Email

bryan.tucker@bcm.edu

Positions

Associate Professor

Medicine
Nephrology
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, United States

Addresses

Baylor College of Medicine Medical Center, McNair Campus (Clinic)

7200 Cambridge St., 8th Floor
Suite 8B
Houston, TX, 77030
United States
Phone: (713) 798-8355

Baylor St. Luke's Medical Center (Hospital)

Houston, TX, 77030
United States

Education

BS from California State University, Fullerton

05/2007 - Fullerton, California, United States

MS from Columbia University

08/2010 - New York, New York, United States

DO from Western University of Health Sciences

05/2012 - Pomona, California, United States

Residency at Indiana University School of Medicine

06/2015 - Indianapolis, Indiana, United States

Clinical Fellowship at Yale University School of Medicine

06/2017 - New Haven, Connecticut, United States

Certifications

Internal Medicine Board Certification

American Board of Internal Medicine

Nephrology Board Certification

American Board of Internal Medicine

Professional Interests

• Dysnatremia
• Acid-base disorders
• Electrolyte disorders

Selected Publications

• Tucker BM, Pirkle JL, Raghavan R. " Urinary Magnesium in the Evaluation of Hypomagnesemia " JAMA. 2020 Oct ;
  Pubmed PMID: 33125046.
• Murea M, Tucker BM. " The physiology of uric acid and impact of end-stage kidney disease and dialysis " Semin Dial. 2019 Jan ; 32 (1) : 47-57.
  Pubmed PMID: 29989213.
• Tucker BM, Pirkle JL, Stefi E, Sheikh-Hamad D, DuBose T. " Iso-osmolar hyponatremia from polyethylene glycol " Clin Kidney J. 2020 ;
  Pubmed PMID: 33623696.
• Tucker BM, Perazella MA. " Pink Urine Syndrome: A Combination of Insulin Resistance and Propofol " Kidney Int Rep. 2019 Jan ; 4 (1) : 30-39.
  Pubmed PMID: 6308841.
• Batlle D, Chin-Theodorou J, Tucker BM. " Metabolic Acidosis or Respiratory Alkalosis? Evaluation of a Low Plasma Bicarbonate Using the Urine Anion Gap " Am J Kidney Dis. 2017 Sep ; 70 (3) : 440-444.
  Pubmed PMID: 28599903.
• Tucker BM, Safadi S, Friedman AN. " Is routine multivitamin supplementation necessary in US chronic adult hemodialysis patients? A systematic review. " J Ren Nutr. 2015 May ; 25 (3) : 257-63.
  Pubmed PMID: 25446839.
• Tucker B, Moledina DG. " We Use Dialysate Potassium Levels That Are Too Low in Hemodialysis " Semin Dial. 2016 Jul ; 29 (4) : 300-2.
  Pubmed PMID: 27061895.
• Saeed Z, Janda KM, Tucker BM, Dudley L, Cutter P, Friedman AN. " Personal Attitudes Toward Weight in Overweight and Obese US Hemodialysis Patients " J Ren Nutr. 2017 Sep ; 27 (5) : 340-45.
  Pubmed PMID: 28533101.
• Tucker BM, Freedman BI. " Need to Reclassify Etiologies of ESRD on the CMS 2728 Medical Evidence Report " Clin J Am Soc Nephrol. 2018 Mar ; 7 (13) : 477-79.
  Pubmed PMID: 29042463.
• Tucker BM, Hsu FC, Register TC, Xu J, Smith SC, Murea M, Bowden DW, Freedman BI, Lenchik L. " Psoas and Paraspinous Muscle Measurements on Computed Tomography Predict Mortality in European Americans with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus " J Frailty Aging. 2019 ; 8 (2) : 72-78.
  Pubmed PMID: 30997919.
• Tucker BM, Luciano RL. " Medication-Associated Glomerular Disease. " Glomerulonephritis. 2017 ;
• Tucker BM, Perazella MA. " Medications. " Nephrology Secrets. 2018 ;
• Claudel SE, Tucker BM, Kleven DT, Pirkle JL, Murea M. " Narrative Review of Hypercoagulability in Small-Vessel Vasculitis " 2020 May ; 5 (5) : 586-599.
  Pubmed PMID: 32405580.
• Adrogue HJ, Tucker BM, Madias NE. " Diagnosis and Management of Hyponatremia A Review " JAMA. 2022 Jul 19; 328 (3) : 280-291.
  Pubmed PMID: 35852524.
• Tucker BM, Walther C. " Outcomes Associated with Hypernatremia at Admission in Hospitalized Persons " Kidney360. 2022 Jul 28; 3 (7) : 1122-1123.
  Pubmed PMID: 35919539.

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Languages

Spanish, Portuguese