Ling-Xin Chen, M.D., M.S.
Transplant Nephrologist
Associate Professor of Clinical Internal Medicine
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Philosophy of Care
Dr. Chen believes that patients can be empowered partners in their care once they are provided the tools and knowledge by their physicians. She believes that patients' personal lifestyle choices can change their health and is dedicated to educating and engaging patients in pursuing healthy lifestyle choices.
Clinical Interests
Dr. Chen is a transplant nephrologist who cares for adults who have received kidney transplants. She also evaluates patients with end stage kidney disease for transplant candidacy and potential living kidney donors for donor candidacy. She has a special interest in the lifestyle factors that contribute to transplant candidacy and post-transplant success, including nutrition and exercise interventions and assessments.
Research/Academic Interests
Dr. Chen is dedicated to developing a wide array of clinical trial options for patients at UC Davis and has helped to build an active and diverse portfolio of clinical trials, including studies of immunosuppression, transplant diagnostics, and post-transplant therapeutics. Her research interest focuses on the development of lifestyle interventions for transplant success, both for transplant candidates and transplant recipients. She is also interested in the identification of risk factors for chronic disease in potential living kidney donors.
Division
Transplant Nephrology
Center/Program Affiliation
Undergraduate School
B.S., Biochemistry, University of Maryland, College Park MD 2005
Medical School
M.D., University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore MD 2009
Other School
M.S., Clinical Research, University of Chicago, Chicago IL 2016
Internship
Internal Medicine, University of Chicago, Chicago IL 2009-2010
Residency
Internal Medicine, University of Chicago, Chicago IL 2010-2012
Fellowship
Nephrology, University of Chicago, Chicago IL 2013-2015
Fellowship
Transplant Nephrology, University of Chicago, Chicago IL 2015-2016
Gul HL, Sockolov M, Howes K, Kaur A, Occhipinti M, Bang H, Alnimri M, Huang Y, Dray J, Chen L-X. Effect of Tacrolimus Formulation on Neurocognition in Older Kidney Transplant Recipients: A Randomized Controlled Trial, Transplantation Reports. 10(3): 1-7.
Goussous N, Alghannam K, Than PA, Wang AX, Chen L-X, Alexopoulos SP, Sageshima J, Preze RV. Outcomes of Kidney Transplantation from Donors on Renal Replacement Therapy. Transplantation Direct. 11(3): 1-7.
Friedman GG, Perez R, Chen L-X. Nutrition Evaluation and Counseling for Potential Living Kidney Donors: An Opportunity for Lifelong Change, Current Transplantation Reports. 11: 21-29.
Chandraker A, Regmi A, Gohh R, Sharma A, Woodle ES, Ansari MJ, Nair V, Chen L-X, Alhamad T, Norman S, Cibrik D, Singh M, Alper A, Jain D, Zaky Z, Kenechtle S, Sharfuddin A, Gupta G, Lonze BE, Young J-AH, Adey D, Faravardeh A, Dadhania DM, Rossi AP, Florescu D, Cardarelli F, Ma J,Gilmore S, Vasileiou S, Jindra PT, Wojciechowski D. Posoleucel in Kidney Transplant Recipients with BK Viremia: Multicenter, Randomizer, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Phase 2 Trial, Journal of the American Society of Nephrology. 35(5): 618-629.
Goodson DA, Chalupsky MR, Wiegley N, Huang Y, Chiu M, Bang H, Roshanravan B, Young BY, Chen L-X. GFR Estimation in Potential Living Kidney Donors: Race- and Nonrace-based Equations and Measured GFR, Kidney Medicine. 4(12): e100558.
Leung M, Humphrey M, Chen LX, Sarkar S. Ascites Development is Associated With Worse Outcome in Patients Afer Kidney Transplantation. Clinical Transplantation, 2020 Mar; 35(3):e14198. doi: 10.1111/ctr.14198
Gao G, Chen LX, Brown IE, De Mattos A, Perez RV, Jen KY. Donor Characteristics, recipient outcomes, and histologic findings of kidney allografts with diffuse donor-derived glomerular fibrin thrombi. Transplantation. 2019 Sep;103(9):1921-1927.
Chen LX, Francalacci LC, Bang H, De Mattos A, Perez RV, Jen KY. Histopathologic Findings on Implantation Renal Allograft Biopsies Correlate With Kidney Donor Profile Index and 30-Day Serum Creatinine. Transplantation Proceedings. 2019 Apr; 51(3):639–646.
Chen LX, De Mattos A, Bang H, Vu CT, Gandhi M, Alnimri M, Gallay B, Fananapazir G. Angioplasty Versus Stent in the Treatment of Transplant Renal Artery Stenosis. Clinical Transplantation. 2018 Apr;32(4):e13217. doi:10.1111/ctr.13217.
Chen LX, Josephson MA, Hedeker D, Campbell KH, Stanku N, Saunders MR. A Clinical Prediction Score to Guide Referral of Elderly Dialysis Patients for Kidney Transplant Evaluation. Kidney International Reports. 2017 Jul;2(3):645-653. Published online 2017 Mar 4. doi:10.1016/j.ekir.2017.02.014.