Abdul Karim Saleh

Dr Saleh is a Consultant Nephrologist, Chairman of the Renal Program and Head of the Section of Adult Nephrology at SKMC. His clinical activities specialize in the care for renal patients including the management of fluid and electrolyte problems, hypertension, acute and chronic kidney diseases, end-stage renal disease and critical care nephrology. Additionally, Dr Saleh founded the Department of Education which he continues to chair with a particular focus on Graduate Medical Education, and led the transformation of SKMC to a teaching institution. He founded the first Medical Ethics Board which he chaired 2006- 2008, and previously Chaired the Health Information Management Committee (2005-2008).

Prior to his tenure at SKMC, Dr Saleh was appointed to the Faculty of Northwestern University in Chicago- Illinois, and later served as the Head of the Clinical Services Division at the National Kidney Foundation of Singapore, in medical partnership with Harvard University and the Brigham and Women’s Hospital (Boston, MA). Dr Saleh has performed in key roles and in national and regional academic responsibilities for Abu Dhabi Health Services Company (SEHA), the Health Authority of Abu Dhabi, the Ministry of Health, and the Arab Board of Healthcare Specializations.

• Education : Bachelor’s of Science, The University of Illinois at Urbana- Champaign (1984),
  Medical Doctor, The American University of Beirut, Lebanon (1988),
  Internal Medicine Residency Training. Mc Gaw Medical Center of Northwestern University Chicago- Illinois (1992),
  Nephrology Fellowship Training, Yale University, New Haven- Connecticut (1996),
  Fellow of the American College of Physicians,
  Fellow of the American Society of Nephrology