Chief, Abdominal Transplant Medicine

I am a transplant nephrologist for the Adult Kidney Transplant program at Memorial Transplant Institute. For nearly 25 years, the focus of my efforts has been to facilitate kidney transplantation for patients with chronic and end stage kidney disease with excellent post-transplant outcomes.

Living with chronic kidney disease is a constant challenge and daunting experience. For most patients, the best option is to receive a kidney transplant as early as possible. My team and I exhaust all options for patients to get them a transplant — preferably a living donor kidney transplant — and try to do so before they start dialysis. This affords them the best post-transplant outcomes with minimal to no compromise in longevity or quality of life.

Our kidney transplant team is part of a multidisciplinary team at Memorial. This means we have access to every potential surgical and medical specialist, as well as support services and staff, all dedicated to assuring patient safety leading to and through the transplant process and beyond.

Because of our expertise and outcomes, we are often sought out to care for patients with the most complex and challenging conditions. We promise every patient who needs a kidney that we will not leave any stone unturned or any possibility unexplored.

We are here to walk alongside you on your transplant journey, every step of the way, and help you find the best way forward.

Hospital Affiliations

• Memorial Regional Hospital

Gender

• Male

Education

Allama Iqbal Medical College, 1990
Allama Iqbal Medical College, 1993

Internships

Presbyterian Medical Center, 1995, Internal Medicine

Residency

Presbyterian Medical Center, 1997, Internal Medicine

Fellowships

Stanford University, 2001, Nephrology

Certifications

American Board of Internal Medicine-Nephrology

Publications

Research

My research interests focus on exploring and improving factors that impact transplant outcomes and the accessibility of transplantation.

Professional Organizations

• Fellow of the American College of Physicians
• Fellow of the American Society of Nephrology
• American Society of Transplantation

Presentations

• Medical Grand Rounds, Howard University Hospital, Washington, D.C.
• “Kidney transplant in SLE,” National Institute of Health (NIDDK), Bethesda, Maryland
• “Promise of kidney transplantation,” Virginia Hospital Center, Arlington, Virginia
• “Preemptive kidney transplantation: Wouldn’t earlier be even better?” University of California San Diego, San Diego, California
• “Preemptive kidney transplantation: Role of native kidney function on outcomes,” Mayo Clinic, Division of Transplantation, Jacksonville, Florida
• “Preemptive kidney transplantation: Wouldn’t earlier be even better?” Georgetown University, Washington, D.C.
• “Role of sirolimus in chronic allograft nephropathy,” Kidney Foundation of Northern California, Cupertino, California
• “Preemptive kidney transplantation: Wouldn’t earlier be even better?” University of Connecticut, Hartford, Connecticut
• “Role of native kidney function in preemptive kidney transplant outcomes,” University of Maryland, Division of Nephrology, Baltimore, Maryland
• “Role of native kidney function in pre-emptive kidney transplant outcomes,” Lahey Clinic, Burlington, Massachusetts
• “Preemptive kidney transplantation: Wouldn’t earlier be even better?” University of Massachusetts, Worcester, Massachusetts
• “Promise of kidney transplantation,” UCSF Fresno, Fresno, California
• “Preemptive kidney transplantation: Wouldn’t earlier be even better?” University of Tennessee Health Sciences Center, Memphis, Tennessee
• “Immunosuppressive strategies in kidney transplantation,” Kidney Foundation of Northern California, Cupertino, California
• “Kidney transplantation in SLE,” Weiss Memorial Hospital, Chicago, Illinois
• “Kidney transplant outcomes in SLE,” University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
• “Kidney transplant outcomes in SLE,” Stanford University, Stanford, California
• “Evolving therapies for the treatment of glomerulonephritis,” Nephrology, Sixth Biennial Conference, Islamabad, Pakistan
• “Kidney transplantation,” Association of Pakistani Physicians in North America, Chicago, Illinois
• “The promise of kidney transplantation,” Sixth Annual Joint Meeting of ISN/COMGAN, Karachi, Pakistan
• “Immunosuppressive regimens in kidney transplantation,” Sixth Annual Joint Meeting of ISN/COMGAN, Karachi, Pakistan
• “Kidney transplantation,” Kidney Foundation of Central Pennsylvania, Hershey, Pennsylvania

Awards

• Harry S. Sugarman Research Fellowship Award, National Kidney Foundation
• Leverne K. Purcell Research Fellowship Award, Stanford University
• Intern of the Year Award, University of Pennsylvania Health Systems, Presbyterian Medical Center, 1995