Gina-Marie Barletta, M.D.

  • Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Division of Nephrology, School of Medicine

Biography

I am a pediatric nephrologist specializing in kidney disease, pediatric kidney transplantation, and hypertension.

My research focuses on nephrotic syndrome, hypertension, and pediatric kidney transplantation.

I completed my pediatric nephrology fellowship at the University of Michigan before leading kidney transplant programs at Helen DeVos Children’s Hospital in Michigan and Phoenix Children’s Hospital. I served as Medical Director of Pediatric Kidney Transplantation from 2015 to 2024. In April 2024, I joined OHSU as the Medical Director of Pediatric Kidney Transplantation, and I am excited to serve children and families in Oregon and beyond.

Beyond patient care, I am deeply involved in national leadership. I serve as Secretary of the American Society of Pediatric Nephrology (ASPN) and will transition to president-elect and president in the coming years. I have also served on the Board of Directors for the Improving Renal Outcomes Collaborative (IROC) and the National Kidney Foundation-Arizona.

Education and training

  • Degrees

    • M.D., 1997, University of Arizona College of Medicine

  • Residency

    • University of Arizona (1997-2000)

  • Fellowship

    • University of Michigan (2000-2003)

  • Certifications

    • Pediatric Nephrology

Memberships and associations:

  • American Society of Pediatric Nephrology
  • International Pediatric Nephrology Association
  • American Board of Pediatrics, Nephrology Sub-board
  • American Society of Transplantation
  • American Society of Nephrology

Publications

Elsevier pure profile

Publications

  • COVID-19 disease among children and young adults enrolled in the North American Pediatric Renal Trials and Collaborative Studies registry

    Pediatric Nephrology
    1. Sarah Twichell
    2. Isa Ashoor
    3. Sara Boynton
    4. Vikas Dharnidharka
    5. Sarah Kizilbash
    6. Daniella Levy Erez
    7. Jodi Smith
    8. Michael Somers
    9. Annabelle Chua
    10. David Hooper
    11. Gina Marie Barletta
    12. Craig Belsha
    13. Paul Brakeman
    14. Priya Verghese
    15. Meredith Atkinson
    16. Bradley Warady
    17. Sharon Bartosh
    18. Rita Swinford
    19. Rima Zahr
    20. Tom Blydt-Hansen
    21. Maha Haddad
    22. Kathy Lee-Son
    23. Lyndsay Harshman
    24. Nadine Benador
    25. Marissa DeFreitas
    26. Kera Luckritz
    27. Sahar Fathallah-Shaykh
    28. Jillian Warejko
    29. Joseph Flynn
    30. Jennifer Jetton
    31. Hiren Patel
    32. Kimberly Czech
    33. Carl Cramer
    34. Amita Sharma
    35. Ashton Chen
    36. Margret Bock
    37. Asha Moudgil
    38. Rachel Milner
    39. Raoul Nelson
    40. Kelsey Richardson
    41. Marcela Del Rio
    42. Rita Sheth
    43. Deborah Kees-Folts
    44. Siddarth Shah
    45. Katherine Dell
    46. Sarah Swartz
    47. Elizabeth Hunt
    48. Sharon Andreoli
    49. Christina Nguyen
    50. Dechu Puliyanda

  • Responding to the workforce crisis

    Pediatric Nephrology
    1. Danielle E. Soranno
    2. Sandra Amaral
    3. Isa Ashoor
    4. Meredith A. Atkinson
    5. Gina Marie Barletta
    6. Michael C. Braun
    7. Joann Carlson
    8. Caitlin Carter
    9. Annabelle Chua
    10. Vikas R. Dharnidharka
    11. Keri Drake
    12. Elif Erkan
    13. Dan Feig
    14. Stuart L. Goldstein
    15. David Hains
    16. Lyndsay A. Harshman
    17. Elizabeth Ingulli
    18. Alexander J. Kula
    19. Mary Leonard
    20. Sudha Mannemuddhu
    21. Shina Menon
    22. Zubin J. Modi
    23. Marva Moxey-Mims
    24. Arwa Nada
    25. Victoria Norwood
    26. Michelle C. Starr
    27. Priya S. Verghese
    28. Darcy Weidemann
    29. Adam Weinstein
    30. Jodi Smith

  • COVID-19 in pediatric kidney transplantation

    Pediatric Nephrology
    1. Charles Varnell
    2. Lyndsay A. Harshman
    3. Chunyan Liu
    4. Laurie Smith
    5. Samhar Al-Akash
    6. Gina Marie Barletta
    7. Paul Brakeman
    8. Abanti Chaudhuri
    9. Paul Fadakar
    10. Lauren Galea
    11. Rouba Garro
    12. Caroline Gluck
    13. David B. Kershaw
    14. Debora Matossian
    15. Hiren P. Patel
    16. Caitlin Peterson
    17. Cozumel Pruette
    18. Saritha Ranabothu
    19. Nancy Rodig
    20. Pamela Singer
    21. Judith Sebestyen VanSickle
    22. Patricia L. Weng
    23. Lara Danziger-Isakov
    24. Michael E. Seifert
    25. David K. Hooper

  • Donor specific antibody surveillance among pediatric kidney transplant programs

    Pediatric transplantation
    1. Emily J. Steinbach
    2. Gina M. Barletta
    3. Hiren P. Patel
    4. David K. Hooper
    5. Rouba Garro
    6. Lyndsay A. Harshman

  • COVID-19 in pediatric kidney transplantation

    American Journal of Transplantation
    1. Charles Varnell
    2. Lyndsay A. Harshman
    3. Laurie Smith
    4. Chunyan Liu
    5. Shiran Chen
    6. Samhar Al-Akash
    7. Gina Marie Barletta
    8. Craig Belsha
    9. Paul Brakeman
    10. Abanti Chaudhuri
    11. Paul Fadakar
    12. Rouba Garro
    13. Caroline Gluck
    14. Jens Goebel
    15. David Kershaw
    16. Debora Matossian
    17. Corina Nailescu
    18. Hiren P. Patel
    19. Cozumel Pruette
    20. Saritha Ranabothu
    21. Nancy Rodig
    22. Jodi Smith
    23. Judith Sebestyen VanSickle
    24. Patricia Weng
    25. Lara Danziger-Isakov
    26. David K. Hooper
    27. Michael Seifert

  • Late first acute rejection in pediatric kidney transplantation

    Pediatric transplantation
    1. Kevin T. Barton
    2. Khalif Halani
    3. Shirley Galbiati
    4. Raja Dandamudi
    5. Stanley Paul Hmiel
    6. Vikas R. Dharnidharka
    7. Michael Somers
    8. Annabelle Chua
    9. John Barcia
    10. David Hooper
    11. Gina Marie Barletta
    12. Martin Turman
    13. Craig Belsha
    14. Elizabeth Harvey
    15. Isidro Salusky
    16. Ora Yadin
    17. Marsha Lee
    18. Craig Langman
    19. Meredith Atkinson
    20. Laurence Greenbaum
    21. Bradley Warady
    22. Sharon Bartosh
    23. Mouin Seikaly
    24. Rima Zahr
    25. Tom Blydt-Hansen
    26. Helen Lovell
    27. Michelle Rheault
    28. Juhi Kumar
    29. Kathy Lee-Son
    30. Nadine Benador
    31. Mazen Arar
    32. Marissa DeFreitas
    33. Kera Luckritz
    34. Sahar Fathallah-Shaykh
    35. Joseph Flynn
    36. Rupesh Raina
    37. Cynthia Pan
    38. Hiren Patel
    39. Gaurav Kapur
    40. Kimberly Czech
    41. Carl Cramer
    42. Amita Sharma
    43. Gary Lerner
    44. Carl Grushkin
    45. Ashton Chen
    46. Margret Bock
    47. Asha Moudgil
    48. Richard Blaszak
    49. Abhijeet Pal
    50. Kelsey Richardson

  • Long-Term Outcomes of C3 Glomerulopathy and Immune-Complex Membranoproliferative Glomerulonephritis in Children

    Kidney International Reports
    1. Amrit Kirpalani
    2. Natasha Jawa
    3. William E. Smoyer
    4. Christoph Licht
    5. Gina Marie Barletta
    6. Sharon Bartosh
    7. Neal Blatt
    8. Tom Blydt-Hansen
    9. Patrick Brophy
    10. Lawrence Copelovitch
    11. Brad Dixon
    12. Anne Durkan
    13. Matthew Eison
    14. Larry Greenbaum
    15. Guillermo Hidalgo
    16. Deborah Jones
    17. Mini Michael
    18. John Sanders
    19. Donald Weaver
    20. Amy Wilson

  • The improving renal outcomes collaborative

    Pediatrics
    1. Michael E. Seifert
    2. Devesh S. Dahale
    3. Margret Kamel
    4. Pamela D. Winterberg
    5. Gina Marie Barletta
    6. Craig W. Belsha
    7. Abanti Chaudhuri
    8. Joseph T. Flynn
    9. Rouba Garro
    10. Roshan P. George
    11. Jens W. Goebel
    12. David B. Kershaw
    13. Debora Matossian
    14. Jason Misurac
    15. Corina Nailescu
    16. Christina R. Nguyen
    17. Meghan Pearl
    18. Ari Pollack
    19. Cozumel S. Pruette
    20. Pamela Singer
    21. Judith S. VanSickle
    22. Priya Verghese
    23. Bradley A. Warady
    24. Andrew Warmin
    25. Patricia L. Weng
    26. Larysa Wickman
    27. Amy C. Wilson
    28. David K. Hooper

  • Estimating Time to ESRD in Children With CKD

    American Journal of Kidney Diseases
    1. Susan L. Furth
    2. Chris Pierce
    3. Wun Fung Hui
    4. Colin A. White
    5. Craig S. Wong
    6. Franz Schaefer
    7. Elke Wühl
    8. Alison G. Abraham
    9. Bradley A. Warady
    10. Joshua Samuels
    11. Susan Furth
    12. Meredith Atkinson
    13. Amy Wilson
    14. Alejandro Quiroga
    15. Susan Massengill
    16. Dave Selewski
    17. Maria Ferris
    18. Amy Kogon
    19. Frederick Kaskel
    20. Marc Lande
    21. George Schwartz
    22. Jeffrey Saland
    23. Victoria Norwood
    24. Tej Matoo
    25. Guillermo Hidalgo
    26. Poyyapakkam Srivaths
    27. Joann Carlson
    28. Craig Langman
    29. Susan Mendley
    30. Eunice John
    31. Kiran Upadhyay
    32. Patricia Seo-Mayer
    33. Larry Patterson
    34. Rulan Parekh
    35. Lisa Robinson
    36. Adam Weinstein
    37. Dmitry Samsonov
    38. Juan Kupferman
    39. Jason Misurac
    40. Anil Mongia
    41. Steffan Kiessling
    42. Cheryl Sanchez-Kazi
    43. Allison Dart
    44. Sahar Fathallah
    45. Donna Claes
    46. Mark Mitsnefes
    47. Tom Blydt-Hansen
    48. Amira Al-Uzri
    49. Randall Jenkins
    50. Gina Marie Barletta

  • Is blood pressure improving in children with chronic kidney disease?

    Hypertension
    1. Gina Marie Barletta
    2. Christopher Pierce
    3. Mark Mitsnefes
    4. Joshua Samuels
    5. Bradley A. Warady
    6. Susan Furth
    7. Joseph Flynn

  • Mycophenolate mofetil-related leukopenia in children and young adults following kidney transplantation

    Pediatric transplantation
    1. Charles D. Varnell
    2. Tsuyoshi Fukuda
    3. Cassie L. Kirby
    4. Lisa J. Martin
    5. Barry L. Warshaw
    6. Hiren P. Patel
    7. Deepa H. Chand
    8. Gina Marie Barletta
    9. Scott K. Van Why
    10. Rene G. VanDeVoorde
    11. Donald J. Weaver
    12. Amy Wilson
    13. Priya S. Verghese
    14. Alexander A. Vinks
    15. Larry A. Greenbaum
    16. Jens Goebel
    17. David K. Hooper

  • HLA-DQA1 and PLCG2 are candidate risk loci for childhood-onset steroid-sensitive nephrotic syndrome

    Journal of the American Society of Nephrology
    1. Rasheed A. Gbadegesin
    2. Adebowale Adeyemo
    3. Nicholas J.A. Webb
    4. Larry A. Greenbaum
    5. Asiri Abeyagunawardena
    6. Shenal Thalgahagoda
    7. Arundhati Kale
    8. Debbie Gipson
    9. Tarak Srivastava
    10. Jen Jar Lin
    11. Deepa Chand
    12. Tracy E. Hunley
    13. Patrick D. Brophy
    14. Arvind Bagga
    15. Aditi Sinha
    16. Michelle N. Rheault
    17. Joanna Ghali
    18. Kathy Nicholls
    19. Elizabeth Abraham
    20. Halima S. Janjua
    21. Abiodun Omoloja
    22. Gina Marie Barletta
    23. Yi Cai
    24. David D. Milford
    25. Catherine O'Brien
    26. Atif Awan
    27. Vladimir Belostotsky
    28. William E. Smoyer
    29. Alison Homstad
    30. Gentzon Hall
    31. Guanghong Wu
    32. Shashi Nagaraj
    33. Delbert Wigfall
    34. John Foreman
    35. Michelle P. Winn

  • Gaining the Patient Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS) perspective in chronic kidney disease

    Pediatric Nephrology
    1. David T. Selewski
    2. Susan F. Massengill
    3. Jonathan P. Troost
    4. Larysa Wickman
    5. Kassandra L. Messer
    6. Emily Herreshoff
    7. Corinna Bowers
    8. Maria E. Ferris
    9. John D. Mahan
    10. Larry A. Greenbaum
    11. Jackie MacHardy
    12. Gaurav Kapur
    13. Deepa H. Chand
    14. Jens Goebel
    15. Gina Marie Barletta
    16. Denis Geary
    17. David B. Kershaw
    18. Cynthia G. Pan
    19. Rasheed Gbadegesin
    20. Guillermo Hidalgo
    21. Jerome C. Lane
    22. Jeffrey D. Leiser
    23. Peter X. Song
    24. David Thissen
    25. Yang Liu
    26. Heather E. Gross
    27. Darren A. DeWalt
    28. Debbie S. Gipson

  • Heart rate and blood pressure variability in children with chronic kidney disease

    Pediatric Nephrology
    1. Gina Marie Barletta
    2. Joseph Flynn
    3. Mark Mitsnefes
    4. Joshua Samuels
    5. Lisa Aronson Friedman
    6. Derek Ng
    7. Christopher Cox
    8. Timothy Poffenbarger
    9. Bradley Warady
    10. Susan Furth

  • Gaining the PROMIS perspective from children with nephrotic syndrome

    Health and Quality of Life Outcomes
    1. Debbie S. Gipson
    2. David T. Selewski
    3. Susan F. Massengill
    4. Larysa Wickman
    5. Kassandra L. Messer
    6. Emily Herreshoff
    7. Bowers Corinna
    8. Maria E. Ferris
    9. John D. Mahan
    10. Larry A. Greenbaum
    11. Jackie MacHardy
    12. Gaurav Kapur
    13. Deepa H. Chand
    14. Jens Goebel
    15. Gina M. Barletta
    16. Denis Geary
    17. David B. Kershaw
    18. Cynthia G. Pan
    19. Rasheed Gbadegesin
    20. Guillermo Hidalgo
    21. Jerome C. Lane
    22. Jeffrey D. Leiser
    23. Brett W. Plattner
    24. Peter X. Song
    25. David Thissen
    26. Yang Liu
    27. Heather E. Gross
    28. Darren A. DeWalt

  • Iothalamate versus estimated GFR in a Hispanic-dominant pediatric renal transplant population

    Pediatric Nephrology
    1. Karen E. Papez
    2. Gina Marie Barletta
    3. Stephanie Hsieh
    4. Mark Joseph
    5. Bruce Z. Morgenstern

  • Prevalence of sleep disturbances in children and adolescents with chronic kidney disease

    Pediatric Nephrology
    1. Ira D. Davis
    2. Larry A. Greenbaum
    3. Debbie Gipson
    4. Lie Ling Wu
    5. Rajiv Sinha
    6. Mina Matsuda-Abedini
    7. Judith L. Emancipator
    8. Jerome C. Lane
    9. Kavita Hodgkins
    10. Corina Nailescu
    11. Gina Marie Barletta
    12. Steven Arora
    13. John D. Mahan
    14. Carol L. Rosen

  • Hemoglobin Differences by Race in Children With CKD

    American Journal of Kidney Diseases
    1. Meredith A. Atkinson
    2. Christopher B. Pierce
    3. Rachel M. Zack
    4. Gina Marie Barletta
    5. Ora Yadin
    6. Mark Mentser
    7. Bradley A. Warady
    8. Susan L. Furth

  • High prevalence of the metabolic syndrome and associated left ventricular hypertrophy in pediatric renal transplant recipients

    Pediatric transplantation
    1. Amy C. Wilson
    2. Larry A. Greenbaum
    3. Gina M. Barletta
    4. Deepa Chand
    5. Jen Jar Lin
    6. Hiren P. Patel
    7. Mark Mitsnefes

  • Megestrol acetate improves weight gain in pediatric patients with chronic kidney disease

    Journal of Renal Nutrition
    1. David J. Hobbs
    2. Timothy E. Bunchman
    3. David P. Weismantel
    4. Morgan R. Cole
    5. Karen B. Ferguson
    6. Tracy R. Gast
    7. Gina Marie Barletta

  • Nutritional Management of Hyperkalemic Infants With Chronic Kidney Disease, Using Adult Renal Formulas

    Journal of Renal Nutrition
    1. David J. Hobbs
    2. Tracy R. Gast
    3. Karen B. Ferguson
    4. Timothy E. Bunchman
    5. Gina Marie Barletta

  • Rasburicase improves hyperuricemia in infants with acute kidney injury

    Pediatric Nephrology
    1. David J. Hobbs
    2. Julia M. Steinke
    3. Jin Y. Chung
    4. Gina Marie Barletta
    5. Timothy E. Bunchman

  • Severe paediatric systemic lupus erythematosus nephritis-a single-centre experience

    Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation
    1. David J. Hobbs
    2. Gina Marie Barletta
    3. Jurat S. Rajpal
    4. Miriam N. Rajpal
    5. David P. Weismantel
    6. James D. Birmingham
    7. Timothy E. Bunchman

  • Isolated sarcoid granulomatous interstitial nephritis in pediatrics

    Clinical Nephrology
    1. D. J. Hobbs
    2. G. M. Barletta
    3. J. Y. Chung
    4. T. E. Bunchman

  • Rapid discontinuation of corticosteroids in pediatric renal transplantation

    Pediatric transplantation
    1. Gina Marie Barletta
    2. Eric Kirk
    3. John J. Gardner
    4. Joshua F. Rodriguez
    5. Sheri M. Bursach
    6. Timothy E. Bunchman