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Vivek Bhalla, MD, Nephrology, Palo Alto, CA, Stanford Health Care

VivekBhallaMD

Nephrology • Palo Alto, CA

Associate Professor, Medicine - Nephrology, Stanford University Medical Center

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Education & Training

  • University of California (San Francisco)
    University of California (San Francisco)Fellowship, Nephrology, 2001 - 2005
  • Los Angeles County-Harbor-UCLA Medical Center
    Los Angeles County-Harbor-UCLA Medical CenterResidency, Internal Medicine, 1998 - 2001
  • University of California San Diego School of Medicine
    University of California San Diego School of MedicineClass of 1998
  • University of California, Berkeley
    University of California, BerkeleyBS, Electrical Engineering/Computer Science, With Honors, 1990 - 1994

Certifications & Licensure

  • CA State Medical License
    CA State Medical License 1999 - 2025
  • OR State Medical License
    OR State Medical License 2020 - 2022
  • American Board of Internal Medicine Nephrology

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

  • Fellow AHA, 2017
  • School of Medicine Award for Outstanding Lecture / Presentation Stanford University, 2017
  • Henry J Kaiser Family Foundation Award for Excellence in Preclinical Teaching Stanford University, 2012
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Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Journal Articles

  • Renal tubule insulin receptor modestly promotes elevated blood pressure and markedly stimulates glucose reabsorption  
    Jonathan M Nizar, Blythe D Shepard, Vianna T Vo, Vivek Bhalla, JCI Insight, 8/23/2018
  • Advocacy for Basic Research in Nephrology  
    Vivek Bhalla, Anupam Agarwal, Kurt Amsler, Christian Faul, Kenneth Hallows, Alicia McDonough, Lilach Lerman, James McCormick, Jeffrey Miner, and Pamela Tran on behalf ..., ASN Kidney News, 1/1/2016
  • Low-level lead exposure and the risk for gout: Results from the NHANES study  
    Krishnan E, Lingala B, Bhalla V, Annals of Internal Medicine, 1/21/2012
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Books/Book Chapters

  • Brenner and Rector's The Kidney 
    Chapter: Section 1, Chapter 6: Aldosterone Regulation of Solute Transport 
    David Pearce, Vivek Bhalla, John Funder, John StokesEdition 9th,2014

Abstracts/Posters

  • Single cell resolution of highly diverse subpopulations in the mammalian kidney achieved with high throughput single cell RNA-sequencing
    Elisabeth M. Walczak, Gwendolyn Holdgate, Jue Fan, Aram Krauson, Xiaoyi Zheng, Vivek Bhalla, H. Christina Fan, Advances in Genome Biology and Technology, 1/1/2017
  • Chronic Loop Diuretic Treatment Mediates Segment-Specific Hypertrophy in the Nephron
    Aram Krauson, Elisabeth Walczak, Sonali Iyer, Nona Velarde, Jonathan Nizar, Vivek Bhalla, Experimental Biology Annual Meeting, 1/1/2017
  • Endothelial Specific Molecule 1 (Esm-1) Inhibits Macrophage Infiltration in a Mouse Model of Goodpasture’s Syndrome
    Xiaoyi Zheng, Lauren Higdon, Jonathan Maltzman, Vivek Bhalla, Experimental Biology Annual Meeting, 1/1/2017
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Press Mentions

  • A Historical Perspective on ACE2 in the COVID-19 Era
    A Historical Perspective on ACE2 in the COVID-19 EraDecember 14th, 2020
  • A Scary Threesome: Diabetes, High BP and Kidney Disease
    A Scary Threesome: Diabetes, High BP and Kidney DiseaseNovember 7th, 2020
  • The Connection Between Diabetes, Kidney Disease and High Blood Pressure
    The Connection Between Diabetes, Kidney Disease and High Blood PressureNovember 3rd, 2020
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Committees

  • Vice-Chair, Kidney and Cardiovascular Council, American Heart Association 2016 - Present

Professional Memberships

Hospital Affiliations

External Links

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