Diana Kwong, MD, MAS

Assistant Instructor

Dr. Diana Kwong is board-certified nephrologist and practices both inpatient and outpatient kidney medicine. She specializes in treating patients with acute kidney injury, chronic kidney disease, end-stage kidney disease, hypertension, electrolyte imbalances and glomerular disorders. She is also a clinical researcher focused on improving clinical care and understanding patient reported outcomes after acute kidney injury. She is a member of the American Society of Nephrology and National Kidney Foundation.

Education
Residency, - Internal Medicine, Johns Hopkins Hospital
MD, - Medicine, Johns Hopkins Hospital
BA, - Public Health Studies; History of Science and Technology, Johns Hopkins University
MAS, - Clinical Research, UCSF
- Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Champion Training, UCSF
Fellowship, - Nephrology, UCSF
Publications

  1. Kwong YD, Liu KD, Go AS, Muiru AN, McCoy IE, Weir MR, Unruh ML, Rincon-Choles H, Hamm LL, Chen J, Hsu JY, Zhang X, Hsu CY, CRIC Study Investigators. Quantifying Change in Proteinuria After Acute Kidney Injury Among Patients With Chronic Kidney Disease: Findings From the Chronic Renal Insufficiency Cohort (CRIC) Study. Kidney Medicine 2026. PMID: 41908617


  2. Liu KD, Siew ED, Tuot DS, Vijayan A, Matzumura Umemoto G, Birkelo BC, Lee BJ, Kwong YD, McCoy IE, Delucchi K, Zhuo H, Hsu CY. A Conservative Dialysis Strategy and Kidney Function Recovery in Dialysis-Requiring Acute Kidney Injury: The Liberation From Acute Dialysis (LIBERATE-D) Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA 2025. PMID: 41201895


  3. Kwong YD, Liu KD, McCoy IE, Muiru AN, Weir MR, Unruh ML, Rincon-Choles H, Go AS, Hamm LL, Chen J, Hsu JY, Zhang X, Hsu CY, CRIC Study Investigators. Optimizing Proteinuria Evaluation and Management after Acute Kidney Injury: Insights from the Chronic Renal Insufficiency Cohort Study. Kidney360 2025. PMID: 41910487


  4. Kwong YD, Kao PF. Acute Kidney Injury Provider and Survivor Education: Current and Emerging Tools. Advances in kidney disease and health 2025. PMID: 40222801


  5. Msilanga DP, Kwong YD. Classifying Severe Acute Kidney Injury in Cirrhosis: Implications for Mortality? Kidney360 2025. PMID: 40014436


  6. Kwong YD, Liu KD. Impact of Adsorptive Blood Purification on Kidney Outcomes. JAMA 2024. PMID: 39382233


  7. Kwong YD, Hsu RK. Antivirals in Herpes Zoster and AKI: Old Foes, New Insights. Clinical journal of the American Society of Nephrology : CJASN 2024. PMID: 38758601


  8. Neyra JA, Gewin L, Ng JH, Barreto EF, Freshly B, Willett J, Abdel-Rahman EM, McCoy I, Kwong YD, Silver SA, Cerda J, Vijayan A. Challenges in the Care of Patients with AKI Receiving Outpatient Dialysis: AKINow Recovery Workgroup Report. Kidney360 2023. PMID: 38055734


  9. Barreto EF, Cerda J, Freshly B, Gewin L, Kwong YD, McCoy IE, Neyra JA, Ng JH, Silver SA, Vijayan A, Abdel-Rahman EM. Optimum Care of AKI Survivors Not Requiring Dialysis after Discharge: An AKINow Recovery Workgroup Report. Kidney360 2023. PMID: 37986185


  10. Kwong YD, Liu KD, Hsu CY, Cooper B, Palevsky PM, Kellum JA, Johansen KL, Miaskowski C. Subgroups of patients with distinct health utility profiles following acute kidney injury. Kidney360 2023. PMID: 37357351


  11. Kwong YD, Hsu CY. In CKD, once-daily empagliflozin reduced progression of kidney disease or CV death at 2 y. Annals of internal medicine 2023. PMID: 36877974


  14. Kwong YD, Liu KD, Lo LJ. Outpatient Dietary Management of Electrolyte Disorders During COVID-19: Food as Medicine. JAMA internal medicine 2021. PMID: 33555305


  15. McAllister S, Lai JC, Copeland TP, Johansen KL, McCulloch CE, Kwong YD, Seth D, Grimes B, Ku E. Renal Recovery and Mortality Risk among Patients with Hepatorenal Syndrome Receiving Chronic Maintenance Dialysis. TO REMOVE 2021. PMID: 35373067


  16. Kwong YD, Mehta K, Miaskowski C, Zhuo H, Yee K, Jauregui A, Ke S, Deiss T, Abbott J, Kangelaris KN, Sinha P, Hendrickson CM, Gomez A, Leligdowicz A, Matthay MA, Calfee CS, Liu KD. Using Best Subsets Regression to Identify Clinical Characteristics and Biomarkers Associated with Sepsis-Associated Acute Kidney Injury. American journal of physiology. Renal physiology 2020. PMID: 33044866


  17. Kwong YD, Liu KD, Hsu RK, Johansen KL, McCulloch CE, Seth D, Fallahzadeh MK, Grimes BA, Ku E. Recovery of Kidney Function Among Patients With Glomerular Disease Starting Maintenance Dialysis. American journal of kidney diseases : the official journal of the National Kidney Foundation 2020. PMID: 32771649


  18. Hendrickson CM, Kwong YD, Belzer AG, Shlipak MG, Matthay MA, Liu KD. Higher plasma cystatin C is associated with mortality after acute respiratory distress syndrome: findings from a Fluid and Catheter Treatment Trial (FACTT) substudy. Critical care (London, England) 2020. PMID: 32653023


  19. Kwong YD, Chen S, Bouajram R, Li F, Matthay MA, Mehta KM, Glidden DV, Liu KD. The value of kinetic glomerular filtration rate estimation on medication dosing in acute kidney injury. PloS one 2019. PMID: 31770424


  20. Kwong YD, Liu KD. Prediction Models for AKI: Will They Result in Improved Outcomes for AKI? Clinical journal of the American Society of Nephrology : CJASN 2019. PMID: 30917995


  21. Kwong YD, Liu KD. Selection of Intravenous Fluids. American journal of kidney diseases : the official journal of the National Kidney Foundation 2018. PMID: 29980374


  22. Jung M, Warren B, Grams M, Kwong YD, Shafi T, Coresh J, Rebholz CM, Selvin E. Performance of non-traditional hyperglycemia biomarkers by chronic kidney disease status in older adults with diabetes: Results from the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study. Volume 10 of Issue 4. Journal of diabetes 2017. PMID: 29055090


  23. Kwong YD, Liu KD. AKI Adjudication: Do We Need It. Nephron 2017. PMID: 28614829


  24. Gilani Z, Kwong YD, Levine OS, Deloria-Knoll M, Scott JA, O'Brien KL, Feikin DR. A literature review and survey of childhood pneumonia etiology studies: 2000-2010. Volume 54 Suppl 2. Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America 2012. PMID: 22403223


  25. Kwong YT, Knoepp LR, Wright EJ, Chen CC. Recurrent pelvic organ prolapse in a patient with history of bladder exstrophy. Volume 18 of Issue 1. Female pelvic medicine & reconstructive surgery 2012. PMID: 22453272


  26. Kwong YT, Stevens LA, Selvin E, Zhang YL, Greene T, Van Lente F, Levey AS, Coresh J. Imprecision of urinary iothalamate clearance as a gold-standard measure of GFR decreases the diagnostic accuracy of kidney function estimating equations. Volume 56 of Issue 1. American journal of kidney diseases : the official journal of the National Kidney Foundation 2010. PMID: 20537455


  27. Hallan SI, Kwong D, Vikse BE, Stevens P. Use of a prostate symptom score to identify men at risk of future kidney failure: insights from the HUNT II Study. Volume 56 of Issue 3. American journal of kidney diseases : the official journal of the National Kidney Foundation 2010. PMID: 20541300