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Stephen Fadem, MD, Nephrology, Houston, TX, Houston Methodist Hospital

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Nephrology Houston, TX

Chief Medical Officer Kidney Associates

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Summary

  • Dr. Fadem is a practicing Houston nephrologist. He began practice in 1978 after completing a renal fellowship at The University of Texas Health Science Center in San Antonio. He is a graduate of the University of Oklahoma College of Medicine, and did his internal medicine residency at The University of Texas and MD Anderson Hospital in Houston. He is a Clinical Professor of Medicine at Baylor College of medicine. Formerly from Tulsa, Oklahoma, Dr. Fadem is married and has three children.
    He is also a diplomate of the American Board of Quality Assurance and Utilization Review Physicians, and a member of the American Society of Nephrology, International Society of Nephrology, Renal Physicians Association, the American Association of Kidney Patients and The National Kidney Foundation.
    He is active in quality management, credentialing and peer review for his dialysis centers. He is also active in several civic and religious organizations and is a past Chairman of the Medical Advisory Board of the National Kidney Foundation of Southeast Texas. He was a founding member, and first president of the Gulf Coast Kidney Society.
    On a national level, he is former Vice-President of the Board of Directors, and current Co-Chairman of the Medical Advisory Board and a member of the Board of Directors of the American Association of Kidney Patients. He is on three national RPA committees, the Government Affairs Committee, the Clinical Practice Committee and the Health Finance Committee. He serves on the Board of Directors of the Renal Physicians Association. He remains active in the Forum of ESRD Networks, and was a member of the Clinical Performance Measures Committee. He serves on the Technical Expert Panel for Dialysis Facility Compare, and chaired a sub committee on the Fistula First Initiative Task Force. He has served on Technical Expert Panels for the National Quality Forum, the National Committee on Quality Assurance, CMS and the Federal Motor Carriers Safety Association.

Education & Training

  • University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio Joe and Teresa Lozano Long School of Medicine
    University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio Joe and Teresa Lozano Long School of MedicineFellowship, Nephrology, 1976 - 1978
  • University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
    University of Texas Health Science Center at HoustonResidency, Internal Medicine, 1973 - 1976
  • University of Oklahoma College of Medicine
    University of Oklahoma College of MedicineClass of 1973

Certifications & Licensure

  • TX State Medical License
    TX State Medical License 1974 - 2027
  • TX State Medical License
    TX State Medical License 1976 - 2024
  • OK State Medical License
    OK State Medical License 1974 - 2024
  • FL State Medical License
    FL State Medical License 2012 - 2017
  • American Board of Internal Medicine Internal Medicine
  • American Board of Internal Medicine Nephrology

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

  • America's Top Doctors Castle Connolly, 2010-2014
  • Top Doctors:SE Texas Castle Connolly, 2013
  • Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, 2012
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Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Press Mentions

  • Meet Me at the Meeting
    Meet Me at the MeetingSeptember 19th, 2022
  • Expert COVID-19 Content on Open Access as Delta Surges
    Expert COVID-19 Content on Open Access as Delta SurgesSeptember 7th, 2021
  • Kidney Advocates Earn President's Service Awards for COVID-19 Efforts
    Kidney Advocates Earn President's Service Awards for COVID-19 EffortsNovember 9th, 2020
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