Dr. Mohamed Ali El-shahawy M.D.
Nephrologist (Kidney Specialist) | Nephrology
1510 South Central Ave Suite 210 Glendale CA, 91204About
Dr. Mohamed El-Shahawy, MD, MPH, MHA, FASN is a clinical professor of Medicine at Keck-USC School of Medicine in Los Angeles, California. He is also Clinical Profressor of Medicine at City of Hope National Medical center in Duarte California. He Graduated with MD drgree from from Cairo University School of Medicine in 1979, He completed his residency training in internal Medicine at St. Mary’s Hospital/Yale univ School of Medicine in Connecticut USA in the period of July 1983 to Jully 1986. He completed a fellowsjip in Nephrology and Transplantatiuon at the Univ of Pittsburgh School of Medicine in Pittsburgh, in Pennsylvania, USA I the period of July 1986 to Huly 1988. From 1989 to 2007 he was the Medical Director of the kidney and Pancreas transplantation program of the KECK-USC School of Medicine. Since 2007 Professor El-Shahawy is a practicing Nephrologist in Los Angeles. California. . ..
Education and Training
Cairo University School of Medicine MD 1979
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- Nephrology
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- 1986
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Severity of illness scores and the outcome of acute tubular necrosis.
- Recombinant urokinase is safe and effective in restoring patency to occluded central venous access devices: a multiple-center, international trial.
- Ultrasonic studies on polystyrene/styrene butadiene rubber polymer blends filled with glass fiber and talc.
- Sodium zirconium cyclosilicate in hyperkalemia.
- Carotid-jugular arteriovenous fistula: a complication of temporary hemodialysis catheter.
- Peritoneal dialysis complicated by Bipolaris hawaiiensis peritonitis: successful therapy with catheter removal and oral itraconazol without the use of amphotericin-B.
- Renal transplantation in systemic lupus erythematosus: a single-center experience with sixty-four cases.
- Recombinant human erythropoietin shortens the bleeding time and corrects the abnormal platelet aggregation in hemodialysis patients.
- Unilateral breast enlargement secondary to hemodialysis arteriovenous fistula and subclavian vein occlusion.
- A 19-year-old female with fever, acroparesthesia, and progressive deterioration of renal function.
- Disparate prognosis of thrombotic microangiopathy in HIV-infected patients with and without AIDS.
- Peritoneoscopic versus surgical placement of peritoneal dialysis catheters: a prospective randomized study on outcome.
Clinical Trials
Awards
- 2012 Southern California Super Doctors
Treatments
- Diabetes, Kidney Problems
Professional Memberships
- Member American Society of Nephrology
- Member American Society of Transplantation
- Member National Kidney Foundation
- Member Transplantation Society
Fellowships
- LAC/USC Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, Nephrology 1988
- University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, Kidney Diseases and Transplantation 1986
- VA Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY, Research Fellowship in Cardiology 1982
Experience & Accolades
- Clinical Professor 2002 - 2014Medicine, Keck-USC School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA
- Clinical Professor 2001 - 2014 Department of Clinical Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism, City of Hope, Duarte, CA
- Medical Director 2000 - 2007 USC Pancreas Transplant Program, Los Angeles, CA
- Member1999 - 2007 Vice Chief of Medicine, USC University Hospital, Los Angeles, CA
- Associate Professor 1995 - 2002 Medicine, Keck-USC School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA
- Medical Director 1991 - 2007 USC Kidney Transplant Program, Los Angeles, CA
- Assistant Professor 1989 - 1995 Medicine, USC School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA
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