Susan T Crowley, MD, FASN

Research Interests

Diabetes Mellitus; Health Policy; Health Promotion; Kidney; Kidney Diseases; Kidney Failure, Chronic; Nephrology; Veterans; Clinical Trial; Telemedicine; Acute Kidney Injury; Health Care

Public Health Interests

Chronic Conditions; Chronic disease management; Clinical Guidelines; Clinical Trials; Diabetes; Health Care Quality; Health Policy; Health promotion-disease prevention; Health Services Research; Telemedicine

Research Organizations

Internal Medicine: Nephrology

Faculty Research

Office of Cooperative Research

Research Summary

My research interests have centered on pharmacologic and dialytic strategies to reduce the morbidity and mortality associated with kidney failure. As an Executive Committee Member and /or a Site Investigator for the VA’s Cooperative Studies Program, I have conducted clinical trials targeting vascular access preservation and renal and cardiovascular risk reduction in chronic kidney disease, and all-cause mortality in acute kidney injury.

Specialized Terms: Kidney failure; Acute kidney injury; Chronic kidney disease; Dialysis; Health policy; Healthcare delivery

Extensive Research Description

I currently serve on the Advisory and/or Safety Boards of a number of multicenter clinical trials related to the management of patients with chronic kidney disease.

Selected Publications

• Innovations in Kidney Care Within the Veterans Heath Administration Crowley, S.T. and Rodriguez, R. Innovations in Kidney Care Within the Veterans Heath Administration. ASN Kidney News. 2014; 6(2):7-9.
• End Stage Kidney Disease (ESKD) Care within the VA: A Forward-Looking Program with an Illuminating Past

  Watnick S, Crowley S.T. End Stage Kidney Disease (ESKD) Care within the VA: A Forward-Looking Program with an Illuminating Past. American Journal of Kidney Diseases. 2014; 63(3): 521-9.

• Use of computerized order set to increase prescription of calcium and vitamin D supplementation in patients receiving glucocorticoids

  Kohler M, Amezega M, Drozd J, Crowley ST, Gulanski B, Anderson D, Fraenkel L, Use of computerized order set to increase prescription of calcium and vitamin D supplementation in patients receiving glucocorticoids. J Gen Intern Med 2013 June;28(6): 825-9.

• What is the risk of Hepatitis C spread in dialysis and how can we curtail it? Seminars in Dialysis

  Crowley, ST. What is the risk of Hepatitis C spread in dialysis and how can we curtail it? Seminars in Dialysis. 2011; 24(4): 436-8.

• Intensity of renal replacement therapy in acute kidney injury: perspective from within the Acute Renal Failure Trial Network Study

  Palevsky PM, O'Connor TZ, Chertow GM, Crowley ST, Zhang JH, Kellum JA. Intensity of renal replacement therapy in acute kidney injury: perspective from within the Acute Renal Failure Trial Network Study. Crit Care 2009; 13(4):310.

• Acute Kidney Injury in the Intensive Care Unit

  Crowley, S.T., Peixoto A. Acute Kidney Injury in the Intensive Care Unit. Clinics in Chest Medicine .2009; 30(1):29-43.

• Lessons for successful study enrollment from the Veterans Affairs/National Institutes of Health Acute Renal Failure Trial Network Study.

  Crowley, S.T., Chertow G, Vitale J, O’Connor T, Zhang J, Schein R, Choudhury D, Finkel K, Vijayan A, Paganini E, Pzalevsky P. (2008) Lessons for successful study enrollment from the Veterans Affairs/National Institutes of Health Acute Renal Failure Trial Network Study.

• Intensity of renal support in critically ill patients with acute kidney injury.

  Palevsky, PM, Zhang JH, O’Connor TZ, Chertow GM, Crowley S.T., Choudhury D, Finkel K, Kellum JA, Paganini E, Schein RMH, Smith MW, Swanson KM, Thompson BT, Vijayan A, Watnick S, Star RA, Peduzzi P. (2008) Intensity of renal support in critically ill patients with acute kidney injury.

• Systemic Disease With Renal Manifestations

  Rajashekar A, Perazella M, Crowley, S.T. “Systemic Disease With Renal Manifestations.” Primary Care Clinics in Office Practice 2008; 35(2):297-328

Full List of PubMed Publications

• Crowley ST, Murphy K: Delivering a "New Deal" of Kidney Health Opportunities to Improve Outcomes Within the Veterans Health Administration. Am J Kidney Dis. 2018 Apr 4; 2018 Apr 4. PMID: 29627134
• Crowley ST, Meyer L: Sparking Innovation To Improve the Lives of People with Kidney Disease. Clin J Am Soc Nephrol. 2017 Sep 7; 2017 Jul 17. PMID: 28716858
• Coca SG, Nadkarni GN, Huang Y, Moledina DG, Rao V, Zhang J, Ferket B, Crowley ST, Fried LF, Parikh CR: Plasma Biomarkers and Kidney Function Decline in Early and Established Diabetic Kidney Disease. J Am Soc Nephrol. 2017 Sep; 2017 May 5. PMID: 28476763
• Kalantar-Zadeh K, Crowley ST, Beddhu S, Chen JLT, Daugirdas JT, Goldfarb DS, Jin A, Kovesdy CP, Leehey DJ, Moradi H, Navaneethan SD, Norris KC, Obi Y, O'Hare A, Shafi T, Streja E, Unruh ML, Vachharajani TJ, Weisbord S, Rhee CM: Renal Replacement Therapy and Incremental Hemodialysis for Veterans with Advanced Chronic Kidney Disease. Semin Dial. 2017 May; 2017 Apr 18. PMID: 28421638
• Crowley ST, Belcher J, Choudhury D, Griffin C, Pichler R, Robey B, Rohatgi R, Mielcarek B: Targeting Access to Kidney Care Via Telehealth: The VA Experience. Adv Chronic Kidney Dis. 2017 Jan. PMID: 28224939
• Watnick S, Crowley ST: ESRD care within the US Department of Veterans Affairs: a forward-looking program with an illuminating past. Am J Kidney Dis. 2014 Mar; 2013 Dec 11. PMID: 24331978
• Crowley ST: What is the risk of hepatitis C spread within dialysis units and how can we curtail it? Semin Dial. 2011 Jul-Aug. PMID: 21851408
• Crowley ST, Peixoto AJ: Acute kidney injury in the intensive care unit. Clin Chest Med. 2009 Mar. PMID: 19186279
• Crowley ST, Chertow GM, Vitale J, O'Connor T, Zhang J, Schein RM, Choudhury D, Finkel K, Vijayan A, Paganini E, Palevsky PM, VA/NIH Acute Renal Failure Trial Network Study Group.: Lessons for successful study enrollment from the Veterans Affairs/National Institutes of Health Acute Renal Failure Trial Network Study. Clin J Am Soc Nephrol. 2008 Jul; 2008 Apr 2. PMID: 18385390
• Tal MG, Peixoto AJ, Crowley ST, Denbow N, Eliseo D, Pollak J: Comparison of side hole versus non side hole high flow hemodialysis catheters. Hemodial Int. 2006 Jan. PMID: 16441829

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