Anna Malkina, MD

Title(s)Associate Professor, Medicine
SchoolSchool of Medicine
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    Dr. Anna Malkina is a nephrologist who specializes in diagnosing and managing acute and chronic kidney diseases, hypertension (high blood pressure) and kidney stones. She is passionate about patient education and engaging patients in self-care.

    Malkina earned her medical degree from the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine, where she was especially active in caring for patients at the Student-Run Free Clinic Project. She completed a residency in internal medicine and a fellowship in nephrology at UCSF.

    Malkina is interested in educating future physicians in the field of nephrology. She teaches in both hospital and clinic settings. Her honors include the Arnold P. Gold Foundation Humanism in Medicine Award from UC San Diego Health Sciences and the Andy I. Choi MD Memorial Scholarship from UCSF.

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    1. Intensive Home Blood Pressure Lowering in Patients With Advanced CKD. Am J Kidney Dis. 2025 Mar; 85(3):320-328. Ku E, Copeland TP, McCulloch CE, Seth D, Carlos CA, Cho K, Malkina A, Lo LJ, Hsu RK. PMID: 39427725.
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    2. Comprehensive Assessment of Clinical Learning Environments to Drive Improvement: Lessons Learned from a Pilot Program. Teach Learn Med. 2023 Oct-Dec; 35(5):565-576. Bernal J, Cresalia N, Fuller J, Gin B, Laves E, Lupton K, Malkina A, Marmor A, Wheeler D, Williams M, van Schaik S. PMID: 36001491.
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    3. Validating laboratory defined chronic kidney disease in the electronic health record for patients in primary care. BMC Nephrol. 2019 01 03; 20(1):3. Frigaard M, Rubinsky A, Lowell L, Malkina A, Karliner L, Kohn M, Peralta CA. PMID: 30606109; PMCID: PMC6318865.
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    4. Role of telehealth in renal replacement therapy education. Semin Dial. 2018 03; 31(2):129-134. Malkina A, Tuot DS. PMID: 29314304; PMCID: PMC5839979.
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    5. The association of adiposity with kidney function decline among HIV-infected adults: findings from the Fat Redistribution and Metabolic Changes in HIV Infection (FRAM) study. HIV Med. 2015 Mar; 16(3):184-90. Malkina A, Scherzer R, Shlipak MG, Bacchetti P, Tien PC, Grunfeld C, Kosmiski L, Peralta CA. PMID: 25251910; PMCID: PMC4320665.
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    6. Association of Obesity and Kidney Function Decline among Non-Diabetic Adults with eGFR > 60 ml/min/1.73m2: Results from the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA). Open J Endocr Metab Dis. 2013 May 23; 3(2):103-112. Malkina A, Katz R, Shlipak MG, Ix JH, de Boer IH, Sarnak MJ, Allison M, Kramer HJ, Lin J, Siscovick D, Peralta CA. PMID: 25210651; PMCID: PMC4157691.
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    7. 3p21.3 tumor suppressor gene H37/Luca15/RBM5 inhibits growth of human lung cancer cells through cell cycle arrest and apoptosis. Cancer Res. 2006 Apr 01; 66(7):3419-27. Oh JJ, Razfar A, Delgado I, Reed RA, Malkina A, Boctor B, Slamon DJ. PMID: 16585163.
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