Joined the SCSP Team: 1991

Certification
I am certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine and its subspecialty board of Nephrology.

Education
I am a graduate of Bangalore Medical College in India. My Internal Medicine residency was completed at Bon Secours Hospital and my Nephrology Fellowship was at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit.

My Interests:

• Home Hemodialysis
• Continuous Ambulatory Peritoneal Dialysis (CAPD)
• Kidney Stone Clinic

Professional Affiliations:

• International Society of Nephrology
• American Society for Transplant Physicians
• American Society of Nephrology

Hospitals:

• St. John Hospital and Medical Center
• St. John Macomb-Oakland
• St. John River District Hospital
• Henry Ford Macomb
• Mount Clemens Regional Medical Center
• Port Huron General
• Mercy Hospital Port Huron
  

• Comparison of Vancomycin Versus Cefazolin as Initial Therapy for Peritonitis in Peritoneal Dialysis Patients
  
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  Khairullah, Q., Provenzano, R., Ahmed, A., Tayeb, T., Balakrisnan, B., Comparison of Vancomycin Versus Cefazolin as Initial Therapy for Peritonitis in Peritoneal Dialysis Patients, In press, Perit Dial Int 2002; 22:339-344.
  
• Adequacy of Inpatient Versus Outpatient Hemodialysis in End Stage Renal Disease Patients: A Comparative Study.
  
  Brar, B., Tayeb., J., Reddy, P., Goushaw, P., Provenzano, R.,  Adequacy of Inpatient Versus Outpatient Hemodialysis in End Stage Renal Disease Patients: A Comparative Study.  American Society of Nephrology, San Diego, CA, 2003.