Huzaifah Salat MD

Huzaifah Salat, MD, was selected as one of 6 finalists from all over the US to compete in the second part of the 2016 American Society of Nephrology (ASN) Innovations in Kidney Education Contest. Every year, ASN invites Ph.D. faculty, postdoctoral fellows, medical students, graduate students, and nephrologists to participate in the ASN Innovations in Kidney Education Contest and develop innovative ideas and tools to teach medical and graduate students various aspects of nephrology, including renal physiology, pathophysiology, or clinical disease. In the first part of the contest, Dr.Salat submitted a proposal for a board game titled “Revenge of the Nephron”. As a finalist, he will now receive a grant to help him develop his board game and contest with the other finalists in the second part of the contest later this year. Up to three finalists will be selected as winners and will receive a cash prize of $ 5,000 along with complimentary registration and travel support to participate in the ASN Kidney Week 2016 Annual Meeting later this year in Chicago.

Dr. Salat is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow working with Dr. Khaled Abdel-Kader at the Vanderbilt Center for Kidney Disease. Dr. Salat is an International Medical Graduate of the Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan.