
Hamid Rabb, MD
Nephrology
- Johns Hopkins School of Medicine Faculty
About Hamid Rabb
Professional Titles
- Medical Director of the Johns Hopkins Kidney Transplant Program
Primary Academic Title
Professor of Medicine
Background
Dr. Rabb attended medical school at McGill University in Montreal and graduated as University Scholar. After internship and residency in Internal Medicine at the UCLA School of Medicine, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, he completed a clinical nephrology fellowship at the Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School. This was followed in the same institutions by basic research training in leukocyte biology/immunology. Dr. Rabb is currently Professor in the Departments of Medicine and Surgery, and Medical Director of the Johns Hopkins Kidney Transplant Program. He has been elected to the American Society of Clinical Investigation and American Association of Professors.
Centers and Institutes
Additional Academic Titles
Professor of Surgery
Research Interests
Biomarker discovery, Kidney ischemic injury, Lymphocytes, Organ cross talk
Lab Website
Hamid Rabb Lab
- Dr. Rabb's lab is involved in translational research aimed at understanding the molecular pathogenesis of kidney ischemia/reperfusion injury. The lab is interested in the development of novel treatments for kidney IRI.
Selected Publications
Rabb H, Colvin R. 41 year old with abdominal pain and rise in serum creatinine. Case Records of the Massachusetts General Hospital. N Engl J Med 357:1531-1541, 2007
Rabb H, Lee K, Parikh CR. Beyond kidney dialysis and transplantation: what's on the horizon? J Clin Invest. 2022 Apr 1;132(7):e159308
Burne M, Daniels F, Elgandour A, Muyeddi S, Colvin R, O’Donnell M, Rabb H. Identification of the CD4+ T cell as a major modulator of renal ischemia reperfusion injury. J Clin Invest 108:1283-90, 2001
D’Allesio F, Kurzhagen J, Rabb H. T cells in tissue injury and repair. J Clin Invest Jul 1;129(7):2608-2618
Tullius S, Rabb H. Improving the supply and quality of deceased donor organs for transplantation. N Engl J Med 2018 May 17;378:1920-1929
Memberships
- American Association of Professors
- American Society of Clinical Investigation
- NIH study section
Professional Activities
Scientific Studies for the American Society of Transplantation, Past Chair
Locations
- The Johns Hopkins Hospital
- 1800 Orleans Street, Baltimore, MD 21287
- phone: 410-955-5000
- fax: 410-955-5001
Expertise
Education
Massachusetts General Hospital
Fellowship, Nephrology, 1991Harbor-UCLA Medical Center
Residency, Internal Medicine, 1988McGill University Faculty of Medicine
Medical Education, MD, 1985Board Certifications
Nephrology
American Board of Internal Medicine, 1990Internal Medicine
American Board of Internal Medicine, 1988Insurance
- Aetna
- CareFirst
- Cigna
- First Health
- Geisinger Health Plan
- HealthSmart/Accel
- Humana
- Johns Hopkins Health Plans
- MultiPlan
- Pennsylvania's Preferred Health Networks (PPHN)
- Point Comfort Underwriters
- Private Healthcare Systems (PHCS)
- UnitedHealthcare
- Veteran Affairs Community Care Network (Optum-VACCN)