INFORMATION

Business Address:
USC Health Care Consultation
1520 San Pablo Street
Los Angeles, California 90033

1200 N. State St
GNRH 4250
Los Angeles, California 90033

Business Telephone: (323) 226-7307
Business Fax: (323) 226-5390

E-mail: nadim@usc.edu

EDUCATION

High School:
Newport Harbor High School
Newport Beach, CA, Graduated 1986

University:
University of California, Irvine
B.S., Biological Sciences, 1990

Medical School:
University of California, Los Angeles
M.D., 1994

Medical Internship:
Beth Israel Hospital, Harvard University
Boston, MA 1994-95

Medical Residency:
Beth Israel Hospital, Harvard University
Boston, MA 1995-97

Fellowship:
Brigham & Women's Hospital / Massachusetts General Hospital, Nephrology
Harvard University, Boston, MA, 1998-2001

Honors and Awards:
Outstanding Teaching Award, University of Southern California, 2004
National Research Service Award, National Institutes of Health, 1999
Volunteer/Donor Award, National Kidney Foundation, 1999
Alpha Omega Alpha (AOA) Research Fellowship Award, 1992
Cum Laude, University of California, Irvine, 1990
Excellence in Research Award, University of California Irvine, 1990
Phi Beta Kappa, University of California Irvine, 1989
Golden Key National Honor Society, 1988

Licensure:
California

Board Certification:
Clinical Specialist in Hypertension, 2003
American Board of Nephrology, 2001
American Board of Internal Medicine, 1997

PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND

Academic Appointments

• Clinical Instructor
  Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine, University of Southern California, 2002- Present

Hospital Appointments

• Attending Staff, USC University Hospital, 2002 - Present
• Attending Staff, Norris Cancer Center, 2002 - Present
• Attending Staff, LAC / USC Medical Center, 2002 - Present

Specific Teaching Responsibilities

• University of Southern California Department of Medicine:
  Formal lectures, conferences, bedside rounds for renal fellows, housestaff and medical students, 2002 - Present

• Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California:
  Formal lectures for second year medical students, 2002-Present
  Postgraduate education lectures Nephrology & Hypertension.

Clinical Administrative Appointments

• Department of Medicine, University of Southern California
  Associate Fellowship Program Director, Division of Nephrology, 2004 - Present
  Associate Director, Hypertension Center, 2003 - Present

• Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California
  Chief, Year II Renal System, 2003 - Present

Other Activities

• Focused Exercise Leader, Renal Pathophysiology, Year II Medical Students
  Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 2000
• Tutorials in Integrated Human Physiology, Year II Medical Students
  Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 2000
• Focused Exercise Leader, Renal Physiology, Year I Medical Students
  Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 1999-2000
• Tutorials in Human Systems, Year I Medical Students
  Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 1999-2000
• General Chemistry Tutor, Tutorial Assistance Program
  University of California, Irvine, CA, 1987-1990

SOCIETY MEMBERSHIPS

National

• American Society of Nephrology, 1998-Present
• American Society of Hypertension, 2002-Present

RESEARCH ACTIVITIES

Complete Bibliography

• Appended

Major Areas of Research Interest

• Hypertension
• Renovascular Disease

Articles Peer Review

1. Womer K, Nadim MK, Sayegh MH: T-cell recognition of allograft target antigens. Curr Opin Organ Transplantation 5:23-28, 2000.
2. Taal MW, Omer SA, Nadim MK, Mackenzie H: Cellular and molecular mediators in common pathway mechanisms of chronic renal disease progression. Curr Opin Nephro Hypert 9:323-331, 2000.
3. Nadim MK, Brenner BM: Glomerular normalcy and pathosis: A "fin de millénaire" perspective. J Nephrol 12:S16-S28, 1999.
4. Mackenzie HS, Ziai F, Omer SA, Nadim MK, Taal MW: Angiotensin receptor blockers in experimental chronic renal disease: The promise of a bright clinical future. J Am Soc Nephrol 10:283-286, 1999.
5. Kutchemeshgi (Nadim) M, Barr RJ, Anderson D: Dermatofibroma with osteoclast-like giant cells. Am J Dermatopath 14:397-401, 1992.
6. Pahl MV, Erikson RA., Vaziri ND, Khamiseh G, Oveisi F, Jam K, Kutchemeshgi (Nadim) M: Intestinal morphometry and the bile acid-induced mucosal injury in chronic experimental renal failure. J Lab Clin Med 115:572-578, 1990.

Articles Submitted

1. Nadim MK, Dua R and Campese VM: Antihypertensive Drugs and the Kidney. Current Cardiology Report 2004
2. Campese VM, Nadim MK and Epstein M: Are HMG-CoA Reductase Inhibitors Renoprotective? JASN 2004

Abstracts

1. Nadim MK, Rennke HG, Taal MW, Brenner BM, Mackenzie HS, Sayegh MH: Bone morphogenetic protein-7 (Bmp-7) reduces chronic progressive renal injury in 5/6 nephrectomized rats. J Am Soc Nephrol 3299:625, 2000.
2. Gurnani A, Nadim MK, Luyckx VA, Lawler EV, Troy JL, Nyengaard JR, Mackenzie HS, Brenner BM: Estimating glomerular number in male and female offspring of rats subjected to gestational dietary protein restriction: A comparison using an unbiased stereological technique and the maceration technique. J Am Soc Nephrol 2046:390A, 2000.

Chapters

1. Vedel I, Nadim MK, Durand-Zaleski I: Hypertension artérielle: Approche socio-économique. In: Traitements de l'hypertension artérielle et prevention cardiovasculaire (Asmar R, Hugue C and Safar M) Communication Globale Sante, 2002 ; pp :55-64.

Chapters in Press

1. Campese VM and Nadim MK: Natriuretic Peptides. In : Oparil and Weber : Hypertension, 2nd edition

Invited Lectures/Seminars

1. Medical Therapy of Renal Artery Stenosis, USC Nephrology Preceptorship Program, Dyslipidemia in Renal Disease: Impact on Cardiovascular Disease and CKD Progression, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, October 2004
2. Hypertension & Diabetes: New Role for Old Drugs, Diabetes, Los Angeles, CA, October 2004
3. Evaluation & Management of the Diabetic Hypertensive, California Association for Nurse Practitioners, Los Angeles, CA, October 2004
4. Hypertensive Emergency & Urgency, 2nd Annual Vincent DeQuattro Symposium: Hypertension, Los Angeles, CA, May 2004
5. Hemturia, 32nd Diagnostic and Therapeutic Skills in Internal Medicine, Island of Hawaii, March 2004
6. Hypertension: New JNC Guidelines, 32nd Diagnostic and Therapeutic Skills in Internal Medicine, Island of Hawaii, March 2004
7. Treatment of Hypertensive Emergencies & Urgencies, 32nd Diagnostic and Therapeutic Skills in Internal Medicine, Island of Hawaii, March 2004
8. Hemodialysis 2003: Epidemiology, Practice and Principles, Max R. Gaspar 7th Annual Vascular Disease Symposium, Los Angeles, CA, October 2003
9. Hypertensive Emergency and Urgency, LAC + USC Medical Center, Pulmonary Grand Rounds, Los Angeles, CA, October 2003
10. Hypertension, USC University Hospital, Vascular Surgery Grand Rounds, Los Angles, CA, September 2003
11. Hypertensive Emergency and Urgency, LAC + USC Medical Center, Cardiology Grand Rounds, Los Angeles, CA, September 2003
12. Contrast Nephropathy, LAC + USC Medical Center, Pulmonary Grand Rounds, Los Angles, CA, February 2003
13. Hypertension in Pregnancy, LAC + USC Medical Center, Renal Grand Rounds, Los Angles, CA, November 2002