Baylor College of Medicine

Hania Kassem, MD, FASN, FNKF

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Hania Kassem, MD, FASN, FNKF

Associate Professor, Associate Program Director - Nephrology Training Program

Email

u252227@bcm.edu

Positions

Associate Professor, Associate Program Director - Nephrology Training Program: Medicine - Nephrology
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, US

Addresses

One Baylor Plaza (Office)
: ABBR 710
Houston, TX 77030
United States
hania.kassem@bcm.edu

Education

MD from American University of Beirut: 06/2005 - Beirut, Lebanon

Fellowship at New York University School of Medicine: 06/2011 - New York, New York United States

Residency at Good Samaritan Hospital: 06/2009 - Baltimore, Maryland United States

Certifications

American Board of Internal Medicine: ABIM

American Board of Internal Medicine-Nephrology: ABIM

Honors & Awards

Department of Medicine Alumni Teaching Award: UTMB (04/2023)

John Mc. Govern Excellence in clinical teaching Award: 07/2022

Outstanding Teaching Nephrology Faculty: UTMB (06/2022)

Outstanding Teaching Nephrology Faculty: UTMB (06/2021)

Outstanding Teaching Nephrology Faculty: UTMB (06/2020)

The Remmers Professorship Award: UTMB (09/2019)

Outstanding Teaching Nephrology Faculty: UTMB (06/2019)

Outstanding Teaching Nephrology Faculty: UTMB (06/2018)

Outstanding Teaching Nephrology Faculty: UTMB (06/2016)

Professional Interests

Hypertension
Chronic Kidney Disease
Home Dialysis

Selected Publications

Hong J, Chatila KF, John JJ, Thakker RA, Kassem H "• Insight on the etiologies of chronically elevated troponin." Curr Probl Cardiol. 2022 Apr 7;
Kassem H, Chatila K. "• Mineralocorticoid receptor antagonists in heart failure patients with chronic kidney disease: why, when, and how?." Curr Opin Nephrol Hypertens.. 2020 Mar;
James T, Afrouzian M, Truong L, Aleter O, Badalamenti J, Kassem H. "Proliferative glomerulonephritis with monoclonal IgG deposits: a unique case with a clinical course of over 46 years." BMC Nephrol.. 2023 Apr 25;
Mutnuri S, Kassem H, Badalamenti J, Qian YW, Marquez C, Afrouzian M. "• Lymphoma-Associated Monoclonal Cryoglobulinemic Glomerulonephritis and Relationship With Hepatitis C Virus Infection: A Case Report.." Case Rep Nephrol. 2019 Aug 18;

Jhawar S, Singh P, Torres D, Ramirez-Valle F, Kassem H, Banerjee T, Dolgalev I, Heguy A, Zavadil J, Lowenstein J. "• Functional genomic analysis identifies indoxyl sulfate as a major, poorly dialyzable uremic toxin in end-stage renal disease.." PLoS One. 2015 Mar 26;
Crews DC, Jaar BG, Plantinga LC, Kassem HS, Fink NE, Powe NR "• Inpatient Hemodialysis Initiation: Reasons, Risk Factors and Outcomes.." Nephron Clin Pract. 2010 Oct;

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Memberships

American Society of Nephrology

National Kidney Foundation

Languages

Arabic, French