Rim Elchaki • UCSF Profiles

Rim Elchaki, MD

Title(s)	Assistant Professor, Pediatrics
School	School of Medicine
Address	550 16th Street San Francisco CA 94158
Pronouns	She/Her/Hers
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Biography

Education and Training

Weill Cornell Medicine – Qatar, MD	MD	2015
Oishei Children's Hospital, Pediatrics		2018
UCLA		2021

Overview

Dr. Rim ElChaki is a pediatric nephrologist who cares for patients with conditions that involve or affect the kidneys, including high blood pressure, hematuria (blood in urine), proteinuria (excess protein in urine), kidney stones, and birth defects of the kidneys or urinary tract. She manages hospitalized patients on dialysis, whether for acute or chronic kidney problems, and cares for kidney transplant patients. She is especially interested in providing general nephrology care in the community and preventing the progression of chronic kidney disease.
ElChaki's care philosophy focuses on treating patients as individuals and using safe, proven treatments. She seeks to ensure her patients and their families completely understand their care plans, working to foster strong patient-doctor relationships.

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Publications

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Envarsus XR® pharmacokinetics in adolescents post-kidney transplantation - A pilot study. Pediatr Transplant. 2023 05; 27(3):e14480. ElChaki R, Ettenger R, Lee S, Chen L, Gales B, Srivastava R, Pearl M. PMID: 36732080.

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Ped Pediatrics Tra Transplantation
Translation:Humans
Endothelin Type A Receptor Antibodies Are Associated With Angiotensin II Type 1 Receptor Antibodies, Vascular Inflammation, and Decline in Renal Function in Pediatric Kidney Transplantation. Kidney Int Rep. 2020 Nov; 5(11):1925-1936. Pearl MH, Chen L, ElChaki R, Elashoff D, Gjertson DW, Rossetti M, Weng PL, Zhang Q, Reed EF, Chambers ET. PMID: 33163713; PMCID: PMC7609952.

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Linkage to Primary Care and Survival After Hospital Discharge for HIV-Infected Adults in Tanzania: A Prospective Cohort Study. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2016 Dec 15; 73(5):522-530. Peck RN, Wang RJ, Mtui G, Smart L, Yango M, Elchaki R, Wajanga B, Downs JA, Mteta K, Fitzgerald DW. PMID: 27846069; PMCID: PMC5129656.

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Acq Acquired Immunodeficiency Synd
Translation:Humans
IL-6-mediated induction of matrix metalloproteinase-9 is modulated by JAK-dependent IL-10 expression in macrophages. J Immunol. 2014 Jan 01; 192(1):349-57. Kothari P, Pestana R, Mesraoua R, Elchaki R, Khan KM, Dannenberg AJ, Falcone DJ. PMID: 24285838; PMCID: PMC3872272.

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All Allergy and Immunology
Translation:Animals Cells