Faizan, M.

M. Khurram Faizan

Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Clinician Educator

Overview

Medical school – Aga Khan University, Karachi in 1993 . Residency and Chief residency – Milton S. Hershey Medical Center at Pennsylvania State University, Hershey PA 1995-1999. Pediatric nephrology fellow – Children’s Hospital and Regional Medical Center, University of Washington, Seattle, WA. Private Practice, Children’s Choice pediatrics, West Warwick 2002-2005. Pediatric Nephrology attending Hasbro Children’s hospital 2005-t=present. Division director pediatric nephrology 2007- present. Associate professor pediatrics Brown University 2013 – present.

Brown Affiliations

Pediatrics

Research Areas

Alport's Syndrome | Nephrotic Syndrome | Pediatric Hypertension

Research

Research Overview

Funded Research

Center PI for prospective registry titled “Practice Patterns and Outcomes of ACTHar use in Children with Nephrotic Syndrome”. (Approximately $30,000 over 5 years)

Mallinckrodt Pharmaceuticals, December 2016. Funded for an Investigator Initiated trial titled “ADRENL – ACTH for Drug REsistant Nephrotic Syndrome in ChiLdren” ($1,385,969). I am the protocol author and PI for this open-label, prospective, multi-center trial.

Reata Pharmaceuticals, February 2018. Center P.I for prospective, randomized, multi-center controlled trial looking at the efficacy of Bardaxolone sodium in patients with Alport’s Syndrome (CARDINAL). (Approximately $100,000 over 2 years).

Department of Pediatrics Research Funding Grant ($15,000) from for project titled “Effect of a Systematic Dietary and Physical Activity Intervention for the Management of Blood Pressure and Obesity in Children”. 10/1/08-9/30/09

Scholarly Work

Porter MP, Faizan MK, Grady RW, Mueller BA. Hypospadias in Washington State: maternal risk factors and prevalence trends. Pediatrics. 2005 Apr;115(4):e495-9. Epub 2005 Mar 1.

Faizan MK, Finn LS, Paladin AM, McDonald RA. A 14 year old girl with recumbent proteinuria. Pediatr Nephrol 2002; 17:379-81.

The Child with Acute Nephritic Syndrome. Smith JM, Faizan MK, Eddy AE. In:Clinical Paediatric Nephrology. Third Edition. Oxford University Press, 2001.

Luby S, Syed A, Atiullah, Faizan MK, Fisher Hoch S. The limited effectiveness of home drinking water purification efforts in Karachi, Pakistan. Int. J Infect Dis. 2000;4:3-7.

Luby SP, Faizan MK, Fisher-Hoch SP, Syed A, Mintz, Bhutta ZA, McCormick JB. Risk factors for typhoid fever in an endemic setting, Karachi, Pakistan. Epidemiol Infect 1998; 120:129-38.

Khan J, Islam N, Faizan K, Jafri W, Rizvil I. Chest Roentgenographic findings of Tuberculosis in Pakistani adults. Specialist 1993;0:5-9.

Kohane IS, Faizan MK, Adjanee N, Najjar SS. Can cost-efectiveness of Growth Hormone be impoved? Pediatric Res 1993. 33(5) S51 (Abstract).

Khan J, Islam N, Faizan K, Jafri W. Roentgenoraphic findings of pulmonary tuberculosis in adults. Am Rev Resp Dis 1992;145:A313 (Abstract)

Background

Education and Training

Year	Degree	Institution
1993	MD	Aga Khan University

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