UChicago Faculty Physician
Zainab Obaidi, MD
Zainab Obaidi, MD
UChicago Faculty Physician
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Specialties
- Nephrology (Kidney Disease)
Locations
- Chicago - Hyde Park
- About
- Specialties & Areas of Expertise
- Locations & Patient Information
- Education & Research
- Accepted Insurance
- External Professional Relationships
Zainab Obaidi, MD, is a clinical nephrologist interested in glomerular diseases (diabetic kidney disease, autoimmune disorders, genetic disorders) and thrombotic microangiopathies (damaged red blood cells in the body). As part of her approach to care, Dr. Obaidi is actively involved in glomerular disease trials and provides specialized care in patients with glomerular diseases and conditions.
She is part of the nephrology team managing the Glomerular Clinic team at the UChicago Medicine River East location. This clinic is designed to comprehensively address the unique challenges posed by glomerulonephritis and related conditions. This multidisciplinary clinic offers patients tailored assessments, evidence-based treatments and compassionate support throughout their patients’ diagnostic journey and treatment trajectory.
The clinic will also serve as a center of research and innovation, fostering collaboration between experts from various medical disciplines to advance understanding of glomerular diseases, to support access to excellence in patient care and clinical research.
In addition to her clinical practice, Dr. Obaidi is dedicated to improving kidney health and awareness in the community and is the faculty lead for the Kidney Club at the University of Chicago.
She is part of the nephrology team managing the Glomerular Clinic team at the UChicago Medicine River East location. This clinic is designed to comprehensively address the unique challenges posed by glomerulonephritis and related conditions. This multidisciplinary clinic offers patients tailored assessments, evidence-based treatments and compassionate support throughout their patients’ diagnostic journey and treatment trajectory.
The clinic will also serve as a center of research and innovation, fostering collaboration between experts from various medical disciplines to advance understanding of glomerular diseases, to support access to excellence in patient care and clinical research.
In addition to her clinical practice, Dr. Obaidi is dedicated to improving kidney health and awareness in the community and is the faculty lead for the Kidney Club at the University of Chicago.
Specialties
Board Certifications
- Internal Medicine
- Nephrology
Languages Spoken
- English
Medical Education
- University of Sharjah, College of Medicine
Internship
- Southern Illinois University School of Medicine
Residency
- Southern Illinois University School of Medicine
Fellowship
- Johns Hopkins Medicine
News & Research
Insurance
- Aetna Better Health *see insurance page
- Aetna HMO (specialists only)
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO
- Aetna POS
- Aetna PPO
- BCBS Blue Precision HMO (specialists only)
- BCBS HMO (HMOI) (specialists only)
- BCBS Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO
- BCBS PPO
- Cigna HMO
- Cigna POS
- Cigna PPO
- CountyCare *see insurance page
- Humana Medicare Advantage Choice PPO
- Humana Medicare Advantage Gold Choice PFFS
- Humana Medicare Advantage Gold Plus HMO
- Medicare
- Multiplan PPO
- PHCS PPO
- United Choice Plus POS/PPO
- United Choice HMO (specialists only)
- United Options (PPO)
- United Select (HMO & EPO) (specialists only)
- United W500 Emergent Wrap
- University of Chicago Health Plan (UCHP)
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Some of our physicians and health professionals collaborate with external pharmaceutical, medical device, or other medical related entities to develop new treatments and products to improve clinical outcomes for patients. In some instances, the physician has ownership interests in the external entity and/or is compensated for advising or speaking about the entity’s products or treatments. These payments may include compensation for consulting and speaking engagements, equity, and/or royalties for products invented by our physicians. To assure objectivity and integrity in patient care, UChicago Medicine requires all physicians and health professionals to report their relationships and financial interests with external entities on an annual basis. This information is used to review relationships and transactions that might give rise to potential financial conflicts of interest, and when considered to be significant a management plan to mitigate any biases is created.
If you are a patient at UChicago Medicine and would like more information about your physician’s external relationships, please talk with your physician. You may also visit the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Open Payments website at https://openpaymentsdata.cms.gov/ . CMS Open Payments is a national disclosure program that promotes a more transparent and accountable health care system. It houses a publicly accessible database of payments that reporting entities, including drug and medical device companies, make to covered recipients like physicians and hospitals.
Information in the CMS Open Payments database could potentially contain inaccurately reported and out of date payment information. All information is open to personal interpretation, if there are questions about the data, patients and their advocates should speak directly to their health care provider for a better understanding.
Some of our physicians and health professionals collaborate with external pharmaceutical, medical device, or other medical related entities to develop new treatments and products to improve clinical outcomes for patients. In some instances, the physician has ownership interests in the external entity and/or is compensated for advising or speaking about the entity’s products or treatments. These payments may include compensation for consulting and speaking engagements, equity, and/or royalties for products invented by our physicians. To assure objectivity and integrity in patient care, UChicago Medicine requires all physicians and health professionals to report their relationships and financial interests with external entities on an annual basis. This information is used to review relationships and transactions that might give rise to potential financial conflicts of interest, and when considered to be significant a management plan to mitigate any biases is created.
If you are a patient at UChicago Medicine and would like more information about your physician’s external relationships, please talk with your physician. You may also visit the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Open Payments website at https://openpaymentsdata.cms.gov/ . CMS Open Payments is a national disclosure program that promotes a more transparent and accountable health care system. It houses a publicly accessible database of payments that reporting entities, including drug and medical device companies, make to covered recipients like physicians and hospitals.
Information in the CMS Open Payments database could potentially contain inaccurately reported and out of date payment information. All information is open to personal interpretation, if there are questions about the data, patients and their advocates should speak directly to their health care provider for a better understanding.