Dr. Awais Zaka, MD, FACP

Dr. Awais Zaka, MD, FACP A nephrologist passionate about community health. Hello all! I am Dr. Awais Zaka. I am a nephrologist based in Lahore, Pakistan.

Though nephrology is my passion and practice, I am equally passionate about community health. I am a US-trained internist and nephrologist. In addition, I have worked as a hospitalist and a nephrologist in multiple hospitals across the US. To help elevate the level of patient care in Pakistan, I have developed the Expert Consult Clinic of Lahore. At this multispeciality complex, we practice medici

ne with passion and compassion. Since our institution is still in its infancy, I spend most of my time on its premises. When I am not in the clinic, you will find me at home spending time with the family. And whenever I can disentangle myself from the worries of the world, I take refuge in my library.

Patients with kidney disease have one common question: Can failed kidneys be healed? While this may seem like a simple q...
21/07/2025

Patients with kidney disease have one common question: Can failed kidneys be healed? While this may seem like a simple question, the reality is far from simple.

Kidney disease and its stages are shrouded with complexity and reversal of kidney function is no different.

This video explains three levels of kidney function damage, and how much each can recover.

Chapters

00:00 - Introduction
01:36 - Group 1 - Kidney function improves
07:13 - Group 2 - Kidney function is enough
09:08 - Group 3 - Kidney function worsens
12:18 - Summary

Patients with kidney disease have one common question: Can failed kidneys be healed? While this may seem like a simple question, the reality is far from simp...

Many kidney disease patients believe that a specific diet chart exists for kidney patients, a menu that will solve all t...
18/07/2025

Many kidney disease patients believe that a specific diet chart exists for kidney patients, a menu that will solve all their kidney problems or at least prevent further damage. And many physicians have developed such lists of foods, too.

However, such one-size-fits-all diet charts can actually put patients in more trouble than they already are.

This video explains a new way of viewing your daily diet, explaining why you need to look at your food as more than three meals.

Chapters

00:00 - Introduction
02:44 - New view of diet
05:25 - Three meals a day
11:10 - Kidney-toxic foods
14:46 - Futuristic remarks and summary

Many kidney disease patients believe that a specific diet chart exists for kidney patients, a menu that will solve all their kidney problems or at least prev...

Many patients keep themselves from the benefits of modern kidney disease treatments becuase someone has told them that t...
11/07/2025

Many patients keep themselves from the benefits of modern kidney disease treatments becuase someone has told them that their is no treatment for kidney disease. They avoid seeing a doctor, and resort to a non-certified healer instead, hoping that these hacks would be abel to cure the kidneys.

Far from truth. The lack of kidney disease treatment is a deep-rooted myth that better be busted if are to save our patients from hacks.

This video explains various modern treatment options for kidney disease and also discuss the historical roots fo this myth.

Many patients keep themselves from the benefits of modern kidney disease treatments becuase someone has told them that their is no treatment for kidney disea...

Almost none of my new CKD patients have ever checked their serum iPTH levels. And it does not surprise me when I see tha...
07/07/2025

Almost none of my new CKD patients have ever checked their serum iPTH levels. And it does not surprise me when I see that their kidney disease has not been adequately managed. How can one expect to see careful management when a test as basic as PTH has been blatantly ignored for so long?

Parathryoid hormone is of paramount importance in the diagnosis and managment of kidney disease.

This video explains how PTH and kidney function are intertwined, how your kidney and general health rapidly deteriorate if your nephrologist don't watch out for this horone and balance with care and caution.

Chapters

00:00 - Introduction
01:15 - Background
02:14 - PTH, kidney, and body
03:43 - Symptoms of abnormal PTH
06:07 - Normal PTH level in CKD patients
07:37 - Perils of very low and very high PTH
09:11 - How can you manage PTH
12:01 - Summary and a warning

Almost none of my new CKD patients have ever checked their serum iPTH levels. And it does not surprise me when I see that their kidney disease has not been a...

Many patients in Pakistan erroneously believe that someone else is responsible for their illness. These patients usually...
27/06/2025

Many patients in Pakistan erroneously believe that someone else is responsible for their illness. These patients usually attribute these illnesses to the pharmaceutical industry and doctors. How sad!

In reality, if someone is to blame for their diseases, it is often their own behavior and lifestyle, particularly in their dining rooms and drawing rooms.

This video explains how our health is affected by what we eat and how we can transform these sickness centers into healing centers.

Many patients in Pakistan erroneously believe that someone else is responsible for their illness. These patients usually attribute these illnesses to the pha...

Many of my kidney disease patients lack the family support they need to survive through the early phase of stress and te...
23/06/2025

Many of my kidney disease patients lack the family support they need to survive through the early phase of stress and tension, soon after the diagnosis of kidney disease. Rather than receiving supporting shoulders, these patients find rebuke, rejection, and even hatred for their condition.

This behavior of the family is no less damaging than the kidney disease itself.

This video explains the three main categories of family behavior that summarize the context of our patient support for our patients.

Chapters

00:00 - Introduction
01:02 - Background
02:56 - First damage, family fails to accept the illness
05:36 - Second damage, family opposes the treatment
07:18 - Third and worse damage, too much attention
11:42 - Take home

Many of my kidney disease patients lack the family support they need to survive through the early phase of stress and tension, soon after the diagnosis of ki...

Almost all kidney disease patients move along the same pathway: after getting sick from relentless unhealthy food intake...
09/06/2025

Almost all kidney disease patients move along the same pathway: after getting sick from relentless unhealthy food intake, they try to heal the sickness with herbs and so-called natural products.

Both of these are equally damaging, particularly the way our patients use them.

This video explains how junk food and herbs are damaging our kidneys, but this episode also raises the question about our mysterious behavior, the origin of which remains obscure.

Chapters

00:00 - Introduction
00:53 - Food as medicine
03:27 - Why junk food is bad
08:45 - When herbs become dangerous
13:29 - Serious questions
16:56 - Summary

Almost all kidney disease patients move along the same pathway: after getting sick from relentless unhealthy food intake, they try to heal the sickness with ...

Lately, red meat has been vilified disproportionately. Red meat is a nutrition-rich food and, in some patients, can have...
06/06/2025

Lately, red meat has been vilified disproportionately. Red meat is a nutrition-rich food and, in some patients, can have significant health benefits.

Beef is rich in fat and, most importantly, saturated fat. But it is not the saturated fat that makes red meat a bad food. It is TMAO, a by-product of red meat metabolism in the gut, that leads to atherosclerosis in the blood vessels.

This video explains that red meat is not as bad as you think, and you should indulge yourself on this EID without any regret.

Lately, red meat has been vilified disproportionately. Red meat is a nutrition-rich food and, in some patients, can have significant health benefits. Beef is...

If you or your doctor views kidney diseaes as a solo entitiy, you both are making a big mistake. Kidney disease does not...
02/06/2025

If you or your doctor views kidney diseaes as a solo entitiy, you both are making a big mistake. Kidney disease does not and cannot exist by itself; it affects the whole body cardiovacular health and is affected by the cardiovascular health.

If we kept treating kidney disease as an entity disconnected from the rest of the body, we will be at a great loss. We need to focus on early diagnosis and thorough treatment, prevention and screening. Put it simply, holistic management is the key.

This video explains why viewing kidney disease on the spectrum of CKM syndrome can revolutionize the kidney disease management.

Chapters

00:00 - Introduction
00:52 - Our common case
02:26 - Cardiovascular kidney metabolic syndrome
04:34 - Doctors
05:56 - Healthcare
07:36 - The patient
09:31 - Holistic management
11:09 - Government
12:31 - Summary

If you or your doctor views kidney diseaes as a solo entitiy, you both are making a big mistake. Kidney disease does not and cannot exist by itself; it affec...

All kidney disease patients want to eat watermelon; many of them end up completing this task. Not without risk, however....
26/05/2025

All kidney disease patients want to eat watermelon; many of them end up completing this task. Not without risk, however.

Watermelon and fruits like it are sweet and refreshing, but they carry a load of carbohydrates and potassium, two harmful things for kidney disease patients.

This video explains that kidney disease patients can eat watermelon, but with a particular caution.



All kidney disease patients want to eat watermelon; many of them end up completing this task. Not without risk, however. Watermelon and fruits like it are sw...

Only a few patients in Pakistan ever get to know their creatinine at an early stage, such as Cr of 1.2 or 1.3. Since thi...
23/05/2025

Only a few patients in Pakistan ever get to know their creatinine at an early stage, such as Cr of 1.2 or 1.3. Since this number falls in the normal reference range of most of our labs, patients and their doctors dismiss it as a normal value. But it is not.

Creatinine 1.3 in Pakistan should be considered abnormal unless proven otherwise.

This video explains why creatinine of 1.3 is not normal and what you need to do if you find out your creatinine level to be 1.2 or 1.3.



Only a few patients in Pakistan ever get to know their creatinine at an early stage, such as Cr of 1.2 or 1.3. Since this number falls in the normal referenc...

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