Alissar El Chediak, M.D.

Internal Medicine - Nephrology
Kidney Transplant
Dual Organ Transplant

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Biography

Alissar El Chediak, M.D., is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Internal Medicine at UT Southwestern Medical Center. She specializes in transplant nephrology, especially kidney, dual organ, and pancreas transplants.

Dr. El Chediak earned her medical degree at the American University of Beirut, where she also completed her internal medicine residency. In addition, she gained advanced training through fellowships in nephrology and transplantation at Vanderbilt University Medical Center.

She joined the UT Southwestern faculty in 2023.

Dr. El Chediak’s clinical interests include incompatible-blood-type kidney transplants and simultaneous kidney and pancreas transplants.

She has published several peer-reviewed academic articles, abstracts, and case reports related to her areas of expertise.

She is a member of the American Society of Transplantation and its Kidney Pancreas Community of Practice.

Personal Note

When she’s not at work, Dr. El Chediak enjoys functional strength training, traveling, and shopping.

Education & Training

Fellowship - Vanderbilt University Medical Center (2022-2023), Transplant Nephrology
Fellowship - Vanderbilt University Medical Center (2020-2022), Nephrology
Residency - American University of Beirut, Lebanon (2017-2020), Internal Medicine
Medical School - American University of Beirut Faculty of Medicine, Lebanon (2012-2016)

Professional Associations & Affiliations

American Society of Transplantation

Books & Publications

Publications
- Disseminated Nocardiosis in Kidney Transplant Recipients: A Report of 2 Cases.
  El Chediak A, Triozzi JL, Schaefer H, Shawar S, Kidney medicine 2022 Dec 4 12 100551
- Role of Ultrastructural Study in the Diagnosis of Medical Renal Diseases: A Tertiary Medical Center Experience and Review of the Literature.
  El Chediak A, Tawil A, Farroukh L, Farhat H, Kassouf HK, Saudi journal of kidney diseases and transplantation : an official publication of the Saudi Center for Organ Transplantation, Saudi Arabia 2022 Sep 33 5 603-607
- Monoclonal antibody treatment for COVID-19 in solid organ transplant recipients.
  Sarrell BA, Bloch K, El Chediak A, Kumm K, Tracy K, Forbes RC, Langone A, Thomas L, Schlendorf K, Trindade AJ, Perri R, Wright P, Concepcion BP, Transplant infectious disease : an official journal of the Transplantation Society 2022 Feb 24 1 e13759
- Genitourinary Interventions in Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease: Clinical Recommendations for Urologic and Transplant Surgeons.
  El Chediak A, Degheili JA, Khauli RB, Experimental and clinical transplantation : official journal of the Middle East Society for Organ Transplantation 2021 Feb 19 2 95-103
- Bile cast nephropathy: when the kidneys turn yellow
  Alissar El Chediak, Khaled Janom, Sahar H. Koubar Renal Replacement Therapy 2020
- Severe ketoacidosis in a patient with spinal muscular atrophy.
  Lakkis B, El Chediak A, Hashash JG, Koubar SH, CEN case reports 2018 Nov 7 2 292-295
- SuPAR, an emerging biomarker in kidney and inflammatory diseases.
  Hamie L, Daoud G, Nemer G, Nammour T, El Chediak A, Uthman IW, Kibbi AG, Eid A, Kurban M, Postgraduate medical journal 2018 Sep 94 1115 517-524
- Primary synovial sarcoma of the kidney: a case report of complete pathological response at a Lebanese tertiary care center.
  El Chediak A, Mukherji D, Temraz S, Nassif S, Sinno S, Mahfouz R, Shamseddine A, BMC urology 2018 May 18 1 40
- Increase in spleen volume as a predictor of oxaliplatin toxicity.
  El Chediak A, Haydar AA, Hakim A, Massih SA, Hilal L, Mukherji D, Temraz S, Shamseddine A, Therapeutics and clinical risk management 2018 14 653-657
- Optimizing tumor immune response through combination of radiation and immunotherapy.
  El Chediak A, Shamseddine A, Bodgi L, Obeid JP, Geara F, Zeidan YH, Medical oncology (Northwood, London, England) 2017 Aug 34 9 165
- Pancreaticoduodenal Artery Aneurysm Associated with Celiac Trunk Stenosis: Case Illustration and Literature Review.
  Degheili JA, El Chediak A, Dergham MYR, Al-Kutoubi A, Hallal AH, Case reports in radiology 2017 2017 6989673
- Younger age is an independent predictor of worse prognosis among Lebanese nonmetastatic breast cancer patients: analysis of a prospective cohort.
  El Chediak A, Alameddine RS, Hakim A, Hilal L, Abdel Massih S, Hamieh L, Mukherji D, Temraz S, Charafeddine M, Shamseddine A, Breast cancer (Dove Medical Press) 2017 9 407-414

Clinical Focus

Kidney Transplant
Dual Organ Transplant
Pancreas Transplant