| Name | Abbas Kanso |
|---|---|
| Title | Consultant Internal Medicine with focus on Hypertension and Kidney Disease |
| Languages | Arabic, English & French |
| Contact Details | |
| [email protected] | |
| Phone | +974 4400 4400 |
Scope of Practice
- General Internal Medicine
- Preventive and Comprehensive Medicine
- Management of Hypertension and its complications
- Management of Kidney Disease and complications
- Care of patients with unexplained weight loss or weight gain.
- Care of patients with vitamin and other nutritional defi ciencies
- Diagnosis and initial management of Anemia Medical check-up and follow-up
Highlights
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Community outreach activities/Achievements:
- Founder and President: Volunteer Outreach Clinic (NGO) 2001-2002
Health Care Profession Achievements:
- Founder and Member: Zooming into Medical Ethics Organizing Committee, AUB-MC 2005-2006
Experience & Education
- Functional Medicine, Internal Medicine, Nephrology & Hypertension Physician - Green Clinics – Beirut, Lebanon
- Nephrology & Hypertension Physician - Prince Mohammed bin Abdulaziz Hospital (PMAH) – Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
- Nephrology & Hypertension Physician - Hôpital St Georges Ajaltoun – Ajaltoun, Lebanon
- Nephrology & Hypertension Physician - Notre Dame University Hospital – Jounieh, Lebanon
- Fellowship in Nephrology and Hypertension, Case Western Reserve University - Cleveland, Ohio - USA
- Chief Medical Resident American University of Beirut - Medical Center - Beirut, Lebanon
- Residency in Internal Medicine, American University of Beirut-Medical Center - Beirut, Lebanon
- Doctor of Medicine, American University of Beirut
- Bachelor of Science, Chemistry Major, American University of Beirut - Beirut, Lebanon
Certifications & Memberships
- Lebanese Order of Physicians (LOP)
- Lebanese Society of Nephrology and Hypertension (LSNH)
- American Society of Nephrology (ASN)
- American College of Physicians (ACP)
Publications
Most Recent
- Abu Jawdeh BG, Kanso AA, Schelling JR. Evidence-based approach for the prevention of radiocontrast-induced nephropathy October 2009 J Hosp Med. 2009 Oct;4(8):500-6.
- Thomas R, Kanso A, Sedor JR. Chronic Kidney Disease and Its Complications Prim Care. 2008 Jun;35(2):329-44, vii.
- Kanso AA, Abou Hassan NM, Badr KF Microvascular and Macrovascular Diseases of the Kidney. Brenner and Rector's The Kidney, 8th ed. 2008: Ch 32
- Amitava Mukherjee, Jane H. Kim, Aparna Padiyar, Robert L. Thomas, Abbas Kanso, Samuel A. Schechtman, Martha Konieczkowski, Jeffrey R. Schelling, John R. Sedor
- Characterization and Functional Importance of the PDZ Binding Domain of WTIP. Abstract: American Society of Nephrology 2007
