Primary Job Title Attending Physician Primary Organization Vanderbilt University
Gender Male
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Raymond Hakim, MD, PhD, is currently an Attending Physician at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. Previously, Dr. Hakim served as Chief Medical Officer and Senior Executive Vice-President, Clinical & Scientific Affairs for Fresenius Medical Services, North America until December 2011.
Raymond Hakim started his career as an engineer, and
received his PhD from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in engineering in 1967. In 1972, he was accepted at McGill Medical School, completed his residency in internal medicine at the Royal Victoria Hospital in Montreal, and his Nephrology fellowship at Harvard Medical School and at Brigham and Womens Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts in 1980. From 1980 to 1987, he served on the faculty of Harvard University and was Associated Professor of Medicine and staff at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital.
In 1987, Raymond Hakim served as Professor of Medicine and Director of the Clinical Division of Nephrology at the Vanderbilt University Medical School. He was also the Medical Director of the Vanderbilt Dialysis Unit. In 1995, Dr. Hakim became one of the founders of Renal Care Group, which grew to serve more than 35,000 patients and had the lowest standardized mortality among all dialysis providers. Renal Care Group which later merged with Fresenius Medical Care, North America.
Raymond Hakim has spoken at hundreds of patient and health care professional meetings and has authored more than 160 articles regarding issues in dialysis. He has also contributed chapters to more than 30 medical books. Other Directorships: Dr. Hakim sits on the Public Policy Board of the American Society of Nephrology.
