Molecular and Cellular Biology and Biochemistry
Graduate School: Harvard University, AM in Chemistry and Chemical Biology
Medical School: Tufts University School of Medicine, MD
Graduate School: University of California, San Francisco, Certificate in Clinical Research

POST-GRADUATE TRAINING
Internship: Beth Israel Deaconness Medical Center, Internal Medicine
Residency: University of California, San Francisco, Internal Medicine
Fellowship: University of California, San Francisco, Nephrology

Education
2018 - Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Champion Training, University of California
Honors and Awards
  • Glasgow-Rubin Citation for Academic Achievement, American Medical Women's Association, 2009
  • Ethel and Rubin Russman Prize, Tufts University School of Medicine, 2009
  • Alpha Omega Alpha, Tufts University School of Medicine, 2008
  • Certificate of Distinction in Teaching, Harvard College, 2003
Publications

  1. Anker N, Scherzer R, Peralta C, Powe N, Banjeree T, Shlipak M. Racial Disparities in Creatinine-based Kidney Function Estimates Among HIV-infected Adults. Volume 26 of Issue 2. Ethnicity & disease 2016. PMID: 27103772


  2. Chen C, Stearns B, Hu T, Anker N, Santini A, Arruda JM, Campbell BT, Datta P, Aiyar J, Munoz B. Expedited SAR study of high-affinity ligands to the alpha(2)delta subunit of voltage-gated calcium channels: Generation of a focused library using a solution-phase Sn2Ar coupling methodology. Volume 16 of Issue 3. Bioorganic & medicinal chemistry letters 2006. PMID: 16321528


  3. Urban MO, Ren K, Park KT, Campbell B, Anker N, Stearns B, Aiyar J, Belley M, Cohen C, Bristow L. Comparison of the antinociceptive profiles of gabapentin and 3-methylgabapentin in rat models of acute and persistent pain: implications for mechanism of action. Volume 313 of Issue 3. The Journal of pharmacology and experimental therapeutics 2005. PMID: 15734900


  4. Stearns BA, Anker N, Arruda JM, Campbell BT, Chen C, Cramer M, Hu T, Jiang X, Park K, Ren KK, Sablad M, Santini A, Schaffhauser H, Urban MO, Munoz B. Synthesis and biological evaluation of 6-aryl-6H-pyrrolo[3,4-d]pyridazine derivatives: high-affinity ligands to the alpha 2 delta subunit of voltage gated calcium channels. Volume 14 of Issue 5. Bioorganic & medicinal chemistry letters 2004. PMID: 14980685