2015MEDICALGUIDE
SPECIAL ADVERTISING SECTION
KIDNEY CARE CONSULTANTS, PC is a comprehensive medical practice specializing in the diagnosis and management of Hypertension and Kidney Disease. We are committed to providing our patients with the best specialized care. Our board-certified nephrologists include Dr. Omar Hamze, Dr. Rehan Shafique, Dr. Minesh Pathak, and joining us this summer will be Dr. Mark Nader. We also have two nurse practitioners on our team: Karen Reames and Dorothy Alexander, each with nearly a decade of nephrology experience. Dr. Hamze founded Kidney Care Consultants in 2008 and has been practicing nephrology since 2004. He is a Fellow of the American Society of Nephrology and the American College of Physicians. He has been voted as one of the Mid-South’s “Top Docs” in nephrology for the past two years. This is an honor bestowed upon him by his peers. Dr. Rehan Shafique is board certified in Internal Medicine and Nephrology. He is a Fellow of the American Society of Nephrology. He has special expertise in the field of transplant nephrology. Due to his strong background, he works closely with patients pertaining to a wide variety of renal disorders. His areas of interest include management of chronic kidney disease, electrolyte and glomerular disorders.” Dr. Shafique has a strong background in renal transplantation and works closely with our post-transplant patients. Dr. Minesh Pathak has been practicing nephrology since 2006. During his fellowship at UMMC, he worked on a highly published study determining the association of fluid weight gain in severely sick patients with sepsis and cardiac disease. His goal is directed towards early intervention of severely sick patients and a strong emphasis in minimizing risk of progression of chronic kidney disease. We have several convenient locations: 3950 New Covington Pike Suite 300, 6025 Walnut Grove Rd. Suite 400 at Baptist Memphis, 2076 Union Avenue Suite 201, and a Ripley, TN location: 868 Hwy 51 South. We provide a wide range of services: Nephrology consultations, Hypertension consultations, Renal Transplant Management, Hemodialysis and Peritoneal Dialysis Management and End Stage Renal Disease classes. To learn more, please visit our website at kidneycarememphis.com or call us at 901.382.5256. 110 • M E M P H I S M A G A Z I N E . C O M • J U L Y 2 0 1 5
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KIDNEY CARE CONSULTANTS, PC Left to right: Rehan Shafique, M.D., F.A.S.N, Dorothy Alexander, A.N.P., Omar Hamze, M.D., F.A.S.N., F.A.C.P., Karen Kimbley Reames, A.N.P., Minesh Pathak, M.D. Not Pictured: Mark Nader, M.D.
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