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Niloofar Nobakht, MD, FASN
HS Assistant Clinical Professor
Director, Clinical Music Program
Director, Kidney & Hypertension Complications Program
Director, Urinary Tract Infection (UTI) Program
Associate Director, Polycystic Kidney Disease (PKD) Program
Mohammad Kamgar, MD, FASN
HS Assistant Clinical Professor
Director, Acute Dialysis | ESRD Program
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
Basmah Abdalla, MD
HS Assistant Clinical Professor
Specialty: General Nephrology, Renal Transplantation
Contact: (310) 267-2555
Lama Matni Abdelnour, MD
Clinical Instructor
Specialty: Nephrology, Hypertension, Glomerulonephritis
Contact: (310) 206-6741
Ronald Busuttil, MD
Chair of the Department of Surgery
Specialty: Surgery, Transplant
Contact: (310) 825-5318
Gabriel M. Danovitch, MD
John J. Kuiper Chair of Nephrology and Renal Transplantation
Distinguished Professor of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Medical Director, Kidney and Pancreas Transplant Program, Ronald Reagan Medical Center at UCLA
Specialty: General Nephrology, Renal Transplantation
Contact: (310) 267-2555
Matthew Dunn, MD
Associate Clinical Professor of Urology
Specialty: General Adult Urology, Kidney Stone Center
Contact: (310) 794-7700
Research Interests: Researching frailty in the setting of kidney transplant candidacy
Contact: (310) 267-6905
Eric Esrailian, MD, MPH
Clinical Professor of Medicine
Co-Chief, Vatche and Tamar Manoukian Division of Digestive Diseases
Director, Melvin and Bren Simon Digestive Diseases Center
Lincy Foundation Chair in Clinical Gastroenterology
Specialty: Medicine, Gastroenterology
Contact: (310) 206-0517
Matthew J. Freeby, MD
Director, Gonda Diabetes Center
Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine
Associate Director of Diabetes Clinical Programs
Specialty: Medicine, Endocrinology - Diabetes and Metabolism
Richard Glassock, MD, MACP
Clinical Professor of Medicine
Specialty: Medicine, Nephrology
Contact: (949) 388-8885
Hans A. Gritsch, MD
Professor of Urology
Surgical Director of Renal Transplantation and Living Kidney Donation
Specialty: Urology, Surgery, Transplant
Languages: Spanish, German
Contact: (310) 794-7700
Contact: (310) 206-8277
Contact: (310) 794 9830
Ramy Hanna, MD, FASN, FACP
Fellow of the American Society of Nephrology (FASN)
Specialty: Nephrology & Hypertension
Research Interests: Glomerulonephritis, podocytopathies (especially involving vascular endothelial growth factor-VEGF signaling and derangement), atypical hemolytic uremic syndrome/thrombotic micro-angiopathy, hyponatremia management and theoretical modeling, medical informatics and quality improvement of systems based on improved networking, communication, and electronic medical record (EMR) optimization.
Contact: (310) 517-8578
Huma 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
Oscar J. Hines, MD
Chief of the Division of General Surgery
Director of the UCLA Agi Hirshberg Center for Pancreatic Disease
Vice Chair of Administration for the Department of Surgery
Director of the American Board of Surgery
Specialty: Surgery
Igor Kagan, MD
HS Clinical Instructor
Co-Director General Nephrology Fellowship
Specialty: General Nephrology, Chronic Kidney Disease, Acute Kidney Injury, Dialysis, Hypertension, Proteinuria
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) 481-4242
Specialty: Medicine, Cardiology/Cardiovascular Disease, Medicine, Interventional Cardiology
Department Affiliation: Medicine
Contact: (310) 825-8811
Zhaoping Li, MD
Professor of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Director, Center for Human Nutrition
Chief, Division of Clinical Nutrition
Specialty: Internal Medicine
Contact: (310) 206-1987
Erik L. Lum, MD, FASN
Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine
Medical Director, HLA Incompatible and Desensitization Kidney Transplant Program
Contact: (310) 267-2555
Ramya R. Malchira, MD
HS Assistant Clinical Professor
Specialty: Hospitalist, Nephrology, Hypertension, Hyperlipidemia
Contact: (661) 753-5464
John Moriarty, MD
Associate Professor of Radiology & Medicine (Cardiology)
Director of UCLA IVC Filter CLinic
Director of Cardiology-IR Innovation
Co-Director of Vascular Ultrasound
Specialty: Surgery, Diagnostic Cardiovascular Imaging, Interventional Radiology
Contact: (310) 267-7838
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, 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: Peritoneal Dialysis, Nephrology
Nishant Patel, MD
Assistant Professor, Endurology & Stone Disease
Specialty: Benign Prostatic Hypertrophy, Bladder Stone, Kidney Stone, Robotic Surgery-Kidney, Ureteral Stone
Contact: (310) 794-7700
John D. Peipert, PhD
Associate Director & Principle Statistician
Transplant Research and Education Center (TREC team)
Contact: (424) 372-7194
Michael A. Pfeffer, MD, FACP
Assistant Vice Chancellor and Chief Information Officer, UCLA Health Sciences
Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Phuong-Thu T. Pham, MD
Clinical Professor of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Director, Outpatient Services
Kidney Transplant Program
Specialty: Nephrology, Kidney Transplantation
Languages: French, Vietnamese
Contact: (310)267-2555
Bianca E. Russell, MD
Assistant Clinical Professor, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Assistant Program Director, Genetics Training Program
Division of Pediatric Genetics
Department of Pediatrics
Specialty: Pediatric Genetics
Contact: (310) 206-6581
Sammy Saab, MD, MPH, AGAF, FFASLD, FACG
Professor of Medicine and Surgery, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Assistant Professor of Nursing
Head, Outcomes Research in Hepatology
Specialty: Surgery
Languages: Spanish
Contact: (310) 206-6705
Specialty: Hematology, Internal Medicine, Medical Oncology
Contact: (310) 829-5471
Isidro Salusky, MD
Distinguished Professor of Pediatrics
Division Chief
Medical Director, Pediatric Dialysis Program
Specialty: Pediatrics, Nephrology
Carl E. Schulze, MD, FACP
HS Assistant Clinical Professor
Director of Nephrology - Plasmapheresis Services
Specialty: General Nephrology, Renal Transplantation, Glomerulonephritis, Autoimmune Kidney Disease, Renal Angiomyolipomas, Kidney Stones, Plasmapheresis, High Altitude Medicine
Research: Renal transplant, Glomerulonephritis, and Autoimmune Kidney Disease
Contact: (310) 481-4228
Umut Selamet, MD, FASN
Director of Onco-Nephrology Program
Clinical Instructor, General Nephrology
Specialty: Onco-Nephrology, General Nephrology
Contact: (310) 517-8578
Specialty: Psychology, Clinical Neuropsychology
Contact: PSuarez@mednet.ucla.edu
William Suh, MD, FSCAI
Associate Clinical Professor, Department of Medicine
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Specialty: Cardiology / Cardiovascular Disease, and Interventional Cardiology
Contact: (310) 825-9011
Anthony C. Wang, MD
Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery
Specialty: Neurological Surgery, Pediatric, Cerebrovascular, and Complex Cranial Base Surgeries
Contact: (310) 825-5111
Amy Waterman, PhD
Professor in Residence, UCLA Nephrology
Deputy Director, Transplant Research and Education Center (TREC), Terasaki Research Institute
Quality Consultant, UCLA Kidney Transplant Center
Specialty: Living Donor Kidney Transplant Outcomes, Informed Decision-Making, Racial Disparities, Economic and Public Policy Implications of Transplantation
Contact: (424) 901-0408
Andrew Watson, MD, PhD
Associate Professor of Medicine/Cardiology
Specialty: General Cardiology, Nuclear Cardiology, Nuclear Stress Testing, Cardiac Rehabilitation, Congestive Heart Failure, Heart valve disease
Contact: (310) 825-9011
Patricia Weng, MD
Assistant Clinical Professor of Pediatrics - Nephrology
Medical Director, Pediatric Kidney Transplant Program
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
HS Associate Clinical Professor
Specialty: General Nephrology, Kidney Transplantation, Glomerular Disease, Translational Research, Medical Education, Immune Monitoring, Immune-based Therapies
Ora Yadin, MD
Professor of Pediatrics
Program Co-Director, Pediatric Nephrology Fellowship Program
Specialty: Pediatrics, Nephrology
Contact: (310) 206-6987
Michael Yeh, MD
Professor and Chief, Section of Endocrine Surgery
Specialty: Surgery
Contact: (310) 267-7838
