Areas of Treatment:

• Pancreas Transplantation
• Internal Medicine
• Kidney Transplantation

Specialties:

• Nephrology

Title:

• Assistant Professor of Clinical of Medicine
• Medical Director, Kidney-Pancreas Transplant Program

Department:

• Department of Medicine

Locations:

• HCC II

Background:

After serving as an assistant professor of medicine at Erie County Medical Center at the State University of New York in Buffalo, Dr. Qazi came to southern California to head the Kidney-Pancreas Transplant Program at Keck School of Medicine at USC. Dr. Qazi has received nearly $2 million in research grants and has several other studies recently submitted for approval. While in Buffalo, Dr. Qazi was invited to lecture on pancreas transplantation at a number of area medical centers and continues to author numerous peer reviewed articles and abstracts for medical journals. Educated in India, Dr. Qazi was consistently one of the academic leaders among his medical school classmates and he continues to demonstrate his talents and devotion to medicine as an educator, researcher and practitioner.

Education:

• Doctor of Medicine, Kashmir University - GMC, 1995

Internships:

Residencies:

• SUNY at Buffalo, Internal Medicine, 1997 - 2000
• SMHS Hospital, Internal Medicine, 1994 - 1997

Fellowships:

• SUNY at Buffalo, Nephrology, 2000 - 2002
• SUNY - Brooklyn, Transplant, 2002 - 2003

Board Certification:

• American Board of Internal Medicine: Internal Medicine
• American Board of Internal Medicine: Nephrology

Professional Society Memberships:

• American Society of Nephrology
• American Society of Transplantations
• National Kidney Foundation
• Southern California Islet Cell Consortium

Awards:

• Austin-Flint's Best Outgoing Resident Award, SUNY, Buffalo, New York, 2000
• Physician Appreciation Award, Daemen College for Physician Assistants, 1999
• Certificate of 3rd Highest Score (Final MBBS, Part 2), Kashmir University, 1994
• Certificate of 2nd Highest Score (Final MBBS, Part 1), Kashmir University, 1993
• Certificate of 2nd Highest Score (2nd MBBS), Kashmir University, 1992
• Certificate of 1st Highest Score (1st MBBS), Kashmir University, 1990
• Member, Students Biochemical Society, Kashmir University, 1989

Languages:

• English
• Hindi