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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
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


Kristine Sarmosyan, MD

BASHMAH A. ABDALLAMD

Ray Reza Goshtaseb, MD

Specialty: Internal Medicine, Medicine, Nephrology

Contact: (310) 481-4228 





Kristine Sarmsoyan, MD 

Specialty: Internal Medicine, Medicine, Nephrology

Contact: 800-825-2631


                   


Basmah Abdalla, MD

HS Assistant Clinical Professor

Specialty: General Nephrology, Renal Transplantation

Contact: (310) 267-2555

                                   

                       


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


Ronald Busuttil, MD

Specialty: Surgery, Transplant

Department Affiliation:Surgery

Hospital Affiliation:Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center

Contact: (310)825-5318


Xavier Cagigas, MD

Xavier Cagigas, MD

Specialty: Psychologist, Clinical Neuropsychologist

Contact: (310) 206-8100


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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

Matthew Dunn, MD
Associate Clinical Professor of Urology, UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine

Specialty: General Adult Urology, Kidney Stone Center

Contact: (310) 794-7700


RESHMA GUPTA, MD, MS

Bethany Durbin, RN, BSN, CPTC, CCTC
Transplant Coordinator II

Specialty: Kidney & Pancreas Transplant

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

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
Contact: (310) 899-7633


Hugh Gelabert, MD

Hugh Gelabert, MD

Specialty: Vascular Surgery

Contact: (310)-206-6294


Richard Glassock, MD, MACP

Clinical Professor of Medicine

Specialty: Medicine, Nephrology

Contact: (949) 388-8885


HANS-GRITSCH, MD

Hans A. Gritsch

Professor of Urology, Surgical Director of Renal Transplantation and Living Kidney Donation

Specialty: Urology, Surgery, Transplant

Department Affiliation:Urology

Languages:Spanish, German

Contact: (310) 794-7700


RESHMA GUPTA, MD, MS

Maria A. Han, MD
Chief Quality Officer, Department of Medicine.
Assistant Professor of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine.
Specialty: Internal Medicine.
Research Interests: Population Health, Quality Improvement, Primary Care, Practice Transformation

Contact: (310) 794 9830


Niloofar Nobakht Haghighi, MD

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

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
Contact: (310) 794-7788

Niloofar Nobakht Haghighi, MD

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, MD

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



MICHEAL LEE MD

Michael Lee, MD

Specialty: Medicine, Cardiology/Cardiovascular Disease, Medicine, Interventional Cardiology

Department Affiliation:Medicine

Contact: (310) 825-8811


Zhaoping Li, MD

Zhaoping Li, MD
Professor of Medicine
Director, Center for Human Nutrition
Chief, Division of Clinical Nutrition

Specialty: Internal Medicine

Contact: (310) 206-1987


Erik L. Lum, MD

Erik L. Lum, MD, FASN

Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine
Medical Director, HLA Incompatible and Desensitization Kidney Transplant Program

Specialty: General Nephrology, Renal Transplantation, Highly Sensitized Transplantation, Living Kidney Donation

Contact: (310) 267-2555


BASHMAH A. ABDALLAMD

Ramya R. Malchira, MD

Specialty: Hospitalist,  Nephrology

Contact: (661) 753-5464


John Moriarty, MD

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: Nephrology

Joe Ephantus Njue

Manager of Peritoneal Dialysis Program

Specialty: Peritoneal Dialysis, Nephrology. 


Nishant Patel, MD

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


Michael Pfeffer, MD

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
Specialty: Medicine, Hospitalist, Internal Medicine
Contact: (310) 319-4698

Phuong-Thu T. Pham, MD

Phuong-Thu T. Pham, MD

Clinical Professor of Medicine
Director, Outpatient Services
Kidney Transplant Program

Specialty: Nephrology, Kidney Transplantation

Languages: French, Vietnamese

Contact: (310)267-2555


Sun M. Yoo, MD, MPH

Bianca  E. Russell, M.D. 

Assistant Clinical Professor

Assistant Program Director, Genetics Training Program

Division of Pediatric Genetics

Department of Pediatrics

Dr. Russell is an Assistant Clinical Professor in the Department of Pediatrics and Division of Genetics. She obtained her medical degree from the University of California, Irvine and completed her combined pediatrics and human genetics residency and metabolic fellowship at the Cincinnati Children’s Hospital.  Dr. Russell sees general genetics patients as well as metabolic patients at UCLA and is involved in the Newborn Screening process and clinical research on disorders caused by genetic changes in the ASXL gene family. 

Specialty: Pediatric Genetics

Contact: (310) 206-6581

Sammy Saab, MD, MPH, AGAF

Sammy Saab, MD, MPH, AGAF, FFASLD, FACG

Professor of Medicine and Surgery

Assistant Professor of Nursing

Head, Outcomes Research in Hepatology

David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA

Specialty: Surgery

Department Affiliation:Medicine

Languages: Spanish

Contact: (310) 206-6705


SAEED SADEGHI MD

Saeed Sadeghi, MD

Specialty: Hematology, Internal Medicine, Medical Oncology

Contact: (310) 829-5471


Isidro B. Salusky, MD

Isidro Salusky, MD

Distinguished Professor of Pediatrics 
Division Chief 
Medical Director, Pediatric Dialysis Program


Specialty: Pediatrics, Nephrology


Carl E. Schulze, MD

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

Practice Location: Santa Monica


Michael Shye, MD

Michael Shye, MD

Specialty: General Nephrology

Contact: (661) 753-5464


Paola A. Suarez, Ph.D.

Specialty: Psychology, Clinical Neuropsychology

Contact: PSuarez@mednet.ucla.edu


William M. Suh, MD

Vijaya Surampudi, MD 

Specialty: Internal Medicine

Contact: (310) 825-7921


Jeffrey L. Veale, MD

Jeffrey L. Veale, MD

Specialty:Urology, Renal Transplantation

Department Affiliation:Urology

Contact: (310) 267-7727


Anthony C. Wang, MD

Anthony C. Wang, M.D.

Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery

Specialty: Neurological Surgery, Pediatric, Cerebrovascular, and Complex Cranial Base Surgeries

Contact: (310) 825-5111


Amy Waterman, MD

Amy Waterman, Ph.D

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 D. Watson, MD, PhD

Andrew Watson, MD, Ph.D

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
Specialty: Pediatrics, Nephrology
Contact: (424) 259-8570


James M. 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


Julie M. Yabu, MD, MS

Specialty: General Nephrology, Renal Transplantation


Ora Yadin, MD

Ora Yadin, MD

Professor of Pediatrics

Program Co-Director, Pediatric Nephrology Fellowship Program

Specialty: Pediatrics, Nephrology

Contact: (310) 206-6987


Michael Yeh, MD

Michael Yeh, MD
Professor and Chief, Section of Endocrine Surgery

Specialty: Surgery

Contact: (310) 267-7838


Sun M. Yoo, MD, MPH

Sun M. Yoo, MD

Specialty: Internal Medicine, Medicine, Hospitalist

Contact: (310) 206-6232


                 


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