Nadine Khouzam, MD

Co-Director Pediatric Kidney Stone Center
Attending Nephrologist
Clinical Associate Professor Pediatrics (Clinician Educator), Keck School of Medicine of USC

Dr. Khouzam is the medical director for the newly developed Kidney Stone Center and the Associate Program Director for the Nephrology Fellowship.

Clinical Interests

Chronic kidney disease mineral-bone-disorder, general nephrology, and education.

Education

Medical School

St. George's University

Internship

Children's Hospital Los Angeles, Pediatrics

Residency

Children's Hospital of Los Angeles, Pediatrics

Fellowship

Mattel Children's Hospital at UCLA, Pediatric Nephrology

Accomplishments

Certifications

Pediatrics, American Board of Pediatrics

Professional Memberships

American Society of Nephrology
National Kidney Foundation of Southern California

Publications

Khouzam, N M, Wesseling Perry, K, & Salusky, I B. (2014). The role of bone in CKD-mediated mineral and vascular disease. Pediatric Nephrology 2015 Sep;30(9):1379-88
Pereira RC, Delany AM, Khouzam NM, Bowen RE, Freymiller EG, Salusky IB, Wesseling-Perry K. Primary osteoblast-like cells from patients with end-stage kidney disease reflect gene expression, proliferation, and mineralization characteristics ex vivo. Kidney international 2015 Mar;87(3):593-601

Research

  • Chronic kidney disease mineral-bone-disorder
  • General nephrology
  • Education

Research Topics

  • CKD: The Role of Osteoblast Dysfunction in GH Resistance