Cynthia Delgado, MD, FNKF

Associate Professor, Associate Chief of Nephrology-Clinical Operations

Department of Medicine at University of California, San Francisco and San Francisco VA Medical Center

Cynthia Delgado MD, is an Associate Professor of Medicine with the San Francisco Veterans Affairs Healthcare System (SFVAHS) and University of California, San Francisco. She is the Associate Chief of Nephrology for clinical operations and the Director of the Dialysis Program for San Francisco Veterans Affairs Healthcare System. She is the Chair of the Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Committee for the American Society of Nephrology and served as the co-chair of the NKF-ASN Task Force on Reassessing the Inclusion of Race in Diagnosing Kidney Disease. She is a recognized international expert on functional status, frailty, body composition, quality of life and related outcomes among individuals with chronic kidney disease.

Dr. Delgado disclosures that her research is a result of work supported with the resources and the use of facilities at the San Francisco VA Healthcare System, and Glaxo Smith Kline and is part of the GUIDE-US Anemia Council Scientific Advisory Board. All relevant financial relationships have been mitigated by the CME Planning Committee. 

Dr. Delgado can be reached at cynthia.delgado@ucsf.edu.