Scholars@Duke

• Background
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  Education, Training, & Certifications

  • Fellowship in Nephrology, Medicine, Duke University School of Medicine 2016 - 2017
  • Internal Medicine Residency, Medicine, Duke University School of Medicine 2013 - 2016
  • M.D., University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, School of Medicine 2013
  • M.P.H., University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill 2008
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  Duke Appointment History

  • Medical Instructor in the Department of Medicine, Medicine, General Internal Medicine, Medicine 2017 - 2018
• Expertise
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  Subject Headings

  • Healthcare Disparities
  • Kidney Diseases
  • Kidney Failure, Chronic
  • Kidney Transplantation
• Research
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  External Relationships

  • University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
• Publications & Artistic Works
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  Selected Publications

  • Academic Articles

    • Mohottige, Dinushika, Clarissa J. Diamantidis, Keith C. Norris, and L Ebony Boulware. “Time to Repair the Effects of Racism on Kidney Health Inequity.” American Journal of Kidney Diseases, February 2021. https://doi.org/10.1053/j.ajkd.2021.01.010.
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    • Boulware, L Ebony, and Dinushika Mohottige. “The Seen and the Unseen: Race and Social Inequities Affecting Kidney Care.” Clin J Am Soc Nephrol, January 13, 2021. https://doi.org/10.2215/CJN.12630820.
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    • DePasquale, Nicole, Matthew J. Ellis, Debra L. Sudan, Patti L. Ephraim, Lisa M. McElroy, Dinushika Mohottige, Clemontina A. Davenport, et al. “African Americans' discussions about living-donor kidney transplants with family or friends: Who, what, and why not?” Clin Transplant, January 10, 2021, e14222. https://doi.org/10.1111/ctr.14222.
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    • Boulware, L Ebony, Tanjala S. Purnell, and Dinushika Mohottige. “Systemic Kidney Transplant Inequities for Black Individuals: Examining the Contribution of Racialized Kidney Function Estimating Equations.” Jama Netw Open 4, no. 1 (January 4, 2021): e2034630. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2020.34630.
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    • Boulware, L Ebony, Debra L. Sudan, Tara S. Strigo, Patti L. Ephraim, Clemontina A. Davenport, Jane F. Pendergast, Iris Pounds, et al. “Transplant social worker and donor financial assistance to increase living donor kidney transplants among African Americans: The TALKS Study, a randomized comparative effectiveness trial.” Am J Transplant, November 19, 2020. https://doi.org/10.1111/ajt.16403.
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    • Bourmont, Shalila S. de, Arun Burra, Sarah S. Nouri, Neveen El-Farra, Dinushika Mohottige, Caroline Sloan, Sarah Schaeffer, Jodi Friedman, and Alicia Fernandez. “Resident Physician Experiences With and Responses to Biased Patients.” Jama Netw Open 3, no. 11 (November 2, 2020): e2021769. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2020.21769.
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    • Sloan, Caroline E., Judy Zhong, Dinushika Mohottige, Rasheeda Hall, Clarissa J. Diamantidis, Leight E. Boulware, and Virginia Wang. “Fragmentation of care as a barrier to optimal ESKD management.” Semin Dial 33, no. 6 (November 2020): 440–48. https://doi.org/10.1111/sdi.12929.
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    • Roberts, John K., Norman W. Seay, Dinushika Mohottige, Aimee Zaas, and Myles Wolf. “The Nephrology Immersion Classroom for Internal Medicine Residents.” Kidney360 1, no. 10 (October 29, 2020): 1058–65. https://doi.org/10.34067/kid.0001882020.
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    • Mohottige, Dinushika, and Mitchell R. Lunn. “Ensuring Gender-Affirming Care in Nephrology: Improving Care for Transgender and Gender-Expansive Individuals.” Clin J Am Soc Nephrol 15, no. 8 (August 7, 2020): 1195–97. https://doi.org/10.2215/CJN.14471119.
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    • Lunyera, Joseph, Dinushika Mohottige, Anastasia-Stefania Alexopoulos, Hilary Campbell, C Blake Cameron, Nicole Sagalla, Timothy J. Amrhein, et al. “Risk for Nephrogenic Systemic Fibrosis After Exposure to Newer Gadolinium Agents: A Systematic Review.” Ann Intern Med 173, no. 2 (July 21, 2020): 110–19. https://doi.org/10.7326/M20-0299.
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    • Lunyera, Joseph, John W. Stanifer, Clemontina A. Davenport, Dinushika Mohottige, Nrupen A. Bhavsar, Julia J. Scialla, Jane Pendergast, L Ebony Boulware, and Clarissa Jonas Diamantidis. “Life Course Socioeconomic Status, Allostatic Load, and Kidney Health in Black Americans.” Clin J Am Soc Nephrol 15, no. 3 (March 6, 2020): 341–48. https://doi.org/10.2215/CJN.08430719.
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    • Cabacungan, Ashley N., Matthew J. Ellis, Debra Sudan, Tara S. Strigo, Iris Pounds, Jennie A. Riley, Margaret Falkovic, et al. “Associations of perceived information adequacy and knowledge with pursuit of live donor kidney transplants and living donor inquiries among African American transplant candidates.” Clin Transplant 34, no. 3 (March 2020): e13799. https://doi.org/10.1111/ctr.13799.
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    • Mohottige, Dinushika, and L Ebony Boulware. “Trust in American Medicine: A Call to Action for Health Care Professionals.” Hastings Cent Rep 50, no. 1 (January 2020): 27–29. https://doi.org/10.1002/hast.1081.
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    • Mohottige, Dinushika. “When Words Are All We Have.” J Palliat Med 22, no. 10 (October 2019): 1285–86. https://doi.org/10.1089/jpm.2019.0107.
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    • Mohottige, Dinushika, and Mitchell R. Lunn. “Advancing Equity in Nephrology: Enhancing Care for LGBTQ+ Patients and Our Workforce.” Clin J Am Soc Nephrol 14, no. 7 (July 5, 2019): 1094–96. https://doi.org/10.2215/CJN.01950219.
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    • Powell, Wizdom, Jennifer Richmond, Dinushika Mohottige, Irene Yen, Allison Joslyn, and Giselle Corbie-Smith. “Medical Mistrust, Racism, and Delays in Preventive Health Screening Among African-American Men.” Behav Med 45, no. 2 (April 2019): 102–17. https://doi.org/10.1080/08964289.2019.1585327.
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    • Mohottige, Dinushika, Ruediger Wilhelm Lehrich, and Arthur Greenberg. “Hypovolemic Hyponatremia.” Front Horm Res 52 (2019): 93–103. https://doi.org/10.1159/000493240.
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    • Mohottige, Dinushika. “Cause Unknown, Treatment Uncertain, Outcome Poor: An Encounter With Kidney Failure in the Developing World.” Am J Kidney Dis 68, no. 2 (August 2016): A15–16. https://doi.org/10.1053/j.ajkd.2016.05.008.
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    • Mohottige, Dinushika. “What Unites Us in Death.” J Palliat Med 19, no. 6 (June 2016): 677–78. https://doi.org/10.1089/jpm.2016.0013.
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    • Lunyera, Joseph, Dinushika Mohottige, Megan Von Isenburg, Marc Jeuland, Uptal D. Patel, and John W. Stanifer. “CKD of Uncertain Etiology: A Systematic Review.” Clin J Am Soc Nephrol 11, no. 3 (March 7, 2016): 379–85. https://doi.org/10.2215/CJN.07500715.
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    • Austin, C Adrian, Dinushika Mohottige, Rebecca L. Sudore, Alexander K. Smith, and Laura C. Hanson. “Tools to Promote Shared Decision Making in Serious Illness: A Systematic Review.” Jama Intern Med 175, no. 7 (July 2015): 1213–21. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamainternmed.2015.1679.
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    • Hammond, Wizdom Powell, Dinushika Mohottige, Kim Chantala, Julia F. Hastings, Harold W. Neighbors, and Lonnie Snowden. “Determinants of usual source of care disparities among African American and Caribbean Black men: findings from the National Survey of American Life.” J Health Care Poor Underserved 22, no. 1 (February 2011): 157–75. https://doi.org/10.1353/hpu.2011.0016.
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    • Hammond, Wizdom Powell, Derrick Matthews, Dinushika Mohottige, Amma Agyemang, and Giselle Corbie-Smith. “Masculinity, medical mistrust, and preventive health services delays among community-dwelling African-American men.” J Gen Intern Med 25, no. 12 (December 2010): 1300–1308. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11606-010-1481-z.
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  • Book Sections

    • Cené, C. W., D. Mohottige, and D. Dewar. “Primary care versus specialization.” In Debates on U.S. Health Care, 389–400, 2012. https://doi.org/10.4135/9781452218472.n27.
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    • Cené, C. W., D. Mohottige, and D. Dewar. “Primary care versus specialization.” In Debates on U.S. Health Care, 389–400, 2012. https://doi.org/10.4135/9781452218472.n27.
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  • Conference Papers

    • Mohottige, Dinushika, Clarissa J. Diamantidis, Joseph Galanko, Robert S. Sandler, and L Ebony Boulware. “USE OF 'HIGH-POTENCY, LOW-COST' ANALGESIC POWDERS AMONG INDIVIDUALS AT RISK OF CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE (CKD).” In American Journal of Kidney Diseases, 75:609–609. W B SAUNDERS CO-ELSEVIER INC, 2020.
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    • Mohottige, D., C. A. Austin, and H. Laura. “Systematic Review of Decision Aids for the Seriously Ill.” In Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 62:S195–S195. WILEY-BLACKWELL, 2014.
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