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Anjay Rastogi, MD, Ph.D
Professor of Medicine & Clinical Chief of Nephrology
Director, ESRD | Dialysis Program
Director, Nephrology Clinical Research Office
Director, PKD | Fabry | Alport Program
Medical Director, Living Kidney Donor Program
UCLA Medical Centers
Specialty: Dialysis, Polycystic Kidney Disease, Diabetic Kidney Disease, Fabry's Disease, Alport Syndrome, Living Kidney Donors, Clinical Research, General Nephrology
Contact: (310) 954-2692

Niloofar Nobakht, MD, FASN

Director, Clinical Music Program
Director, Kidney & Hypertension Complications Program
Director, Urinary Tract Infection (UTI) Program
Associate Director, Polycystic Kidney Disease (PKD) Program
Assistant Clinical Professor, UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine
Specialty: Hypertension, Diabetic Kidney Disease, Polycystic Kidney Disease, Living Kidney Donors, Chronic Kidney Disease, Kidney Stones, Urinary Tract Infection, Dialysis, Clinical Research, Fabry's Disease, Alport Syndrome
Involvement: Clinical Trials of Diabetes Mellitus, Hypertension and Polycystic Kidney Disease since 2003.

Contact: (310) 954-2692

Mohammad Kamgar, MD

Mohammad Kamgar, MD

Director, Acute Dialysis | ESRD Program
Director, Fellowship Program
Assistant Clinical Professor, UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine

Specialty: General Nephrology, Kidney Transplantation, Hypertension, Chronic Kidney Diseases, Proteinuria, Hematuria, Kidney Stones, Glomerular Diseases, Acute Kidney Injury, Fluid Electrolyte and Acid-Base Disorders

Contact: (310) 206-8277

Ray Reza Goshtaseb, MD

Ray Reza Goshtaseb, MD, FASN

Specialty: Internal Medicine, Medicine, Nephrology

Contact: (310) 481-4228

Kristine Sarmsoyan, MD

Kristine Sarmosyan, MD

Specialty: Internal Medicine, Medicine, Nephrology

Contact: (800) 825-2631

Basmah Abdalla, MD

Basmah A. Abdalla, MD

Specialty: Internal Medicine, Medicine, Nephrology

Contact: (800) 825-2631

BASHMAH A. ABDALLAMD

Rebecca S. Ahdoot, MD

Specialty: Medicine, Nephrology

Contact: (310) 206-7662

Lama Abdelnour, MD

Clinical instructor

Specialty: Nephrology, Hypertension, Glomerulonephritis

Contact: (310)-481-4228

Richard Glassock, MD, MACP

Clinical Professor of Medicine

Specialty: Medicine, Nephrology

Contact: (949) 388-8885

Huma S. Hasnain, MD

Huma S. Hasnain, MD

HS Assistant Clinical Professor

Specialty: General Nephrology, Acute Kidney Injury, Chronic Kidney Disease, Hypertension, Fluid Electrolyte and Acid-Base Abnormalities

Contact: (310) 257-0028

IGOR-KAGAN

Igor Kagan, MD

HS Clinical Instructor
Co-Director General Nephrology Fellowship
Specialty: General Nephrology, Chronic Kidney Disease, Acute Kidney Injury, Dialysis, Hypertension, Proteinuria
Contact: (805) 418-3500

REZA-KHORSAN

Reza Khorsan, MD

Medical Director, In-Center Hemodialysis at Mars Vista DaVita Dialysis Center
HS Assistant Clinical Professor
Nephrology Fellowship Program Director

Specialty: General Nephrology, Hemodialysis, Hypertension, Kidney Transplantation

Contact: (310) 481-4228

RAMYA-MALCHIRA

Ramya R. Malchira, MD

Specialty: Hospitalist, Nephrology

Contact: (661) 753-5464

MINHTRI-NGUYEN

Minhtri K. Nguyen, MD

Clinical Professor of Medicine
Director, Consultative Nephrology

Specialty: General Nephrology, Hypertension, Fluid Electrolyte and Acid-Base Disorders

Contact: (310) 206-7662

ALLEN NISSENSON

Allen R. Nissenson, MD, FACP, FASN, FNKF

Chief Medical Officer and Senior VP, DaVita Kidney Care

Emeritus Professor of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA

Specialty: Nephrology

Joe Ephantus Njue

Joe Ephantus Njue

Manager of Peritoneal Dialysis Program

Specialty: Peritoneal Dialysis, Nephrology 

MICHAEL-SHYE

Michael Shye, MD

Specialty: General Nephrology

Contact: (661) 753-5464

James Wilson, MD

James M. Wilson, MD

HS Associate Clinical Professor
Medical Director, UCLA Stone Center
Director, Surgical Consultative Nephrology

Director, Kidney Health Program

Specialty: General Nephrology, Kidney Stones, Hypertension, Chronic Kidney Disease, Dialysis, Post-organ (liver, heart, pancreas, small bowel, lung) Transplant Kidney Disease, Preventative Nephrology

Contact: (310) 206-8277

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