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Ahmad Bilal Malik, MBBS

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Ahmad Bilal Malik, MBBS

Medical Director, Onconephrology Clinic, UW Medicine
Clinical Professor of Medicine, Division of Nephrology; Professor of Internal Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine

Specialty:

Nephrology

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“I try to be a good steward of the specialty I practice. To me, this means evaluating each patient in a holistic manner, including not only the medical and scientific aspects of their disease process, but also their lived experiences, values, concerns and belief systems.”

— Dr. Malik

What do you value about your work?

Nephrology requires an in-depth review of pathological processes that affect multiple bodily systems at the same time. The breadth of the specialty and advances in treatment avenues continually remind me why I became a physician.

Often the patients I see are coping not only with cancer but also with kidney disease and other complications, either as a direct consequence of cancer or its treatment. Clinical experience and a keen interest in understanding the mechanisms behind cancer-associated kidney disease has uniquely prepared me to partner with my hematology-oncology colleagues in providing high-quality care in a multidisciplinary setting.

Do you have any interesting stories to share?

A lovely grandmother taught me about the value of a life well lived. She felt contentment in the years spent with her adoring family and had a strength of character that gave her the ability to seamlessly choose a palliative pathway when an aggressive approach to ongoing treatment might have been reflexively chosen. She had progressed into end-stage kidney disease, and with a clear mind and intent, despite some disagreement from her family and my plans of initiating treatment with dialysis, she preferred quality of life over quantity. She was so at peace with her decision that I just could not muster any counter to her dismissal of dialysis. I often remember my interactions with her and sometimes wonder if I would have the same courage in a similiar setting.

Provider Background

Area of Clinical Practice
General nephrology, onconephrology

I am a board certified physician who sees patients at the Sloan Clinic and Kidney Care & Transplantation Services at Fred Hutch at UW Medical Center - Montlake.

Diseases Treated

Kidney diseases in benign and malignant hematologic conditions and solid organ cancers.

Languages

English
Punjabi
Urdu

Education, Experience and Certifications

Undergraduate Degree
University of the Punjab

Medical Degree
MBBS, King Edward Medical College; MS, Graduate School of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences

Residency
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Internal Medicine

Fellowship
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Geriatric Medicine; Nephrology

Board Certification
Diplomate, American Board of Internal Medicine, 2001, 2011, 2021; Certificate of Added Qualifications, Geriatrics, 2002; Diplomate, American Board of Internal Medicine, Nephrology, 2008, 2018

Awards

Teacher of the Year, 2023–2024, UW School of Medicine
Awarded by UW Nephrology Fellows, Classes of 2024 and 2025

Top Vote Getter for Best Doctors 2010 in Nephrology in the State of Arkansas
Arkansas Times Magazine

Faculty of the Year, 2006–2007, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
For excellence in teaching, Division of Nephrology

Certificate of Appreciation, Delivering the Highest Quality of Clinical Care to Veterans
Awarded by the Chief of Staff, John L. McClellan Veterans Hospital

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