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Nissreen Elfadawy, MD

Nissreen Elfadawy, MD

  • Vice Chair, Department of Medicine, UH Regional Hospitals Geauga Campus
  • Clinical Assistant Professor, CWRU School of Medicine
  • Specialty: Nephrology
  • Location:
    UH Geauga Health Center
    13221 Ravenna Rd
    Chardon, OH 44024

Biography: Nissreen Elfadawy, MD

Expertise

  • Acute Kidney Injury
  • Chemotherapy Kidney Complications
  • Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD)
  • Diabetes Complication of the Kidneys
  • Electrolytes Disorders
  • Glomerulonephritis
  • Hemodialysis
  • Hemolytic-uremic Syndrome
  • Home Hemodialysis
  • Hypertension
  • Immuno-suppression Medication Management
  • Kidney Stones
  • Kidney Transplant
  • Nephrolithiasis
  • Onco-Nephrology
  • Peritoneal Dialysis
  • Polycystic Kidney Disease (PCKD)
  • Proteinuria
  • Renal Replacement Therapy

Certifications & Memberships

  • Nephrology - American Board of Internal Medicine
  • Internal Medicine - American Board of Internal Medicine

Education

Fellowship | Nephrology
Nephrology - UH Cleveland Medical Center (2017 - 2019)

Residency | Internal Medicine
Internal Medicine - UH Cleveland Medical Center (2015 - 2017)

Fellowship | Transplant Nephrology
Transplant Nephrology - Cleveland Clinic (2013 - 2014)

Research Fellowship | Urology
Urology - Cleveland Clinic (2011 - 2015)

Medical Education
Alexandria University (2002)

About

Nissreen Elfadawy, MD, MS, FASN, FAST, is a staff nephrologist at University Hospitals Geauga Medical Center in Chardon. She is an Assistant Professor of Medicine at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine and is board-certified in medicine. Her special interests include chronic kidney disease, hypertension, acute kidney injury, glomerulonephritis, electrolyte disorders, diabetic nephropathy, onco-nephrology and kidney transplantation.

Dr. Elfadawy earned her medical degree from Alexandria University in Egypt, where she also completed an internship and a residency in Internal Medicine. She obtained her Master’s degrees in Internal Medicine from Alexandria University before joining the Cleveland Clinic. She completed a research fellowship and a clinical kidney transplant fellowship at Cleveland Clinic. She also finished an internal medicine residency and a general nephrology fellowship at University Hospitals.

Dr. Elfadawy received many awards during her training from University Hospitals, American Society of Nephrology and American Society of Transplantation (AST). She also served as a Chair of the Trainee and Young Faculty community of practice at the AST.

Dr. Elfadawy has written several peer-reviewed articles, abstracts and book chapters focusing on kidney disease and complications after kidney transplant. Dr. Elfadawy has also served as a reviewer for many prominent medical journals focusing on general nephrology and transplant nephrology. She is an active fellow of the American Society of Nephrology and the American Society of Transplantation.