Clarissa Jonas Diamantidis

Clarissa Jonas Diamantidis
Assistant Professor of Medicine

Current Appointments & Affiliations

Assistant Professor of Medicine, Medicine, General Internal Medicine, Medicine 2014

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
- Conference Papers
  - 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." March 1, 2016. Link to Item
- Journal Articles
  - 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
  - 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. 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-. 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-. 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-. (Review) Full Text
  - Becker, S, Miron-Shatz, T, Schumacher, N, Krocza, J, Diamantidis, C, and Albrecht, U-V. "mHealth 2.0: Experiences, Possibilities, and Perspectives." JMIR mHealth and uHealth 2, no. 2 (2014): e24-e24. 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-. 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
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

Selected Grants

Selected Publications

Conference Papers

Journal Articles

Outreach & Engaged Scholarship