Dr. Ahmad Oussama Rifai is a Nephrologist based in Panama City, FL, affiliated with several hospitals in the area, including Ascension Sacred Heart Bay, HCA Florida Gulf Coast Hospital, Encompass Health Rehabilitation Hospital of Panama City, and Select Specialty Hospital, Panama City. He is the Vice President of Medical Affairs at The Virtual Nephrologist, INC. He earned his medical degree from the University of Aleppo Faculty of Medicine and completed his postgraduate training, including a nephrology fellowship, at the University of Tennessee. Dr. Rifai is proficient in multiple languages, including Arabic and French.

He specializes in Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD), dialysis, critical care, and hypertension. Dr. Rifai has extensive experience in managing hypertension, chronic kidney disease, dialysis, continuous renal replacement therapy, and congestive heart failure. Additionally, he has contributed to more than 25 publications and has been cited in over 50 instances. His passion is education. He also has special interest in medica ethics.