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Ahmed Awad

Class of 1984

After his graduation from Donnelly’s English as a Second Language program, Ahmed Awad earned his osteopathic medicine degree in 1994 from the Kansas City University of Medicine & Biosciences. He went on to complete an Internal Medicine residency and Nephrology fellowship at the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine. Dr. Awad has a special interest in the various reasons for the progression of kidney disease and its effect on cardiac disease.  He has co-authored several medical publications and directed several clinical research trials.

“My Donnelly professors helped me to learn English and to become familiar with American culture through the various gatherings they arranged. The friendships that I formed are some of my fondest Donnelly memories.”

Ahmed Awad was inducted in 2017.