Aris Q. Urbanes

Aris Q. Urbanes, M.D., joined Wayne Health as medical director of Quality and Patient Safety in September 2018, when the organization was known as Wayne State University Physician Group. He was promoted to chief medical officer in January 2020, responsible for overseeing all aspects of clinical care delivery by Wayne Health.

Dr. Urbanes is a board-certified internal medicine and nephrology physician who also holds a board certification from the American Society of Diagnostic and Interventional Nephrology, Hemodialysis Vascular Access.

He previously served as associate program director of Internal Medicine at Providence Hospital in Southfield, Mich., where he also served as chief of Nephrology.

Dr. Urbanes has held a number of national professional offices, including past president and executive committee member of the American Society of Diagnostic and Interventional Nephrology; director-at-large and board member of the Vascular Access Society of the Americas; member of the Kidney Health Initiative/National Kidney Foundation Committee on Clinical Endpoints in Dialysis Access Trials; and member of the Vascular Access Committee of the National Kidney Foundation/Kidney Disease Outcomes Quality Initiative.

He is a fellow of the American Society of Nephrology and the American Society of Diagnostic and Interventional Nephrology and was named Teacher of the Year four times for outstanding student and resident education at Providence Hospital.

Dr. Urbanes is widely published in prestigious, peer-reviewed publications, including the Journal of the American Society of Nephrology, Journal of Vascular Access and Hemodialysis International. He is also a frequent, invited presenter at national scientific and clinical meetings of the American Society of Nephrology, National Kidney Foundation, American Society of Diagnostic and Interventional Nephrology and Hemodialysis Symposiums. In addition, he has been an invited speaker on clinical topics at international meetings in Columbia, Spain, Malaysia, China, India, Turkey, New Zealand and Dubai.

Dr. Urbanes earned his Doctor of Medicine at the University of the Philippines School of Medicine and a Bachelor of Science in Zoology at the University of the Philippines. He completed post-graduate training in internal medicine at the University of the Philippines and Wayne State University, and in Nephrology at the University of Michigan.