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Clarissa Jonas Diamantidis

Adjunct Associate Professor of Medicine
Medicine, General Internal Medicine
Box 104427, Durham, NC 27701
710 W. Main St, Durham, NC 27701

Current Appointments & Affiliations


Adjunct Associate Professor of Medicine · 2024 - Present Medicine, General Internal Medicine, Medicine

Recent Publications


Forging a path toward kidney transplant equity through multilevel interventions.

Journal Article Curr Opin Organ Transplant · October 1, 2025 PURPOSE OF REVIEW: Persistent disparities in access to kidney transplantation, particularly living donor transplant and preemptive transplant, have gained increasing national attention including efforts to describe their multifactorial root causes. Multile ... Full text Link to item Cite

Designing a Patient-Centered Interdisciplinary Intervention to Promote Equitable Access to Kidney Transplantation across Health Systems: The STEPS Study.

Journal Article Health Soc Work · August 1, 2025 In the United States, health inequities persist in the management of chronic kidney disease and end-stage kidney disease, including unequal access to kidney transplantation. These disparities are deeply rooted in complex social and structural determinants ... Full text Link to item Cite
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Recent Grants


Helping Patients Achieve Kidney Transplants through Health System Change

ResearchInvestigator · Awarded by Wake Forest University Health Sciences · 2023 - 2026

Improving Acute Kidney Injury Outcomes among Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Su

Inst. Training Prgm or CMECo-Mentor · Awarded by Cornell University · 2023 - 2025

Health System Outreach to Eliminate Disparities in Living Kidney Transplants

ResearchInvestigator · Awarded by Wake Forest University Health Sciences · 2023 - 2025

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Education, Training & Certifications


Johns Hopkins University · 2010 M.H.S.
New York Medical College · 2004 M.D.