Office address

 4160 John R, Suite 908, Detroit, Michigan 48201

Biography

Faculty Appointments at Wayne State University

08/2025 - present   Professor, Clinical Educator Track, School of Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine

08/2020 - 07/2025  Associate Professor (Clinical), School of Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine (Primary)

10/2013 - 7/2020   Assistant Professor - Clinician Educator Track, School of Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine

Hospital or Other Professional Appointments

1/2025 - present   Inpatient Hemodialysis Medical Director, Detroit Medical Center, Detroit, Michigan

1/2024 - present   Nephrology Division, Chief, Internal Medicine Department, Wayne State University

8/2024 - present   Internal Medicine Residency Program, Associate Program Director, Wayne State University

9/2022 - 01/2024  Nephrology Division, Vice Chief, Internal Medicine Department, Wayne State University

10/2018 - 02/2019   Medical Director, Outpatient Hemodialysis Unit, Davita Redford Dialysis Center, Detroit, Michigan

03/2018 - 07/2021  Program Director for the Nephrology Fellowship Program, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, Michigan

12/2017 - Present  Renal Service Chief, Karmanos Cancer Institute, Detroit, Michigan

05/2016 - 02/2018   Associate Program Director for the Nephrology Fellowship Program, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan

10/2016 - 12/2022   Medical Director, Outpatient Hemodialysis Unit, Davita Highland Park Dialysis Center, Highland Park, Michigan

07/2012 - 06/2013  Nephrology Chief Fellow, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas

Education training

Education

10/1999 - 06/2005   Medicine Bachelor, Bachelor of Surgery, MBBS, Jordan University of Science and Technology, Irbid, Jordan.  MBBS is the MD equivalent for the UK's higher education system

06/1999   Baccalaureate: Manarat High School of Al-Madinah, Saudi Arabia

Postgraduate Training

2011 - 2013 Fellowship, Nephorology Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, United States of America

2008 - 2011 Residency, Internal Medicine Seton Hall University, South Orange, NJ, United States of America

2007 - 2008 Residency, Internal Medicine Jordan University of Science and technology , Irbid, Jordan

2005 - 2006 Internship, Medicine Jordanian Ministry of Health, Salt, Jordan

Research

Ongoing

Role: Co-Investigator for study 2020-142

Title: Protocol Title: A Phase I Study to Evaluate the Pharmacokinetics and Safety of

 Belantamab Mafodotin Monotherapy in Participants with Relapsed or Refractory

 Multiple Myeloma Who Have Normal and Varying Degrees of Impaired Renal Function

 (DREAMM 12)

 Protocol Number: 209626/Amendment 2/USA-1

 Sponsor Name: GlaxoSmithKline group of companies 

Publications

* Indicates trainee mentored by Imran N.

 Peer-Reviewed Publications

 Reports of Original Work

1. Amanah Sana Fatima*, Nashat Imran, Obead Yaseen, Omer Alrawi. Salt-losing nephropathy associated with supraventricular arrhythmia. BMJ Case Rep 2024 Jul 8;17(7):e260718.

2. Sodium Bicarbonate: Use and Misuse in Clinical Medicine. Nashat Imran, Awni Shahait*, Ali Ayesh*, Biruh Workeneh. American Journal of Therapeutics. November 2023. Accepted. PMID: not available yet. Impact factor: 4.2

3. Conversion from Intermittent Hemodialysis to Peritoneal dialysis in a metastatic Catheter-Related Blood Stream Infection. Mohamedanwar Ghandour*, Ravi K Thimmisetty*, James Sondheimer, Nashat Imran, Zeenat Y. Bhat, Yahya Mohamed Osman-Malik. Case Rep Nephrol Dial Journal. Accepted. 2023. PMID: not available yet. Impact factor: 1.037

4.      Nashat Imran, Sunder Valliappan*. The Importance of Urine Sediment Analysis in the Diagnosis and Management of Acute Kidney Injury. Jor Amer Phys Academy Journal. 2023 Jun issue 2.

5.      Nashat Imran. Acquired Perforating Dermatosis as a Paraneoplastic Feature. A Novel Association. Original research based on a case report. Case Rep Nephrol Dial Journal. Accepted. 2023 Jun. PMID: 37384123. Impact factor: 1.037

6.      Nassib Abou Heidar, Omar Chehab*, Rami Z Morsi, Joseph Elias, Christopher El Mouhayyar, Amjad Kanj*, Mustafa Ajam*, Abdallah Haykal, Mohit Pahuja, Habib Dakik, Diane Levine, Nashat Imran, Aiden Abidov. Association of autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease with cardiovascular disease: a US-National Inpatient Perspective. Clin Exp Nephrol. 2022 Jul;26(7):659-668. PMID: 35212882. Impact factor: 2.621

7.      Mohamed Omer*, Zeenat Yousuf Bhat, Nanette Fonte*, N Imran, James Sondheimer, Yahya Osman-Malik. Calcific Uremic Arteriolopathy: A Case Series and Review from an Inner-City Tertiary University Center in End-Stage Renal Disease Patients on Renal Replacement Therapy. Int J Nephrol. 2021 Feb 12;2021:6661042. PMID: 33628505. Impact factor: 2.1 

8.     Imran N, Abdalla N*, Rossi N. Page Kidney Secondary to Subcapsular Inflammatory Myofibroblastic Tumor. Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology. Accepted for the November 2019 volume. PMID: NA. Impact: 6.243

9. Abu-Heija A*, Shatta M*, Ajam M*, Abu-Heija U*, Imran N, Levine D. Quantitative Readability Assessment of the Internal Medicine Online Patient Information on Annals.org. Cureus. Volume 11(3), March 6^th, 2019. PMID: 31106084. Impact: NA.

10.     Alattar FT, Imran NB, Patel P, Usmani S,  Shamoon FE. Red cell distribution width (RDW) correlates with markers of diastolic dysfunction in patients with impaired left ventricular systolic function. IJC Heart & Vasculature Volume 10, March 2016, 13–16. PMID: 28616510. Impact 0.409. Citations 2

 Role: Dr. Imran is the corresponding author. 

11. Alattar FT, Imran NB,  Shamoon FE. Fragmented QRS and ejection fraction in heart failure patients admitted to the Hospital. IJC Heart & Vasculature. Volume 9, Dec 7 2015, 11–14. 0.409/1 PMID: 28785699

Role: Dr. Imran is the corresponding author. 

12. Alsumrain MH, Jawad SA, Imran NB, Riar S, DeBari VA, Adelman M. Association of hypophosphatemia with failure-to-wean from mechanical ventilation. Ann Clin Lab Sci. 2010 Spring; 40(2):144-8. 0.839/71. PMID: 20421625

 Role: Dr. Imran was responsible for the data collection and scientific content of the work, writing, editing, and proofreading the entire paper.

13. Alattar FT, Imran N, Debari VA, Mallah KN, Shamoon FE. Fractional excretion of sodium predicts worsening renal function in acute decompensated heart failure. Exp Clin Cardiol. 2010 Fall; 15(3):e65-9. Oral Presentation at the International Academy of Cardiology 2010. 0.758/6. PMID: 20959883

 Role: Dr. Imran was responsible for the data collection and scientific content of the work, writing, editing, and proofreading the entire paper.     

 Book Authorships, Editorships, and Chapters

14. Comprehensive Toxicology, 4th edition, edited by Brian Cummings. Chapter 8: Functional Anatomy of the Kidney. Nashat Imran, accepted September 2025.

15. Hypertension Secrets, edited by Edgar V. Lerma, J. Matt Luther, and Swapnil Hiremath. Chapter 32: Calcium Channel Blockers Imran N, A. Ayesh*, H. Sternlicht. October 2021.

16. Chronic Renal Disease, edited by Paul L. Kimmel and Mark E. Rosenberg. Chapter 55: Nutritional Management of Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease. Imran N, Mandayam S, Mitch WE. September 2014. citation: 12

Case Reports

17. Khadra, Majd*; Al-Ramadan, Ali*; Bitar, Lara*; Imran, Nashat; Kelly, Thomas. Case Report: Staphylococcus lugdunensis Causing Spontaneous Bacterial Peritonitis in the Setting of Stage IV Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma. The American Journal of Gastroenterology 119(10S): p. S1693, October 2024.

18. Awadalla M*, Patwardhan M, Alsamsam A*, and Imran N. Management of Liddle Syndrome in Pregnancy, a Case Report and Literature Review. Case Reports in Obstetrics and Gynecology. Volume 2017, Feb 26. NA/1. PMID: 28396810

 Role: Dr. Imran is the corresponding author.  

19. Bhat Z, Abu-Minshar M*, Imran N, Thompson A, and Malik YO. Bullous dermatosis in an end-stage renal disease patient - A case report and literature review. Case Reports in Nephrology 2016:6713807, NA/0. PMID: 28003921.

 Role: Dr. Imran is one of the senior authors.  

20. Singh R*, Arain E*, Buth A*, Kado J*, Soubani A, Imran N. Ethylene Glycol Poisoning: An unusual cause of altered mental status and the lessons learned from the management of the disease in the acute setting. Case Reports in Critical Care 2016: 9157393. PMC. Web. Nov 23, 2016. NA/6. PMID: 27847651

 Role: Dr. Imran is the corresponding author.  

Non-Peer-Reviewed Publications

Invited Review Article

21. Diab M*, Imran N.  Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome – Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura: A review for the hospitalist. ACP Hospitalist. ACP Hospitalist. August 2016. NA/3.

 Role: Dr. Imran is the corresponding author.  

22. Diab M*, Imran N. Amyloidosis: A review for the hospitalist. ACP Hospitalist. ACP Hospitalist. December 2015. NA/0.

 Role: Dr. Imran is the corresponding author.   

Published Abstracts

1. Thimmisetty R*, Imran N, Bhat Z, and Malik YO. The success of Urgent Start Peritoneal Dialysis in an Intensive Care Unit. National Kidney Foundation. April 2017. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF KIDNEY DISEASES 69 (4), A98-A98

 2. Alrawi O*, Ibrahim W*, Mohamed A*, Imran N, and Malik YO. Granulomatous Nephrotic Syndrome Secondary to Sarcoidosis. National Kidney Foundation. April 2017. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF KIDNEY DISEASES 69 (4), A22-A22

3. Thimmisetty R*, Imran N, Osman YO. Retrospective Review of a Kidney Biopsy Series in an Urban Teaching Hospital among a Predominantly African-American Cohort. American Society of Nephrology. November 2016. JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF NEPHROLOGY 28

4. Azam MO*,Thimmisetty R*, Adekola* O, Rossi N, Imran N, Malik YO. Antibody-Negative Goodpasture Syndrome – A Rare Entity. Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, Michigan, USA. National Kidney Foundation, 2016 Spring Clinical Meetings. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF KIDNEY DISEASES 67 (5), A26-A26

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