KennethMichaelRaltoMDFASN

Nephrology • Worcester, MA

Critical Care

Clinical Chief of Renal Medicine, Nephrology/Critical Care physician, UMass Memorial Medical Center

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Office
55 N Lake Ave
Worcester, MA 01655
Phone+1 508-334-3155
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Education & Training

Massachusetts General HospitalFellowship, Critical Care Medicine, 2017 - 2018
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical CenterFellowship, Nephrology, 2014 - 2017
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical CenterResidency, Internal Medicine, 2011 - 2014
Tufts University School of MedicineClass of 2011

Certifications & Licensure

MA State Medical License 2015 - 2024
American Board of Internal Medicine Internal Medicine
American Board of Internal Medicine Critical Care Medicine
American Board of Internal Medicine Nephrology

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

Inductee Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society, 2011

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Kidney disease in patients with chronic liver disease: Does sex matter?
Katherine M Cooper, Alessandro Colletta, Kristen Moulton, Kenneth M Ralto, Deepika Devuni> ;World Journal of Clinical Cases. 2023 Jun 16
1 citations
NADprecursor nutritional supplements sensitize the brain to future ischemic events.
Wensheng Qu, Kenneth M Ralto, Tao Qin, Yinhong Cheng, Weifeng Zong, Xiang Luo, Miguel Perez-Pinzon, Samir M Parikh, Cenk Ayata> ;Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism. 2023 Nov 1
6 citations
TFEB-driven lysosomal biogenesis is pivotal for PGC1α-dependent renal stress resistance.
Matthew R Lynch, Mei T Tran, Kenneth M Ralto, Zsuzsanna K Zsengeller, Vinod Raman, Swati S Bhasin, Nuo Sun, Xiuying Chen, Daniel Brown, Ilsa I Rovira, Kensei Taguchi, ...> ;JCI Insight. 2020 Aug 6
150 citations
NAD+ homeostasis in renal health and disease
Kenneth M. Ralto, Eugene P. Rhee, Samir M. Parikh> ;Nature Reviews. Nephrology. 2020 Feb 1
27 citations
TFEB-driven lysosomal biogenesis is pivotal for PGC1α-dependent renal stress resistance.
Matthew R Lynch, Mei T Tran, Kenneth M Ralto, Zsuzsanna K Zsengeller, Vinod Raman, Swati S Bhasin, Nuo Sun, Xiuying Chen, Daniel Brown, Ilsa I Rovira, Kensei Taguchi, ...> ;JCI Insight. 2019 Mar 14
212 citations
De novo NAD+ biosynthetic impairment in acute kidney injury in humans.
Ali Poyan Mehr, Mei T. Tran, Kenneth M. Ralto, David E. Leaf, Vaughan Washco, Joseph Messmer, Adam Lerner, Ajay Kher, Steven H. Kim, Charbel C. Khoury, Shoshana J. Her...> ;Nature Medicine. 2018 Aug 20
463 citations
Clinicopathological features of acute kidney injury associated with immune checkpoint inhibitors
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62 citations
Mitochondria in Acute Kidney Injury.
Kenneth M. Ralto, Samir M. Parikh> ;Seminars in Nephrology. 2016 Jan 1
28 citations
An N-terminal clamp restrains the motor domains of the bacterial transcription-repair coupling factor Mfd
Michael N. Murphy, Peng Gong, Kenneth M. Ralto, Laura Manelyte, Nigel J. Savery, Karsten Theis> ;Nucleic Acids Research. 2009 Oct 1
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Journal Articles

De Novo NAD+ Biosynthetic Impairment in Acute Kidney Injury in Humans
Ravi I Thadhani, Kenneth M Ralto, Charbel C Khoury, Kamal R Khabbaz, Vaughan Washco, David E Leaf, Adam Lerner, Eugene P Rhee, Sushrut S Waikar, Steven H Kim, Shoshana..., Nature