Expertise

My lab investigates the mechanisms of acute kidney injury (AKI) in animal models of renal ischemia- reperfusion and sepsis. In particular, we study the interplay between tubular apoptosis, inflammation, metabolism and innate immunity in shaping the renal response to injury and therapy. We have identified guanine nucleotides, p53, macrophage subsets and Toll-like receptors as major modulators of the injury process, metabolism and tubular cross-talk as well as the post injury outcome and response to therapy.


Research: Complication of Diabetes and Obesity


Keywords:

  • Oxidative Stress
  • Progressive Chronic Kidney Disease
  • Quantitative Microscopy
  • Cell Biology of Acute Kidney Injury

 

Past Affiliations

Member, Center for Diabetes and Metabolic Diseases, Centers and Institutes, Indiana University School of Medicine

Associate Professor, Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis, School of Medicine (past)

Director, Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis, School of Medicine (past)

Assistant Professor, Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis, School of Medicine (past)

Associate Professor, Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis, School of Medicine (past)

Associate Professor, Department of Medicine, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis, School of Medicine (past)

Fellowship Director, Nephrology Fellowship Program, Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis, School of Medicine (past)

Communities
Nephrology
Degrees
MD, American University of Beirut, Liban, 1985
BS, American University of Beirut, Liban, 1980