SEATTLE—Northwest Kidney Centers has named Dr. Suhail Ahmad as its new chief medical officer, succeeding Dr. John Stivelman, who becomes Emeritus Chief Medical Officer and Senior Medical Director.
Ahmad has served the community and patients for three decades as a physician, teacher and researcher. More than 30 years ago he traveled to Seattle from England to work under the mentorship of dialysis pioneer Dr. Belding Scribner and is considered Dr. Scribner’s closest protégé. He is professor of medicine at the University of Washington and has served as director of inpatient dialysis at UW Medical Center for more than two decades. Dr.
Ahmad’s research focuses on dialysis technology, hypertension, volume management and, most recently, liver-kidney dialysis. Ahmad has served as Medical Director of Northwest Kidney Centers’ Scribner Kidney Center and will remain in this role. As CMO, Ahmad fills many roles, including senior medical director-technology, and Kidney Research Institute director of dialysis research.
As Senior Medical Director, Stivelman will focus on professional/clinical education and public policy. He will serve as public policy liaison and advocate supporting laws, rules, and advances in the nature and delivery of end-stage renal disease (ESRD) care. He will continue as professor of medicine in the Division of Nephrology at the University of Washington and as medical director of Northwest Kidney Centers’ Broadway Kidney Center.
