Sam James, MD

Professor Emeritus

Nephrology

Clinical Director at San Francisco General Hospital. Medical Director of the San Francisco General Hospital Dialysis Center and the RAI Haight St. Dialysis Center. Medical Education in South Africa and Renal Fellowship from the University of Arizona. Interest in Hypertension and Management of Chronic Kidney Failure

Publications

  1. Lejmi H, Jen KY, Olson JL, James SH, Sam R. Characteristics of AA amyloidosis patients in San Francisco. Nephrology (Carlton, Vic.) 2016. PMID: 26370715


  2. Suri RS, Larive B, Sherer S, Eggers P, Gassman J, James SH, Lindsay RM, Lockridge RS, Ornt DB, Rocco MV, Ting GO, Kliger AS. Risk of vascular access complications with frequent hemodialysis. Journal of the American Society of Nephrology : JASN 2013. PMID: 23393319


  3. Daugirdas JT, Chertow GM, Larive B, Pierratos A, Greene T, Ayus JC, Kendrick CA, James SH, Miller BW, Schulman G, Salusky IB, Kliger AS. Effects of frequent hemodialysis on measures of CKD mineral and bone disorder. Journal of the American Society of Nephrology : JASN 2012. PMID: 22362907


  4. Daugirdas JT, Chertow GM, Larive B, Pierratos A, Greene T, Ayus JC, Kendrick CA, James SH, Miller BW, Schulman G, Salusky IB, Kliger AS; the Frequent Hemodialysis Network (FHN) Trial Group.. J Am Soc Nephrol Effects of Frequent Hemodialysis on Measures of CKD Mineral and Bone Disorder. 2012. PMID:


  5. 15. Glenn M. Chertow, Nathan W. Levin, Gerald J. Beck, Thomas A. Depner, Paul W. Eggers, Jennifer J. Gassman, Irina Gorodetskaya, Tom Greene, Sam James, Brett Larive, Robert M. Lindsay, Ravindra L. Mehta, Brent Miller, Daniel B. Ornt, Sanjay Rajagopalan, Anjay Rastogi, Michael V. Rocco, Brigitte Schiller, Olga Sergeyeva, Gerald Schulman, George O. Ting, Mark L. Unruh, Robert A. Star and Alan S. Kliger. Effects of Frequent In-Center Hemodialysis. N Engl J Med. 2010 Dec 9;363(24):2287-300 Effects of Frequent In-Center Hemodialysis. N Engl J Med. 2010 Dec 9;363(24):2287-300 2010. PMID:


  6. Merrill D. Benson, M.D.1, 2, Sam James, M.D. 3, Katherine Scott, M.D.4, Juris J. Liepnieks, Ph.D.1, Barbara Kluve-Beckerman, Ph.D.1. Kidney Int A Novel Type of Renal Amyloidosis. 2008. PMID:


  7. S.H. James, A.M. Meyers, F.J. Milne, S.G. Reinach.. Partial recovery of renal function in black patients with apparent end stage renal failure due to primary malignant hypertension. Nephron. 1995:71;29-34 Partial recovery of renal function in black patients with apparent end stage renal failure due to primary malignant hypertension. Nephron. 1995:71;29-34. . PMID:


  8. Mark Unruh, Manjula Kurella Tamura, Brett Larive, Anjay Rastogi, Sam James, Brigitte Schiller,Jennifer Gassman, Christopher Chan, Bob Lockridge, Alan Kliger.. The Correlates of Sleep Quality among Hemodialysis Patients in the Frequent Hemodialysis Network Study. Am J Nephrol. 2011;33(5):398-406. Epub 2011 Apr 8 The Correlates of Sleep Quality among Hemodialysis Patients in the Frequent Hemodialysis Network Study. Am J Nephrol. 2011;33(5):398-406. Epub 2011 Apr 8. . PMID: