Hatim Hassan

Hatim Hassan, MD, PhD is a co-founder and leads the research and development of Oxalo Therapeutics. Dr. Hassan is an Assistant Professor of Medicine at the University of Chicago and board certified in Internal Medicine and Nephrology. He has over 15 years of experience at the forefront of oxalate metabolism and kidney stones research. Specifically, Dr. Hassan is a world-renowned expert on the regulation of intestinal oxalate transport by neurohumoral factors and Oxalobacter formigenes (Of), and its pertinence to the risk of hyperoxaluria, hyperoxalemia, and related calcium oxalate kidney stones. He obtained his M.D. degree from the University of Khartoum Medical School in Sudan and his Ph.D. from the Yale University Investigative Medicine Program.