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Laith F. Al-Rabadi
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Laith F. Al-Rabadi, MD

Languages spoken: English

Clinical Locations

University of Utah Hospital

Kidney & Liver Clinic
801-585-6320
  • Dr. Al-Rabadi finished his undergraduate and medical training at Jordan University of Science and Technology in 2007. Afterwards, he joined Edelman lab at Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology to study endothelial dysfunction in uremic milieu. Dr. Al-Rabdi finished his Internal Medicine training at University of Iowa in 2013 then moved on to begin nephrology training at Boston University-Boston Medical Center. He had the privilege to work with Dr. David Salant and developed special interest in Glomerular diseases. Dr. Al-Rabadi was also actively involved in teaching students and residents.

    His clinical interests include different aspects of nephrology particularly glomerular diseases, transplant, and peritoneal dialysis. He is involved in several clinical research projects and literature reviews.

    He established a unique collaboration with Dr. Laurence Beck at Boston Medical Center to initiate innovative projects related to membranous nephropathy (MN) pathogenesis with the goal of developing clinical and translational research and enhancing University of Utah role as a destination site for MN. Dr. Beck is a world-renowned expert and an authority in MN and published extensively on the pathogenesis and biomarkers in MN. He also established a collaboration with Dr. Bernstein and from Moran Eye Center to perform clinical studies related to Alport syndrome (AS). He has been working closely with Dr. Gregory who, along with Dr. Atkins, has collected samples, clinical information and pedigrees of 130 families with X- linked AS. They also identified over 30 families with probable autosomal recessive AS based on patterns of inheritance. He evaluates many patients with AS at the kidney and the transplant clinic.

    He is motivated and committed to advance the field of glomerular diseases and Alport syndrome at the university of Utah

    Board Certification

    American Board of Internal Medicine
    American Board of Internal Medicine (Sub: Nephrology)

    Patient Rating

    4.7 /5
    ( out of 10 reviews )

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    Patient Comments

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    Patients are de-identified for confidentiality and patient privacy.

    June 29, 2023
    UH HOSPITALS AND CLINICS

    Me parece excelente mdico, muy cordial, atento, escucha al paciente, explica muy bien, se ve que se preocupa por el paciente.

    June 01, 2023
    UH HOSPITALS AND CLINICS

    Excellent care genuinely concerned

    June 01, 2023
    UH HOSPITALS AND CLINICS

    He is always personable, encouraging and optimistic. He provides clear concise information to explain my condition and current status. Unfortunately, like many excellent physicians, there are other demands for his time, and I will likely be seeing a different physician next time.

    April 18, 2023
    UH HOSPITALS AND CLINICS

    HAVE ALWAY BEEN VERY GRATEFULL FOR HIM SINCE DAY ONE HE IS VERY CARING AND HELPFULL

    April 15, 2023
    UH HOSPITALS AND CLINICS

    I feel confident that he is giving me the best care available for my kidney condition and have every confidence in him as a doctor

    November 25, 2022
    University Hospital

    Good

    November 23, 2022
    University Hospital

    They made me feel like I matter. That means a lot to me

    November 18, 2022
    University Hospital

    I adore Dr. Al Ribaldi he is very caring, explains everything well and even said he'd see me on emergency notice.

    August 19, 2022
    UH HOSPITALS AND CLINICS

    Dr. Al Rabadi is wonderful! I trust him completely and his staff always makes us feel comfortable and they are so willing to help with anything we need

  • Dr. Al-Rabadi finished his undergraduate and medical training at Jordan University of Science and Technology in 2007. Afterwards, he joined Edelman lab at Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology to study endothelial dysfunction in uremic milieu. Dr. Al-Rabdi finished his Internal Medicine training at University of Iowa in 2013 then moved on to begin nephrology training at Boston University-Boston Medical Center. He had the privilege to work with Dr. David Salant and developed special interest in Glomerular diseases. Dr. Al-Rabadi was also actively involved in teaching students and residents.

    His clinical interests include different aspects of nephrology particularly glomerular diseases, transplant, and peritoneal dialysis. He is involved in several clinical research projects and literature reviews.

    He established a unique collaboration with Dr. Laurence Beck at Boston Medical Center to initiate innovative projects related to membranous nephropathy (MN) pathogenesis with the goal of developing clinical and translational research and enhancing University of Utah role as a destination site for MN. Dr. Beck is a world-renowned expert and an authority in MN and published extensively on the pathogenesis and biomarkers in MN. He also established a collaboration with Dr. Bernstein and from Moran Eye Center to perform clinical studies related to Alport syndrome (AS). He has been working closely with Dr. Gregory who, along with Dr. Atkins, has collected samples, clinical information and pedigrees of 130 families with X- linked AS. They also identified over 30 families with probable autosomal recessive AS based on patterns of inheritance. He evaluates many patients with AS at the kidney and the transplant clinic.

    He is motivated and committed to advance the field of glomerular diseases and Alport syndrome at the university of Utah

    Board Certification and Academic Information

    Academic Departments Internal Medicine -Primary
    Parks, Recreation, & Tourism -Adjunct
    Academic Divisions Nephrology
    Board Certification
    American Board of Internal Medicine
    American Board of Internal Medicine (Sub: Nephrology)

    Education history

    Fellowship Nephrology - Boston Medical Center, Boston University Fellow
    Internal Medicine - University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics Resident
    Internship Internal Medicine - University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics Intern
    General Surgery - King Abdullah University Hospital Intern
    Internship General Medicine - Ministry of Health Transitional Internship
    Medicine - Jordan University of Science and Technology M.B.B.S.

    Selected Publications

    Journal Article

    1. Al-Rabadi LF, Beck LH Jr (2022). Neuronal Proteins as Antigenic Targets in Membranous Nephropathy. Nephron, 147(8), 451-457. (Read full article)
    2. Tiffany N Caza1, Laith F Al-Rabadi2 and Laurence H Beck Jr (2021). How Times Have Changed! A Cornucopia of Antigens for Membranous Nephropathy          . Front Immunol.
    3. Savige J, Storey H, Watson E, Hertz JM, Deltas C, Renieri A, Mari F, Hilbert P, Plevova P, Byers P, Cerkauskaite A, Gregory M, Cerkauskiene R, Ljubanovic DG, Becherucci F, Errichiello C, Massella L, Aiello V, Lennon R, Hopkinson L, Koziell A, Lungu A, Rothe HM, Hoefele J, Zacchia M, Martic TN, Gupta A, van Eerde A, Gear S, Landini S, Palazzo V, Al-Rabadi L, Claes K, Corveleyn A, Van Hoof E, van Geel M, Williams M, Ashton E, Belge H, Ars E, Bierzynska A, Gangemi C, Lipska-Zitkiewicz BS (2021). Consensus statement on standards and guidelines for the molecular diagnostics of Alport syndrome: refining the ACMG criteria. Eur J Hum Genet, 29(8), 1186-1197. (Read full article)
    4. Al-Rabadi LF, Caza T, Trivin-Avillach C, Rodan AR, Andeen N, Hayashi N, Williams B, Revelo MP, Clayton F, Abraham J, Lin E, Liou W, Zou CJ, Ramkumar N, Cummins T, Wilkey DW, Kawalit I, Herzog C, Storey A, Edmondson R, Sjoberg R, Yang T, Chien J, Merchant M, Arthur J, Klein J, Larsen C, Beck LH Jr (2021). Serine Protease HTRA1 as a Novel Target Antigen in Primary Membranous Nephropathy. J Am Soc Nephrol, 32(7), 1666-1681. (Read full article)
    5. Al-Rabadi LF, Caza T, Trivin-Avillach C, Rodan AR, Andeen N, Hayashi N, Williams B, Revelo MP, Clayton F, Abraham J, Lin E, Liou W, Zou CJ, Ramkumar N, Cummins T, Wilkey DW, Kawalit I, Herzog C, Storey A, Edmondson R, Sjoberg R, Yang T, Chien J, Merchant M, Arthur J, Klein J, Larsen C, Beck LH Jr (2021). Serine Protease HTRA1 as a Novel Target Antigen in Primary Membranous Nephropathy. J Am Soc Nephrol.
    6. Al-Rabadi LF, Caza T, Trivin-Avillach C, Rodan AR, Andeen N, Hayashi N, Williams B, Revelo MP, Clayton F, Abraham J, Lin E, Liou W, Zou CJ, Ramkumar N, Cummins T, Wilkey DW, Kawalit I, Herzog C, Storey A, Edmondson R, Sjoberg R, Yang T, Chien J, Merchant M, Arthur J, Klein J, Larsen C, Beck LH Jr (2021). Serine Protease HTRA1 as a Novel Target Antigen in Primary Membranous Nephropathy. J Am Soc Nephrol, 32(7), 1666-1681. (Read full article)
    7. Cook MM, Al Rabadi L, Kaempf AJ, Saraceni MM, Savin MA, Mitri ZI (2020). Everolimus Plus Exemestane Treatment in Patients with Metastatic Hormone Receptor-Positive Breast Cancer Previously Treated with CDK4/6 Inhibitor Therapy. Oncologist, 26(2), 101-106. (Read full article)
    8. Alrabadi N, Al-Rabadi GJ, Maraqa R, Sarayrah H, Alzoubi KH, Alqudah M, Al-Udatt DG (2020). Androgen effect on body weight and behaviour of male and female rats: novel insight on the clinical value. Andrologia, 52(10), e13730. (Read full article)
    9. Al Rabadi L, LeBlanc M, Bucy T, Ellis LM, Hershman DL, Meyskens FL Jr, Taylor L, Blanke CD (2019). Trends in Medical Aid in Dying in Oregon and Washington. JAMA Netw Open, 2(8), e198648. (Read full article)
    10. Khalighi MA, Al-Rabadi L, Chalasani M, Smith M, Kakani S, Revelo MP, Meehan SM (2018). Staphylococcal Infection-Related Glomerulonephritis With Cryoglobulinemic Features. Kidney Int Rep, 3(5), 1128-1134. (Read full article)
    11. Al-Rabadi L, Box T, Singhania G, Al-Marji C, Agarwal A, Hall I, Gordon CE, Tran H (2018). Rationale for treatment of hepatitis C virus infection in end-stage renal disease patients who are not kidney transplant candidates. Hemodial Int, 22 Suppl 1, S45-S52. (Read full article)
    12. Al-Rabadi L, Quillen K, Shashar M, Al Marji C, Jaberi A, Chitalia V, Henderson J, Salant D, Beck LH (2017). Concurrent Presentation of Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura and Membranous Nephropathy. Kidney Int Rep.
    13. Shivanna S, Kolandaivelu K, Shashar M, Belghasim M, Al-Rabadi L, Balcells M, Zhang A, Weinberg J, Francis J, Pollastri MP, Edelman ER, Sherr DH, Chitalia VC (2016). The Aryl Hydrocarbon Receptor is a Critical Regulator of Tissue Factor Stability and an Antithrombotic Target in Uremia. J Am Soc Nephrol, 27(1), 189-201. (Read full article)
    14. Al-Rabadi L, Francis JM, Henderson J, Ghai S (2015). Proliferative glomerulonephritis with monoclonal immunoglobulin in renal allografts. Clin Kidney J, 8(6), 722-8. (Read full article)
    15. Chitalia VC, Murikipudi S, Indolfi L, Rabadi L, Valdez R, Franses JW, Edelman ER (2011). Matrix-embedded endothelial cells are protected from the uremic milieu. Nephrol Dial Transplant, 26(12), 3858-65. (Read full article)

    Review

    1. Caza T, Wijewardena C, Al-Rabadi L, Perl A (2022). Cell type-specific mechanistic target of rapamycin-dependent distortion of autophagy pathways in lupus nephritis. [Review]. Transl Res. (Read full article)
    2. Caza TN, Al-Rabadi LF, Beck LH Jr (2021). How Times Have Changed! A Cornucopia of Antigens for Membranous Nephropathy. [Review]. Front Immunol, 12, 800242. (Read full article)

    Book Chapter

    1. Al-Rabadi L (2019). Renal and Metabolic Disorders Related to Alcohol and Other Drug Use. In The ASAM Essentials of Addiction Medicine (3rd).

    Case Report

    1. Bansal S, Singhania N, Nukala CM, Singh AK, Al-Rabadi L (2021). Histoplasma stomatitis unveiled: Not all opportunistic infections get better after initiation of antiretroviral therapy. Clin Case Rep, 9(3), 1466-1468. (Read full article)
    2. Singhania N, Singhania G, Al-Rabadi L (2020). Acquired Reactive Perforating Collagenosis. Clin Exp Nephrol, 24(11), 1086-1087. (Read full article)
    3. Singhania N, Al-Odat R, Singh AK, Al-Rabadi L (2020). Intestinal necrosis after co-administration of sodium polystyrene sulfonate and activated charcoal. Clin Case Rep, 8(4), 722-724. (Read full article)
    4. Al-Rabadi L, Quillen K, Shashar M, Al Marji C, Jaberi A, Chitalia V, Henderson J, Salant D, Beck LH Jr (2017). Concurrent Presentation of Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura and Membranous Nephropathy. Kidney Int Rep, 3(2), 476-481. (Read full article)
    5. Al-Rabadi L, Ayalon R, Bonegio RG, Ballard JE, Fujii AM, Henderson JM, Salant DJ, Beck LH Jr (2016). Pregnancy in a Patient With Primary Membranous Nephropathy and Circulating Anti-PLA2R Antibodies: A Case Report. Am J Kidney Dis, 67(5), 775-8. (Read full article)
    6. Aburizik A, Singh S, Al-Rabadi L, Blosser C (2014). Mistaken identity: normotensive scleroderma renal crisis.LID - 10.1136/bcr-2013-202566 [doi]LID - bcr2013202566 [pii]. BMJ Case Rep, 2014. (Read full article)

    Editorial

    1. Caza TN, Al-Rabadi LF (2022). What Can Mercury Teach Us About Membranous Nephropathy and Minimal Change Disease? Kidney Int Rep, 7(6), 1157-1160. (Read full article)

    Abstract

    1. Al-Odat R, Al-Rabadi L (2014). Pseudo renal injury associated with Isopropyl alcohol [Abstract]. American Society of Nephrology, ASN's 2014 Abstract Supplement of JASN.
    2. Al-Odat R, Al-Rabadi L, Blosser C, Francis J (2014). Hypermagnesemia-induced hypothermia in a pregnant patient [Abstract]. ASN's 2014 Abstract Supplement of JASN.
    3. Al-Rabadi LF, Al-odat RT, Blosser CD (2012). Tacrolimus-Induced Thrombotic Microangiopathy Post Allogeneic Stem Cell Transplant [Abstract]. American Society of Nephrology, 23(Abstract Issue), PUB36, 902A.
    4. Erinle AO, Al-Rabadi LF, Sarker A, Gamilla-Crudo AK, Ishihara K, Beach R (2008). Seronegative Anti-GBM Disease; Clinical Dilemma in Management [Abstract]. American Society of Nephrology, PUB778, 19(Abstract Issue), 989A-990A.

    Other

    1. Savige J, Storey H, Watson E, Hertz JM, Deltas C, Renieri A, Mari F, Hilbert P, Plevova P, Byers P, Cerkauskaite A, Gregory M, Cerkauskiene R, Ljubanovic DG, Becherucci F, Errichiello C, Massella L, Aiello V, Lennon R, Hopkinson L, Koziell A, Lungu A, Rothe HM, Hoefele J, Zacchia M, Martic TN, Gupta A, van Eerde A, Gear S, Landini S, Palazzo V, Al-Rabadi L, Claes K, Corveleyn A, Van Hoof E, van Geel M, Williams M, Ashton E, Belge H, Ars E, Bierzynska A, Gangemi C, Lipska-Zitkiewicz BS (2023). Correction: Consensus statement on standards and guidelines for the molecular diagnostics of Alport syndrome: refining the ACMG criteria. Eur J Hum Genet. England. (Read full article)
    2. Savige J, Lipska-Zietkiewicz BS, Watson E, Hertz JM, Deltas C, Mari F, Hilbert P, Plevova P, Byers P, Cerkauskaite A, Gregory M, Cerkauskiene R, Ljubanovic DG, Becherucci F, Errichiello C, Massella L, Aiello V, Lennon R, Hopkinson L, Koziell A, Lungu A, Rothe HM, Hoefele J, Zacchia M, Martic TN, Gupta A, van Eerde A, Gear S, Landini S, Palazzo V, Al-Rabadi L, Claes K, Corveleyn A, Van Hoof E, van Geel M, Williams M, Ashton E, Belge H, Ars E, Bierzynska A, Gangemi C, Renieri A, Storey H, Flinter F (2021). Guidelines for Genetic Testing and Management of Alport Syndrome. Clin J Am Soc Nephrol (17(1), pp. 143-154). United States. (Read full article)
    3. May RM, Cassol C, Hannoudi A, Larsen CP, Lerma EV, Haun RS, Braga JR, Hassen SI, Wilson J, VanBeek C, Vankalakunti M, Barnum L, Walker PD, Bourne TD, Messias NC, Ambruzs JM, Boils CL, Sharma SS, Cossey LN, Baxi PV, Palmer M, Zuckerman JE, Walavalkar V, Urisman A, Gallan AJ, Al-Rabadi LF, Rodby R, Luyckx V, Espino G, Santhana-Krishnan S, Alper B, Lam SG, Hannoudi GN, Matthew D, Belz M, Singer G, Kunaparaju S, Price D, Chawla S, Rondla C, Abdalla MA, Britton ML, Paul S, Ranjit U, Bichu P, Williamson SR, Sharma Y, Gaspert A, Grosse P, Meyer I, Vasudev B, El Kassem M, Velez JCQ, Caza TN (2021). A multi-center retrospective cohort study defines the spectrum of kidney pathology in Coronavirus 2019 Disease (COVID-19). Kidney Int (100(6), pp. 1303-1315). United States. (Read full article)
    4. Huang Z, Liu S, Tang A, Al-Rabadi L, Henkemeyer M, Mimche PN, Huang Y (2021). Key role for EphB2 receptor in kidney fibrosis. Clin Sci (Lond) (135(17), pp. 2127-2142). England. (Read full article)
    5. Lazaro-Guevara J, Fierro-Morales J, Wright AH, Gunville R, Simeone C, Frodsham SG, Pezzolesi MH, Zaffino CA, Al-Rabadi L, Ramkumar N, Pezzolesi MG (2021). Targeted Next-Generation Sequencing Identifies Pathogenic Variants in Diabetic Kidney Disease. Am J Nephrol (52(3), pp. 239-249). Switzerland. (Read full article)