Aisha Shaikh, MBBS
Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine (Renal-Electrolyte and Hypertension)
Attending Physician, Division of Renal, Electrolyte, and Hypertension , Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Director of Onco-Nephrology, Division of Renal, Electrolyte, and Hypertension, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Department: Medicine
Contact information
Department of Medicine
Division of Renal, Electrolyte, and Hypertension
3400 Spruce Street
1 Founders, Renal Suite
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Division of Renal, Electrolyte, and Hypertension
3400 Spruce Street
1 Founders, Renal Suite
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Education:
MBBS (Medicine)
Dow Medical College, University of Karachi, Pakistan, 1999.
Permanent linkMBBS (Medicine)
Dow Medical College, University of Karachi, Pakistan, 1999.
Description of Clinical Expertise
My clinical interest is in acute kidney injury, glomerular diseases and electrolyte disorders caused by cancer and cancer therapies including chemotherapy, immunotherapy, and CAR-T cell therapy.Description of Research Expertise
Dr. Shaikh's research focuses on understanding and managing kidney complications in patients with cancer and those receiving cancer therapies. Dr. Shaikh is a member of the American Society of OncoNephrology Research Committee. She is a Councilor of the American Society of Diagnostic and Interventional Nephrology (ASDIN) and was the co-chair of the ASDIN Training and Workforce Committee. She is also a member of the American Society of Nephrology Transforming Dialysis Access Together (TDAT) Initiative.Selected Publications
Pak W, Edgar A Jaimes E, Knezevic A, Agins J, Gounder M, Jhaveri K, Shaikh A. : Gamma-secretase inhibitor-associated hypophosphatemia in patients with desmoid tumor Journal of Onco-Nephrology. Sage, September 2025.Won A, Hanna P, Hassanein M, Shaikh A.: Cryoglobulinemic Glomerulonephritis. StatPearls Publishing January 2025.
Abramson M, Shaikh A.: Immunotactoid Glomerulopathy. Adv Kidney Dis Health 31(4): 326-333, July 2024.
Pak WLW, Brumwell NA, Kabel CC, Gutgarts V, Jaffer Sathick I, Mailankody S, Lesokhin AM, Landau HJ, Shaikh A : Chimeric Antigen Receptor (CAR) T-Cell Therapy Use in Patients with Multiple Myeloma and Kidney Failure on Maintenance Hemodialysis: A Report of 2 Cases Kidney Med 6(8)(100856), June 2024.
Glezerman I, Salvatore S, Tap W, Kelly C, Brauer Ornelas CM, Shaikh A.: Pegylated Liposomal Doxorubicin Causes Kidney-limited Thrombotic Microangiopathy. Am J Kidney Dis 83(4): 549-553, April 2024 Notes: DOI,37839689.
Shaikh A.: Immunotherapies and Renal Injury. Curr Opin Toxicol 31, September 2022 Notes: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cotox.2022.100362.
Shaikh A, Zeldis E, Campbell KN, Chan L.: Prolonged SARS-CoV-2 Viral RNA Shedding and IgG Antibody Response to SARS-CoV-2 in Patients on Hemodialysis. Clin J Am Soc Nephrol 16(2): 290-292, February 2021.
Chan L, Fuca N, Zeldis E, Campbell KN, Shaikh A.: Antibody Response to mRNA-1273 SARS-CoV-2 Vaccine in Hemodialysis Patients with and without Prior COVID-19. Clin J Am Soc Nephrol 16(8): 1258-1260, August 2021.
Lam D, Shaikh A.: Real-Life Prescribing of SGLT2 Inhibitors: How to Handle the Other Medications, Including Glucose-Lowering Drugs and Diuretics. Kidney360 2(4): 742-746, February 2021.
Shaikh A, Habermann TM, Fidler ME, Kumar S, Leung N.: Acute renal failure secondary to severe type I cryoglobulinemia following rituximab therapy for Waldenström's macroglobulinemia. Clin Exp Nephrol 12(4): :292-295, August 2008.