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Hamid Rabb

Hamid Rabb, MD

Nephrology

Johns Hopkins Affiliations:
  • Johns Hopkins School of Medicine Faculty

Languages

  • Bengali
  • French
  • English

14 Insurances Accepted

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Gender

Male

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

Comprehensive Transplant Center

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

  1. The Johns Hopkins Hospital
    • 1800 Orleans Street, Baltimore, MD 21287

    Expertise

    Education

    Massachusetts General Hospital

    Fellowship, Nephrology, 1991

    Harbor-UCLA Medical Center

    Residency, Internal Medicine, 1988

    McGill University Faculty of Medicine

    Medical Education, MD, 1985

    Board Certifications

    Nephrology

    American Board of Internal Medicine, 1990

    Internal Medicine

    American Board of Internal Medicine, 1988

    Insurance

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    • Pennsylvania's Preferred Health Networks (PPHN)
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    • Veteran Affairs Community Care Network (Optum-VACCN)