Adrian Whelan • UCSF Profiles

Adrian Whelan, MD, MAS

Title(s)	Assistant Professor, Medicine
School	School of Medicine
Address	400 Parnassus Avenue, #A730J San Francisco CA 94117
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ORCID	0000-0001-5792-6574
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Biography

Education and Training

University College Cork, Ireland	MB BCh BAO	06/2009	Medicine
Royal College of Physicians of Ireland		07/2012	Basic Specialist Training in General Internal Medicine
Royal College of Physicians of Ireland		07/2017	Higher Specialist Training in Nephrology and General Internal Medicine
American Journal of Kidney Diseases		06/2019	Editorial Internship
University of California, San Francisco	MAS	06/2020	Clinical Research
University of California, San Francisco		06/2020	General Nephrology Fellowship- Clinical Research Track
University of California, San Francisco		06/2021	Transplant Nephrology Fellowship

Awards and Honors

National University of Ireland	2009	Dr. H. H. Stewart Scholarship in Medicine
Royal College of Physicians of Ireland	2011	MRCPI
Royal College of Physicians of the United Kingdom	2012	MRCP UK
University of California, San Francisco	2019	Andy I. Choi Memorial Scholarship

Overview

Adrian Whelan is an Assistant Professor of Medicine in the Division of Nephrology. His clinical work includes serving as an Attending on the Kidney Transplant Unit caring for patients prior to, around the time of, and after kidney transplantation. He has completed research evaluating barriers to kidney transplantation with the aim of removing these barriers and helping patients along the pathway to transplantation.

Interests

Kidney transplantation, Hypertension, Kidney donor health, Medical education

Websites

	AJKD Blog. Waitlist Eligibility and Disparities in Transplant Access.
	AJKD Blog. NephMadness 2020: Transplantation Region.
	AJKD Blog. NKF Clinicals 2019: Peritoneal Dialysis in Patients with Chronic Liver Disease and Ascites.

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Publications

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Rurality of patient residence and access to transplantation among children with kidney failure in the United States. Pediatr Nephrol. 2024 Apr; 39(4):1239-1244. Accetta-Rojas G, McCulloch CE, Whelan AM, Copeland TP, Grimes BA, Ku E. PMID: 37768419; PMCID: PMC10899312.

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Nep Nephrology Ped Pediatrics
Translation:Humans
Kidney Transplantation in the Setting of Prolonged Dialysis Vintage: It's About Time. Am J Kidney Dis. 2022 Sep; 80(3):307-308. Whelan AM, Dinh A, Ku E. PMID: 35718661.

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Nep Nephrology
Translation:Humans
Kidney transplant candidacy evaluation and waitlisting practices in the United States and their association with access to transplantation. Am J Transplant. 2022 06; 22(6):1624-1636. Whelan AM, Johansen KL, Copeland T, McCulloch CE, Nallapothula D, Lee BK, Roll GR, Weir MR, Adey DB, Ku E. PMID: 35289082; PMCID: PMC9177783.

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Tra Transplantation
Translation:Humans
Evaluation of Genetic Kidney Diseases in Living Donor Kidney Transplantation: Towards Precision Genomic Medicine in Donor Risk Assessment. Curr Transplant Rep. 2022 Jun; 9(2):127-142. Caliskan Y, Lee B, Whelan A, Abualrub F, Lentine KL, Jittirat A. PMID: 35765363; PMCID: PMC9236183.

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Association between Longer Travel Distance for Transplant Care and Access to Kidney Transplantation and Graft Survival in the United States. J Am Soc Nephrol. 2021 05 03; 32(5):1151-1161. Whelan AM, Johansen KL, Brar S, McCulloch CE, Adey DB, Roll GR, Grimes B, Ku E. PMID: 33712528; PMCID: PMC8259680.

View in: PubMed Mentions: 3 Fields:
Nep Nephrology
Translation:Humans
Weighing the waitlist: Weight changes and access to kidney transplantation among obese candidates. PLoS One. 2020; 15(11):e0242784. Ku E, Whelan AM, McCulloch CE, Lee B, Niemann CU, Roll GR, Grimes BA, Johansen KL. PMID: 33253253; PMCID: PMC7703917.

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Med Medicine (General)Sci Science
Translation:Humans
Longer Distance From Dialysis Facility to Transplant Center Is Associated With Lower Access to Kidney Transplantation. Transplant Direct. 2020 Oct; 6(10):e602. Whelan AM, Johansen KL, McCulloch CE, Adelmann D, Niemann CU, Roll GR, Siyahian S, Grimes B, Ku E. PMID: 33134482; PMCID: PMC7591118.

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The AJKD Editorial Internship: Insights From the Inaugural Class of Editorial Interns. Am J Kidney Dis. 2019 09; 74(3):287-289. Gelfand SL, Khairallah P, Nair D, Whelan AM. PMID: 31445567; PMCID: PMC7402415.

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Nep Nephrology
Use of ambulatory blood pressure monitoring in kidney transplant recipients. Nephrol Dial Transplant. 2019 09 01; 34(9):1437-1439. Whelan AM, Ku E. PMID: 30838404; PMCID: PMC6735770.

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Nep Nephrology Tra Transplantation
Translation:Humans
A prospective comparison of the performance and survival of two different tunnelled haemodialysis catheters: SplitCath® versus DuraMax®. J Vasc Access. 2017 Jul 14; 18(4):334-338. McGarry JG, Given MF, Whelan A, O'Kelly P, Connaughton D, McGrath FP, Keeling AN, Conlon PJ, Lee MJ. PMID: 28478635.

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Vas Vascular Diseases
Translation:Humans