Robert Toto, M.D.
Associate Dean, Translational Science
Professor
Endowed Title Distinguished Teaching Professor; Mary M. Conroy Professorship in Kidney Disease
Department Internal Medicine | Charles and Jane Pak Center for Mineral Metabolism and Clinical Research | Medical School Dean's Office | Population and Data Sciences
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Education
- Medical School
- University of Illinois/Chicago Medical Center (1977)
- Internship
- University of Michigan Hospitals and Health Centers (1978), Medicine
- Residency
- University of Michigan Hospitals and Health Centers (1979), Medicine
- Residency
- Baylor College of Medicine (1980), Medicine
- Fellowship
- U.S. Public Health Service Hospital (1981), Nephrology
- Fellowship
- UT Southwestern Medical Center (1983), Nephrology
Research Interest
- Cardiovascular Morbidity and Mortality in Chronic Kidney Disease
- Diabetic Nephropathy Pathogenesis and Treatment
- Hemodialysis Techniques and Management
- Hypertension in Chronic Kidney Disease
Publications
Featured Publications
- Potassium handling with dual Renin-Angiotensin system inhibition in diabetic nephropathy.
- Van Buren PN, Adams-Huet B, Nguyen M, Molina C, Toto RD Clin J Am Soc Nephrol 2014 Feb 9 2 295-301
- Bardoxolone Methyl in Type 2 Diabetes and Stage 4 Chronic Kidney Disease.
- de Zeeuw D, Akizawa T, Audhya P, Bakris GL, Chin M, Christ-Schmidt H, Goldsberry A, Houser M, Krauth M, Heerspink HJ, McMurray JJ, Meyer CJ, Parving HH, Remuzzi G, Toto RD, Vaziri ND, Wanner C, Wittes J, Wrolstad D, Chertow GM N. Engl. J. Med. 2013 Nov
- The pathogenesis and management of hypertension in diabetic kidney disease.
- Van Buren PN, Toto RD Med. Clin. North Am. 2013 Jan 97 1 31-51
- Current update in the management of diabetic nephropathy.
- Van Buren PN, Toto R Curr Diabetes Rev 2013 Jan 9 1 62-77
- A trial of 2 strategies to reduce nocturnal blood pressure in blacks with chronic kidney disease.
- Rahman M, Greene T, Phillips RA, Agodoa LY, Bakris GL, Charleston J, Contreras G, Gabbai F, Hiremath L, Jamerson K, Kendrick C, Kusek JW, Lash JP, Lea J, Miller ER, Rostand S, Toto R, Wang X, Wright JT, Appel LJ Hypertension 2013 Jan 61 1 82-8
- Recommendations of the national football league physician society task force on the use of toradol(®) ketorolac in the national football league.
- Matava M, Brater DC, Gritter N, Heyer R, Rollins D, Schlegel T, Toto R, Yates A Sports Health 2012 Sep 4 5 377-83
- Probing the mechanisms of intradialytic hypertension: a pilot study targeting endothelial cell dysfunction.
- Inrig JK, Van Buren P, Kim C, Vongpatanasin W, Povsic TJ, Toto R Clin J Am Soc Nephrol 2012 Aug 7 8 1300-9
- Bardoxolone methyl and kidney function in CKD with type 2 diabetes.
- Pergola PE, Raskin P, Toto RD, Meyer CJ, Huff JW, Grossman EB, Krauth M, Ruiz S, Audhya P, Christ-Schmidt H, Wittes J, Warnock DG N. Engl. J. Med. 2011 Jul 365 4 327-36
- Intensive blood-pressure control in hypertensive chronic kidney disease.
- Appel LJ, Wright JT, Greene T, Agodoa LY, Astor BC, Bakris GL, Cleveland WH, Charleston J, Contreras G, Faulkner ML, Gabbai FB, Gassman JJ, Hebert LA, Jamerson KA, Kopple JD, Kusek JW, Lash JP, Lea JP, Lewis JB, Lipkowitz MS, Massry SG, Miller ER, Norris K, Phillips RA, Pogue VA, Randall OS, Rostand SG, Smogorzewski MJ, Toto RD, Wang X N. Engl. J. Med. 2010 Sep 363 10 918-29
Honors & Awards
- Fellow, High Blood Pressure Council
American Heart Association (1995) - Outstanding Teacher Award
Medical Student Class, 1992-97 (1992) - Outstanding Teacher Award
Housestaff of UT Southwestern (1987) - Alpha Omega Alpha
Medical Honor Society (1977)
Professional Associations/Affiliations
- American Heart Association
- American Society of Hypertension
- American Society of Nephrology
- National Kidney Foundation
- Renal Physicians Association