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The UCLA Polycystic Kidney Disease (PKD) Program is dedicated to providing the highest
quality of patient care, performing cutting-edge research, and educating patients and
healthcare professionals about the latest advances.

UCLA offers comprehensive care for Polycystic Kidney Disease (PKD) for both autosomal
dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD) and autosomal recessive polycystic kidney
disease (ARPKD) through a team approach that includes collaboration among specialists in
nephrology, urology, radiology, transplant, dialysis, hepatology, neurology, cardiology,
dermatology, genetics, OB/GYN, pain, infectious disease, nutrition, social work, patient
advocacy, psychiatry, and pediatrics. UCLA is currently following over 100 ADPKD patients,
10 ARPKD patients, and 10 pediatric PKD patients.

There is a wide array of services that the UCLA PKD Program provides, including kidney
transplant and donation, nephrectomy, hemodialysis, home hemodialysis, peritoneal
dialysis, genetic testing and counseling, aneurysm screening, dietary counseling, and
mental health counseling.

The UCLA PKD Program is committed to ongoing research and clinical studies, including
basic science, applied clinical science, outcomes, and evidence-based research, in the
mission to develop new treatments and cures for polycystic kidney disease. For information
about current clinical trials, please contact PKD@mednet.ucla.edu or 310-954-2692.

For more information on PKD, please visit:

PKD Webinar presented by Dr. Anjay Rastogi, Director of the UCLA PKD Program:
https://youtu.be/f9FLQWydl2Q

Symposium: Frontiers in Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease (ADPKD):
https://www.uclahealth.org/core-kidney/pkd-information

Learn how you can support the PKD Program by visiting giving.ucla.edu/kidney.

Director

Anjay Rastogi, MD, Ph.D

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


Associate Director

Niloofar Nobakht Haghighi, MD

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) 937-8555


Physicians

Ronald Busuttil, MD

Ronald Busuttil, MD

Specialty: Surgery, Transplant

Department Affiliation:Surgery

Hospital Affiliation:Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center

Contact: (310)825-5318


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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


Hugh Gelabert, MD

Hugh Gelabert, MD

Specialty: Vascular Surgery

Contact: 310-206-6294



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


Mohammad Kamgar, MD

Mohammad Kamgar, MD

Director, ESRD | Dialysis 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


MICHEAL LEE MD

Michael Lee, MD

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

Department Affiliation:Medicine

Contact: (310) 825-8811


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


Isidro B. Salusky, MD

Isidro Salusky, MD

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


Specialty: Pediatrics, Nephrology


William M. Suh, MD

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) 825-901

On Twitter @willsuh76


Ora Yadin, MD

Ora Yadin, MD

Professor of Pediatrics

Program Co-Director, Pediatric Nephrology Fellowship Program

Specialty: Pediatrics, Nephrology

Contact: (310) 206-6987


Practice Location


200 UCLA Medical Plaza, Suite 365-B
Los Angeles, CA 90095
(310) 954-2692 Appointments and information
(310) 474-0725 Fax
PKD@mednet.ucla.edu

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