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Carmen Peralta
Chief Medical Officer, Professor of Medicine
Carmen Peralta is the Chief Medical Officer at Cricket Health, Inc., spearheading the development of revolutionary kidney care services aimed at enhancing the lives of individuals with kidney disease.
She holds the position of Adjunct Professor of Medicine at the University of California, San Francisco and is a dedicated Physician-Investigator funded by prominent entities such as NIH, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, American Heart Association, and National Kidney Foundation.
With a focus on prevention, early detection, and management of chronic kidney disease, Carmen's expertise lies in areas such as nephrology, hypertension, implementation sciences, clinical study design, and pragmatic clinical trials.
As the Co-Founder and Founding Executive Director of the Kidney Health Research Collaborative, Carmen has been instrumental in advancing research in early detection and prevention of kidney disease and hypertension.
Her educational background includes a MD from The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, a Master's degree from the University of California, San Francisco, and a B.A. from Rice University.
Carmen has a diverse clinical experience ranging from general nephrology and hypertension to critical care, with a notable emphasis on high value care delivery and utilizing data from electronic health records for research and quality improvement.
She has been actively involved in more than 160 research papers and is recognized for her work in areas such as risk prediction in CKD and hypertension, genetic epidemiology, race/ethnic disparities, and hypertension treatment.
In addition to her roles at Cricket Health and the Kidney Health Research Collaborative, Carmen has been associated with prestigious institutions like The Aspen Institute, the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, and various academic medical centers where she has held leadership and clinical positions.
Follow Carmen Peralta on Twitter @Peralta_KHRC for insights and updates on her endeavors in the field of nephrology and kidney health.
