Assistant Professor of Medicine

Academic Degrees

MBBS, Dow Medical College, Karachi, Pakistan, 1990

MHS, Johns Hopkins University School of Public Health, 2008

Residency

Wayne State University, Detroit, MI

Fellowship

Johns Hopkins University/Johns Hopkins Hospital, Nephrology

Contact

Email: tshafi@jhmi.edu

Phone: (410) 550-2820

Fax: (410) 550-7950

Clinical Interest:

Home Hemodialysis, Peritoneal Dialysis, Polycystic Kidney Disease

Research and Professional Interests

Dr. Shafi’s research is focused on developing methods of measuring and estimating kidney function particularly in patients with kidney failure on dialysis. Dr. Shafi is supported by a NIDDK career development award and is conducting studies to develop methods to measure residual kidney function in dialysis patients and identify ways to prevent loss of residual kidney function. Dr. Shafi’s research also involves the Choices for Healthy Outcomes in Caring for ESRD (CHOICE) Study, comparative effectiveness research in dialysis patients as part of the Developing Evidence to Inform Decisions about Effectiveness (DEcIDE) network and the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis-Kidney Study.

Link to Dr. Shafi’s publications

PubMed database

Collexis expertise and publication web link