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Kamran K. Shaffi, M.B.B.S., M.D.

  1. Nephrologist
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  1. Phoenix, Arizona

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Dr. Saeed Kamran Shaffi, M.B.B.S., is a board-certified nephrologist with expertise in glomerulonephritis and resistant hypertension.

Dr. Shaffi obtained his medical degree from Rawalpindi Medical College. He trained in internal medicine at the Creighton University where he was a Chief Resident. He pursued nephrology training at Brown University and furthered his expertise with a research fellowship at Tufts University.

Dr. Shaffi later joined the faculty of Medicine at the University of New Mexico School of Medicine and the New Mexico Veterans Affairs Hospital where he was an Associate Professor in the Department of Internal Medicine / Division of Nephrology.

Dr. Shaffi's practice focuses on a wide range of kidney diseases with a special emphasis on the management of glomerulonephritis and hypertension.

  1. Acute kidney inury
  2. Chronic kidney disease
  3. Diabetic nephropathy
  4. Fibrillary glomerulonephritis
  5. Fluid and electrolyte imbalance
  6. Focal segmental glomerulosclerosis
  7. Glomerulonephritis
  8. Granulomatosis with polyangiitis
  9. Hypercalcemia
  10. Hypernatremia
  11. Hyponatremia
  12. IgA nephropathy
  13. Lupus nephritis
  14. Membranous nephropathy
  15. Metabolic acidosis
  16. Metabolic alkalosis
  17. Microscopic polyangiitis
  18. Minimal change disease
  19. Nephrotic syndrome
  20. Resistant hypertension
  • Management of glomerulonephritis with attention to achieving complete disease remission and minimizing treatment side effects.
  • Treating resistant hypertension with a goal of improving hard outcomes such as kidney disease progression and cardiovascular outcomes while decreasing the medication burden.
  1. 2013
    Fellowship - Nephrology ResearchDepartment of Nephrology and Hypertension, Tufts University
  2. 2013
    Masters - Science in Clinical ResearchSackler School of Graduate Biomedical Sciences, Tufts University School of Medicine
  3. 2010
    Fellowship - Nephrology Clinical FellowshipRhode Island Hospital, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University
  4. 2008
    Chief Resident - Internal MedicineCreighton University
  5. 2005
    PGY I - Categorical Internal MedicineHarbor Hospital Medical Center
  6. 2005
    PGY II and III - Categorical Internal MedicineCreighton University School of Medicine
  7. 2001
    MB BSRawalpindi Medical College, University of Health Sciences

Certifications

  1. 2010
    NephrologyAmerican Board of Internal Medicine
  2. 2007
    Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal Medicine

Awards and honors

  1. 2017
    Teacher of the Year Award (The Antonios Tzamaloukas, M.D. Faculty Teaching Award)Division of Nephrology, University of New Mexico
  2. 2017
    Darwin Peterson Award for Clinical Excellence; Given to the dialysis clinic with the highest patient satisfaction, best clinical indicator, lowest standardized hospitalization rate and mortality rate of all the DCI clinics.DCI Dialysis Clinic, Dialysis Clinic Incorporated (DCI)
  3. 2015
    CMS/Medicare 5 stars rating, based on clinical outcomes, given to the DCI, Grants Dialysis Clinic. I was the medical director of this clinicDCI Dialysis Clinic, Dialysis Clinic Incorporated (DCI)
  4. 2014
    Teacher of the Year Award (The Antonios Tzamaloukas, M.D. Faculty Teaching Award)Division of Nephrology, University of New Mexico
  5. 2007
    Inducted as a residentAlpha Omega Alpha Medical Honors Society

Professional memberships

  1. 2018 - 2022
    MemberRheumatology Faculty Search Committee, Sandoval Regional Medical Center
  2. 2018 - 2022
    MemberNephrology fellowship program evaluation committee (PEC), Sandoval Regional Medical Center
  3. 2017
    MemberNephrology Division Chief Search Committee, Sandoval Regional Medical Center
  4. 2017
    MemberSRMC in-patient dialysis Quality Assurance and Performance Improvement (QAPI) committee, Sandoval Regional Medical Center
  5. 2017 - present
    MemberAmerican Society of Hypertension
  6. 2015 - 2022
    MemberNephrology Faculty Search Committee, Sandoval Regional Medical Center
  7. 2015
    MemberDepartment of Internal Medicine Education Allocation Committee, Sandoval Regional Medical Center
  8. 2008 - present
    MemberAmerican Society of Nephrology

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