Deborah Adey, MD

Medical Director of Kidney Transplantation
Medicine
+1 415 353-1551

Dr. Deborah Adey is a Professor of Medicine. She is a transplant nephrologist with the Connie Frank Transplant Center. She has over 20 years experience in the field of transplantation,

Dr. Adey is interested in education and been involved in the education of medical students, residents, and fellows.

Dr. Adey has been involved in several clinical trials and has interest in infectious diseases related to transplantation. She was an NIH CO-Princiipal Investigator in a trial of treatment of BK nephropathy. Her other research interest is in the field of anti-HLA antibodies, both prior to and after transplantation.

Dr. Adey is actively involved in the American Society of Transplantation (AST) and has served on several committees as well as serving as Chair for several committees and communities of practice. The include the Membership Committee, the Accreditation Committee for the training of transplant nephrology, as well as the Womens Health Community of Practice. In addition she serves on the Board of Managers for the Transplant Nephrology Training Accreditation Program for the AST.

Publications: 

Posoleucel in Kidney Transplant Recipients with BK Viremia: Multicenter, Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Phase 2 Trial.

Journal of the American Society of Nephrology : JASN

Chandraker A, Regmi A, Gohh R, Sharma A, Woodle ES, Ansari MJ, Nair V, Chen LX, Alhamad T, Norman S, Cibrik D, Singh M, Alper A, Jain D, Zaky Z, Knechtle S, Sharfuddin A, Gupta G, Lonze BE, Young JH, Adey D, Faravardeh A, Dadhania DM, Rossi AP, Florescu D, Cardarelli F, Ma J, Gilmore S, Vasileiou S, Jindra P, Wojciechowski D

Should Transplant Nephrology pursue recognition from the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME)?

Clinical journal of the American Society of Nephrology : CJASN

Singh N, Anand PM, Gupta G, Sawinski D, Fix O, Adey D, Akalin E, Zayas C, Dadhania D, Doshi M, Cibrik D, Gupta M, Parsons R, Leca N, Santos RD, Concepcion BP, Nishio Lucar AG, Ong S, Sridhar VS, Parajuli S, Zachariah M, Mehta S, Soliman K, Shawar S, Husain SA, Preczewski L, Friedewald J, Mohan S, Wiseman A, Samaniego M, Kumar V, Tanriover B, Bloom R

Barriers and Facilitators to Exercise in Older Adults Awaiting Kidney Transplantation and Their Care Partners.

Kidney medicine

Sheshadri A, Elia JR, Garcia G, Abrams G, Adey DB, Lai JC, Sudore RL

The Perspectives of General Nephrologists Toward Transitions of Care and Management of Failing Kidney Transplants.

Transplant international : official journal of the European Society for Organ Transplantation

Alhamad T, Murad H, Dadhania DM, Pavlakis M, Parajuli S, Concepcion BP, Singh N, Murakami N, Casey MJ, Ji M, Lubetzky M, Tantisattamo E, Alomar O, Faravardeh A, Blosser CD, Basu A, Gupta G, Adler JT, Adey D, Woodside KJ, Ong SC, Parsons RF, Lentine KL

Sex and gender disparity in kidney transplantation: Historical and future perspectives.

Clinical transplantation

Salas MAP, Chua E, Rossi A, Shah S, Katz-Greenberg G, Coscia L, Sawinski D, Adey D

Comparison of 2021 CKD-EPI Equations for Estimating Racial Differences in Preemptive Waitlisting for Kidney Transplantation.

Clinical journal of the American Society of Nephrology : CJASN

Ku E, Amaral S, McCulloch CE, Adey DB, Li L, Johansen KL

Management of Hospitalized Kidney Transplant Recipients for Hospitalists and Internists.

The American journal of medicine

Kant S, Soman S, Choi MJ, Jaar BG, Adey DB, National Kidney Foundation Education Committee

Kidney transplant candidacy evaluation and waitlisting practices in the US and their association with access to transplantation.

American journal of transplantation : official journal of the American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons

Whelan AM, Johansen KL, Copeland T, McCulloch CE, Nallapothula D, Lee BK, Roll GR, Weir MR, Adey DB, Ku E

The failing kidney allograft: A review and recommendations for the care and management of a complex group of patients.

American journal of transplantation : official journal of the American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons

Lubetzky M, Tantisattamo E, Molnar MZ, Lentine KL, Basu A, Parsons R, Woodside KJ, Pavlakis M, Blosser C, Singh N, Concepcion BP, Adey D, Gupta G, Faravardeh A, Kraus E, Ong S, Riella L, Friedewald J, Wiseman A, Aala A, Dadhania DM, Alhamad T

Kidney recipients with allograft failure, transition of kidney care (KRAFT): A survey of contemporary practices of transplant providers.

American journal of transplantation : official journal of the American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons

Alhamad T, Lubetzky M, Lentine KL, Edusei E, Parsons R, Pavlakis M, Woodside KJ, Adey D, Blosser CD, Concepcion BP, Friedewald J, Wiseman A, Singh N, Chang SH, Gupta G, Molnar MZ, Basu A, Kraus E, Ong S, Faravardeh A, Tantisattamo E, Riella L, Rice J, Dadhania DM

Association between Longer Travel Distance for Transplant Care and Access to Kidney Transplantation and Graft Survival in the United States.

Journal of the American Society of Nephrology : JASN

Whelan AM, Johansen KL, Brar S, McCulloch CE, Adey DB, Roll GR, Grimes B, Ku E

Racial Disparities in Eligibility for Preemptive Waitlisting for Kidney Transplantation and Modification of eGFR Thresholds to Equalize Waitlist Time.

Journal of the American Society of Nephrology : JASN

Ku E, McCulloch CE, Adey DB, Li L, Johansen KL

Association of Physical Function and Survival in Older-Adult Renal Transplant Recipients.

Transplantation proceedings

Brar A, Gruessner A, Adey D, Tedla F, Yap E, Kaul D, Sumrani N, John D, Salifu MO

Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Kidney Transplant Access within a Theoretical Context of Medical Eligibility.

Transplantation

Ku E, Lee BK, McCulloch CE, Roll GR, Grimes B, Adey D, Johansen KL

Management of Kidney Transplant Recipients by General Nephrologists: Core Curriculum 2019.

American journal of kidney diseases : the official journal of the National Kidney Foundation

Voora S, Adey DB

Report from the American Society of Transplantation on frailty in solid organ transplantation.

American journal of transplantation : official journal of the American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons

Kobashigawa J, Dadhania D, Bhorade S, Adey D, Berger J, Bhat G, Budev M, Duarte-Rojo A, Dunn M, Hall S, Harhay MN, Johansen KL, Joseph S, Kennedy CC, Kransdorf E, Lentine KL, Lynch RJ, McAdams-DeMarco M, Nagai S, Olymbios M, Patel J, Pinney S, Schaenman J, Segev DL, Shah P, Singer LG, Singer JP, Sonnenday C, Tandon P, Tapper E, Tullius SG, Wilson M, Zamora M, Lai JC

Severe Renal Allograft Rejection Resulting from Lenalidomide Therapy for Multiple Myeloma: Case Report.

Transplantation proceedings

Walavalkar V, Adey DB, Laszik ZG, Jen KY

Efficacy of levofloxacin in the treatment of BK viremia: a multicenter, double-blinded, randomized, placebo-controlled trial.

Clinical journal of the American Society of Nephrology : CJASN

Lee BT, Gabardi S, Grafals M, Hofmann RM, Akalin E, Aljanabi A, Mandelbrot DA, Adey DB, Heher E, Fan PY, Conte S, Dyer-Ward C, Chandraker A

Women and kidney transplantation.

Advances in chronic kidney disease

Adey DB

Ionizing radiation during pretransplant evaluation: time to reconsider the evaluation process.

Clinical journal of the American Society of Nephrology : CJASN

Adey DB

Inadequacy of cardiovascular risk factor management in chronic kidney transplantation - evidence from the FAVORIT study.

Clinical transplantation

Carpenter MA, Weir MR, Adey DB, House AA, Bostom AG, Kusek JW

KDOQI US commentary on the 2009 KDIGO clinical practice guideline for the care of kidney transplant recipients.

American journal of kidney diseases : the official journal of the National Kidney Foundation

Bia M, Adey DB, Bloom RD, Chan L, Kulkarni S, Tomlanovich S

The kidney transplant recipient with hepatitis C infection: pre- and posttransplantation treatment.

Clinical journal of the American Society of Nephrology : CJASN

Terrault NA, Adey DB

Evaluation of intravenous immunoglobulin as an agent to lower allosensitization and improve transplantation in highly sensitized adult patients with end-stage renal disease: report of the NIH IG02 trial.

Journal of the American Society of Nephrology : JASN

Jordan SC, Tyan D, Stablein D, McIntosh M, Rose S, Vo A, Toyoda M, Davis C, Shapiro R, Adey D, Milliner D, Graff R, Steiner R, Ciancio G, Sahney S, Light J

Kidney and liver transplantation in HIV-infected patients: case presentations and review.

AIDS patient care and STDs

Roland ME, Adey D, Carlson LL, Terrault NA

Time- and exercise-dependent gene regulation in human skeletal muscle.

Genome biology

Zambon AC, McDearmon EL, Salomonis N, Vranizan KM, Johansen KL, Adey D, Takahashi JS, Schambelan M, Conklin BR

Alterations in skeletal muscle structure are minimized with steroid withdrawal after renal transplantation.

Transplantation

Topp KS, Painter PL, Walcott S, Krasnoff JB, Adey D, Sakkas GK, Taylor J, McCormick K, TeNyenhuis M, Iofina M, Tomlanovich S, Stock P

Exercise capacity and muscle structure in kidney recipient and twin donor.

Clinical transplantation

Painter P, Taylor J, Wolcott S, Krasnoff J, Adey D, Tomlanovich S, Stock P, Topp K

Health-related fitness and quality of life following steroid withdrawal in renal transplant recipients.

Kidney international

Painter PL, Topp KS, Krasnoff JB, Adey D, Strasner A, Tomlanovich S, Stock P

Age effect on transcript levels and synthesis rate of muscle MHC and response to resistance exercise.

American journal of physiology. Endocrinology and metabolism

Balagopal P, Schimke JC, Ades P, Adey D, Nair KS

Reduced synthesis of muscle proteins in chronic renal failure.

American journal of physiology. Endocrinology and metabolism

Adey D, Kumar R, McCarthy JT, Nair KS

Effects of aging on in vivo synthesis of skeletal muscle myosin heavy-chain and sarcoplasmic protein in humans.

The American journal of physiology

Balagopal P, Rooyackers OE, Adey DB, Ades PA, Nair KS

Effect of age on in vivo rates of mitochondrial protein synthesis in human skeletal muscle.

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Rooyackers OE, Adey DB, Ades PA, Nair KS

Evidence for a catabolic role of glucagon during an amino acid load.

The Journal of clinical investigation

Charlton MR, Adey DB, Nair KS

Glomerulonephritis with associated hypocomplementemia and crescents: an unusual case of fibrillary glomerulonephritis.

Journal of the American Society of Nephrology : JASN

Adey DB, MacPherson BR, Groggel GC