EDUCATION AND TRAINING

Nephrology Fellowship (2002-2004)
University of California San Francisco
San Francisco, CA

Advanced Training in Clinical Research, Dept. of Epidemiology & Biostatistics (2003-2004)
University of California San Francisco
San Francisco, CA

Medicine Residency (1999-2002)
University of California San Francisco
San Francisco, CA

Medical School (1995-1999)
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, TX

SITE OF PRACTICE
:
VA Puget Sound Health Care System

CONTACT INFORMATION
VA Puget Sound Health Care System, Renal Dialysis Unit S111, Bldg 100
1660 S. Columbian Way
Seattle, WA 98108
Email: ynhall@u.washington.edu

Administrative Contacts:
Phone: (206) 277-3012
Fax:  (206) 764-2022

Division Administration:
http://depts.washington.edu/
nephron/admin.htm

 

Yoshio N. Hall, M.D.

Assistant Professor of Medicine
VA Puget Sound Health Care System

Specialty: General nephrology

Research: Chronic kidney disease in vulnerable populations


 

CLINICAL INTERESTS

  • IgA nephropathy
  • Complementary and alternative medicine-associated CKD


RESEARCH INTERESTS

  • Epidemiology of CKD in Asians and Pacific Islanders
  • KD outcomes in vulnerable populations
  • Organizational barriers to CKD care in urban poor populations

CURRENT RESEARCH

  • Risk factors for CKD progression among the urban poor
  • Factors contributing to low rates of organ transplantation among Asians & Pacific Islanders
  • Association of health literacy, health care utilization, and CKD among vulnerable populations



SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
Hall YN, Rodriguez RA, Boyko EJ, Chertow GM, O’Hare AM. Characteristics of uninsured Americans with chronic kidney disease. J Gen Intern Med, 2009 [in press].

 

Hall YN, O’Hare AM, Young BA, Boyko EJ, Chertow GM.  Neighborhood poverty and kidney transplantation among US Asians and Pacific Islanders with end-stage renal disease. Am J Transplant. 8(11):2402-9, 2008.

 

Hall YN, Hsu CY. New insights into the epidemiology of chronic kidney disease in U.S. Asians and Pacific Islanders. Current Opinion in Nephrology and Hypertension 15(3):264-9, 2006.

 

Hall YN, Hsu CY, Iribarren C, McCulloch CE, Darbinian J, Go AS. The conundrum of increased burden of end-stage renal disease in Asians. Kidney International 68:2310-2316, 2005.

 

Hall YN, Sugihara JG, Go AS, Chertow GM. Differential mortality and transplantation rates among Asians and Pacific Islanders with end-stage renal disease. Journal of the American Society of Nephrology 16(12):3711-20, 2005.

 

AWARDS

  • Norman S. Coplon Extramural Grant (Satellite Healthcare)
  • American Kidney Fund - Clinical Scientist in Nephrology
  • Alpha Omega Alpha

 

NATIONAL and INTERNATIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES
Outcome Committee, Frequent Hemodialysis Network Trial
Abstract Reviewer, American Society of Nephrology Annual Meetings 2007
Relevance Reviewer, American Board of Internal Medicine - Nephrology

 

PEER REVIEW ACTIVITIES
Journal of the American Society of Nephrology
Annals of Epidemiology
Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes
Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology
American Journal of Kidney Diseases
Kidney International

 

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