Nirupama Ramkumar
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Nirupama Ramkumar, MD, MPH

Languages spoken: English, Hindi, Tamil

Clinical Locations

Primary Location

University of Utah Hospital

Nephrology
50 N Medical Dr
Salt Lake City , UT 84132
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Dr.Ramkumar is an Associate Professor of Internal Medicine at the University of Utah Health. She received her medical degree from Bangalore University, India and obtained her Master's degree in Public Health from the University of Utah. She completed her residency training in Internal Medicine at UCSF-Fresno and Nephrology fellowship training at University of Utah. Her clinical interests include hypertension, polycystic kidney disease and chronic kidney disease. She oversees Nephrology fellows in training in the outpatient and inpatient settings.

Specialties

Board Certification

American Board of Internal Medicine (Sub: Nephrology)

Patient Rating

5.0 /5
( out of 31 reviews )

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UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL

I like to see her again for my care

UH HOSPITALS AND CLINICS

Nirupama and Taylor work really well together. The fact that they seem to agree on everything is very reassuring to me.

UH HOSPITALS AND CLINICS

Excellent

UH HOSPITALS AND CLINICS

An excellent physician with a friendly manner

UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL

Smart, reliable and knowledgeable

UH HOSPITALS AND CLINICS

Good

UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL

Dr. Ramkumar has shown me compassionate concern and a complete understanding of my concerns.

UH HOSPITALS AND CLINICS

Very professional and friendly from beginning to end.

UH HOSPITALS AND CLINICS

The provider I did see, was phenomenal. She would be a great recommendation for any patient I was beyond happy with her. I can't express how happy I was with her, she went above and beyond to answer questions, concerns etc.

Dr.Ramkumar is an Associate Professor of Internal Medicine at the University of Utah Health. She received her medical degree from Bangalore University, India and obtained her Master's degree in Public Health from the University of Utah. She completed her residency training in Internal Medicine at UCSF-Fresno and Nephrology fellowship training at University of Utah. Her clinical interests include hypertension, polycystic kidney disease and chronic kidney disease. She oversees Nephrology fellows in training in the outpatient and inpatient settings.

Board Certification and Academic Information

Academic Departments Internal Medicine -Associate Professor
Academic Divisions Nephrology & Hypertension
Board Certification
American Board of Internal Medicine (Sub: Nephrology)

Education history

Professional Medical Medicine - Bangalore University M.B.B.S.
Graduate Training Public Health - University of Utah M.P.H.
Internship Family Medicine - UCSF-Fresno Intern
Residency Internal Medicine - UCSF-Fresno Resident
Fellowship Nephrology - University of Utah Fellow

Selected Publications

Journal Article

  1. Hawkes CH, Ramkumar N, Baker R, Lyon JL (2007). Multiple sclerosis in Latter Day Saints (Mormons). Acta Neurol Scand, 115(4), 260-4.
  2. Beddhu S, Kimmel PL, Ramkumar N, Cheung AK (2005). Associations of metabolic syndrome with inflammation in CKD: results From the Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES III). Am J Kidney Dis, 46(4), 577-86.
  3. Ramkumar N, Murtaugh MA, Cheung AK, Beddhu S (2007). Lack of synergistic effects of metabolic syndrome and plasma fibrinogen on coronary events and mortality in moderate CKD. Am J Kidney Dis, 49(3), 356-64.
  4. Morris D, Samore MH, Pappas LM, Ramkumar N, Beddhu S (2005). Nutrition and racial differences in cardiovascular events and survival in elderly dialysis patients. Am J Med, 118(6), 671-5.
  5. Lazaro-Guevara J, Fierro-Morales J, Wright AH, Gunville R, Simeone C, Frodsham SG, Pezzolesi MH, Zaffino CA, Al-Rabadi L, Ramkumar N, Pezzolesi MG (2021). Targeted Next-Generation Sequencing Identifies Pathogenic Variants in Diabetic Kidney Disease. Am J Nephrol, 52(3), 239-249.
  6. Cho ME, Sweeney C, Fino N, Greene T, Ramkumar N, Huang Y, Ricardo AC, Shafi T, Deo R, Anderson A, Mills KT, Cheung AK, CRIC Study Investigators. (2021). Longitudinal Changes in Prorenin and Renin in the Chronic Renal Insufficiency Cohort. Am J Nephrol, 52(2), 141-151.
  7. Ramkumar N, Pappas LM, Beddhu S (2005). Effect of body size and body composition on survival in peritoneal dialysis patients. Perit Dial Int, 25(5), 461-9.
  8. Beddhu S, Samore MH, Roberts MS, Stoddard GJ, Ramkumar N, Pappas LM, Cheung AK (2003). Impact of timing of initiation of dialysis on mortality. J Am Soc Nephrol, 14(9), 2305-12.
  9. Beddhu S, Pappas LM, Ramkumar N, Samore M (2003). Effects of body size and body composition on survival in hemodialysis patients. J Am Soc Nephrol, 14(9), 2366-72.
  10. Beddhu S, Pappas LM, Ramkumar N, Samore MH (2004). Malnutrition and atherosclerosis in dialysis patients. J Am Soc Nephrol, 15(3), 733-42.
  11. Roos KP, Bugaj V, Mironova E, Stockand JD, Ramkumar N, Rees S, Kohan DE (2013). Adenylyl cyclase VI mediates vasopressin-stimulated ENaC activity. J Am Soc Nephrol, 24(2), 218-27.
  12. Al-Rabadi LF, Caza T, Trivin-Avillach C, Rodan AR, Andeen N, Hayashi N, Williams B, Revelo MP, Clayton F, Abraham J, Lin E, Liou W, Zou CJ, Ramkumar N, Cummins T, Wilkey DW, Kawalit I, Herzog C, Storey A, Edmondson R, Sjoberg R, Yang T, Chien J, Merchant M, Arthur J, Klein J, Larsen C, Beck LH Jr (2021). Serine Protease HTRA1 as a Novel Target Antigen in Primary Membranous Nephropathy. J Am Soc Nephrol, 32(7), 1666-1681.
  13. Lakshmipathi J, Gao Y, Hu C, Stuart D, Genzen J, Ramkumar N, Kohan DE (2020). Nephron-Specific Disruption of Polycystin-1 Induces Cyclooxygenase-2-Mediated Blood Pressure Reduction Independent of Cystogenesis. J Am Soc Nephrol, 31(6), 1243-1254.
  14. Ying J, Stuart D, Hillas E, Gociman BR, Ramkumar N, Lalouel JM, Kohan DE (2012). Overexpression of mouse angiotensinogen in renal proximal tubule causes salt-sensitive hypertension in mice. Am J Hypertens, 25(6), 684-9.
  15. Ramkumar N, Stuart D, Ying J, Kohan DE (2013). A possible interaction between systemic and renal angiotensinogen in the control of blood pressure. Am J Hypertens, 26(4), 473-80.
  16. Ramkumar N, Ying J, Stuart D, Kohan DE (2013). Overexpression of Renin in the collecting duct causes elevated blood pressure. Am J Hypertens, 26(8), 965-72.
  17. Ramkumar N, Stuart D, Abraham N, Kohan D (2018). Nephron prorenin receptor deficiency alters renal medullary endothelin-1 and endothelin receptor expression. Physiological research, 67(Suppl 1), S127-S136.
  18. Ramkumar N, Stuart D, Peterson CS, Hu C, Wheatley W, Min Cho J, Symons JD, Kohan D (2021). Loss of Soluble (Pro)renin Receptor Attenuates Angiotensin-II Induced Hypertension and Renal Injury. Circulation research, 129(1), 50-62.
  19. Ramkumar N, Cheung AK, Pappas LM, Roberts WL, Beddhu (2004). Association of obesity with inflammation in chronic kidney disease: a cross-sectional study. Journal of renal nutrition, 14(4), 201-7.
  20. Beddhu S, Ramkumar N, Pappas L (2005). Normalization of protein intake by body weight and the associations of protein intake with nutritional status and survival. Journal of renal nutrition, 15(4), 387-97.
  21. Nicholson RJ, Ramkumar N, Summers S (2021). Gain of 'FAOnction', Loss of Fibrosis. Trends in endocrinology and metabolism, 32(6), 333-334.
  22. Ramkumar N, Kohan D (2013). Role of collecting duct renin in blood pressure regulation. American journal of physiology. Regulatory, integrative and comparative physiology, 305(2), R92-4.
  23. Ramkumar N, Stuart D, Rees S, Hoek AV, Sigmund CD, Kohan D (2014). Collecting duct-specific knockout of renin attenuates angiotensin II-induced hypertension. American journal of physiology. Renal physiology, 307(8), F931-8.
  24. Ramkumar N, Stuart D, Calquin M, Quadri S, Wang S, Van Hoek AN, Siragy HM, Ichihara A, Kohan D (2015). Nephron-specific deletion of the prorenin receptor causes a urine concentration defect. American journal of physiology. Renal physiology, 309(1), F48-56.
  25. Ramkumar N, Stuart D, Mironova E, Bugay V, Wang S, Abraham N, Ichihara A, Stockand JD, Kohan D (2016). Renal tubular epithelial cell prorenin receptor regulates blood pressure and sodium transport. American journal of physiology. Renal physiology, 311(1), F186-94.
  26. Ramkumar N, Stuart D, Mironova E, Abraham N, Gao Y, Wang S, Lakshmipathi J, Stockand JD, Kohan D (2018). Collecting duct principal, but not intercalated, cell prorenin receptor regulates renal sodium and water excretion. American journal of physiology. Renal physiology, 315(3), F607-F617.
  27. Logar CM, Pappas LM, Ramkumar N, Beddhu (2005). Surgical revascularization versus amputation for peripheral vascular disease in dialysis patients: a cohort study. BMC nephrology, 6, 3.
  28. Ramkumar N, Beddhu S, Eggers P, Pappas LM, Cheung A (2005). Patient preferences for in-center intense hemodialysis. Hemodialysis international. International Symposium on Home Hemodialysis, 9(3), 281-95.
  29. Song K, Stuart D, Abraham N, Wang F, Wang S, Yang T, Sigmund CD, Kohan DE, Ramkumar (2016). Collecting Duct Renin Does Not Mediate DOCA-Salt Hypertension or Renal Injury. PloS one, 11(7), e0159872.
  30. Quadri SS, Culver S, Ramkumar N, Kohan DE, Siragy H (2018). (Pro)Renin receptor mediates obesity-induced antinatriuresis and elevated blood pressure via upregulation of the renal epithelial sodium channel. PloS one, 13(8), e0202419.
  31. Nelson MD, Ramkumar N, Gale B (2019). Flexible, transparent, sub-100 um microfluidic channels with FDM 3D-printed thermoplastic polyurethane . Journal of micromechanics and microengineering, 29(095010),
  32. Ramkumar N, Gao Y, Kohan D (2017). Characterization of flow-regulated cortical collecting duct endothelin-1 production. Physiological reports, 5(4),
  33. Ramkumar N, Stuart D, Calquin M, Wang S, Niimura F, Matsusaka T, Kohan D (2016). Possible role for nephron-derived angiotensinogen in angiotensin-II dependent hypertension. Physiological reports, 4(1),
  34. Ramkumar N, Stuart D, Yang T, Kohan D (2017). Aldosterone does not alter endothelin B receptor signaling in the inner medullary collecting duct. Physiological reports, 5(5),
  35. Ramkumar N, Stuart D, Calquin M, Wang S, Niimura F, Matsusaka T, Kohan DE (2016). Possible role for nephron-derived angiotensinogen in angiotensin-II dependent hypertension . Physiological reports, 4(1), e12675.
  36. Wang F, Xu C, Luo R, Peng K, Ramkumar N, Xie S, Lu X, Zhao L, Zuo CJ, Kohan DE, Yang (2019). Site-1 protease-derived soluble (pro)renin receptor targets vasopressin receptor 2 to enhance urine concentrating capability. JCI insight, 4(7),
  37. Agarwal A, Beddhu S, Boucher R, Rao V, Ramkumar N, Rodan AR, Fang J, Wynne BM, Drakos SG, Hanff T, Cheung AK, Fang J (2024). Evaluation of renal sodium handling in heart failure with preserved ejection fraction: A pilot study. Physiological reports, 12(9), e16033.
  38. Rubin M, Lecker SH, Ramkumar N, Sozio SM, Hoover RS Jr, Zeidel ML, Ko B (2024). American Society of Nephrology Kidney Tutored Research and Education for Kidney Scholars (TREKS) Program: A 10-Year Interim Analysis. Journal of the American Society of Nephrology,
  39. Sarwal A, Abraham D, Kethineni R, Ramkumar N, Abraham (2023). Acute kidney injury, necrotizing pancreatitis and nephrocalcinosis: A rare presentation of primary hyperparathyroidism. The American journal of the medical sciences, 365(3), 313-314.
  40. Xu C, Chen Y, Ramkumar N, Zou CJ, Sigmund CD, Yang (2023). Collecting duct renin regulates potassium homeostasis in mice. Acta physiologica (Oxford, England), 237(1), e13899.
  41. Stuart D, Peterson CS, Hu C, Revelo MP, Huang Y, Kohan DE, Ramkumar (2022). Lack of renoprotective effects of targeting the endothelin A receptor and (or) sodium glucose transporter 2 in a mouse model of Type 2 diabetic kidney disease. Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology, 100(8), 763-771.
  42. Pyrshev K, Khayyat NH, Stavniichuk A, Tomilin VN, Zaika O, Ramkumar N, Pochynyuk (2022). ClC-K2 Cl(-) channel allows identification of A- and B-type of intercalated cells in split-opened collecting ducts. FASEB journal, 36(5), e22275.

Review

  1. Ramkumar N, Kohan DE. (2019). The (pro)renin receptor: emerging player in hypertension and metabolic syndrome . Kidney international, 95(5), 1041-1052.
  2. Ramkumar N, Kohan DE (2013). Proximal tubule angiotensinogen modulation of arterial pressure . Current opinion in nephrology and hypertension, 22(1), 32-36.
  3. Ramkumar N, Kohan D (2016). Role of the collecting duct renin angiotensin system in regulation of blood pressure and renal function. Current hypertension reports, 18(4), 29.
  4. Ramkumar N, Kohan DE (2016). The nephron (pro)renin receptor: function and significance. American journal of physiology. Renal physiology, 311(6), F1145-1148.
  5. Van Beusecum JP, Rianto F, Teakell J, Kon V, Sparks MA, Hoorn EJ, Kirabo A, Ramkumar (2023). Novel Concepts in Nephron Sodium Transport: A Physiological and Clinical Perspective. Advances in kidney disease and health, 30(2), 124-136.
  6. Lin H, Geurts F, Hassler L, Batlle D, Mirabito Colafella KM, Denton KM, Zhuo JL, Li XC, Ramkumar N, Koizumi M, Matsusaka T, Nishiyama A, Hoogduijn MJ, Hoorn EJ, Danser AH (2022). Kidney Angiotensin in Cardiovascular Disease: Formation and Drug Targeting. Pharmacological reviews, 74(3), 462-505.

Book Chapter

  1. Sarwal A, Ramkumar Genetic disorders of sodium transport. .

Editorial

  1. Ramkumar (2018). Return of the prorenin receptor: a novel role in macula dense signaling . 315(4), F913-914.
  2. Nicholson RJ, Ramkumar N, Rodan A (2024). Megalin as a Metabolic Modulator in the Kidney and Beyond. Function (Oxford, England), 5(5), zqae032.
  3. Ramkumar (2024). Dopamine D(4) receptor regulates kidney sodium transport and blood pressure. Hypertension research, 47(10), 2952-2954.
  4. Ramkumar N, Tomacruz IDV, Phachu D, Sparks M (2023). Physiology Is Fundamental to Patient Care and Research Advances in Nephrology. Advances in kidney disease and health, 30(2), 69-70.

Letter

  1. Beddhu S, Pappas LM, Ramkumar N, Samore MH (2005). Body mass index and survival in incident dialysis patients: the answer depends on the question. [Letter to the editor]. Am J Clin Nutr, 81(2), 534-6; author reply 536.
  2. Beddhu S, Ramkumar N, Samore MH (2005). The paradox of the "body mass index paradox" in dialysis patients: associations of adiposity with inflammation. [Letter to the editor]. Am J Clin Nutr, 82(4), 909-10; author reply 910-11.

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