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Kidney Associates was started in 1980 as Stephen Z. Fadem, M.D., PA. The original offices were in Hermann Professional Building. In 1985 plans were made to develop the first dialysis center, the Houston Kidney Center. This was built by Drs. Fadem and Samir Tuma, a colleague who had left the Baylor faculty to go into clinical practice. By 1988, HKC had started to acquire exclusive managed care contracts and by 1996 had grown to four centers and one of the largest practices in Houston. The dialysis centers were purchased by Total Renal Care, now DaVita.

Meanwhile, the PA continued to grow and Drs. Joey Buquing and Wasae Tabibi joined. The following year Dr. Julie Robeson also joined. A new group was born, Kidney Associates. Since then Han Dang, Dana Mitchell, Ruth Wintz and Emiel Abdulhyaglu have joined.

We continue to grow, but also in depth and character. We have established a very high code of standards to guide us and hopefully be a benchmark for clinical practices around the nation.

The mission of our practice is to provide the highest standards of care and service to our patients, colleagues and payors while providing the best possible place to work.

As we develop newer and better ways to serve our patients, this website will keep you updated. We are creating innovate computer-based tools to help other doctors around the country serve their patients, also.