Nabil Melhem

Consultant paediatric nephrologist

Area of expertise: Children’s kidney problems, chronic kidney disease

Languages spoken: English and Arabic

Biography

Dr Nabil Melhem is a consultant children's kidney specialist (nephrologist).

Nabil studied medicine at The University of Nottingham, after which he started his paediatric training in London. He began his paediatric nephrology training in 2016 as a specialist registrar at Evelina London and Great Ormond Street Hospital. He was appointed as consultant at Evelina London in 2018.

Nabil’s sub-speciality interests includes chronic kidney disease, glomerular disease and tubular disease.

Further information

Acute Kidney Injury in Critically Ill Children Is Not all Acute: Lessons Over the Last 5 Years. Erin Hessey 1, Nabil Melhem, Rashid Alobaidi, Emma Ulrich, Catherine Morgan, Sean M. Bagshaw and Manish D. Sinha. Front. Paediatr. 2021 Mar 15;9:648587.

Acute kidney injury in children with chronic kidney disease is associated with faster decline in kidney function. Nabil Melhem, Pernille Rasmussen, Triona Joyce, Joanna Clothier, Christopher J D Reid, Caroline Booth, Manish D Sinha. Pediatr Nephrol. 2020 Oct 27. doi: 10.1007/s00467-020-04777-z. Online ahead of print.

Vitamin and trace element concentrations in infants and children with chronic kidney disease. Joyce T, Rasmussen P, Melhem N, Clothier J, Booth C, Sinha MD. Pediatr Nephrol. 2020 Aug;35(8):1463-1470.

The Incidence of Paediatric Acute Kidney Injury Identified Using an AKI E-Alert Algorithm in Six English Hospitals. Bhojani S, Stojanovic J, Melhem N, Maxwell H, Houtman P, Hall A, Singh C, Hayes W, Lennon R, Sinha MD, Milford DV; British Association for Paediatric Nephrology. Front Pediatr. 2020 Feb 11;8:29.

Improved blood pressure and left ventricular remodelling in children on chronic intermittent haemodialysis: a longitudinal study. Melhem N, Savis A, Wheatley A, Copeman H, Willmott K, Reid CJD, Simpson J, Sinha MD. Pediatr Nephrol. 2019 Oct; 34(10):1811-1820.

Renal disease in pregnancy: Fetal, neonatal and long-term outcomes. Haseler E, Melhem N, Sinha MD. Best Pract Res Clin Obstet Gynaecol. 2019 May;57:60-76.

Chronic kidney disease following twin-to-twin transfusion syndrome-long-term outcomes. Melhem NZ, Ledermann S, Rees L. Pediatr Nephrol. 2019 May;34(5):883-888.

Intensified home haemodialysis for managing severe cardiac failure. Nabil Z. Melhem, Pallavi Yadav, Lynsey Stronach, Daljit K. Hothi. Pediatric Nephrology (March 2015) 30:533–536.

An acutely swollen leg. Posner C, Owen M, Melhem N, et al. Clin Med. 2010 Oct; 10(5):484-6. Pubmed ID: 21117384.

Unusual case of two synchronous intracavitary primary cardiac tumors. Jutley RS1, Melhem N, Skinner H, Richens D. Ann Thorac Surg. 2008 Mar;85(3):1086-7. Pubmed ID: 18291207.

Toxin-produced Purkinje cell death: a model for neural stem cell transplantation studies. Lu HX, Levis H, Melhem N, Parker T. Brain Research: 2008 May 1;1207:207-13. Pubmed ID: 18374311.