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Joseph B. Lockridge, M.D.

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  • Assistant Professor of Medicine and Medical Director, Portland VA Medical Center Transplantation Kidney
  • Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, School of Medicine

Expertise

  • Nephrology and Hypertension

Special focus

  • Transplantation Medicine/Kidney and Pancreas Transplantation

About me

Dr. Lockridge is an assistant professor of medicine at OHSU Transplant Nephrology and serves as medical director for kidney transplantation at Portland VA Medical Center. He is actively involved in the education of medical students, residents, and nephrology fellows. After teaching and serving in Americorps, he completed medical school at University of Texas Houston and residency at UT Southwestern in Dallas, where he was awarded intern teacher of the year in 2009. He completed a nephrology fellowship at University of California San Francisco, was honored as clinical fellow of the year in 2012, and completed transplant nephrology training at Stanford University in 2014. 

Scholarly interests include long term outcomes of early transplant rejection. He volunteers with Donate Life Northwest with special interest on the promotion of transplant education among kidney donors and recipients.

Languages spoken

  • English
  • Spanish

Education and training

    • B.A., 1998, University of Dallas
    • M.D., 2008, University of Texas Health Science Center
  • Residency

    • Internal medicine - University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center,  2011
  • Fellowship

    • Clinical nephrology – University of California, San Francisco, 2013
    • Transplant - Stanford University, Stanford, California, 2014
  • Certifications

    • American Board of Internal Medicine - internal medicine

Memberships and associations:

  • American Society of Transplantation
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Ratings and reviews

Overall: 4.7 out of 5 (30 Ratings, 11 Reviews)

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