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Kidney Disease & Hypertension – Faculty

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Full Time:

Susie Lee Hu, MD
Associate Professor
Associate Chief for Clinical Affairs
Interim Director, Division of Kidney Disease & Hypertension

Rasha Alawieh, MD
Assistant Professor

Maroun Azar, MD
Assistant Professor

George Bayliss, MD
Associate Professor

Nathan Calabro-Kailukaitis, MD
Assistant Professor

Eric Kerns, MD
Assistant Professor

Matthew Lynch, MD
Assistant Professor

Basma Merhi, MD
Assistant Professor

John O’Bell, MD
Associate Professor
Program Director, Nephrology Fellowship

Katherine Richman, MD
Assistant Professor

Kelley Sanzen, PharmD
Clinical Assistant Professor

Ankur Shah, MD
Assistant Professor
Associate Program Director, Nephrology Fellowship

Jie Tang, MD, MPH
Associate Professor
Director of Global Health Program

Kristin Tillquist, MD
Assistant Professor

Shougang Zhuang, MD, PhD
Professor of Medicine, RST

Affiliated Faculty:

M. Khurram Faizan, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor
Director, Division of Pediatric Nephrology

Robin Kremsdorf, MD
Assistant Professor
Division of Pediatric Nephrology

Jonah M. Licht, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor

Paul Morrissey, MD
Professor of Surgery

Adena Osband, MD
Associate Professor of Surgery

Kidney Disease & Hypertension

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About Us

The Department of Medicine at Alpert Medical School is comprised of eleven distinct Divisions. These Divisions, working in conjunction with the community doctors who comprise our Primary Care offerings, provide patients with an outstanding level of care both within the Brown affiliated hospitals and throughout several community-based clinical locations. In addition to patient services, several of our Divisions offer exceptional programs for Residents and Fellows within their designated areas of expertise.

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    Louis B. Rice, MD
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    Providence, RI 02903