Arsalan N. Habib, MD

Languages Spoken: English, French, Urdu

Arsalan N. Habib, MD is an Assistant Professor of Medicine at the University of Utah School of Medicine. Dr. Habib received his Bachelor of Science from Georgetown University in 1994 and then his M.D. from the University of Utah School of Medicine in 2000. He received residency training in Internal Medicine at the University of Utah School of Medicine, which he completed in 2003 and was selected as Chief Medical Resident for 2003-04. He then went on to complete his nephrology fellowship from the University of Utah School of Medicine in 2007 after which he joined the faculty in the Division of Nephrology as an Assistant Professor.

Dr. Habib practices clinical nephrology with his main clinic location adjacent to St. Mark’s Hospital at the Wasatch Kidney Specialists. He provides inpatient consultations at St. Mark’s Hospital, Intermountain Medical Center, LDS Hospital, Lakeview Hospital as well as the Promise Long Term Acute Care Hospital. He also serves as teaching attending at the University Hospital. Dr. Habib is medical director of the University of Utah’s South Valley Dialysis Center where he also sees dialysis patients. In addition, he provides dialysis care at the Utah Dialysis Center. As a nephrologist his clinical interests include the management of acute renal failure, chronic kidney disease and its prevention, hypertension, electrolyte disorders, kidney stones, peritoneal dialysis, in-center and home hemodialysis, as well as pre- and post-kidney transplant care and management. Dr. Habib has participated in several single and multi-center research trials with his colleagues in the Division of Nephrology and has published several articles in peer review journals.

Dr. Habib received his Bachelor of Science from Georgetown University in 1994 and then his M.D. from the University of Utah School of Medicine in 2000. He received residency training in Internal Medicine at the University of Utah School of Medicine, which he completed in 2003 and was selected as Chief Medical Resident for 2003-04. He then went on to complete his nephrology fellowship from the University of Utah School of Medicine in 2007 after which he joined the faculty in the Division of Nephrology as an Assistant Professor.

Dr. Habib is involved with various studies within the University of Utah Division of Nephrology, supporting the recruitment of patients at his clinic. These studies include the Systolic Pressure Intervention Trial (SPRINT), aerobic and resistance activity in chronic kidney disease patients, Vitamin D levels and physical function in chronic kidney disease patients, Febuxostat therapy for slowing progression of chronic kidney disease, fiber supplementation in chronic kidney disease, among others.