Kamal F. Badr, Professor of Nephrology, AUB

Division : 
Nephrology

Faculty/Academic Titles : 
Professor & Chair, Department of Internal Medicine

Education :

University degrees:
1976 -B.S - American University of Beirut (With Distinction) 

Medical School:
1980 - M.D. - American University of Beirut (With Distinction)

Internship:
1979-80 - Internship  - American University of Beirut Medical Center

Residency:
1980-82 – Residency - American University of Beirut Medical Center

Fellowship:
1982-84-Fellowship Laboratory of Kidney and Electrolyte Physiology
(Research) Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School
(Barry M. Brenner, Dir.)
1984-85:(Clinical)-Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School
1985: Laboratory of Renal Physiology, The Children’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School (Iekuni Ichikawa, Dir.

Specialty: 
Nephrology

Honors/Awards and Organizations  :
Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society
American Society for Clinical Investigation
“Abdel Hadi Debs Award for Outstanding Lebanese Contributions in Science or Medicine – 1998”
Association of American Physicians (AAP)
American Association for the Advancement of Science
American Federation for Clinical Research
American Physiological Society
American Society for Clinical Investigation
American Society of Hypertension
American Society of Nephrology
American Society of Renal Biochemistry and Metabolism
International Society of Nephrology
Kidney Council of the American Heart Association
The New York Academy of Sciences
Association of American Physicians

Research Interests:
Dr. Badr established the pathophysiologic role of eicosanoids in glomerulonephritis, leading to novel therapies for this disease in humans. He also uncovered endogenous anti-inflammatory properties for arachidonate15-lipoxygenase in renal inflammation, induction of its gene expression by interleukin-13 and by mutant p53, and its potential role in human prostate cancer.

E -mail address:  kbadr@aub.edu.lb

Tel:  01-374444, Extension: 5353