About Our Faculty

Dean Kujubu, MD, Program Director

Medical School: UCLA School of Medicine
Residency: Harbor-UCLA Medical Center
Fellowship: UCLA Medical Center
Research Interests: Preventative health measures in CKD and ESRD, genetic diseases

Antoine Abcar, MD, Assistant Program Director

Medical School: Hahnemann School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA
Residency: Kaiser Permanente Los Angeles Medical Center, CA
Fellowship: Kaiser Permanente Los Angeles Medical Center, CA
Research Interests: Chronic kidney disease management

Scott Rasgon, MD, Chief of Nephrology

Medical School: University of Southern California School of Medicine

Residency: Kaiser Permanente Los Angeles Medical Center, CA
Fellowship: Kaiser Permanente Los Angeles Medical Center, CA
Research Interests: rehabilitation, sleep apnea in CKD, peritoneal dialysis

Gabriel Danovitch, MD (UCLA)

Medical School: University of London, College of Medicine, Great Britain
Residency: St. Bartholomew’s Hospital, Great Britain
Fellowship: Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York, NY
Research Interests: Renal transplantation

Ryszard Dudek, MD, PhD

Medical School: Medical University of Nikolaja Kopernika, Crakow, Poland
Residency: San Fernando Valley-Olive View Medical Center, CA
Fellowship: San Fernando Valley-Olive View Medical Center, CA
Research Interests: Anemia management in CKD, Lupus nephritis, renal transplantation

Aviv Hever, MD

Medical School:  Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University
Residency:  Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Renal Pathology: Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Research Interest: renal pathology

Mohamed Idroos, MD

Medical School: University of Ceylon, Colombo, Sri Lanka
Residency: Coney Island Hospital, Brooklyn, NY
Fellowship: Brookdale Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY
Research Interests: Post transplant anemi

Victoria Kumar, MD

Medical School: St. Louis University School of Medicine
Residency: Kaiser Permanente Los Angeles Medical Center
Fellowship: University of California, Davis Medical Center
Research Interests: peritoneal dialysis, home hemodialysis—ESRD management

Mateo Ledezma, MD

Medical School: UCLA School of Medicine
Residency: Kaiser Permanente Los Angeles Medical Center
Fellowship: Kaiser Permanente Los Angeles Medical Center
Research Interests: hypertension, health difference among ethnic groups

Sam Meguerditchian, Pharm.D.

Pharmacy School: USC School of Pharmacy , Los Angeles , CA
Research Interests: Anemia management in CKD, Lipid management in renal transplants

John Sim, MD

Medical School: Chicago Medical School
Residency: Harbor-UCLA Medical Center
Fellowship: Kaiser Permanente Los Angeles Medical Center
Research Interests: Sleep apnea in chronic kidney disease, Vitamin D

Alan Wilkinson, MD (UCLA)

Medical School: University of the Witwaterstrand, South Africa
Residency: Guy’s Hospital, London, Great Britain
Fellowship: Guy’s Hospital, London, Great Britain
Research interest: renal transplantation

Hock Yeoh, MD

Medical School: University of Rochester School of Medicine, Rochester, NY
Residency: Northwestern University Medical Center, Chicago, IL
Fellowship: Northwestern University Medical Center, Chicago, IL
Research interests: vascular access monitoring, chronic kidney disease management