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Kidney Disease & Hypertension – Faculty

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Full Time:

Douglas Shemin, MD
Associate Professor
Division Director, Kidney Disease & Hypertension

J. Gary Abuelo, MD
Associate Professor

Maroun Azar, MD
Assistant Professor

George Bayliss, MD
Associate Professor

Nathan Calabro-Kailukaitis, MD
Assistant Professor

Nelson Chu, MD

Reginald Gohh, MD
Professor of Medicine
Medical Director Transplantation, Associate Chief for Research

Yingjie Guan, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor

Susie Lee Hu, MD
Associate Professor
Associate Chief for Clinical Affairs

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

Shougang Zhuang, MD, PhD
Professor of Medicine, RST

Affiliated Faculty:

Keith Bartolomei, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor

Andrew Brem, MD

Joseph Chazan, MD
Clinical Professor

Jeffrey Clement, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor

Christopher Cosgrove, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor

Richard Cottiero, MD
Clinical Associate Professor

Daniel Dragomire, MD

Elkin Estrada, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor

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

Thomas Krahn, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor

Robin Kremsdorf, MD
Assistant Professor
Division of Pediatric Nephrology

George Lee, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor

Jonah M. Licht, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor

Charles E. McCoy, MD
Clinical Associate Professor

Ildiko Medve, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor

Michael Monsour, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor

David Morris, MD
Professor Emeritus of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Paul Morrissey, MD
Professor of Surgery

Adena Osband, MD
Associate Professor of Surgery

Mark Siskind, MD, MS
Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine

Mordecai Stolk, MD

Michael Thursby, DO
Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine

Manini Vishwanath, MD

Steven Zipin, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor

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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