Stephen Fadem, MD

Stephen Fadem, MD is the medical director of Kidney Associates in Houston, Texas and a leader in the fields of nephrology and disaster readiness. After medical school and moving to Houston, he joined the National Kidney Foundation, where he eventually served as chairman of the medical advisory board; he is currently fulfilling another term as chairman for the foundation serving Texas. While performing his role as staff physician to a large HMO, he set-up a CKD patient education program and developed a website called nephron.com as a public service to the renal community. During Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, he worked with the Baylor Clinic to meet the medical needs of dialysis patients displaced from their homes. He is the editor of three books—one about dialysis and two about kidney disease—, the author of numerous patient articles, and speaker at national meetings.