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Ayub Akbari, MD, FRCP(C)

Associate Professor

Dr. Ayub Akbari is Associate Professor of Medicine at The Ottawa Hospital and the University of Ottawa. He received his medical education at Dow Medical College, University of Karachi. He completed his Internal Medicine Residency from Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan. Dr. Akbari then worked as an Internal Medicine specialist in Wisconsin. Following two years of practice, he completed a fellowship in Nephrology at University of Chicago. During this time he acquired additional training in management of medical complications of pregnancy, especially kidney disease and high blood pressure in pregnancy.

He came to Ottawa in 1998 and did further clinical training in nephrology for one year and then joined the Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine at The Ottawa Hospital and the University of Ottawa as Assistant Professor of Medicine.

Dr. Akbari has written two book chapters on hypertension in pregnancy. He has been invited by the Canadian Society of Nephrology to lecture on kidney disease and hypertension in pregnancy in their review course. He is a member of International Society of Hypertension in Pregnancy as well as a member of International Society of Nephrology, Canadian Society of Nephrology and American Society of Nephrology.

Clinical Interests
Kidney disease and hypertension in pregnancy • Acute renal failure • Management of chronic renal disease • Hemodialysis

Research Interests
Dr. Akbari's research is focused on early detection of renal failure and evaluating new markers of kidney disease. A second major area of research interest is in early detection of kidney disease and preeclampsia in pregnancy.

Educational Interests
Undergraduate and postgraduate nephrology teaching, and education of community physicians and the public about kidney disease.

Publications
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