Clarissa Jonas Diamantidis

Clarissa Jonas Diamantidis
Assistant Professor of Medicine

Current Appointments & Affiliations

Assistant Professor of Medicine, Medicine, General Internal Medicine, Medicine 2014
Assistant Professor in Population Health Sciences, Population Health Sciences, Basic Science Departments 2018

Contact Information

411 W Chapel Hill St, Suite 500, Durham, NC 27701
Box 104427, Durham, NC 27701
clarissa.diamantidis@duke.edu (919) 668-1261

Background
Education, Training, & Certifications
- Fellowship in Nephrology, Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine 2007 - 2010
- M.H.S., Johns Hopkins University 2010
- Internal Medicine Residency, Medicine, Duke University School of Medicine 2004 - 2007
- M.D., New York Medical College 2004
Research
Selected Grants
- Multi-factorial Intervention to Slow Progression of Diabetic Kidney Disease awarded by National Institutes of Health 2013 - 2019
- Is there a digital divide in Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD)? awarded by National Institutes of Health 2014 - 2018
Publications & Artistic Works
Selected Publications
- Academic Articles
  - Greer, RC, Liu, Y, Cavanaugh, K, Diamantidis, CJ, Estrella, MM, Sperati, CJ, Soman, S, Abdel-Kader, K, Agrawal, V, Plantinga, LC, Schell, JO, Simon, JF, Vassalotti, JA, Jaar, BG, Choi, MJ, and National Kidney Foundation Education Committee, . "Primary Care Physicians' Perceived Barriers to Nephrology Referral and Co-management of Patients with CKD: a Qualitative Study." Journal of General Internal Medicine (April 16, 2019). Full Text
  - Lewinski, AA, Patel, UD, Diamantidis, CJ, Oakes, M, Baloch, K, Crowley, MJ, Wilson, J, Pendergast, J, Biola, H, Boulware, LE, and Bosworth, HB. "Addressing Diabetes and Poorly Controlled Hypertension: Pragmatic mHealth Self-Management Intervention." Journal of Medical Internet Research 21, no. 4 (April 9, 2019): e12541-null. Full Text
  - Cabacungan, AN, Diamantidis, CJ, St Clair Russell, J, Strigo, TS, Pounds, I, Alkon, A, Riley, JA, Falkovic, M, Pendergast, JF, Davenport, CA, Ellis, MJ, Sudan, DL, Hill-Briggs, F, Browne, T, Ephraim, PL, and Boulware, LE. "Development of a Telehealth Intervention to Improve Access to Live Donor Kidney Transplantation." Transplantation Proceedings 51, no. 3 (April 2019): 665-675. Full Text
  - Doerfler, RM, Diamantidis, CJ, Wagner, L-A, Scism, BM, Vaughn-Cooke, M, Fink, WJ, Blakeman, T, and Fink, JC. "Usability Testing of a Sick-Day Protocol in CKD." Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology : Cjasn 14, no. 4 (April 2019): 583-585. Full Text
  - Singh, K, Diamantidis, CJ, Ramani, S, Bhavsar, NA, Mara, P, Warner, J, Rodriguez, J, Wang, T, and Wright-Nunes, J. "Patients' and Nephrologists' Evaluation of Patient-Facing Smartphone Apps for CKD." Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology : Cjasn 14, no. 4 (April 2019): 523-529. Full Text
  - Lunyera, J, Davenport, CA, Jackson, CL, Johnson, DA, Bhavsar, NA, Sims, M, Scialla, JJ, Stanifer, JW, Pendergast, J, McMullan, CJ, Ricardo, AC, Boulware, LE, and Diamantidis, CJ. "Evaluation of Allostatic Load as a Mediator of Sleep and Kidney Outcomes in Black Americans." Kidney International Reports 4, no. 3 (March 2019): 425-433. Full Text Open Access Copy
  - Lunyera, J, and Diamantidis, CJ. "The dilemma of lumping versus splitting evidence: Study design: systematic reviews." Bjog : an International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology 126, no. 4 (March 2019): 458-null. Full Text
  - Diamantidis, CJ, Davenport, CA, Lunyera, J, Bhavsar, N, Scialla, J, Hall, R, Tyson, C, Sims, M, Strigo, T, Powe, NR, and Boulware, LE. "Low use of routine medical care among African Americans with high CKD risk: the Jackson Heart Study." Bmc Nephrology 20, no. 1 (January 10, 2019): 11-null. Full Text Open Access Copy
  - Olivo, RE, Hale, SL, Diamantidis, CJ, Bhavsar, NA, Tyson, CC, Tucker, KL, Carithers, TC, Kestenbaum, B, Muntner, P, Tanner, RM, Booth, JN, Mwasongwe, SE, Pendergast, J, Boulware, LE, and Scialla, JJ. "Dietary Phosphorus and Ambulatory Blood Pressure in African Americans: The Jackson Heart Study." American Journal of Hypertension 32, no. 1 (January 2019): 94-103. Full Text
  - Lunyera, J, and Diamantidis, CJ. "Novel Models for Health Care Delivery for CKD for Disadvantaged Populations." Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology : Cjasn 13, no. 12 (December 2018): 1779-1780. Full Text
  - Weaver, AM, Wang, Y, Wellenius, GA, Young, B, Boyle, LD, Hickson, DA, and Diamantidis, CJ. "Long-term exposure to ambient air pollution and renal function in African Americans: the Jackson Heart Study." Journal of Exposure Science & Environmental Epidemiology (November 12, 2018). Full Text
  - Green, JA, Ephraim, PL, Hill-Briggs, FF, Browne, T, Strigo, TS, Hauer, CL, Stametz, RA, Darer, JD, Patel, UD, Lang-Lindsey, K, Bankes, BL, Bolden, SA, Danielson, P, Ruff, S, Schmidt, L, Swoboda, A, Woods, P, Vinson, B, Littlewood, D, Jackson, G, Pendergast, JF, St Clair Russell, J, Collins, K, Norfolk, E, Bucaloiu, ID, Kethireddy, S, Collins, C, Davis, D, dePrisco, J, Malloy, D, Diamantidis, CJ, Fulmer, S, Martin, J, Schatell, D, Tangri, N, Sees, A, Siegrist, C, Breed, J, Medley, A, Graboski, E, Billet, J, Hackenberg, M, Singer, D, Stewart, S, Alkon, A, Bhavsar, NA, Lewis-Boyer, L, Martz, C, Yule, C, Greer, RC, Saunders, M, Cameron, B, and Boulware, LE. "Putting patients at the center of kidney care transitions: PREPARE NOW, a cluster randomized controlled trial." Contemporary Clinical Trials 73 (October 2018): 98-110. Full Text
  - Diamantidis, CJ, Bosworth, HB, Oakes, MM, Davenport, CA, Pendergast, JF, Patel, S, Moaddeb, J, Barnhart, HX, Merrill, PD, Baloch, K, Crowley, MJ, and Patel, UD. "Simultaneous Risk Factor Control Using Telehealth to slOw Progression of Diabetic Kidney Disease (STOP-DKD) study: Protocol and baseline characteristics of a randomized controlled trial." Contemporary Clinical Trials 69 (June 2018): 28-39. Full Text
  - Olivo, RE, Davenport, CA, Diamantidis, CJ, Bhavsar, NA, Tyson, CC, Hall, R, Bidulescu, A, Young, B, Mwasongwe, SE, Pendergast, J, Boulware, LE, and Scialla, JJ. "Obesity and synergistic risk factors for chronic kidney disease in African American adults: the Jackson Heart Study." Nephrology, Dialysis, Transplantation : Official Publication of the European Dialysis and Transplant Association European Renal Association 33, no. 6 (June 2018): 992-1001. Full Text
  - Cedillo-Couvert, EA, Ricardo, AC, Chen, J, Cohan, J, Fischer, MJ, Krousel-Wood, M, Kusek, JW, Lederer, S, Lustigova, E, Ojo, A, Porter, AC, Sharp, LK, Sondheimer, J, Diamantidis, C, Wang, X, Roy, J, Lash, JP, and CRIC Study Investigators, . "Self-reported Medication Adherence and CKD Progression." Kidney International Reports 3, no. 3 (May 2018): 645-651. Full Text
  - Duronville, JV, and Diamantidis, CJ. "Medical safety in the care of the person with end-stage kidney disease." Seminars in Dialysis 31, no. 2 (March 2018): 140-148. (Review) Full Text
  - Lunyera, J, Davenport, CA, Bhavsar, NA, Sims, M, Scialla, J, Pendergast, J, Hall, R, Tyson, CC, Russell, JSC, Wang, W, Correa, A, Boulware, LE, and Diamantidis, CJ. "Nondepressive Psychosocial Factors and CKD Outcomes in Black Americans." Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology : Cjasn 13, no. 2 (February 2018): 213-222. Full Text
  - Telford, O, Diamantidis, CJ, Bosworth, HB, Patel, UD, Davenport, CA, Oakes, MM, and Crowley, MJ. "The relationship between Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index subscales and diabetes control." Chronic Illness (January 2018): 1742395318759587-null. Full Text
  - Zullig, LL, Diamantidis, CJ, Bosworth, HB, Bhapkar, MV, Barnhart, H, Oakes, MM, Pendergast, JF, Miller, JJ, and Patel, UD. "Racial differences in nocturnal dipping status in diabetic kidney disease: Results from the STOP-DKD (Simultaneous Risk Factor Control Using Telehealth to Slow Progression of Diabetic Kidney Disease) study." Journal of Clinical Hypertension (Greenwich, Conn.) 19, no. 12 (December 2017): 1327-1335. Full Text
  - Zhan, M, St Peter, WL, Doerfler, RM, Woods, CM, Blumenthal, JB, Diamantidis, CJ, Hsu, C-Y, Lash, JP, Lustigova, E, Mahone, EB, Ojo, AO, Slaven, A, Strauss, L, Taliercio, JJ, Winkelmayer, WC, Xie, D, Fink, JC, and Chronic Renal Insufficiency Cohort (CRIC) Study Investigators, . "Patterns of NSAIDs Use and Their Association with Other Analgesic Use in CKD." Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology : Cjasn 12, no. 11 (November 2017): 1778-1786. Full Text
  - Wang, V, Diamantidis, CJ, Wylie, J, and Greer, RC. "Minding the gap and overlap: a literature review of fragmentation of primary care for chronic dialysis patients." BMC nephrology 18, no. 1 (August 29, 2017): 274-. Full Text
  - Crowley, MJ, Diamantidis, CJ, McDuffie, JR, Cameron, CB, Stanifer, JW, Mock, CK, Wang, X, Tang, S, Nagi, A, Kosinski, AS, and Williams, JW. "Clinical Outcomes of Metformin Use in Populations With Chronic Kidney Disease, Congestive Heart Failure, or Chronic Liver Disease: A Systematic Review." Annals of Internal Medicine 166, no. 3 (February 2017): 191-200. (Review) Full Text
  - Diamantidis, CJ. "A Fundamental Theorem of Telehealth." Advances in Chronic Kidney Disease 24, no. 1 (January 2017): 4-5. Full Text
  - Hsu, C-Y, Xie, D, Waikar, SS, Bonventre, JV, Zhang, X, Sabbisetti, V, Mifflin, TE, Coresh, J, Diamantidis, CJ, He, J, Lora, CM, Miller, ER, Nelson, RG, Ojo, AO, Rahman, M, Schelling, JR, Wilson, FP, Kimmel, PL, Feldman, HI, Vasan, RS, Liu, KD, CRIC Study Investigators, , and CKD Biomarkers Consortium, . "Urine biomarkers of tubular injury do not improve on the clinical model predicting chronic kidney disease progression." Kidney International 91, no. 1 (January 2017): 196-203. Full Text
  - Mertens, A, Brandl, C, Miron-Shatz, T, Schlick, C, Neumann, T, Kribben, A, Meister, S, Diamantidis, CJ, Albrecht, U-V, Horn, P, and Becker, S. "A mobile application improves therapy-adherence rates in elderly patients undergoing rehabilitation: A crossover design study comparing documentation via iPad with paper-based control." Medicine 95, no. 36 (September 2016): e4446-null. Full Text
  - Fink, JC, Doerfler, RM, Yoffe, MR, Diamantidis, CJ, Blumenthal, JB, Siddiqui, T, Gardner, JF, Snitker, S, and Zhan, M. "Patient-Reported Safety Events in Chronic Kidney Disease Recorded With an Interactive Voice-Inquiry Dial-Response System: Monthly Report Analysis." Journal of medical Internet research 18, no. 5 (May 26, 2016): e125-. Full Text
  - Hsu, KL, Fink, JC, Ginsberg, JS, Yoffe, M, Zhan, M, Fink, W, Woods, CM, and Diamantidis, CJ. "Self-reported Medication Adherence and Adverse Patient Safety Events in CKD." American Journal of Kidney Diseases : the Official Journal of the National Kidney Foundation 66, no. 4 (October 2015): 621-629. Full Text
  - Diamantidis, CJ, Ginsberg, JS, Yoffe, M, Lucas, L, Prakash, D, Aggarwal, S, Fink, W, Becker, S, and Fink, JC. "Remote Usability Testing and Satisfaction with a Mobile Health Medication Inquiry System in CKD." Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology : Cjasn 10, no. 8 (August 2015): 1364-1370. Full Text
  - Weir, MR, Gravens-Muller, L, Costa, N, Ivanova, A, Manitpisitkul, W, Bostom, AG, Diamantidis, CJ, and FAVORIT Study Investigators, . "Safety events in kidney transplant recipients: results from the folic Acid for vascular outcome reduction in transplant trial." Transplantation 99, no. 5 (May 2015): 1003-1008. Full Text
  - Wu, J, Ginsberg, JS, Zhan, M, Diamantidis, CJ, Chen, J, Woods, C, and Fink, JC. "Chronic pain and analgesic use in CKD: implications for patient safety." Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology : Cjasn 10, no. 3 (March 2015): 435-442. Full Text
  - Tuot, DS, Diamantidis, CJ, Corbett, CF, Boulware, LE, Fox, CH, Harwood, DH, Star, RA, Rys-Sikora, KE, and Narva, A. "The last mile: translational research to improve CKD outcomes." Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology : Cjasn 9, no. 10 (October 2014): 1802-1805. Full Text
  - Ginsberg, JS, Zhan, M, Diamantidis, CJ, Woods, C, Chen, J, and Fink, JC. "Patient-reported and actionable safety events in CKD." Journal of the American Society of Nephrology : Jasn 25, no. 7 (July 2014): 1564-1573. Full Text
  - Diamantidis, CJ, and Becker, S. "Health information technology (IT) to improve the care of patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD)." Bmc Nephrology 15 (January 9, 2014): 7-null. (Review) Full Text
  - De Silva, L, Diamantidis, CJ, Prakash, D, Zuckerman, M, and Weir, MR. "Usability of mobile technology to screen for drug-drug interactions in kidney transplant patients." American journal of nephrology 40, no. 2 (January 2014): 97-104. Full Text
  - Ricardo, AC, Yang, W, Lora, CM, Gordon, EJ, Diamantidis, CJ, Ford, V, Kusek, JW, Lopez, A, Lustigova, E, Nessel, L, Rosas, SE, Steigerwalt, S, Theurer, J, Zhang, X, Fischer, MJ, Lash, JP, and CRIC Investigators, . "Limited health literacy is associated with low glomerular filtration in the Chronic Renal Insufficiency Cohort (CRIC) study." Clinical Nephrology 81, no. 1 (January 2014): 30-37. Full Text
  - Hartley, IR, Ginsberg, JS, Diamantidis, CJ, Zhan, M, Walker, L, Rattinger, GB, and Fink, JC. "Consideration of ICD-9 code-derived disease-specific safety indicators in CKD." Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology : Cjasn 8, no. 12 (December 2013): 2123-2131. Full Text
  - Diamantidis, CJ, Fink, W, Yang, S, Zuckerman, MR, Ginsberg, J, Hu, P, Xiao, Y, and Fink, JC. "Directed use of the internet for health information by patients with chronic kidney disease: prospective cohort study." Journal of medical Internet research 15, no. 11 (November 15, 2013): e251-. Full Text
  - Diamantidis, CJ, Zuckerman, M, Fink, W, Aggarwal, S, Prakash, D, and Fink, JC. "Usability testing and acceptance of an electronic medication inquiry system for CKD patients." American journal of kidney diseases : the official journal of the National Kidney Foundation 61, no. 4 (April 2013): 644-646. (Letter) Full Text
  - Becker, S, Kribben, A, Meister, S, Diamantidis, CJ, Unger, N, and Mitchell, A. "User profiles of a smartphone application to support drug adherence--experiences from the iNephro project." Plos One 8, no. 10 (January 2013): e78547-null. Full Text
  - Diamantidis, CJ, Zuckerman, M, Fink, W, Hu, P, Yang, S, and Fink, JC. "Usability of a CKD educational website targeted to patients and their family members." Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology : Cjasn 7, no. 10 (October 2012): 1553-1560. Full Text
  - Diamantidis, CJ, Seliger, SL, Zhan, M, Walker, L, Rattinger, GB, Hsu, VD, and Fink, JC. "A varying patient safety profile between black and nonblack adults with decreased estimated GFR." American journal of kidney diseases : the official journal of the National Kidney Foundation 60, no. 1 (July 2012): 47-53. Full Text
  - Patel, K, Diamantidis, C, Zhan, M, Hsu, VD, Walker, LD, Gardner, J, Weir, MR, and Fink, JC. "Influence of creatinine versus glomerular filtration rate on non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug prescriptions in chronic kidney disease." American journal of nephrology 36, no. 1 (January 2012): 19-26. Full Text
  - Seliger, SL, Zhang, AD, Weir, MR, Walker, L, Hsu, VD, Parsa, A, Diamantidis, CJ, and Fink, JC. "Erythropoiesis-stimulating agents increase the risk of acute stroke in patients with chronic kidney disease." Kidney international 80, no. 3 (August 2011): 288-294. Full Text
  - Diamantidis, CJ, Powe, NR, Jaar, BG, Greer, RC, Troll, MU, and Boulware, LE. "Primary care-specialist collaboration in the care of patients with chronic kidney disease." Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology : Cjasn 6, no. 2 (February 2011): 334-343. Full Text
  - Becker, S, Miron-Shatz, T, Schumacher, N, Krocza, J, Diamantidis, C, and Albrecht, U-V. "mHealth 2.0: Experiences, Possibilities, and Perspectives(Published online)." Jmir Mhealth and Uhealth 2, no. 2: e24-e24. Full Text
- Conference Papers
  - Machen, L, Davenport, C, Oakes, M, Patel, U, and Diamantidis, CJ. "RACIAL VARIATIONS IN MEDICAL CARE SPENDING PATTERNS AMONG HIGH-RISK PRIMARY CARE PATIENTS: RESULTS FROM THE STOP-DKD STUDY." Annual National Meeting of the Society-of-General-Internal-Medicine (SGIM). Washington, DC. April 19, 2017 - April 22, 2017.: SPRINGER, April 1, 2017. Link to Item
  - Bhaysar, NA, Davenport, TA, Scialla, JJ, Hall, RK, Tyson, CC, Strigo, TS, Young, B, Sims, M, Pendergast, JF, Boulware, LE, and Diamantidis, CJ. "Socioeconomic and Psychosocial Determinants of Cardiovascular Events Among Individuals with or at Risk for Chronic Kidney Disease: The Jackson Heart Study." Scientific Sessions of the American-Heart-Association on Epidemiology and Prevention/Lifestyle and Cardiometabolic Health. Phoenix, AZ. March 1, 2016 - March 4, 2016.: LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS, March 1, 2016. Link to Item
Scholarly, Clinical, & Service Activities
Outreach & Engaged Scholarship
- Bass Connections Faculty Team Member. Spirituality, Self-management and Chronic Disease among Ethnic Groups of Robeson County, North Carolina . August 2016 - May 2017 2016 - 2017

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Education, Training, & Certifications

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