Our Expert Team

Ira Kurtz, MD, FRCP, FASN

Distinguished Professor of Medicine
Chief, Division of Nephrology
Factor Chair
Advanced Research Training
Program Director

Specialty: General Nephrology, Structure-Function Properties of Acid-Base Transporters, Signaling Pathways in Cancer

Contact: 310-206-6741

Anjay Rastogi, MD, PhD

Professor of Clinical Medicine
Clinical Chief of Nephrology
Director, CORE Kidney Program
Director, Nephrology Clinical Research Program
Director, Genetics in Kidney Disease Program
Director, ESRD Program

Specialty: End-Stage Kidney Disease and Home Dialysis, PKD, Fabry, Alport, Genetic Causes of Kidney Disease, Diabetic Kidney Disease, Hypertension, Advanced Kidney Disease, Clinical Research

Contact: 310-954-2692

Lama M Abdelnour, MD

HS Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine

Specialty: General Nephrology, Hypertension, Glomerulonephritis

Contact: 310-481-4228

Sina Emamimoghadam-Tehrani, MD

HS Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine

Specialty: General Nephrology, Chronic Kidney Disease, Hypertension

Contact: 818-271-2400

Ray Reza Goshtaseb, MD

HS Clinical Instructor
Director, CORE Kidney Stone Program

Specialty: Internal Medicine, Medicine, Nephrology

Contact: 310-481-4228

Hamid R. Hajmomenian, MD

HS Clinical Professor of Medicine

Specialty: General Nephrology, Hyperlipidemia

Contact: 310-481-4228

Huma S. Hasnain, MD

HS Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine

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

Contact: 310-517-8578

Michelle Hwang, MD

HS Clinical Instructor

Specialty: General Nephrology, Internal Medicine

Contact: 310-542-6333

Igor Kagan, MD

HS Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine

Specialty: General Nephrology, Chronic Kidney Disease, Acute Kidney Injury, Dialysis, Hypertension, Proteinuria

Contact: 805-418-3500

Mohammad Kamgar, MD

HS Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine
Nephrology Fellowship Program Director

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

Reza Khorsan, MD

HS Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine

Specialty: General Nephrology, Hemodialysis, Hypertension, Kidney Transplantation

Contact: 310-481-4228

Raghu Konanur Venkataram, MD

HS Clinical Instructor

Specialty: Internal Medicine, Medicine, Nephrology

Contact: 818-271-2400

Ying Luu, MD

HS Clinical Instructor

Specialty: General Nephrology

Contact: 213-988-8380

Ramya R. Malchira, MD

HS Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine

Specialty: General Nephrology, Hypertension, Hyperlipidemia

Contact: 661-753-5464

Minhtri K. Nguyen, MD

HS Clinical Professor of Medicine
Director, Consultative Nephrology

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

Contact: 310-206-7662

Susanne B. Nicholas, MD, PhD

Associate Professor of Medicine

Specialty: General Nephrology, Hypertension

Contact: 310-794-9700

Niloofar Nobakht, MD

HS Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine

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

Contact: 310-206-8277

Kristine Sarmosyan, MD

HS Clinical Instructor

Specialty: Medicine, Nephrology Internal Medicine

Contact: 800-825-2631

Carl E. Schulze, MD

HS Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine
Director of Clinical Services

Specialty: General Nephrology, Renal Transplantation

Contact: 310-481-4228

Michael Shye, MD

HS Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine

Specialty: General Nephrology, Hypertension

Contact: 818-843-9020

Harpreet Sidhu, MD

HS Clinical Instructor

Specialty: General Nephrology

Contact: 310-542-6333

James M. Wilson, MD

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

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

Basmah Abdalla, MD

HS Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine

Specialty: General Nephrology, Renal Transplantation

Contact: 310-267-2555

Suphamai (Michael) Bunnapradist, MD, MS

Professor of Clinical Medicine
Director, Renal Transplant Research

Specialty: General Nephrology, Renal Transplantation, Renal Transplant Clinical Research

Contact: 310-267-2555

Gabriel M. Danovitch, MD

Distinguished Professor of Clinical Medicine
Director, Kidney and Kidney/Pancreas Transplantation

Specialty: General Nephrology, Renal Transplantation

Contact: 310-267-2555

Elizabeth Kendrick, MD

HS Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine

Contact: 310-267-2555

Erik L. Lum, MD

HS Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine

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

Contact: 310-267-2555

Phuong-Thu T. Pham, MD

HS Clinical Professor
Director, Outpatient Services of the Kidney Transplant Program

Specialty: General Nephrology, Renal Transplantation

Contact: 310-267-2555

Julie M. Yabu, MD, MS

HS Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine
Director of Transplant Fellowship Program

Specialty: General Nephrology, Kidney Transplantation, Glomerular Disease, Translational Research, Medical Education, Immune Monitoring, Immune-based Therapies

Contact: 310-267-2555

Natasha Abuladze, PhD

Associate Project Scientist

Specialty: Structure Function Properties of Acid-Base Transport Proteins

Contact: 310-206-6741

Ira Kurtz

Distinguished Professor of Medicine
Chief, Division of Nephrology
Factor Chair
Advanced Research Training
Program Director

Specialty: General Nephrology, Structure-Function Properties of Acid-Base Transporters, Signaling Pathways in Cancer

Contact: 310-206-6741

Alexander Pushkin, PhD, DSC

Adjunct Professor of Medicine

Specialty: Structure-Function Properties of Acid-Base Transporters, Signaling Pathways in Cancer

Contact: 310-206-6741

Anjay Rastogi, MD, PhD

Professor of Clinical Medicine
Clinical Chief of Nephrology
Director, CORE Kidney Program
Director, Nephrology Clinical Research Program
Director, Genetics in Kidney Disease Program
Director, ESRD Program

Specialty: End-Stage Kidney Disease and Home Dialysis, PKD, Fabry, Alport, Genetic Causes of Kidney Disease, Diabetic Kidney Disease, Hypertension, Advanced Kidney Disease, Clinical Research

Contact: 310-954-2692

Amy Waterman, PhD

Professor in Residence

Specialty: Living Donor Kidney Transplant Outcomes, Informed Decision-Making, Racial Disparities, Economic and Public Policy Implications of Transplantation

Contact: 310-206-6669