Fadi Tohme, MD

Dr. Tohme received his medical degree from St. Joseph University (SJU) in Beirut, Lebanon. He completed his residency in internal medicine at the University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics, Iowa City, IA, during which time he received the François M Abboud Internal Medicine Award in recognition of outstanding scholarship. At the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA, Dr. Tohme completed a fellowship in nephrology, followed by a fellowship in critical care medicine. He worked at Washington University in St Louis between 2017 and 2021 and at the Lebanese American University in Beirut between 2019 and 2021. He has since joined the department of medicine at USC.

Dr. Tohme is first author on several published articles and book chapters. He has a special interest in the epidemiology of acute kidney injury and use of point of care ultrasound in nephrology. Dr. Tohme splits his time attending on the renal consult inpatient services as well as in the medical intensive care unit as a critical care attending. He also serves as Director of the Koreatown DaVita Home Dialysis program.

• The association between sleep disturbances and blood pressure variability: a review of the literature J Clin Sleep Med. 2023 08 01; 19(8):1533-1544. . View in PubMed
• Determinants of Major Adverse Kidney Events in Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation Survivors Crit Care Explor. 2022 Feb; 4(2):e0636. . View in PubMed
• Epidemiology and management of hypertension among refugees in the Middle East: a review of the literature J Hum Hypertens. 2021 08; 35(8):657-666. . View in PubMed
• Plasma Biomarkers in Predicting Renal Recovery from Acute Kidney Injury in Critically Ill Patients Blood Purif. 2019; 48(3):253-261. . View in PubMed
• Long-term survival in patients with septic acute kidney injury is strongly influenced by renal recovery PLoS One. 2018; 13(6):e0198269. . View in PubMed
• Predictors and outcomes of non-adherence in patients receiving maintenance hemodialysis Int Urol Nephrol. 2017 Aug; 49(8):1471-1479. . View in PubMed
• Acceptance of Antidepressant Treatment by Patients on Hemodialysis and Their Renal Providers Clin J Am Soc Nephrol. 2017 02 07; 12(2):298-303. . View in PubMed
• Conversion to a sirolimus-based regimen is associated with lower incidence of BK viremia in low-risk kidney transplant recipients Transpl Infect Dis. 2015 Feb; 17(1):66-72. . View in PubMed
• Quiz page April 2013: recurrent episodes of acute kidney injury in a kidney transplant recipient Am J Kidney Dis. 2013 Apr; 61(4):A22-4. . View in PubMed