Clinical Focus


  • Nephrology

Academic Appointments


Honors & Awards


  • Mentoring Award, American Society of Transplantation (2025)
  • Barbara T. Murphy Endowed Lectureship, American Society of Nephrology (2024)
  • Kidney Gift of Life Medical Achievement Award, National Kidney Foundation (2021)
  • Presidential Lecture, Transplantation Society of Australia and New Zealand (2013)
  • Paul S. Russell Lectureship in Transplantation, Harvard Medical School (2012)
  • Established Investigator Award, American Society of Transplantation (2009)
  • Elected Member, Association of American Physicians (2008)
  • Elected Member, American Society of Clinical Investigation (2002)
  • Donald W. Seldin Young Investigator Award, American Society of Nephrology (2002)

Professional Education


  • Fellowship: Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Harvard Medical School (1992) MA
  • Residency: Wayne State University Internal Medicine Residency (1989) MI
  • Medical Education: American University of Beirut Office of the Registrar (1985) Lebanon
  • Board Certification: American Board of Internal Medicine, Internal Medicine
  • Nephrology, Harvard Medical School
  • Internal Medicine, Wayne State University
  • MD, American University of Beirut
  • BS, American University of Beirut

Current Research and Scholarly Interests


I study how the immune system rejects transplanted organs, with the goal of improving long-term transplant outcomes. A related area of research in my laboratory is the relationship between maternal-fetal immune interactions and reproductive success.

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