EXPERIENCE
2023 – PRESENT
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, MEDICINE (PHOENIX), CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY
2023 – PRESENT
NEPHROLOGY FACULTY, INTERNAL MEDICINE RESIDENCY, CHANDLER REGIONAL, DIGNITY
HEALTH
2014 – PRESENT
NEPHROLOGIST, SOUTHWEST KIDNEY INSTITUTE
Provide medical care to patients at multiple hospital settings at Banner and Dignity Health
systems in Arizona. Patient care in outpatient setting at Southwest Kidney clinics in Tempe and
Casa Grande. Manage hemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis at Fresenius and Davita outpatient
dialysis centers.
2014 – 2016
NEPHROLOGIST, INDIAN HEALTH SERVICES
Provided medical care at underserved outpatient renal clinics and dialysis units at Indian health
services in Tuba City, AZ and Chinle, AZ.
EDUCATION
2012 - 2014
NEPHROLOGY FELLOWSHIP, UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGELES, CA
2009 - 2012
INTERNAL MEDICINE RESIDENCY, ST JOSEPHS HOSPITAL, PHOENIX, AZ
2007 - 2008
INTERNSHIP, M S RAMAIAH MEDICAL COLLEGE, BANGALORE, INDIA
2001 - 2006
BACHELOR OF MEDICINE, BACHELOR OF SURGERY (MBBS), KMC MANGALORE,
MANIPAL UNIVERSITY
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PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATIONS AND MEDICAL LICENSURE
• 2014 American Board of Nephrology, Certified
• 2012 American Board of Internal Medicine, Certified
• 2011 – present California Medical Board State License without interruption or suspension
• 2009 – present Arizona Medical Board State License without interruption or suspension
• 2008 ECFMG Certified
PUBLICATIONS, PRESENTATIONS, AND ABSTRACTS
• Nadim MK, Annanthapanyasut W, Matsuoka L, Appachu K, Boyajian M, Ji L, Sedra A, Genyk YS.
Intraoperative hemodialysis during liver transplantation: a decade of experience. Liver Transpl.
2014 Jul;20(7):756-64. doi: 10.1002/lt.23867. PMID: 24634344.
• Appachu K, Smogorzewski M, Nadim MK Two Cases of Fatal Cerebral Air Embolism from Central
Venous Dialysis Catheter in Pre-Transplant Liver Failure Patients. National Kidney Foundation
(NKF 2014) / AJKD 2014; 63 (5):A1-A12
• Reversal of Locked in Syndrome via Therapeutic Hyponatremia and Gradual Correction, ACP
Nevada. Also accepted at ACP National, Boston 2024 and American Thoracic Society, San Diego
2024.
• Infective Endocarditis Presenting As Urinary Tract Infection - Society of General Internal
Medicine, Western Region Conference, Denver, CO
• Idiopathic Pulmonary Hemosiderosis - Society of General Internal Medicine, Western Region
Conference, Denver, CO
• Hepatic Portal Venous Gas in Pancreatic Disease - American College of Physicians, Arizona
Chapter, Tucson, AZ
• Incidence and Ossification of sesamoid Bones in Hands of South Indian Population, 54th
National Conference of the Anatomical Society of India
• Pedicle Morphology of Lumbar and S1 Vertebrae, 54th National Conference of the Anatomical
Society of India
QUALITY IPROVEMENT PROJECTS
• Patient safety improvement project during renal biopsy – LA County Hospital and Keck Medical
Center, Los Angeles, CA
• In-patient Residency Teams Medication Reconciliation Project – St Joseph’s Hospital and
Medical Center, Phoenix, AZ
• Standardized Orders Development for Acute Kidney Injury – Curriculum Committee Meeting, St
Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center, Phoenix, AZ
• Standardized Orders Development for Pneumonia – Curriculum Committee Meeting, St Joseph’s
Hospital and Medical Center, Phoenix, AZ

Reviewer Keywords

acute kidney injury chronic kidney disease diabetic nephropathy dialysis electrolyte disorders fluid overload glomerular diseases hemodialysis hypertension hyponatraemia internal medicine clinical nephrology kidney diseases nephrology nephrotic syndrome peritoneal dialysis polycystic kidney disease renal aa amyloidosis renal biopsy renal function renal replacement therapy