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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.

Kidney Associates continues to grow, but also in depth and character. We are currently establishing a very high code of standards. This code will guide us and hopefully will become a benchmark for clinical practices around the nation. We also just set up a highly sophisticated computer system with electronic medical records to allow for portability of medical information, improving the quality and service we can provide to our patients. Patients can download forms and fax them back, saving time.

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.