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Tonja C. Dirkx, M.D.

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  • Associate Professor of Medicine, and Director, Portland VA Health Center Renal Clinic
  • Associate Professor of Medicine, Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, School of Medicine

Specialty

  • Nephrology and Hypertension

About me

Dr. Dirkx joined the Division as a clinician-educator in 2005.  She is the Director of the Outpatient Renal Clinic at the VA Portland Health Care Center.  Her strong interest in medical education led to a six-year tenure as co-director of the Renal Pathophysiology course in the OHSU School of Medicine (SOM); she continues to precept medical students in her VA Renal Clinic.  She has served on the OHSU SOM Admissions committee since 2013.  Her clinical interests include chronic kidney disease and end-stage renal disease; within this, she finds the pathophysiology of the uremic milieu and metabolic bone disease particularly intriguing.

Languages spoken

  • English

Education and training

  • Degrees

    • M.D., 1998, University of California, Davis

  • Residency

    • Internal medicine - Oregon Health & Science University, 2001

  • Fellowship

    • Clinical Nephrology - Oregon Health & Science University, 2004

  • Certifications

    • American Board of Internal Medicine - internal medicine

Memberships and associations:

  • American Society of Nephrology
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