Samira Farouk

Samira Farouk, MD, MS, FASN is a board-certified transplant nephrologist and Associate Professor of Medicine and Medical Education at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai (ISMMS).

Early life and education Farouk is originally from New Jersey. She received multiple scholarships and awards by the time she graduated from Cherry Hill High School East in 2003 as Valedictorian, including the Edward J. Bloustein Scholarship, Robert C. Byrd Scholarship and the NSJIAA athlete award. Farouk then attended Princeton University where she graduated with a B.S.E. in Chemical Engineering and also obtained a certificate in Spanish and Portuguese Language and Culture in 2007. She completed her Nephrology Fellowship and Transplant Fellowship before earning a Master of Science (M.S.) in Clinical Research also at the Icahn School of Medicine. Her dissertation, published in 2019, investigated how T-cell function is regulated by hematopoietic cell kinase in kidney disease.

Career Farouk is currently an Associate Professor of Medicine and Medical Education at ISMMS. She teaches residents, fellows and medical students while serving as associate director of the Nephrology Fellowship Program. In 2018, NephSIM won the American Society of Nephrology Innovations (ASN) in Kidney Education Contest, and in 2020 Farouk was awarded the William and Sandra Bennett Clinical Scholars Grant to implement and study its impact on medical student education.

Farouk is now dedicated to further studying and developing educational tools like NephSIM, and aims to implement them into medical school curricula. Farouk is also a member of the ASN media and communications committee. She is also executive board member and organizer of the annual NephMadness event held by the American Journal of Kidney Diseases. Based on MarchMadness, the initiative uses disciplines in kidney medicine for the brackets, and overall aims to increase education of nephrology. She aims to be a mentor to aspiring clinician educators and to inspire the next generation of physicians to consider careers in nephrology. 2018 Innovation in Education American Society of Nephrology 2018 Excellence in Teaching Housestaff Award Institute of Medical Education 2018 Fellow Recognition Award East Harlem Health Outreach Partnership 2017 Reduce the Overuse Challenge: Quality Improvement Project Grant Mount Sinai High Value Care Committee