Physicians

Departments / Divisions

• Medicine / Medicine-Nephrology
• Pediatrics / Pediatrics-Nephrology

Address
DUMC 3646
Durham, NC 27710

Appointment Telephone
Not accepting new patients

Office Telephone
919-668-8008

Fax Telephone
919-668-7128

Training

• MD, University of California, San Francisco, School of Medicine, 1997

Residency

• Medicine and Pediatrics, University of Michigan, 1997-2001

Fellowship

• Pediatric Nephrology, University of Michigan, 2001-2005
• Adult Nephrology, University of Michigan, 2002-2005
• Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Program, 2003-2005

Clinical Interests
Adult and pediatric nephrology, cardiovascular risk reduction and other management strategies for patients with chronic kidney disease, transitional care for children and adolescents with kidney disease

Research Interests
Dr. Patel is an assistant professor of medicine and pediatrics, an investigator in the Health Services Research and Development Unit at the Durham Veterans Affairs Medical Center, core investigator in the AHRQ-funded Duke Evidence-Based Practice Center, and core faculty at the Duke Clinical Research Institute.

He is a health services researcher who is primarily interested in how structural aspects of health care delivery impact outcomes among patients with kidney disease. In efforts to determine the optimal clinical strategies to manage patients with kidney disease and identify opportunities for improvement in their treatment, he has a broad research agenda (epidemiology and outcomes, health services and quality improvement, and health policy) across several clinical domains within nephrology (chronic kidney disease, end-stage renal disease, medication use, anemia, acute kidney injury) using a variety of study types and methodologies (surveys, qualitative analyses, simulation, secondary data analyses, systematic reviews, and prospective cohort studies and trials). These inter-disciplinary projects have been funded by a variety of public and private sources including the NIH, AHRQ, VA, ASN, and RPA.

Past and active projects address the following areas of interest: i) Outcomes and Quality of Care in Acute & Chronic Kidney Disease; ii) Barriers to Optimal Medication Utilization in Chronic Conditions; and iii) Organizational and Systems Approaches to Improving Care for Chronic Conditions.

Industry Relationships and Collaborations (What's this?)

This physician has no reported relationships with industry.

Representative Publications
Kagoma YK, Weir MA, Iansavichus AV, Hemmelgarn BR, Akbari A, Patel UD, Garg AX, Jain AK. Impact of estimated GFR reporting on patients, clinicians, and health-care systems: a systematic review. Am J Kidney Dis. 2011 Apr;57(4):592-601. (2011) Abstract

Orlando LA, Belasco EJ, Patel UD, Matchar DB. The chronic kidney disease model: a general purpose model of disease progression and treatment. BMC Med Inform Decis Mak. 2011;11:41. (2011) Abstract

Shlipak MG, Coca SG, Wang Z, Devarajan P, Koyner JL, Patel UD, Thiessen-Philbrook H, Garg AX, Parikh CR, . Presurgical Serum Cystatin C and Risk of Acute Kidney Injury After Cardiac Surgery. Am J Kidney Dis. 2011 May 19. (2011) Abstract

Parikh DS, Swaminathan M, Archer LE, Inrig JK, Szczech LA, Shaw AD, Patel UD. Perioperative outcomes among patients with end-stage renal disease following coronary artery bypass surgery in the USA. Nephrol Dial Transplant. 2010 Jul;25(7):2275-83. (2010) Abstract

Patel UD, Greiner MA, Fonarow GC, Phatak H, Hernandez AF, Curtis LH. Associations between worsening renal function and 30-day outcomes among Medicare beneficiaries hospitalized with heart failure. Am Heart J. 2010 Jul;160(1):132-138.e1. (2010) Abstract

Wang V, Lee SY, Patel UD, Weiner BJ, Ricketts TC, Weinberger M. Geographic and temporal trends in peritoneal dialysis services in the United States between 1995 and 2003. Am J Kidney Dis. 2010 Jun;55(6):1079-87. (2010) Abstract

Patwardhan MB, Kawamoto K, Lobach D, Patel UD, Matchar DB. Recommendations for a clinical decision support for the management of individuals with chronic kidney disease. Clin J Am Soc Nephrol. 2009 Feb;4(2):273-83. (2009) Abstract

Ellis MJ, Parikh CR, Inrig JK, Kambay M, Patel UD. Chronic kidney disease after hematopoietic cell transplantation: a systematic review. Am J Transplant. 2008 Nov;8(11):2378-90. (2008) Abstract

Hudson C, Hudson J, Swaminathan M, Shaw A, Stafford-Smith M, Patel UD. Emerging concepts in acute kidney injury following cardiac surgery. Semin Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. 2008 Dec;12(4):320-30. (2008) Abstract

Matchar DB, McCrory DC, Orlando LA, Patel MR, Patel UD, Patwardhan MB, Powers B, Samsa GP, Gray RN. Systematic review: comparative effectiveness of angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors and angiotensin II receptor blockers for treating essential hypertension. Ann Intern Med. 2008 Jan 1;148(1):16-29. (2008) Abstract

Patel UD, Hernandez AF, Liang L, Peterson ED, LaBresh KA, Yancy CW, Albert NM, Ellrodt G, Fonarow GC. Quality of care and outcomes among patients with heart failure and chronic kidney disease: A Get With the Guidelines -- Heart Failure Program study. Am Heart J. 2008 Oct;156(4):674-81. (2008) Abstract

Patel UD, Ou FS, Ohman EM, Gibler WB, Pollack CV Jr, Peterson ED, Roe MT. Hospital Performance and Differences by Kidney Function in the Use of Recommended Therapies After Non-ST-Elevation Acute Coronary Syndromes. Am J Kidney Dis. 2008 Dec 18. (2008) Abstract

Patel UD, Davis MM. Falling into the Doughnut Hole: Drug Spending among Beneficiaries with End-Stage Renal Disease under Medicare Part D Plans. J Am Soc Nephrol. 2006 Jul 19. (2006) Abstract

Patel UD, Davis MM. Physicians' attitudes and practices regarding adherence to medical regimens by patients with chronic illness. Clin Pediatr (Phila). 2006 Jun;45(5):439-45. (2006) Abstract

Patel UD, Young EW, Ojo AO, Hayward RA. CKD progression and mortality among older patients with diabetes. Am J Kidney Dis. 2005 Sep;46(3):406-14. (2005) Abstract