Barbara A Clark, MD

Dr. Ashish Sharma is a nephrologist with AHN Medicine Institute, specializing in the diagnosis and treatment of acute and chronic kidney disorders and renal diseases. He is skilled at evaluating and managing the factors most commonly associated with kidney disease, such as fluids, electrolytes, and acid-base balance. Dr. Sharma received his Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery from Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College in Aligarh, India. He completed his residency in internal medicine at University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Mercy Hospital in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He completed his fellowship in nephrology and hypertension from Allegheny Health Network in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Dr. Sharma is certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine in nephrology. He approaches each patient with thoroughness, compassion, and trust. He sees patients ages 18 and older. Patients can make an appointment with Dr. Ashish Sharma at AHN Nephrology Associates.

Khaled Nashar, MD Khaled Nashar, MD, FACP, FASN, FNKF, is AHN’s chief of nephrology and hypertension. He sees patients through AHN Nephrology Associates at the Northside and Wexford offices. He is also the training program director for the AHN Nephrology Fellowship. Dr. Nashar's areas of interest include chronic kidney disease, hypertension, and transplant nephrology. Dr. Nashar has several peer-reviewed publications and has given presentations at national nephrology, transplant, and hypertension meetings. Dr Nashar has been an active member of the American Society of Nephrology and the National Kidney Foundation and recognized as a fellow of both societies. He has also been very active in community services. As chair of the medical advisory committee of the National Kidney Foundation, he volunteers regularly at NKF community events. Dr. Nashar sees patients at AHN Allegheny General, AHN West Penn, and Wexford Hospitals. He received a medical degree from the Aleppo University School of Medicine in Aleppo, Syria. He completed a residency and a fellowship training at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He is board certified in both internal Medicine and Nephrology. He is also a certified Hypertension specialist.

Swati Arora, MD, FASN Dr. Swati Arora is an Assistant Professor, Drexel University. She completed her residency, chief residency, and Nephrology fellowship at Allegheny Health Network-Medical Education Consortium in Pittsburgh, PA. Though her clinical practice includes a wide variety of patients with kidney disease, she specializes in management of patients with glomerulonephritis (GN), nephrotic syndromes and autoimmune conditions affecting the kidneys such as lupus nephritis, ANCA vasculitis. She also has interest in managing pregnancies complicated with kidney disease and kidney transplant recipients with GNs. Dr. Arora strongly believes in multi-disciplinary approach to management of complex patients with glomerulonephritis. She is Co-director of Glomerular disease program at Autoimmune Institute located at West Penn Hospital where patients get care from multiple sub-specialties under one roof. She is course director for CME-accredited GN board which is a common platform for discussion of rare and complex patients with GNs among Nephrologists, Rheumatologists, Pathologists and department of Medicine. She is also serving as an Associate Director and Deputy Editor for Harvard CME accredited GlomCon conference series that is attended by Nephrologists and Nephropathologists from over 110 countries. She is actively involved in many research studies that include building GN registry, trials with new drugs for patients with GNs and has many peer-reviewed publications.