Robert Toto, MD

Associate Dean, Translational Science
Professor
Endowed Title: Houston J. and Florence A. Doswell Center for the Development of New Approaches for the Treatment of Hypertension
Mary M. Conroy Professorship in Kidney Disease
Internal Medicine, Department of Clinical Sciences

Contact Information

UT Southwestern Medical Center
5323 Harry Hines Boulevard
Dallas, Texas 75390

robert.toto@utsouthwestern.edu

To make an appointment, call 214-645-8300.

Education

FellowshipUT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, Nehprology (1983)
FellowshipU.S. Public Health Service Hospital, Nehprology (1981)
ResidencyBaylor College of Medicine, Medicine (1980)
ResidencyUniversity of Michigan Hospitals and Health Centers, Medicine (1979)
InternshipUniversity of Michigan Hospitals and Health Centers, Medicine (1978)
Medical SchoolUniversity of Illinois - Chicago Medical Center (1977)

Research Interests

Cardiovascular Morbidity and Mortality in Chronic Kidney Disease
Diabetic Nephropathy Pathogenesis and Treatment
Hemodialysis Techniques and Management
Hypertension in Chronic Kidney Disease

Publications

Featured
Intradialytic Hypertension and its Association with Endothelial Cell Dysfunction.

Inrig JK, Van Buren P, Kim C, Vongpatanasin W, Povsic TJ, Toto RD, Clinical journal of the American Society of Nephrology : CJASN, 2011 Jul; :2016-24

Featured
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, The New England journal of medicine, 2011 Jul; 365 (4):327-36

Featured
Aldosterone blockade in chronic kidney disease: can it improve outcome?

Toto RD, Current opinion in nephrology and hypertension, 2010 Sep; 19 (5):444-9

Featured
Relationship between body mass index and proteinuria in hypertensive nephrosclerosis: results from the African American Study of Kidney Disease and Hypertension (AASK) cohort.

Toto RD, Greene T, Hebert LA, Hiremath L, Lea JP, Lewis JB, Pogue V, Sika M, Wang X, American journal of kidney diseases : the official journal of the National Kidney Foundation, 2010 Nov; 56 (5):896-906

Featured
Anemia and end-stage renal disease in patients with type 2 diabetes and nephropathy

Mohanram A, Zhang Z, Shahinfar S et al. , Kidney Int , 2004; (66):1131-1138

Featured
The effects of sevelamer and calcium acetate on proxies of atherosclerotic and arteriosclerotic vascular disease in hemodialysis patients

Chertow GM, Raggi P, McCarthy JT et al. , Am J Nephrol , 2003; (23):307-314

Featured
The risk of developing end-stage renal disease in patients with type 2 diabetes and nephropathy: the RENAAL Study

Keane WF, Brenner BM, de Zeeuw D, Grunfeld JP, McGill J, Mitch WE, Bibeiro AB, Shahinfar S, Simpson RL, Snapinn SM, Toto R. , Kidney Int , 2003; (63):1499-1507

Featured
Effect of dialysis dose and membrane flux in maintenance hemodialysis

Eknoyan G, Beck GJ, Cheung AK, Daugirdas JT, Greene T, Kusek JW, Allon M, Bailey J, Delmez JA, Depner TA, Dwyer JT, Levey AS, Levin NW, Milford E, Ornt DB, Rocco MV, Schulman G, Schwab SJ, Teehan BP, Toto R. , N Engl J Med , 2002; (347):2010-2019

Risk scores for predicting outcomes in patients with type 2 diabetes and nephropathy: the RENAAL study.

Keane WF, Zhang Z, Lyle PA, Cooper ME, de Zeeuw D, Grunfeld JP, Lash JP, McGill JB, Mitch WE, Remuzzi G, Shahinfar S, Snapinn SM, Toto R, Brenner BM; RENAAL Study Investigators. , Clinical Journal American Society of Nephrology , July 2006; (1):761-767

Statins and cardiovascular risk reduction in patients with chronic kidney disease and end-stage renal failure

Baber U. ,Toto R.D., de Lemos J.A , Am Heart J. , April 2007; (153(4)):471-477

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