Elaine Kaptein | USC Profiles

Elaine Kaptein, MD

Title(s)	Professor of Medicine (Part-Time)
School	Keck School of Medicine of USC
Phone	+1 323 409 7307
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Biography

Awards and Honors

University of Saskatchewan	1969 -	1971	Student Research Scholarship
American College of Physicians	1981		Fellow
Royal College of Physicians of Canada	1978		Fellow
NIH	1980 -	1982	General Clinical Research Center Physician Grant
NIH	1984 -	1990	Grant R01 DK31431
Renal Organ System, Course Director	2000		Teaching Award, Outstanding Year II Course

Overview

A native of Saskatchewan, Canada, Dr. Kaptein began teaching at the Keck School of Medicine in the Endocrinology Division in 1977. She became a tenured Professor of Medicine in 1990, a position she currently holds. Dr. Kaptein is a distinguished member of the Western Society for Clinical Investigation, American Society of Nephrology, the Endocrine Society and the American Thyroid Association. An accomplished researcher and lecturer, Dr. Kaptein has been invited to speak on the topics of Endocrinology and Nephrology in such cities as Montreal, Milan, Tel Aviv, Jerusalem, Vienna and Rotterdam, to name a few.

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Kaptein MJ, Kaptein JS, Oo Z, Kaptein EM. Relationship of inferior vena cava collapsibility to ultrafiltration volume achieved in critically ill hemodialysis patients. Int J Nephrol Renovasc Dis. 2018; 11:195-209. PMID: 30087575.

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Kaptein MJ, Kaptein EM. Focused Real-Time Ultrasonography for Nephrologists. Int J Nephrol. 2017; 2017:3756857. PMID: 28261499.

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Kaptein EM, Sreeramoju D, Kaptein JS, Kaptein MJ. A systematic literature search and review of sodium concentrations of body fluids?. Clin Nephrol. 2016 10; 86(10):203-28. PMID: 27616761.

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Kaptein EM, LoPresti JS, Kaptein MJ. Is an isolated TSH elevation in chronic nonthyroidal illness "subclinical hypothyroidism"? J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2014 Nov; 99(11):4015-26. PMID: 25166720.

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Kaptein EM, Yi SS, Endres DB, Kaptein JS, Chan LS. Serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D deficiency; a risk factor for chronic kidney disease in ambulatory indigent patients. Endocr Pract. 2014 Mar; 20(3):236-43. PMID: 24246347.

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Kaptein EM, Chan LS, Kaptein JS. Assessment of maximum weight change and duration of therapeutic effect for non-surgical treatment of obesity using an exponential model. Eat Weight Disord. 2012 Dec; 17(4):e234-43. PMID: 23007276.

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Momenin N, Colletti PM, Kaptein EM. Low pleural fluid-to-serum glucose gradient indicates pleuroperitoneal communication in peritoneal dialysis patients: presentation of two cases and a review of the literature. Nephrol Dial Transplant. 2012 Mar; 27(3):1212-9. PMID: 21771760.

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Kaptein EM, Sanchez A, Beale E, Chan LS. Clinical review: Thyroid hormone therapy for postoperative nonthyroidal illnesses: a systematic review and synthesis. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2010 Oct; 95(10):4526-34. PMID: 20668034.

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Kaptein EM, Beale E, Chan LS. Thyroid hormone therapy for obesity and nonthyroidal illnesses: a systematic review. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2009 Oct; 94(10):3663-75. PMID: 19737920.

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Ferguson DC, Hoenig M, Kaptein EM, Peterson ME. Comments regarding "Subclinical hyperthyroidism in cats: a spontaneous model of subclinical toxic nodular goiter in humans?". Thyroid. 2008 Dec; 18(12):1339-40; author reply 1341. PMID: 19067644.

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Kaptein EM, Wilcox RB, Nelson JC. Assessing thyroid hormone status in a patient with thyroid disease and renal failure: from theory to practice. Thyroid. 2004 May; 14(5):397-400. PMID: 15186619.

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