Kidney & Hypertension - Nephrology

Josephine D. Abraham, MD, MPH, FASN

Josephine Abraham MD, MPH is a nephrologist at the University of Utah School of Medicine. In 1981, she began her undergraduate and medical training at the University of Madras, India which she completed in 1987. After training briefly in the United Kingdom and completing a Masters in Public Health at the University of Utah, she went on to finish h... Read More

Adhish Agarwal, MD

Adhish Agarwal, MD, is a Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine in the Department of Medicine, Division of Nephrology and Hypertension.Dr. Agarwal completed his medical school in India at the University of Delhi (MAMC), and then completed Internship and Residency training in Internal Medicine from Nassau University Medical Center in New York. Aft... Read More

Laith F. Al-Rabadi, MD

Dr. Al-Rabadi finished his undergraduate and medical training at Jordan University of Science and Technology in 2007. Afterwards, he joined Edelman lab at Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology to study endothelial dysfunction in uremic milieu. Dr. Al-Rabdi finished his Internal Medicine training at University of Iowa in 2013 then ... Read More

Marcellus S. Assiago, MD

Marcellus Assiago MD went to Moi University Medical School, Eldoret Kenya. His Internal Medicine training was at Lehigh Valley Hospital and Health Network, Allentown, Pennsylvania from 2003 to 2006. He completed his fellowship training in 2008 at Tufts Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, specializing in Nephrology and Hypertension. Upon comple... Read More

Srinivasan Beddhu, MD

Srinivasan Beddhu, MD is a tenured Professor of Medicine at the University of Utah School of Medicine. He is Board Certified in Internal Medicine and Nephrology. Dr. Beddhu received his medical degree from Stanley Medical College, Chennai, India. He completed his internal medicine residency at St. Mary’s Hospital, Rochester, NY and nephrology fello... Read More

Terrence S. Bjordahl, MD

Terrence Bjordahl MD is an assistant professor in the Department of Medicine, Division of Nephrology and Dialysis/Wasatch Kidney Specialists. As a nephrologist his clinical interests are in dialysis care, renal transplant care, difficult to treat high blood pressure, electrolyte disorders, chronic kidney disease, and glomerular diseases. Dr. Bjord... Read More

Yaw A. Boateng, MD, PhD, MBChB

Dr. Yaw A. Boateng, MD, PhD is Board certified in Nephrology and Internal Medicine. His practice includes general nephrology, ICU nephrology; all dialysis modalities- hemodialysis, peritoneal dialysis and home dialysis; electrolyte abnormalities and hypertension.Dr. Boateng obtained his medical degree from the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science & ... Read More

Alfred K. Cheung, MD

Alfred K. Cheung, M.D. is a Professor of Medicine, Chief of Division of Nephrology & Hypertension and Executive Director of the Dialysis Program at the University of Utah Hospital & Clinics. As a nephrologist, he manages a variety of kidney diseases, with particular interests in chronic kidney disease, hypertension and chronic dialysis. H... Read More

Monique E. Cho, MD

Edith DeLapp, RD

I. Scott Eppich, MD

Dr. Eppich received his M.D. degree from the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences in Bethesda, MD in 1991. He received training in internal medicine at Wilford Hall Medical Center on Lackland AFB in San Antonio, TX from 1991-1994. He continued with a nephrology fellowship also at WIlford Hall Medical Center in San Antonio, TX from... Read More

Nasimul Ghani, MD

Finished Medical school from Chittagong Medical College . 1984. Chittagong . Bangladesh . Completed Postgraduate certification from UK in Int Med MRCP .1992 Worked in Saudi. Arabia as Med specialist for 1 1/2 yr. Residency from St Barnabas Healthcare system , NJ..1997 Completed Nephrology fellowship from New York Med college NY.1999 Worked as Med ... Read More

Martin C. Gregory, MD, PhD

Martin Gregory, MD, PhD is a Clinical Professor of Medicine at the University of Utah School of Medicine. As a nephrologist, his clinical interests include general nephrology and hereditary renal diseases. Dr. Gregory received his BM, BCh and DPhil Degrees (MD, PhD equivalents) from Oxford University. He received training in medicine and nephrology... Read More

Arsalan N. Habib, MD

Arsalan N. Habib, MD is an Assistant Professor of Medicine at the University of Utah School of Medicine. Dr. Habib received his Bachelor of Science from Georgetown University in 1994 and then his M.D. from the University of Utah School of Medicine in 2000. He received residency training in Internal Medicine at the University of Utah School of Medic... Read More

Isaac E. Hall, MD, MS

Dr. Isaac E. Hall joined the University of Utah Kidney Transplant Program after several years at Yale University, where he completed residency and fellowship training in Internal Medicine and Nephrology and received additional specialized training and faculty experience as a transplant nephrologist. Dr. Hall’s primary clinical interests involve all... Read More

Ramon Hernandez, APRN

Patricia G. Hogan, APRN

Bruce L. Horowitz, MD

Bruce Horowitz MD, FASN is a Professor, at the University of Utah School of Medicine. After obtaining his MD from Hahnemann University School of Medicine in Philadelphia in 1991, he completed internship and residency in Internal Medicine at Yale University in1994. After residency, he obtained further training in research and medical education at Rh... Read More

Siddhartha Kakani, MHA, MBBS

Dr. Siddhartha Kakani received his Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery from Osmania Medical College, Hyderabad, India. He also received a Masters in Health Administration from the University of Missouri, Columbia, MO. He completed his residency at the Creighton University Medical Center, Omaha, NE and then completed his Fellowship in Ne... Read More

Donald E. Kohan, MD, PhD

Donald E. Kohan, MD, PhD, is a Professor of Medicine at the University of Utah. As a nephrologist, his clinical interests include general nephrology and hypertension. Dr. Kohan received his MD from the University of Miami. He received training in medicine and nephrology from Washington University. In the past, Dr. Kohan served as Chief of Medic... Read More

Vidya M. Krishnamurthy, MBBS

Tooran M. Lavasani, MSN, APRN

Tooran Lavasani is currently a Nurse Practitioner in the Department of Medicine, Division of Nephrology at the University of Utah School of Medicine. She is primarily involved in patient care but also has had the opportunity to teach and be involved in research. Prior to this, she worked as a Family Nurse Practitioner at the St. Mark's Hospital in ... Read More

Janet H. Mueller, MSN, FNP, CNM

Janet Mueller is a Family Nurse Practitioner with the University Dialysis Program. She manages patients at the University Dialysis Clinics at West Valley and South Valley and chronic kidney disease patients at the University Wasatch Kidney Specialists Clinic. She received her under graduate and Master of Science degrees from the University of Uta... Read More

Andrea Nelson, MD

Nirupama Ramkumar, MD, MPH

Dr.Ramkumar is an Assistant Professor at the University of Utah School of Medicine. She received her medical degree from Bangalore University, India and obtained her Master's degree in Public Health from the University of Utah. She completed her residency training in Internal Medicine at UCSF-Fresno and Nephrology fellowship training at University ... Read More

Kalani L. Raphael, MD, MS

Dr. Raphael received his undergraduate degree in Biology from Gonzaga University then returned to Honolulu where he obtained his medical degree from the University of Hawaii. He completed Internal Medicine and Nephrology training at the University of Utah and has been on the Faculty since 2009. Dr. Raphael is a specialist in disorders of the kidne... Read More

Aylin R. Rodan, MD, PhD, FASN

Dr. Rodan received her undergraduate degree in Biology from Yale University. She then completed M.D./Ph.D. training in the Medical Scientist Training Program at the University of California San Francisco, followed by Internal Medicine residency at UCSF. She completed a postdoctoral fellowship and nephrology subspecialty training at the University o... Read More

Abinash C. Roy, MD

Abinash C. Roy, M.D., FASN., is a Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine, at the University of Utah. As a nephrologist and specialist of clinical hypertension, his clinical interests include Chronic Kidney Disease including all modalities of Renal replacement therapy, Hypertension, Kidney Stone disease, Fluid -Electrolytes abnormalities and Prima... Read More

Harry O. Senekjian, MD, FACP

Dr Harry Senekjian is an assistant clinical professor in the Department of Medicine, Division of Nephrology and Hypertension.  He received his BA in Chemistry from Queens College in New York City, then MD from Drexel University in Philadelphia, PA.  He completed his internal medicine training at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, TX, then his N... Read More

Girish Singhania, MD

Dr. Singhania completed his medical school in India, Internal Medicine Residency at the University of Illinois and Fellowship in Nephrology at the University of Florida in Gainesville. In each of these institutions, he has been recognized as an outstanding individual, student and trainee physician by his peers. He was appointed the Chief Nephrolog... Read More

Trevor R. Smith, MD

Trevor R. Smith, MD, is a Clinical Attending of Internal Medicine at the University of Utah. He received his Bachelor of Science from the University of Nebraska at Omaha and attended medical school at St. Louis University in Missouri, where he received his MD.  He then completed his internal medicine residency and nephrology fellowship at the Unive... Read More

Charlotte Tateoka, PA-C

Charlotte Tateoka is a Physician Assistant with the University Dialysis Program. She manages patients at the University Dialysis Clinic at South Valley, Intermountain Health care dialysis clinics at Utah dialysis and Intermountain dialysis center as well as chronic kidney disease patients at the University Wasatch Kidney Specialists Clinic. She rec... Read More

Christof Westenfelder, MD

Christof Westenfelder, MD, FACP, is tenured Professor of Medicine at the University of Utah Health Sciences Center, and Chief, Section of Nephrology at the George E. Wahlen VA Health Sciences Center. As Nephrologist, his clinical interests include General Nephrology, Acute Care Nephrology, and he is conducting a specialized clinic for patients with... Read More

Robert Yenchek, MD, MSc

Robert Yenchek, MD, MSc, is a Clinical Instructor of Medicine at the University of Utah School of Medicine. Dr. Yenchek received his Bachelor of Science from Northwestern University in 2001. He went on to receive his medical degree from Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine in 2005. He then completed his Internal Medicine training at ... Read More

Tahir Zaman, MD

Tahir Zaman, MD, is a Clinical Instructor of Medicine at the University of Utah School of Medicine. Dr. Zaman received his Bachelor of Science from Washington State University in 2006. He went on to receive his medical degree from University of Washington School of Medicine in 2010. He then completed his Internal Medicine training at University of ... Read More