Department of Medicine

University of Pittsburgh

Khaled Abdel-Kader, MD
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Clinical Instructor

Post-Doctoral Fellow
 
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E-mail: kaa43@pitt.edu
Education
BA, Washington University, 1998
MD, UMDNJ- Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, 2002
MSc, University of Pittsburgh, 2009
Training
Internal Medicine Residency, Brown University, Providence, RI, 2005
Chief Residency, Brown University, Providence, RI, 2006
Nephrology Fellowship, UPMC, 2008
Area of Specialization/Research Interest  
CKD
QI
Medical education
 
Recent Grants
Title: Automated Clinical Reminders in Chronic Kidney Disease
Role: PI
Amount:
Funding Agency: NIH-NRSA
Start Year: 2010
End Year: 2012
Title: Automated Clinical Reminders in Chronic Kidney Disease
Role: PI
Amount: 50,000
Funding Agency: National Kidney Foundation
Start Year: 2009
End Year: 2010
Recent Peer-Reviewed Publications
Title: Symptom burden, depression, and quality of life in chronic and end-stage kidney disease
Author(s): Abdel-Kader K, Unruh ML, Weisbord SD
Year: 2009
Journal: Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology
Volume: 4(6)
Page(s): 1057-64
Title: Individual quality of life in chronic kidney disease: influence of age and dialysis modality.
Author(s): Abdel-Kader K, Myaskovsky L, Karpov I, Shah J, Hess R, Dew MA, Unruh M
Year: 2009
Journal: Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology
Volume: 4 (4)
Page(s): 711-18
Title: Disaster and end-stage renal disease: targeting vulnerable patients for improved outcomes
Author(s): Abdel-Kader, K, Unruh, M
Year: 2009
Journal: Kidney International
Volume: 75(11)
Page(s): 1131-3