Maha Haddad, M.D.
Director of Pediatric Dialysis
Health Sciences Clinical Professor
To see if Maha Haddad is accepting new patients, or for assistance finding a UC Davis doctor, please call 800-2-UCDAVIS (800-282-3284).
Locations and Contact
Phone: 916-734-3112
Additional Numbers
Physician Referrals
Philosophy of Care
Dr. Haddad is passionate and appreciates the impact of kindey disease on the child's and his/her family. She likes to team up with the patients and their families to treat their child's condition. Dr. Haddad is an experienced pediatric nephrologist who is keen to provide the top quality care in her field to her patients in a supportive environment.
Clinical Interests
Dr. Haddad is a pediatric nephrologist offering care for children with various renal condition such as nephrotic syndrome, hypertension, hematuria, proteinuria,kidney stones, acute kindey injury,chronic kidney disease and kidney transplant. She has clinical interest and expertise in pediatric dialysis and continuous renal replacement therapy.
Division
Pediatric Nephrology and Kidney Transplantation
Center/Program Affiliation
Medical School
M.D., Jordan University of Science and Technology, Irbid, Jordan 1993
Internship
Pediatrics, East Tennessee State University, Chattanooga TN 2003-2004, 2004-2005
Internship
Princess Basma Teaching Hospital, Irbid, Jordan 1993-1994
Residency
Higher Specialization in Pediatrics, Jordan University Hospital, Amman, Jordan 1994-1998
Fellowship
Pediatric Nephrology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas TX 2000-2003
Fellowship
Pediatric Nephrology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas TX 2005-2006
Haddad M, Kale A, Butani L. Intravenous cyclophosphamide induces remission in children with difficult to treat steroid resistant nephrotic syndrome from minimal change disease. BMC Nephrol. 2021 Nov 29;22:395. doi:10.1186/s12882-021-02605-6.
Onder AM, Flynn JT, Billings AA, Deng F, DeFreitas M, Katsoufis C, Grinsell MM, Patterson L, Jetton J, Fathallah-Shaykh S, Ranch D, Aviles D, Copelovitch L, Ellis E, Chadha V, Elmaghrabi A, Lin JJ, Butani L, Haddad M, Marsenic O, Brakeman P, Quigley R, Shin HS, Garro R, Liu H, Rahimikollu J, Raina R, Langman CB, Wood E; Midwest Pediatric Nephrology Consortium. Predictors of time to first cannulation for arteriovenous fistula in pediatric hemodialysis patients: Midwest Pediatric Nephrology Consortium study. Pediatr Nephrol. 2020 Feb;35(2):287-295. doi:10.1007/s00467-019-04396-3. Epub 2019 Nov 6. PMID:31696356.
Onder AM, Flynn JT, Billings AA, Deng F, DeFreitas M, Katsoufis C, Grinsell MM, Patterson LT, Jetton J, Fathallah-Shaykh S, Ranch D, Aviles D, Copelovitch L, Ellis E, Chanda V, Elmaghrabi A, Lin JJ, Butani L, Haddad M, Couloures OM, Brakeman P, Quigley R, Stella Shin H, Garro R, Liu H, Rahimikollu J, Raina R, Langman CB, Wood EG; Midwest Pediatric Nephrology Consortium. Predictors of patency for arteriovenous fistulae and grafts in pediatric hemodialysis patients. Pediatr Nephrol. 2019 Feb;34(2):329-339. doi:10.1007/s00467-018-4082-4. Epub 2018 Sep 27. Erratum in: Pediatr Nephrol. 2019 Jan 25;: PMID:30264215.
Haddad M, Winnicki E. Transition for Care for Adolescent Kidney Transplant Recipients. Ann Pediatr Child Health. 2013;2(1):1008.
Spielvogel RM, Haddad M. A 5- year old asymptomatic boy with an elevated serum creatinine level. J Pedoatr. 2012 Dec 1;161(6):1179. doi:10.1016/j.jpeds.2012.06.005.
Haddad M, Lau K, Butani L. Idiopathic Hypercalciuria in Children. Salud (i) Ciencia, the Official Journal of the Iberoamerican Scientific Society. 2007:1-13.
Haddad M, Lau K, Butani L. Remission of membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis type I with the use of tacrolimus. Pediatr Nephrol. 2007 Oct;22(10):1787-91. Epub 2007 Jul 3.
Lau K, Haddad M, Butani L. New Strategies in the Management of Children and Adolescents with Proliferative Lupus Nephritis. Current Rheumatology Reviews. 2007;3:280-286.
Lau KK, Haddad MN, Berg GM, Perez RV, Butani L. Rapid steroid discontinuation for pediatric renal transplantation: a single center experience. Pediatr Transplant. 2007 Aug;11(5):504-10. doi:10.1111/j.1399-3046.2007.00713.x. PMID:17631018.
Lau KK, Yang SP, Haddad MN, Butani L, Makker SP. Mitochondrial encephalopathy with lactic acidosis and stroke-like episodes syndrome with hypothyroidism and focal segmental glomerulosclerosis in a paediatric patient. Int Urol Nephrol. 2007;39(3):941-6. doi:10.1007/s11255-006-9172-8. Epub 2007 Feb 10. PMID:17294289.