Shakil Aslam, MD

Shakil Aslam, MD is a nephrologist with over 20 years of experience in academia, patient care, basic and clinical research and drug and device safety and development. He joined Talphera from BioCryst Pharmaceuticals where he was the Vice President, Clinical Development, Nephrology and Rare Diseases. Dr. Aslam previously held roles at Angion Biomedica, Fresenius Medical Care and Amgen and was an assistant professor at Georgetown University hospital for eleven years with a focus on acute and chronic kidney disease, hypertension, and other kidney diseases. He has authored over two dozen articles in peer-reviewed journals and several book chapters.