Our Expert Team
Adult Nephrology

Anjay Rastogi, MD, PhD
Professor of Clinical Medicine
Clinical Chief | Nephrology
Director | UCLA Health CORE Kidney Program, ESRD-Dialysis, Nephro-Genetics, and Nephrology Clinical Research Programs
Specialty | Nephrology
Contact: (310) 794-5023 | Email: [email protected] | Facebook: www.facebook.com/COREKidney/

Mrinalini Sarkar, MD
Instructor of Clinical Medicine
Assistant Director | UCLA Health CORE Kidney Program, ESRD-Dialysis, Nephro-Genetics, and Nephrology Clinical Research Programs
Specialty | Nephrology
Contact: (310) 794-5023 | Email: [email protected] | Facebook: www.facebook.com/COREKidney/

Ray Goshtaseb, MD
Clinical Instructor
Director, Kidney Stone Program
Specialty: Internal Medicine, Medicine, Nephrology
Contact: (310) 481-4228

Lama M. Abdelnour, MD
HS Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine
Director, Living Donor Kidney Transplant Program
Specialty: General Nephrology, Hypertension, Glomerulonephritis
Contact: (310) 481-4228

Sina Emami, MD
HS Assistant Clinical Professor Medicine
Specialty: General Nephrology, Chronic Kidney Disease, Hypertension
Contact: (818) 271-2400

Hamid R. Hajmomenian, MD
HS Clinical Professor of Medicine
Specialty: General Nephrology, Hyperlipidemia
Contact: (310) 481-4228

Huma H. Kennedy, MD
HS Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine
Specialty: General Nephrology, Acute Kidney Injury, Chronic Kidney Disease, Hypertension, Fluid Electrolyte and Acid-Base Abnormalities
Contact: (310) 517-8578


Igor Kagan, MD
HS Clinical Professor of Medicine
Specialty: General Nephrology, Chronic Kidney Disease, Acute Kidney Injury, Dialysis, Hypertension, Proteinuria
Contact: (805) 418-3500

Mohammad Kamgar, MD
Director, Acute Dialysis | ESRD Program
Director, Nephrology 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

Reza Khorsan, MD

Raghu Konanur Venkataram, MD
Medical Director, In-Center Hemodialysis at Mars Vista DaVita Dialysis Center
HS Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine
Nephrology Fellowship Program Director
Specialty: General Nephrology, Hemodialysis, Hypertension, Kidney Transplantation
Contact: (310) 481-4228



Minhtri K. Nguyen, MD
Specialty: General Nephrology, Hypertension, Hyperlipidemia
Contact: (661) 753-5464

Susanne B. Nicholas, MD, MPH, PhD
HS Clinical Professor of Medicine
Director, Consultative Nephrology
Specialty: General Nephrology, Hypertension, Fluid Electrolyte and Acid-Base Disorders
Contact: (310) 206-7662

Niloofar Nobakht, MD
HS Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine
Director, Clinical Music and Urinary Tract Infection Programs
Associate Director, Polycystic Kidney Disease (PKD) Program
Specialty: General Nephrology, Acute Kidney Injury, Chronic Kidney Disease, Hypertension, Kidney Stones, Hematuria, Proteinuria, Fluid Electrolyte and Acid-Base Abnormalities
Contact: (310) 206-8277


Harpreet S. Sidhu, MD
HS Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine
Specialty: General Nephrology, Hypertension
Contact: (818) 843-9020
