Dr. Osama Amro

Osama W. Amro, MD, MS, is the director of Swedish nephrology and Polycystic Kidney Disease Center at Swedish Medical Center in Seattle, Washington. Dr. Amro received his medical degree from Jordan University of Science and Technology Medical School in Jordan. He completed his residency in internal medicine at St Vincent Charity Medical Center, Case Western Reserve University, in Cleveland, Ohio, followed by a clinical and research fellowship in nephrology at Tufts Medical Center in Boston, Massachusetts. He is board certified in internal medicine and nephrology. Dr. Amro is a member of the American Society of Nephrology and a National Kidney Foundation Advisory Board member serving the Pacific Northwest. His research and clinical interests include renal pathophysiology and polycystic kidney disease (PKD). He has served as an investigator on several clinical trials of investigational treatments for autosomal dominant PKD. Dr. Amro has coauthored book chapters on PKD as well as articles published in the peer- reviewed journals Seminars in Dialysis and American Journal of Kidney Diseases. He has been a reviewer for the American Journal of Transplantation, Journal of the American Society of Nephrology, Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology, and Case Reports in Nephrology and urology. Dr. Amro has passion for teaching and developing educational programs for patients and colleagues, bridging the gaps between multiple specialties with focus on prevention. One of his famous quotes “ I spent 3 years in nephrology training, learning how to do dialysis. My goal is to spend the next 30 years learning how not to do dialysis” He enjoys cooking and travel in his spare time.

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