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Carmen A. Peralta, M.D.

Kidney specialist

Clinics

Nephrology, Hypertension and Metabolism Practice at Parnassus
400 Parnassus Ave., Fifth Floor
San Francisco, CA 94143-0532
Phone: (415) 353-2507
Fax: (415) 353-2568
New Referrals: (415) 476-2173
New Referrals Fax: (415) 476-3381

Hours: Monday to Friday
8 a.m. – 5 p.m.

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Additional Languages

Spanish

Education

John Hopkins University School of Medicine 2001

Residencies

Bringhams and Women Hospital 2004

Fellowships

UCSF Medical Center 2008

Selected Research and Publications

  1. Peralta CA, Weekley CC, Li Y, Shlipak MG. Occult chronic kidney disease among persons with hypertension in the United States: data from the national health and nutrition surveys 1988-1994 and 1999-2002. J Hypertens. 2013 Jun; 31(6):1196-202.
  2. Zeki Al Hazzouri A, Haan MN, Neuhaus JM, Pletcher M, Peralta CA, López L, Pérez Stable EJ. Cardiovascular risk score, cognitive decline, and dementia in older mexican americans: the role of sex and education. J Am Heart Assoc. 2013; 2(2):e004978.
  3. Chang TI, Li S, Chen SC, Peralta CA, Shlipak MG, Fried LF, Whaley-Connell AT, McCullough PA, Kurella Tamura M. Risk Factors for ESRD in Individuals With Preserved Estimated GFR With and Without Albuminuria: Results From the Kidney Early Evaluation Program (KEEP). Am J Kidney Dis. 2013 Apr; 61(4 Suppl 2):S4-S11.
  4. Odden MC, Peralta CA, Covinsky KE. Walking speed is a useful marker of frailty in older persons-reply. JAMA Intern Med. 2013 Feb 25; 173(4):325-6.
  5. Madero M, Peralta C, Katz R, Canada R, Fried L, Najjar S, Shlipak M, Simonsick E, Lakatta E, Patel K, Rifkin D, Hawkins M, Newman A, Sarnak M. Association of Arterial Rigidity with Incident Kidney Disease and Kidney Function Decline: The Health ABC Study. Clin J Am Soc Nephrol. 2013 Mar; 8(3):424-33.
  6. Peralta CA, Lee A, C Odden M, Lopez L, Zeki Al Hazzouri A, Neuhaus J, Haan MN. Association between chronic kidney disease detected using creatinine and cystatin C and death and cardiovascular events in elderly mexican americans: the sacramento area latino study on aging. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2013 Jan; 61(1):90-5.
  7. Shlipak MG, Scherzer R, Abraham A, Tien PC, Grunfeld C, Peralta CA, Devarajan P, Bennett M, Butch AW, Anastos K, Cohen MH, Nowicki M, Sharma A, Young MA, Sarnak MJ, Parikh CR. Urinary markers of kidney injury and kidney function decline in HIV-infected women. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2012 Dec 15; 61(5):565-73.
  8. Peralta CA. Bucking conventional wisdom and focusing on disparities to address kidney disease. Health Aff (Millwood). 2012 Dec; 31(12):2797-8.
  9. Odden MC, Peralta CA, Haan MN, Covinsky KE. Rethinking the association of high blood pressure with mortality in elderly adults: the impact of frailty. Arch Intern Med. 2012 Aug 13; 172(15):1162-8.
  10. Peralta CA, Katz R, Bonventre JV, Sabbisetti V, Siscovick D, Sarnak M, Shlipak MG. Associations of Urinary Levels of Kidney Injury Molecule 1 (KIM-1) and Neutrophil Gelatinase-Associated Lipocalin (NGAL) With Kidney Function Decline in the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA). Am J Kidney Dis. 2012 Dec; 60(6):904-11.
  11. Shastri S, Katz R, Rifkin DE, Fried LF, Odden MC, Peralta CA, Chonchol M, Siscovick D, Shlipak MG, Newman AB, Sarnak MJ. Kidney function and mortality in octogenarians: Cardiovascular Health Study All Stars. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2012 Jul; 60(7):1201-7.
  12. Park M, Shlipak MG, Katz R, Agarwal S, Ix JH, Hsu CY, Peralta CA. Subclinical cardiac abnormalities and kidney function decline: the multi-ethnic study of atherosclerosis. Clin J Am Soc Nephrol. 2012 Jul; 7(7):1137-44.
  13. Hiramoto JS, Katz R, Peralta CA, Ix JH, Fried L, Cushman M, Siscovick D, Palmas W, Sarnak M, Shlipak MG. Inflammation and coagulation markers and kidney function decline: the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA). Am J Kidney Dis. 2012 Aug; 60(2):225-32.
  14. Manichaikul A, Palmas W, Rodriguez CJ, Peralta CA, Divers J, Guo X, Chen WM, Wong Q, Williams K, Kerr KF, Taylor KD, Tsai MY, Goodarzi MO, Sale MM, Diez-Roux AV, Rich SS, Rotter JI, Mychaleckyj JC. Population structure of Hispanics in the United States: the multi-ethnic study of atherosclerosis. PLoS Genet. 2012; 8(4):e1002640.
  15. de Boer IH, Katz R, Chonchol MB, Fried LF, Ix JH, Kestenbaum B, Mukamal KJ, Peralta CA, Siscovick DS. Insulin resistance, cystatin C, and mortality among older adults. Diabetes Care. 2012 Jun; 35(6):1355-60.
  16. Odden MC, Covinsky KE, Neuhaus JM, Mayeda ER, Peralta CA, Haan MN. The association of blood pressure and mortality differs by self-reported walking speed in older Latinos. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci. 2012 Sep; 67(9):977-83.
  17. Ix JH, Katz R, de Boer IH, Kestenbaum BR, Peralta CA, Jenny NS, Budoff M, Allison MA, Criqui MH, Siscovick D, Shlipak MG. Fetuin-A is inversely associated with coronary artery calcification in community-living persons: the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis. Clin Chem. 2012 May; 58(5):887-95.
  18. Dubin R, Li Y, Ix JH, Shlipak MG, Whooley M, Peralta CA. Associations of pentraxin-3 with cardiovascular events, incident heart failure, and mortality among persons with coronary heart disease: data from the Heart and Soul Study. Am Heart J. 2012 Feb; 163(2):274-9.
  19. Peralta CA, Norris KC, Li S, Chang TI, Tamura MK, Jolly SE, Bakris G, McCullough PA, Shlipak M. Blood pressure components and end-stage renal disease in persons with chronic kidney disease: the Kidney Early Evaluation Program (KEEP). Arch Intern Med. 2012 Jan 9; 172(1):41-7.
  20. Gutiérrez OM, Katz R, Peralta CA, de Boer IH, Siscovick D, Wolf M, Diez Roux A, Kestenbaum B, Nettleton JA, Ix JH. Associations of socioeconomic status and processed food intake with serum phosphorus concentration in community-living adults: the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA). J Ren Nutr. 2012 Sep; 22(5):480-9.

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