Michael George Shlipak MD

Professor, Medicine, UCSF School of Medicine

4150 Clement St # 111a1San Francisco, CA 94121
Phone+1 415-750-2093

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Education & Training

University of California (San Francisco)Residency, Internal Medicine, 1995 - 1998
Harvard Medical SchoolClass of 1995

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Certifications & Licensure

CA State Medical License 1997 - 2028
American Board of Internal Medicine Internal Medicine

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

Elected Member The American Society for Clinical Investigation, 2012

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Predictive Value of Urine Tubular Biomarkers on Kidney Outcomes: Observations from EMPA-KIDNEY.
Greco B Malijan, William G Herrington, Parminder K Judge, Rebecca J Sardell, Daniel Chapman
Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology. 2026-09-03
Use of Cystatin C in Tandem with Creatinine to Improve GFR Estimation and Clinical Decision Making.
Linda Awdishu, Amy B Karger, Michael G Shlipak, Michelle M Estrella
Journal of the American Society of Nephrology. 2026-09-01
Association between Kidney Tubular Secretory Clearance with Cognitive Function among Adults with CKD in the Systolic Blood Pressure Intervention Trial.
Lindsay M Miller, Simon B Ascher, Rebecca Scherzer, Pranav S Garimella, O Alison Potok
Kidney360. 2026-09-01

Journal Articles

Original Investigation Differences in Risk of Sudden Cardiac Death Between Blacks and Whites
Christine M Albert, Todd M Brown, Michael G Shlipak, Yulia A Khodneva, Monika M Safford, Rajat Deo, ScienceDirect
PTH, FGF23, and Intensive Blood Pressure Lowering in Chronic Kidney Disease Participants in SPRINT
Udayan Y Bhatt, Clinton B Wright, Vasilios Papademetriou, Joachim H Ix, Michael G Shlipak, Alfred K Cheung, Mark J Sarnak, Jing Chen, Charles Ginsberg, Glenn M Chertow..., Journal of the American Society of Nephrology
Kidney Damage Biomarkers and Incident Chronic Kidney Disease During Blood Pressure Reduction: A Case–Control Study
Paul Drawz, Joachim H Ix, Michel Chonchol, Mark J Sarnak, Chirag R Parikh, Michael G Shlipak, Alfred K Cheung, Annals of Internal Medicine

Press Mentions

Ten Strategies for Wider Use of Cystatin C TestingMay 27th, 2026
Exercise May Slow Kidney Function Decline in Older AdultsMarch 4th, 2025
Moderate Exercise Likely Curbs Kidney Decline in Sedentary Older AdultsMay 13th, 2022

Grant Support

Environmental Metal Toxicity and Kidney Tubule Measures in Diverse PopulationsNORTHERN CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE/RES/EDU2024–2028
Non-SteroidAl Impact on Kidney Disease Study (NSAIDS)NORTHERN CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE/RES/EDU2023–2028
Biomarker-Based Diagnostic Algorithms To Prevent, Detect And Guide Treatment Of Kidney Disease In Persons Living With HIVNORTHERN CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE/RES/EDU2010–2027
Dimensions of Kidney Tubule Health and Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease and Heart Failure in Middle-Aged and Older AdultsTUFTS MEDICAL CENTER2022–2026
Kidney Tubular Damage and Dysfunction Identify a Novel Axis of Chronic Kidney DiseaseVETERANS MEDICAL RESEARCH FDN/SAN DIEGO2019–2025

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