Areas of Treatment:

• Resistant Hypertension

Specialties:

• Nephrology

Title:

• Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine
• Director, USC Hypertension Center
• System Chair, Year II Renal System, Keck School of Medicine

Department:

• Department of Medicine

Locations:

• HCC I
• HCC II

Background:

After graduating from UCLA Medical School, Dr. Nadim went to Boston for her internship and residency at the prestigious Beth Israel Hospital, which is affiliated with Harvard University's School of Medicine. After completing a nephrology fellowship at Brigham and Women's/Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard University, Dr. Nadim returned to Southern California and currently serves as Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine and Director of USC's Hypertension Center. Dr. Nadim served as the Associate Program Director for the Nephrology Fellowship Program from 2003 - 2006.

Dr. Nadim's major clinical and research interests concerns the diagnosis and management of resistant hypertension. she is currently one of the National Principal Investigators in the Rheos Pivitol Trial, which is a multicenter clinical trial looking at efficacy and safety of the Rheos system, an implantable baroreflex device, in subjects with resistant hypertension.

Featured Articles:

• Clinical Trial Now Open for Patients Suffering From Drug-Resistant Hypertension: USC Consult, Summer 2008

Education:

• B.S., University of California, Irvine, Cum Laude, 1990
• Doctor of Medicine, UCLA Medical School, 1994

Internships:

• Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital, Harvard University, Internal Medicine, 1994 - 1995

Residencies:

• Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital, Harvard University, Internal Medicine, 1995 - 1997

Fellowships:

• Brigham and Women's/Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard University, Nephrology, 1998 - 2001

Board Certification:

• American Board of Internal Medicine: Nephrology
• Clinical Specialist in Hypertension

Professional Society Memberships:

• American Society of Nephrology
• American Society of Hypertension

Awards:

• Dr. Nadim was voted a Top Doctor by Pasadena Magazine in 2011.
• National Principal Investigator, Rheos Pivitol Trial, 2008
• Outstanding Year II Course Award, Keck School of Medicine, 2008
• Outstanding Year II Teaching Award, Keck School of Medicine, 2007
• Medical Faculty Women's Award Research Grant, Keck School of Medicine, 2007
• Outstanding Teaching Award, University of Southern California, 2004
• Volunteer/Donor Award, National Kidney Foundation, 1999
• National Research Service Award, National Institutes of Health, 1999
• Research Fellowship Award, Alpha Omega Alpha, 1992
• Excellence in Research Award, 1990
• Phi Beta Kappa, 1989
• Golden Key National Honor Society, 1988

Languages:

• English
• Farsi