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Duha A. Jweehan
( out of 44 reviews )

Duha A. Jweehan, MD

Languages spoken: English, Arabic

Clinical Locations

Primary Location

Transplant Center

Transplant Center
50 N Medical Dr
Salt Lake City , UT 84132

Farmington Health Center

Farmington Health Center Nephrology
165 N. University Ave.
Farmington , UT 84025

University of Utah Hospital

Nephrology
50 N Medical Dr
Salt Lake City , UT 84132

Duha Jweehan, MD is a transplant nephrologist and assistant professor at the University of Utah medical school.

She received her medical degree at the university of Damascus in Syria and completed her family medicine fellowship in 1994, then, completed a training in Internal medicine and nephrology in 2006.

She was an academic physician in Jordan and Syria until 2018.

In the USA, she completed clinical research training at Harvard Medical School in 2000.

She completed her Nephrology fellowship at The University of Connecticut in 2022 and transplant nephrology fellowship at the University of Iowa in 2023.

Her clinical and research interests include BK nephropathy, acute T cell- mediated rejection and antibody meditated rejection, non- invasive diagnostic tests in kidney transplant.

Specialties

Board Certification

Syrian Ministry of Health (Family and Community Medicine)
Arab Board of Internal Medicine
Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates
National Board of Medical Examiners
Syrian Ministry of Health (Internal Medicine)

Patient Rating

Patient feedback is overwhelmingly positive, with most comments describing the physician as caring, patient, thorough, and professional. Patients frequently mention that she listens carefully, answers questions clearly, explains things in a way they can understand, and takes time to address concerns. A small amount of mixed feedback notes concern about record review or preparation, but this is rare compared with the many strong endorsements.

Generated via Patient Reviews

4.8 /5
( out of 44 reviews )

The patient rating score is an average of all responses on our patient experience survey. The rating averages scores for all questions about care from our providers. The scale on which responses are measured is 1 to 5 with 5 being the best score.


Jan 09, 2026
UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL

Wonderful doctor and very knowlegeable, she answered all of our questions to help us understand better! We just loved her!

Dec 14, 2025
UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL

Very thorough and helpful.

Dec 14, 2025
UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL

She is awesome. She does her job very very well

Nov 01, 2025
UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL

She was lost when when reviewing my records or just not well prepared

Oct 31, 2025
UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL

She was very professional

Aug 22, 2025
UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL

Listens to your issues and concerns, comes up with possible solutions to your issues.

May 07, 2025
UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL

Very thorough and caring.

Apr 26, 2025
UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL

She is a great part of my care team. She really takes the time to listen and is really caring and thorough on taking care of your needs.

Apr 19, 2025
UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL

Really took time to listen and really cares about your well being.

Mar 21, 2025
UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL

She if very professional and expert in her field and easy to talk to.

Feb 21, 2025
FARMINGTON HEALTH CENTER

Awesome Doctor

Feb 16, 2025
UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL

Great doctor

Feb 05, 2025
UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL

I left the appointment with all the information I needed to make the best health care decision for me.

Jan 16, 2025
UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL

All the doctors, nurses,and other people I met with were fantastic. You have a great kidney transplant team.

Dec 20, 2024
UH HOSPITALS AND CLINICS

Awesome

Dec 13, 2024
UH HOSPITALS AND CLINICS

She is great listening and includes you on your care.

Sep 12, 2024
UH HOSPITALS AND CLINICS

Excellent provider.

Sep 11, 2024
UH HOSPITALS AND CLINICS

I loved that Dr. Jweehan was comfortable with looking up a question I had (that she was unsure of the answer to) and she followed up on a concern I had. I appreciate experts who can admit they don't know everything.

Jul 05, 2024
UH HOSPITALS AND CLINICS

Dr. Jweehan is an amazing doctor! She is kind, and treats her patients with love, and care!

Jul 05, 2024
UH HOSPITALS AND CLINICS

Dr. Jweehan. Is very patient . She listens to and answers every question you approach her with. If she doesn't know the answer she will get it.

Jun 21, 2024
UH HOSPITALS AND CLINICS

She is a kind person. She listens to her patients and answers their concerns.

Mar 18, 2024
UH HOSPITALS AND CLINICS

Dr.Jweehan was excellent very thorough. Spent a lot of time explaining and going over all my medicines my labs, my overall care.

Feb 09, 2024
UH HOSPITALS AND CLINICS

Very respectful in letting me know about health concerns and what should be checked by my PFC

Jan 31, 2024
UH HOSPITALS AND CLINICS

She is compassionate, has the best bed side manners.. treats you like a person not a number¿ I would highly recommend her

Jan 31, 2024
UH HOSPITALS AND CLINICS

Very professional. Kind and thorough. Sweet human being!

Dec 21, 2023
UH HOSPITALS AND CLINICS

She was very friendly and made sure my concerns were taken care of.

Dec 19, 2023
UH HOSPITALS AND CLINICS

Very nice and informative

Nov 30, 2023
UH HOSPITALS AND CLINICS

I could not ask for such a more professional caring doctor. Thank you.

Nov 03, 2023
UH HOSPITALS AND CLINICS

She was very thorough

Oct 27, 2023
FARMINGTON HEALTH CENTER

Extremely knowledgeable bf and helpful

Oct 13, 2023
UH HOSPITALS AND CLINICS

Warm, caring, professional without a facade

Oct 12, 2023
UH HOSPITALS AND CLINICS

I think sh e was knowledgeable and patient

Oct 09, 2023
UH HOSPITALS AND CLINICS

She was very courtesy and explained everything thoroughly and in a way we could understand.


Patient comments are gathered from our patient experience survey and displayed in their entirety. For the convenience of our visitors, some patient comments have been translated from their original language into English while preserving their original meaning as accurately as possible. Patients are de-identified for confidentiality and patient privacy.

Duha Jweehan, MD is a transplant nephrologist and assistant professor at the University of Utah medical school.

She received her medical degree at the university of Damascus in Syria and completed her family medicine fellowship in 1994, then, completed a training in Internal medicine and nephrology in 2006.

She was an academic physician in Jordan and Syria until 2018.

In the USA, she completed clinical research training at Harvard Medical School in 2000.

She completed her Nephrology fellowship at The University of Connecticut in 2022 and transplant nephrology fellowship at the University of Iowa in 2023.

Her clinical and research interests include BK nephropathy, acute T cell- mediated rejection and antibody meditated rejection, non- invasive diagnostic tests in kidney transplant.

Board Certification and Academic Information

Academic Departments Internal Medicine -Assistant Professor (Clinical)
Academic Divisions Nephrology & Hypertension
Board Certification
Syrian Ministry of Health (Family and Community Medicine)
Arab Board of Internal Medicine
Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates
National Board of Medical Examiners
Syrian Ministry of Health (Internal Medicine)

Education history

Doctoral Training Medicine - Damascus Faculty of Medicine M.D.
Internship Al-Bashir Hospital. Jordanian Ministry of Health Intern
Residency Family and Community Medicine - Red Crescent Hospital Resident
Internship/Residency Internal Medicine - Damascus Faculty of Medicine, Al-Mousah & Al-Assad University Hospital Intern/Resident
Other Training Introduction to Clinical Research Training Program - Harvard Medical School
Certification Global Clinical Scholars Research Training - Harvard Medical School Certification
Fellowship Nephrology - Tulane School of Medicine Fellow
Fellowship Nephrology - University of Connecticut School of Medicine Fellow
Fellowship Transplant Nephrology - University of Iowa Fellow

Selected Publications

Journal Article

  1. Yamauchi J, Fornadi K, Raghavan D, Jweehan D, Oygen S, Marineci S, Pole A, Jain D, Lazar-Molnar E, Molnar M (2026). Early posttransplant rituximab use in kidney transplant recipients with preexisting donor-specific antibodies. Renal failure, 48(1), 2620179.
  2. Yamauchi J, Fornadi K, Raghavan D, Jweehan D, Oygen S, Marineci S, Buff M, Fenlon M, Selim M, Zimmerman M, Molnar M (2025). Development of BK polyomavirus-associated nephropathy risk prediction in kidney transplant recipients. Renal failure, 47(1), 2509785.
  3. Yamauchi J, Raghavan D, Jweehan D, Oygen S, Marineci S, Hall IE, Molnar M (2025). Belatacept Versus Tacrolimus for Kidney Transplant Recipients of Deceased Donors With Acute Kidney Injury: US National Database Study. Transplantation, 109(4), 691-700.
  4. Yamauchi J, Raghavan D, Jweehan D, Oygen S, Marineci S, Hall IE, Molnar M (2025). Kidney Transplant Outcomes in Amyloidosis: US National Database Study. Transplantation, 109(3), 536-548.
  5. Yamauchi J, Cizik AM, Fornadi K, Thomas D, Raghavan D, Jweehan D, Oygen S, Marineci S, Buff M, Selim M, Zimmerman M, Mucsi I, Molnar M (2025). Associations of Pretransplant Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System Physical Function Score With Kidney Transplant Outcomes. Transplant international, 38, 13884.
  6. Yamauchi J, Raghavan D, Imlay H, Jweehan D, Oygen S, Marineci S, Remport A, Hall IE, Molnar M (2024). Deceased Organ Donor HTLV Screening Practices Postelimination of Universal Screening in the United States. Transplantation direct, 10(10), e1707.
  7. Alchiekh S, Jweehan D (2007). Systematic Review: combination therapy with DMARDs versus therapy with DMARDs and Biological agents in Rheumatoid Arthritis. Arab Board Medical Journal.
  8. Alchiekh S, Jweehan D (2006). The risk of Osteoporosis in Fibromyalgia. The Journal of the Arab Board of Health Specialization.
  9. Salah W, Jweehan D (2002). Insulin Resistance in Patient with chronic hepatitis C. The Journal of Arab Board of Health Specializations.