Department of Medicine

Nephrology Medicine Faculty

Endowed PROFESSOR

Deepak Malhotra, M.D., Ph.D.

Deepak Malhotra, M.D., Ph.D., FASN, FACP

Faculty Appointments: Endowed Professor of Medicine, Chief of the Division of Nephrology,  Director of Nephrology Training Program
Degrees: MD, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH; PhD, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH
Residency: Internal Medicine at Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH
Fellowship: Renal Diseases at University of Colorado, Denver, CO
Board Certified: Internal Medicine / Nephrology

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PROFESSORs

Dr. Lance Dworkin, M.D.

Lance Dworkin, M.D.

Faculty Appointments: Professor and Mercy Health Endowed Chair in Education, Department of Medicine; Academic Chief of Medicine, ProMedica Health System
Degree: MD, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA
Residency: Internal Medicine at New York University and Bellevue Hospitals, New York, NY
Fellowships: Internal Medicine and Nephrology (Clinical & Research) at Harvard Medical School and Peter Bent Brigham Hospital, Boston, MA
Board Certified: Internal Medicine / Nephrology
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Dr. Rujon Gong, M.D. Ph.D, FASN

Rujun Gong, M.D., Ph.D., FASN

Faculty Appointments: Professor of Medicine, Vice Chairman of Research for the Department of Medicine, Director of Kidney Research for the Division of Nephrology
Degrees: MD, Nanjing University School of Medicine, Nanjing, China; PhD, Renal Physiology Nanjing University, Nanjing, China
Residency: Internal Medicine at Nanjing University School of Medicine, Nanjing, China
Fellowships: Nephrology at Research Institute of Nephrology, Nanjing University, Nanjing, China; Research at Brown University School of Medicine, Providence, RI

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Dr. Dinkar Kaw, M.D.

Dinkar Kaw, M.D.

Faculty Appointment: Professor of Medicine 
Degree: MD, University of Kashmir Medical College, Srinagar, India
Residencies: Internal Medicine at Medical College of Ohio, Toledo, OH; Internal Medicine at Sher-I-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences, Srinagar Kashmir, India; Obstetrics and Gynecology at Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigah, India; Pediatrics at Associated Hospitals of Medical College, Kashmir, India
Fellowship: Nephrology at Medical College of Ohio, Toledo, OH
Board Certified: Internal Medicine / Nephrology

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Dr. Shobha Ratnam, M.D. Ph.D.

Shobha Ratnam, M.D., Ph.D.

Faculty Appointments: Director of Nephrology Training Program, Professor of Medicine 
Degree: MD, Medical College of Ohio, Toledo, OH; PhD, Biochemistry and Molecular, Medical University of Ohio, Toledo, OH
Residency: Internal Medicine at the Medical University of Ohio, Toledo, OH
Fellowship: Nephrology at the Medical University of Ohio, Toledo, OH
Board Certified: Internal Medicine / Nephrology

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Joseph I. Shapiro, M.D.

Faculty Appointments: Professor of Medicine 
Degree: MD, Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, Newark, New Jersey
Residency: Internal Medicine at MedStar Health/Georgetown University Hospital, Washington, D.C.
Fellowship: Renal Diseases at University of Colorado, Denver, Colorado
Board Certified: Internal Medicine / Nephrology

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Associate Professors

Dr. Alexei Fedorov, Ph.D.

Alexei Fedorov, Ph.D.

Faculty Appointments: Associate Professor of Medicine, Director of Bioinformatics Laboratory
Degrees: MSc Physics, Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia; PhD, Molecular Genetics Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
Fellowships: The Biological Laboratories at Harvard University, Cambridge, MA; Department of Physiology at University of Miami School of Medicine, Coral Gables, FL; Sussex Centre for Neuroscience (IRC) at University of Sussex, Brighton, UK

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ASSISTANT PROFESSOR

Samer Akrawi, M.D.

Samer Akrawi, M.D.

Faculty Appointments: Assistant Professor of Medicine
Degrees: MD University of Baghdad College of Medicine, Iraq
Residency: Internal Medicine at St. Joseph Mercy, Ann Arbor, MI
Fellowship: Nephrology at University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
Board Certified: Internal Medicine and Nephrology

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Dr. Zubia Alum, M.D.

Zubia Alam, M.D.

Faculty Appointment: Assistant Professor of Medicine
Degree: MD, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA
Residency: Internal Medicine at Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, RI 
Fellowship:  Nephrology at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
Board Certified: Internal Medicine / Nephrology

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Muhammad Usman Ali, M.D.

Faculty Appointment: Assistant Professor of Medicine
Degree: MD, The University of Lahore (MBBS), Lahore, Pakistan
Residency: Internal medicine at Crozer-Chester Medical Center, Upland, Pennsylvania 
Fellowship: Nephrology and Critical Care at The University of Toledo, Toledo, OH
Board Certified: Internal Medicine, Nephrology, Critical Care

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Last Updated: 9/17/24