RonitBen AbrahamKatzMDFACPM

Occupational Medicine

Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine at Stanford University School of Medicine, Director of Post Deployment Health Services and Clinics ,CA WRIISC ( War Related Illness and Injury Study Center)

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Office
3801 Miranda Ave
Palo Alto, CA 94304
Phone+1 650-493-5000

Fax+1 650-849-0492
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Education & Training

Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai/Mount Sinai HospitalResidency, Obstetrics and Gynecology, 1983 - 1985
Tel Aviv University SacklerClass of 1981

Certifications & Licensure

HI State Medical License 2010 - 2026
MA State Medical License 1987 - 2025
CA State Medical License 1988 - 2024
American Board of Preventive Medicine Occupational Medicine

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

10 citations
Neighborhood Social Context and Kidney Function Over Time: The Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis.
Margaret T. Hicken, Ronit Katz, Deidra C. Crews, Holly Kramer, Carmen A. Peralta> ;American Journal of Kidney Diseases. 2019 May 1
84 citations
Identification of Acute Kidney Injury Subphenotypes with Differing Molecular Signatures and Responses to Vasopressin Therapy.
Pavan K. Bhatraju, Leila R. Zelnick, Jerald Herting, Ronit Katz, Carmen Mikacenic, Susanna Kosamo, Eric D. Morrell, Cassianne Robinson-Cohen, Carolyn S. Calfee, Jason ...> ;American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 2019 Apr 1
28 citations
An Investigation of Selection Bias in Estimating Racial Disparity in Stroke Risk Factors.
D. Leann Long, George Howard, Dustin M. Long, Suzanne E. Judd, Jennifer J. Manly, Leslie A. McClure, Virginia G. Wadley, Monika M. Safford, Ronit Katz, M. Maria Glymour> ;American Journal of Epidemiology. 2019 Mar 1
8 citations
Lower Extremity Amputation and Health Care Utilization in the Last Year of Life among Medicare Beneficiaries with ESRD.
Catherine R. Butler, Margaret L. Schwarze, Ronit Katz, Susan M. Hailpern, William Kreuter, Yoshio N. Hall, Maria E. Montez Rath, Ann M. O’Hare> ;Journal of the American Society of Nephrology. 2019 Feb 19
38 citations
Soluble ST2 and Galectin-3 and Progression of CKD.
Mariam Alam, Ronit Katz, Keith Bellovich, Zeenat Bhat, Frank C. Brosius, Ian H. de Boer, Crystal A. Gadegbeku, Debbie S. Gipson, Jennifer Hawkins, Jonathan Himmelfarb,...> ;Kidney International Reports. 2019 Jan 1
15 citations
Urinary biomarkers of tubular damage are associated with mortality but not cardiovascular risk among systolic blood pressure intervention trial participants with chron...
Vasantha Jotwani, Alexandra K. Lee, Michelle M. Estrella, Ronit Katz, Pranav S. Garimella, Rakesh Malhotra, Dena E. Rifkin, Walter T. Ambrosius, Barry I. Freedman, Alf...> ;American Journal of Nephrology. 2019 Apr 1
11 citations
Serum albumin concentration and risk of end-stage renal disease: the REGARDS study.
Carl P. Walther, Orlando M. Gutiérrez, Mary Cushman, Suzanne E. Judd, Joshua Lang, William M. McClellan, Paul Muntner, Mark J. Sarnak, Michael G. Shlipak, David G. War...> ;Nephrology, Dialysis, Transplantation. 2018 Oct 1
31 citations
Fibroblast Growth Factor-23 and Heart Failure With Reduced Versus Preserved Ejection Fraction: MESA.
Mohamed Faher Almahmoud, Elsayed Z. Soliman, Alain G. Bertoni, Bryan Kestenbaum, Ronit Katz, Joao A.C. Lima, Pamela Ouyang, P. Elliott Miller, Erin D. Michos, David M....> ;Journal of the American Heart Association. 2018 Sep 18
20 citations
Serum Calcitriol Concentrations and Kidney Function Decline, Heart Failure, and Mortality in Elderly Community-Living Adults: The Health, Aging, and Body Composition S...
Umut Selamet, Ronit Katz, Charles Ginsberg, Dena E. Rifkin, Linda F. Fried, Stephen B. Kritchevsky, Andrew N. Hoofnagle, Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo, David A. Drew, Tamara...> ;American Journal of Kidney Diseases. 2018 Sep 1
69 citations
GDF-15, Galectin 3, Soluble ST2, and Risk of Mortality and Cardiovascular Events in CKD.
Courtney Tuegel, Ronit Katz, Mariam Alam, Zeenat Bhat, Keith Bellovich, Ian H. de Boer, Frank C. Brosius, Crystal A. Gadegbeku, Debbie S. Gipson, Jennifer Hawkins, Jon...> ;American Journal of Kidney Diseases. 2018 Oct 1
22 citations
Relation of uric acid level to rapid kidney function decline and development of kidney disease: The Jackson Heart Study
Stanford Mwasongwe, Tibor Fülöp, Ronit Katz, Solomon K. Musani, Mario Sims, Adolfo Correa, Michael F. Flessner, Bessie A. Young> ;Journal of Clinical Hypertension. 2018 Apr 1
26 citations
Urinary Biomarkers of Kidney Tubular Damage and Risk of Cardiovascular Disease and Mortality in Elders.
Vasantha Jotwani, Ronit Katz, Joachim H. Ix, Orlando M. Gutiérrez, Michael J. Bennett, Chirag R. Parikh, Steven R. Cummings, Mark J. Sarnak, Michael G. Shlipak> ;American Journal of Kidney Diseases. 2018 Aug 1
12 citations
Race and stroke in an atrial fibrillation inception cohort: Findings from the Penn Atrial Fibrillation Free study
Parin J. Patel, Ronit Katz, Yuliya Borovskiy, Anthony Killian, Joshua M. Levine, Nelson W. McNaughton, David J. Callans, Gregory E. Supple, Sanjay Dixit, Andrew E. Eps...> ;Heart Rhythm. 2018 Apr 1
16 citations
Association Between APOL1 Genotypes and Risk of Cardiovascular Disease in MESA (Multi‐Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis)
Teresa K. Chen, Ronit Katz, Michelle M. Estrella, Orlando M. Gutiérrez, Holly Kramer, Wendy S. Post, Michael G. Shlipak, Christina L. Wassel, Carmen A. Peralta> ;Journal of the American Heart Association. 2017 Dec 21
60 citations
Outcomes Associated With Left Ventricular Assist Devices Among Recipients With and Without End-stage Renal Disease
Nisha Bansal, Susan M. Hailpern, Ronit Katz, Yoshio N. Hall, Manjula Kurella Tamura, William Kreuter, Ann M O'Hare> ;JAMA Internal Medicine. 2017 Dec 18
47 citations
The 24,25 to 25-hydroxyvitamin D ratio and fracture risk in older adults: The cardiovascular health study.
Charles Ginsberg, Ronit Katz, Ian H. de Boer, Bryan Kestenbaum, Michel Chonchol, Michael G. Shlipak, Mark J. Sarnak, Andrew N. Hoofnagle, Dena E. Rifkin, Pranav S. Gar...> ;Bone. 2018 Feb 1
5 citations
Relationship of acid-base status with arterial stiffness in community-living elders: the Health ABC Study.
Wei Chen, Anne B. Newman, Linda F. Fried, Dena E. Rifkin, Michael G. Shlipak, Mark J. Sarnak, Ronit Katz, Magdalena Madero, Kalani L. Raphael, David A. Bushinsky, Joac...> ;Nephrology, Dialysis, Transplantation. 2017 Nov 21
25 citations
Extended-hours hemodialysis is associated with lower mortality risk in patients with end-stage renal disease.
Matthew B. Rivara, Scott V. Adams, Sooraj Kuttykrishnan, Kamyar Kalantar-Zadeh, Onyebuchi A. Arah, Alfred K. Cheung, Ronit Katz, Miklos Z. Molnar, Vanessa A. Ravel, Me...> ;Kidney International. 2016 Dec 1
58 citations
Comparison between Different Measures of Body Fat with Kidney Function Decline and Incident CKD
Magdalena Madero, Ronit Katz, Rachel A. Murphy, Anne B. Newman, Kushang V. Patel, Joachim H. Ix, Carmen A. Peralta, Suzanne Satterfield, Linda P. Fried, Michael G. Shl...> ;Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology. 2017 Jun 7
48 citations
Non-GFR Determinants of Low-Molecular-Weight Serum Protein Filtration Markers in the Elderly: AGES-Kidney and MESA-Kidney
Meredith C. Foster, Andrew S. Levey, Lesley A. Inker, Tariq Shafi, Li Fan, Vilmundur Gudnason, Ronit Katz, Gary F. Mitchell, Aghogho Okparavero, Runolfur Palsson, Wend...> ;American Journal of Kidney Diseases. 2017 Sep 1
46 citations
A Two-Biomarker Model Predicts Mortality in the Critically Ill with Sepsis.
Carmen Mikacenic, Brenda L. Price, Susanna Harju-Baker, D. Shane O’Mahony, Cassianne Robinson-Cohen, Frank Radella, William O. Hahn, Ronit Katz, David C. Christiani, J...> ;American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 2017 Oct 13
11 citations
Detection of genetic loci associated with plasma fetuin-A: a meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies from the CHARGE Consortium.
Majken K. Jensen, Richard A. Jensen, Kenneth J. Mukamal, Xiuqing Guo, Jie Yao, Qi Sun, Marilyn C. Cornelis, Yongmei Liu, Ming-Huei Chen, Jorge R. Kizer, Luc Djoussé, D...> ;Human Molecular Genetics. 2017 Jun 1
63 citations
The Relation of Serum Potassium Concentration with Cardiovascular Events and Mortality in Community-Living Individuals.
Jan M. Hughes-Austin, Dena E. Rifkin, Tomasz Beben, Ronit Katz, Mark J. Sarnak, Rajat Deo, Andrew N. Hoofnagle, Shunichi Homma, David S. Siscovick, Nona Sotoodehnia, B...> ;Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology. 2017 Feb 7
16 citations
Echocardiographic Measures and Estimated GFR Decline Among African Americans: The Jackson Heart Study
Leila R. Zelnick, Ronit Katz, Bessie A. Young, Adolfo Correa, Bryan Kestenbaum, Ian H. de Boer, Nisha Bansal> ;American Journal of Kidney Diseases. 2017 Aug 1
83 citations
Association between Soluble Klotho and Change in Kidney Function: The Health Aging and Body Composition Study
David A. Drew, Ronit Katz, Stephen B. Kritchevsky, Joachim H. Ix, Michael G. Shlipak, Orlando M. Gutiérrez, Anne B. Newman, Andrew N. Hoofnagle, Linda F. Fried, Richar...> ;Journal of the American Society of Nephrology. 2017 Jun 1
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Journal Articles

An Investigation of Selection Bias in Estimating Racial Disparity in Stroke Risk Factors: The REasons for Geographic and Racial Differences in Stroke (REGARDS) Study
Ronit Katz, Monika M Safford, American Journal of Epidemiology
Association of Soluble TNFR-1 Concentrations with Long-Term Decline in Kidney Function: The Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis
Michael Shlipak, Ronit Katz, Bryan Kestenbaum, Journal of the American Society of Nephrology

Hospital Affiliations

VA Palo Alto Heath CarePalo Alto, California