OUR TEAM

Our team at SKI Vascular Center includes highly trained professionals offering an array of the most technologically advanced procedures for the prevention and treatment of dialysis access-related complications and various vascular diseases. Our providers are board certified interventionalists and possess over 30 years of experience treating dialysis access and a broad spectrum of vascular disorders. Together with our clinical care team, ​our providers ensure patients have the best quality of care and the best experience.

Umar Waheed, MD, FASDIN

Medical Director/Managing Partner, Interventionalist

Dr. Umar Waheed joined Southwest Kidney Institute (SKI) in 2008. He relocated to Phoenix, Arizona from Columbus, Ohio where he received Interventional and Nephrology training at the Ohio State University Medical Center. 

He received his Internal Medicine residency training at Lutheran General Hospital in Chicago, Illinois. He is board certified in Nephrology and Internal Medicine and is also certified by the American Society of Diagnostic and Interventional Nephrology (ASDIN). He has special interest in percutaneous arteriovenous fistula creation techniques and management of lower extremity vein disease.