Dr. Taqui Khaja joined Renal Specialists of Houston in 2024. After receiving his fellowship training in Nephrology from Baylor College of Medicine, he completed a fellowship in Transplantation at Houston Methodist Hospital. Named “Find-A-Top Doc” for Nephrology in 2024, Dr. Khaja is actively involved with the National Kidney Foundation (NKF) and serves as a board member on NKF Serving Texas.
PROFESSIONAL/ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS
- Transplant and clinical nephrologist, Baylor St Luke’s Medical Center and Houston Methodist Hospital, 2024 – current
- Board Member National Kidney Foundation Serving Texas, 2024 - current
- Member, St. Luke’s Woodlands Hospital Medical Executive Committee, Served Jan 2024 tJune 2024
RENAL/TRANSPLANT FELLOWSHIP
- Houston Methodist Hospital Transplant Fellowship, 2021 – 2022
- Baylor College of Medicine, 2019 – 2021
RESIDENCY
- University of Kansas Hospital, 2016 – 2019
DOCTORATE OF OSTEOPATHIC MEDICINE
- Kansas City University of Medicine and Biosciences, 2012 – 2016
BOARD CERTIFICATION
- American Board of Internal Medicine
- American Board of Internal Medicine Diplomate in Nephrology
AREAS OF CLINICAL INTEREST
- Kidney Transplantation
- Chronic Kidney Disease
- Dialysis Management
- Acute Kidney Injury
- Hypertension
HOSPITAL AFFILIATIONS
- CHI Baylor St Luke’s Medical Center
- Cornerstone Hospital
- Encompass
- HCA Houston Healthcare Clear Lake
- HCA Houston Healthcare Pearland
- HCA Houston Healthcare Southeast
- Houston Methodist Baytown
- Houston Methodist Clear Lake
- Houston Methodist Medical Center
- Kindred Bay Area Hospital
- Kindred Clear Lake
- Kindred Medical Center
- Memorial Hermann Pearland Hospital
- Memorial Hermann Southeast Hospital
- PAM Rehabilitation Hospital of Clearlake
- PAM Rehabilitation Hospital of Clearlake North-
- St. Luke’s Patients Medical Center
MEDICAL ASSOCIATIONS
- American Medical Association
- American Society of Nephrology
- National Kidney Foundation
- American Society of Transplantation
AWARDS
- Find-A-Top-Doc for Nephrology January 2024
COMMUNITY OUTREACH
- Volunteer Events for NKF such as the following:
- CKD Awareness, Fall Festival Health Fair at Emancipation Park, October 2024.
Raising the awareness of CKD and discussing common causes of CKD such as HTN and Diabetes with emphasis on early detection and treatment - NKF Walk Houston, November 2024. Raising awareness of CKD in the Houston community.
- CKD Awareness, Fall Festival Health Fair at Emancipation Park, October 2024.
PUBLICATIONS
- Taqui Khaja, Luan Truong, and George Nassar, De NovFibrinogen A Alpha Chain Amyloidosis in a Kidney Transplant Patient: A Case Report and Literature Review. Canadian Journal of Kidney Health and Disease. 2023;10.
- Haikal A, Borba E, Khaja T, Doolittle G, Schmidt P. Nivolumab-induced new-onset seronegative rheumatoid arthritis in a patient with advanced metastatic melanoma: A case report and literature review. Avicenna J Med 2018;8:346
- Taquiuddin Khaja DO, David Bodensteiner MD and Jane Broxterman MD. Hypercalcemia as a Paraneoplastic Syndrome of Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Gallbladder. [Abstract] Kans J Med 2018; 11(Suppl 1):1
- Taqui Khaja DO, Maulin Shah MD. Misleading ANCA Serologies in Glomerulonephritis. [Abstract] AJKD Vol 75. Iss 4, April 2020
- Textbook Chapter: Taquiuddin Khaja MD, MauriciA Alexander AGACNP-BC, and Ahmed A. Awan MD FACP. Evaluation of Kidney Transplant Recipients. Issues in Kidney Disease: Transplant, 2021. Editors: Steven Fadem MD, Bhamidipati Murthy MD. Nova Science Publishers.
