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Physician Researcher
A double-board certified nephrologist, internist and health equity researcher whose work spans peer-reviewed science, public health policy, and the courtroom.
15+
Years clinical practice nephrology & internal medicine
20+
Publications - Research, editorials, & clinical commentary
14
Years ahead of the field on race-based EGFR correction
SELECTED WORKS
The most consequential pieces
A curated selection of thought pieces and research that have shaped the field — not a complete record, but the work that mattered most.
CLINICAL JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF NEPHROLOGY • 2020
Precision in GFR Reporting: Let's Stop Playing the Race Card
Published in nephrology's own flagship journal, this editorial called directly on the field to eliminate the race coefficient from eGFR equations — three years before national reclassification. The title was deliberate. The field was not ready to hear it.
Grubbs V. Clin J Am Soc Nephrol. 2020;15(8):1201-1202.
THE LANCET • 2022
The Misuse of Race in the Search for Disease-Causing Alleles
Challenged the conflation of genetic ancestry and race in clinical medicine — a structural argument about how race operates as a biological proxy and the population-level harms that follow when clinical algorithms treat it as fact.
Grubbs V, Cerdeña JP, Non AL. Lancet. 2022;399(10332): 1315-1316.
ECLINICALMEDICINE • 2021
Evaluating the Impact and Rationale of Race-Specific Estimations of Kidney Function
The landmark quantitative analysis establishing that an estimated 31,000 additional Black patients were excluded from kidney transplant waitlist eligibility as a direct result of the race coefficient — a finding central to the NKF/ASN Task Force reclassification that followed.
Tsai JW, Cerdeña JP, Goedel WC, Asch WS, Grubbs V, Mendu ML, Kaufman JS. EClinicalMedicine. 2021;42:101197.
NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE • 2020
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion That Matters
Published at the height of national reckoning with race in medicine, this piece argued that DEl in medicine must extend beyond representation to structural reform of the systems that push Black physicians out — a thesis that would become the foundation of Black Doc Village.
Grubbs V. N Engl J Med. 2020;383(3):e14.
SAGE JOURNALS• 2026
Discipline is Not Neutral: Racial Disparities in Resident Physician Disciplinary Action
The foundational quantitative study establishing that Black resident physicians face disciplinary action at significantly higher rates than white peers - the evidentiary core of Black Doc Village's policy agenda and legislative strategy.
Grubbs V. Health Equity. 2026. DOI:10.1177/24731242261455433.
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Research Focus
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Race-based algorithms & kidney care
eGFR race correction, transplant access disparities, Medicare immunosuppressant coverage, and the population-level harm embedded in clinical algorithm design.
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Physician workforce equity & GME
Racial disparities in resident physician discipline, dismissal, and board certification - the research foundation of Black Doc Village's policy agenda.
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Palliative care in kidney disease
End-of-life decision-making, dialysis withdrawal, and hospice access for patients with kidney failure- written for nephrologists who needed a framework that didn't yet exist.
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Access to care for vulnerable populations
Health literacy, language barriers, undocumented immigrants on hemodialysis, and the structural conditions that determine who receives kidney care and who does not.
COMPLETE PUBLICATION RECORD
All peer-reviewed articles, editorials, book chapters, and manuscripts under review- organized by topic
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Available for keynotes, panels, and workshops on medicine, race, and policy.
