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Katherine R.
Tuttle
MD, FASN, FACP, FNKF

she/her
Faculty
Pinned
Academic
Clinical Professor of Medicine
Professional
Executive Director for Research, Providence Health Care
Regional Co-Principal Investigator, Institute of Translational Health Sciences
Sites of Practice
Providence Medical Research Center

National and International Responsibilities:

American Heart Association – Member, Scientific Advisory Group
2024- 

American Heart Association - Member, Scientific Publishing Committee
2024-2026

ASN Continuous Professional Development Committee Member
2024-2025

Cardiometabolic Health Congress (CMHC) Women’s Health and Wellness Masterclass: “Women and Chronic Kidney Disease”
2023

University of Alaska, Board Member, Transformative Research in Metabolism (TRiM) President Professors Program
2020-present

Weill Cornell Medicine|NewYork Presbyterian, Member, Technical Expert Panel (TEP) for Diabetic Kidney Disease
2020

Scientific Success Committee, Institute of Translational Health Sciences, University of Washington, Member
2019-present

Regional Executive Committee, Institute of Translational Health Sciences, University of Washington, Chair
2019-present

Co-Chair, National Kidney Foundation Workshop SGLT2 Inhibitors in DKD
2019

EMPA-KIDNEY Study, Oxford University, Clinical Trials Service Unit, Member, Steering Committee
2018-present

Kidney Disease Improving Global Outcomes (KDIGO), Member, KDIGO Management of Diabetes & CKD Guideline Work Group
2018-present

Diabetic Kidney Disease Task Force Member, ASN
2018

Member, 79th ADA Scientific Sessions Program Committee for Nephropathy
2018

University of Washington Institute of Translational Health Sciences Regional Collaborations Program, Member, Selection Committee for the KL2 Program
2018

University of Washington School of Medicine / Gonzaga University, Member, Regional Health Partnership Research Task Force
2017-present

Member, ADA Scientific Sessions Nephropathy Subcommittee
2017

Kidney Health Initiative, Chair, Program Committee for 5th Annual Kidney Health Initiative Stakeholders Meeting
2016-2017

Northwest Participant and Clinical Interactions Research Center Network, Institute of Translational Health Sciences, University of Washington, Network Director
2016-present

Canadian Institutes of Health Research’s Strategy on Patient-Oriented Research (SPO), Member, Can-SOLVE CKD International Research Advisory Committee (CIRAC)
2016

ISN World Congress of Nephrology Scientific Program Committee, Co-Chair
2015-2017

National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, Member, CureGN, Publications, and Presentations Committee
2015-present

National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, Chair, ICD-PIECES, Data Safety Monitoring Board
2015-present

University of Washington Institute of Translational Health Sciences Regional Collaborations Program, Co-Principal Investigator
2015-present

University of Washington Institute of Translational Health Sciences Regional Collaborations Program, Chair, Regional Advisory Workgroup
2015-present

University of Washington Institute of Translational Health Sciences Regional Collaborations Program, Director, Northwest Participant, and Clinical Interactions Network
2015-present

Providence Health & Services, Member, Research Leadership Council
2015-present

Providence Health & Services, Member, Executive Committee
2015-present

Co-Chair 2017 World Congress of Nephrology Scientific Program Committee
2015-2017

National Kidney Foundation, Member, Steering Committee for the TACKLE Study
2015

American Society of Nephrology Kidney Week, 2015 Member, Program Committee
2015

Kidney Health Initiative, Member, Board of Directors, ASN representative
2014-2019

National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Diabetes Education Program, Member, STOP-DKD, Data Safety Monitoring Board
2014-present

National Kidney Foundation,  Member, Research Program Task Force
2014

Member, ASN-XPrize Visioneering Workgroup
2014

Co-Chair, Consensus Conference on Chronic Kidney Disease and Diabetes
2014

Member, ASN Nominating Committee
2013-14

Veterans Administration, Department of Defense Chairperson
2013

Peer-Reviewed Medical Research Program
2013

Chair, Translating Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) Research into Improved Clinical Outcomes - The Science of Type 2 Translation (T2) Committee, National Institute for Diabetes, Digestive, and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)
2010-present

Associate Editor, Clinical Journal for the American Society of Nephrology (CJASN)
2010-present

Member, Post-Graduate Education Committee, American Society of Nephrology
2010-present

Member, Narins Award Committee and Peters Award Committee, ASN
2010-2012

Member, Scribner Award Committee, ASN
2009-2012

Member, Data Safety Monitoring Board, Veterans Affairs Cooperative Study Group NEPHRON-D Trial
2009-2013

Chair, Health Care Provider Work Group, National Diabetes Education Program, National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Diabetes, Digestive, and Kidney Disease, 2007-present
(Member 2004-present)

Member, Planning Committee, Proteinuria as a Surrogate Outcome in Chronic Kidney Disease, National Kidney Foundation and United States Food and Drug Administration Consensus Panel
2007-present

Member, Operations and Steering Committees for the CORAL Trial, National Institutes of Health, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute,
2006-present

Chair, Risk Factor Committee, Cardiovascular Outcomes in Renal Atherosclerotic Lesions (CORAL) Trial, 2006-present

Co-Chair, Diabetes and Chronic Kidney Disease Workgroup, National Kidney Foundation-Kidney Disease Outcomes Quality Initiative (KDOQI)
2003-present

Spokane Society of Internal Medicine, President
2003

Spokane Society of Internal Medicine, Chair, Program Committee
2003

Spokane Society of Internal Medicine, Chair, Update in Internal Medicine
2003

Institutional Review Board-Spokane; Spokane, Washington
1999-2012

Spokane Society of Internal Medicine, Member, Program Committee
1999-2002

Member, Consensus Panel on Treatment of High Blood Pressure in Diabetes, National Kidney Foundation
1999

Member, Executive Council on Hypertension, National Kidney Foundation
1998-present

Institutional Review Board-Spokane; Spokane, Washington, Member
1995-2012

Honors

Alpha Omega Alpha
1986

Outstanding Clinical Faculty, Internal Medicine-Spokane
1992

Woman of Distinction: Girl Scouts Inland Empire Council
2000

Fellowship: American College of Physicians-American Society of Internal Medicine
2001

Fellow of the American Society of Nephrology
2004

YWCA Woman of Achievement Award in Science
2009

Alpha Omega Alpha Clinical Faculty Award, University of Washington School of Medicine
2012

Florence Ettleson Memorial Lecture at Providence St. Vincent Medical Center and Providence Portland Medical Center
2013

Allen I. White Distinguished Lectureship Lecture at Washington State University College of Pharmacy
2014

Robert & Elaine Collins Lectureship at University of Colorado
School of Medicine
2015

Spokane Citizen Hall of Fame Honoree for Health, Medicine,
and Science
2015

Fellow of the National Kidney Foundation
2016

National Kidney Foundation (NKF) - Garabed Eknoyan Award
For exceptional contributions to clinical research and key initiatives
of National Kidney Foundation
2017

John T. Harrington, MD Endowed Professor, and Lectureship,
World Kidney Day, Tufts University School of Medicine
2018

Spokane Citizen Hall of Fame Inductee for Science,
Health, and Medicine
2018

Gerald Schulman Endowed Professor and Lectureship,
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
2019

American Association of Kidney Patients (AAKP)
Medal of Excellence Award
2020

Annual Lancet Lecturer
2023

American Society of Nephrology Lifetime Achievement,
John P. Peters Award
2023

American Journal of Kidney Disease, 2023 Editor’s Choice Award
“Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Acute Care Utilization Among Patients with Glomerular Disease”

 

 

Education & Training

Nephrology Fellowship 
University of Texas Health Sciences Center
San Antonio, TX
1988

Endocrinology and Metabolism Fellowship
Washington University
St. Louis, MO
1986

Medicine Residency
Northwestern University Medical School
Chicago, IL
1985

Medical School
Northwestern University Medical School
Chicago, IL
1982

Clinical Interests

  • Diabetic kidney disease
  • Hypertension
  • Renal vascular disease
  • Chronic kidney diseases

Research Interests

  • Clinical and translational science for diabetes and chronic kidney disease
  • Diabetic kidney disease: cellular and molecular mechanisms, clinical research in novel therapeutic agents
  • Nutrition: Cellular and molecular mechanisms of dietary protein-induced kidney damage, clinical research on optimal dietary interventions
  • Hypertension: clinical research in defining selection of therapeutic combinations
  • Renal vascular disease: A randomized clinical trial of medical versus interventional strategy

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