
KAI CHIN, DO
NEPHROLOGIST
Certification | Nephrology, ABIM Board Certified |
Certification | Internal Medicine, ABIM Board Certified |
Nephrology Fellowship | University of Texas Science |
Residency/Internship | Valley Hospital Medical Center |
Doctor of Medicine | Touro University Nevada COM |
Master of Science | Drexel University |
Bachelor of Arts | University of Pennsylvania |

SONI R. DHANIREDDY, MD
NEPHROLOGIST
Certification | Nephrology, ABIM Board Certified |
Certification | Internal Medicine, ABIM Board Certified |
Nephrology Fellowship | The Ohio State University Medical Center |
Residency/Internship | Rush University Medical Center |
Doctor of Medicine | Creighton University |
Bachelor of Health Science | Creighton University |

JOSEPH DOAN, MD
NEPHROLOGIST
Certification | Nephrology, ABIM Board Certified |
Nephrology Fellowship | Harbor – UCLA |
Residency/Internship | Santa Clara Kaiser Permanente |
Doctor of Medicine | Medical College of Wisconsin |
Bachelor of Science | University of California, Irvine |

ARIKA GUPTA, MD
NEPHROLOGIST
Certification | Nephrology, ABIM Board Certified |
Nephrology Fellowship | New York Medical College |
Internal Medicine Residency | University of Illinois |
Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery | Dayanand Medical College |

JAVIER NARVARTE, MD
NEPHROLOGIST
Certification | Nephrology, ABIM Board Certified |
Certification | Internal Medicine, ABIM Board Certified |
Nephrology Fellowship | University of South Florida |
Experimental Medicine Fellowship | University of Chile |
Residency/Internship | University of North Carolina |
Doctor of Medicine | University of Chile |

IRYNA PATEL, MD
NEPHROLOGIST
Certification | Nephrology, ABIM Board Certified |
Certification | Internal Medicine, ABIM Board Certified |
Nephrology Fellowship | Harbor – UCLA Medical Center |
Residency/Internship | Brookdale University Hospital and Medical Center |
Doctor of Medicine | O.O. Bogomolets National Medical University |

JUSMIN R. PATEL, MD
NEPHROLOGIST
Certification | Nephrology, ABIM Board Certified |
Certification | Internal Medicine, ABIM Board Certified |
Nephrology Fellowship | Georgia Regents University |
Residency/Internship | University of South Alabama |
Doctor of Medicine | Medical University of the Americas |
Bachelor of Health Science | Medical University of the Americas |

NEPHROLOGIST
Certification | Nephrology, ABIM Board Certified |
Certification | Internal Medicine, ABIM Board Certified |
Nephrology Fellowship | University of Arizona |
Residency/Internship | University of Minnesota |
Doctor of Medicine | Kansas City University of Medicine and Biosciences |
Bachelor of Science | University of Michigan |

RIDHMI P. RAJAPAKSE, MD
NEPHROLOGIST
Certification | Nephrology, ABIM Board Certified |
Certification | Internal Medicine, ABIM Board Certified |
Nephrology Fellowship | University of Pittsburgh |
Residency/Internship | Wellspan Health/York Hospital |
Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine | A.T. Still University |
MBBS | Peking University Health Science Center |

INTERVENTIONAL NEPHROLOGIST
Certification | Interventional Nephrology, ASDIN Board Certified |
Certification | Nephrology, ABIM Board Certified |
Certification | Internal Medicine, ABIM Board Certified |
Interventional Nephrology Fellowship | Arizona Kidney and Hypertension Center |
Nephrology Fellowship | Mayo Clinic College of Medicine |
Residency/Internship | University of Nevada Reno |
Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine | A.T. Still University |
Master of Public Health – Epidemiology | University of Alaska Anchorage |
Bachelor of Science | University of Alaska Anchorage |

INTERVENTIONAL NEPHROLOGIST
Certification | Interventional Nephrology, ABIM Board Certified |
Certification | Internal Medicine, ABIM Board Certified |
Certification | Interventional Nephrology, ASDIN Board Certified |
Nephrology Fellowship | Nephrology LSU Health Sciences Center |
Residency/Internship | Internal Medicine LSU Health Sciences Center |
Master of Science | Biology Louisiana Tech University |
Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery | Govt. Medical College |

MARK C. SIEVERT, MD
NEPHROLOGIST
Certificate | Nephrology, ABIM Board Certified |
Certificate | Internal Medicine, ABIM Board Certified |
Nephrology Fellowship | University of California, San Diego |
Residency/Internship | University of Utah |
Doctor of Medicine | University of Nevada, Reno |
Bachelor of Science | University of Wisconsin, Madison |

INTERVENTIONAL NEPHROLOGIST
Certification | Interventional Nephrology, ABIM Board Certified |
Nephrology Fellowship | The New York Hospital |
Critical Care Fellowship | Montefiore Medical Center |
Chief Resident | The New York Hospital |
Residency/Internship | The New York Hospital |
Doctor of Medicine | St. Georges University |
Bachelor of Science | St. John University |

NEPHROLOGIST
Certification | Nephrology, ABIM Board Certified |
Certification | Internal Medicine, ABIM Board Certified |
Interventional Nephrology | Alta Bates Hospital – East Bay Nephrology |
Nephrology Fellowship | Medical College of Georgia |
Residency/Internship | Maricopa Integrated Health System |
Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine | Western University of Health Sciences |
Bachelor of Science | UCLA |

SAKSHI YADAV, MD
NEPHROLOGIST
Certification | Internal Medicine, ABIM Board Certified |
Nephrology Fellowship | Boston Medical Center, Boston University School of Medicine |
Residency | University of Nevada School of Medicine |
Internship | Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research |
Doctor of Medicine | Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research |
Nephrology Nurse Practitioners

SHIVA ADHAM, APRN
NURSE PRACTITIONER
Certifications | Advanced Practice Registered Nurse, AANP Board Certified |
Master of Science in Nursing | University of Phoenix |
Bachelor of Science in Nursing | Western Nevada College |

LINDSAY GRAY, APRN
NURSE PRACTITIONER
Certifications | Advanced Practice Registered Nurse – Acute Care, American Association of Critical Care Nurses |
Master of Science in Nursing | University of Nevada, Reno |
Bachelor of Science in Nursing | University of Nevada, Reno |

REBECCA LINDSTEDT, RDN
Dietician Nutritionist
Certifications | Registered Dietician Nutritionist |
Bachelor of Science: Nutrition & Dietetics | University of Nevada, Reno |
Bachelor of Science: Biology | University of Nevada, Reno |

NINA PATYNOWSKI, APRN
NURSE PRACTITIONER
Certifications | Advanced Practice Registered Nurse, ANCC Board Certified |
Master of Science in Nursing | University of Nevada Reno |
Bachelor of Science in Nursing | University of Nevada Reno |
Nursing Diploma | Poltava School of Nursing |

NURSE PRACTITIONER
Certification | Nephrology Nurse, NNCC Board Certified |
Certification | Family Nurse Practitioner, AANP Board Certified |
Certification | Advanced Practice Registered Nurse, AANP Board Certified |
Master of Science in Nursing | Graceland University |
Bachelor of Science in Nursing | University of Nevada Reno |
Pulmonary Physicians

AMANDA GRIFFITH, DO
PULMONOLOGIST / CRITICAL CARE
Certification | Pulmonology, ABIM Board Certified |
Pulmonology Fellowship | Valley Hospital Medical Center |
Residency/Internship | Valley Hospital Medical Center |
Doctor of Medicine | Touro University of Nevada College of Osteopathic Medicine |

STEVEN C JARZEMBOWSKI, MD
PULMONOLOGIST / CRITICAL CARE
Certification | Pulmonology, ABIM Board Certified |
Certification | Internal Medicine, ABIM Board Certified |
Certification | Critical Care, ABIM Board Certified |
Pulmonology/Critical Care Fellowship | Tufts University School of Medicine |
Residency | The University of Vermont Larner College of Medicine |
Doctor of Medicine | Georgetown University School of Medicine |

ALEEM SURANI, MD
PULMONOLOGIST / CRITICAL CARE
Certification | Pulmonology, ABIM Board Certified |
Certification | Critical Care, ABIM Board Certified |
Fellowships | University Hospital of Brooklyn – SUNY Center State University of New York |
Residency | University Hospital of Brooklyn – SUNY Center Brooklyn |
Doctor of Medicine | St. George’s University School of Medicine |

CHRISTINA SZOT, MD
PULMONOLOGIST / SLEEP MEDICINE
Certification | Pulmonology, ABIM Board Certified |
Pulmonary/Critical Care/Sleep Medicine Fellowship | UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA |
Residency | University of Nevada, Reno |
Doctor of Medicine | St. George’s University School of Medicine |

AARON VIRAY, MD
PULMONOLOGIST / CRITICAL CARE
Certification | Pulmonology, ABIM Board Certified |
Certification | Internal Medicine, ABIM Board Certified |
Certification | Critical Care, ABIM Board Certified |
Pulmonology/Critical Care Fellowship | SUNY Downstate Medical Center, New York |
Residency | SUNY Downstate Medical Center, New York |
Doctor of Medicine | St. George’s University School of Medicine |

DARREN WHITE, MD, FACP
PULMONOLOGIST / CRITICAL CARE
Pulmonology/Critical Care Fellowship | University of Utah Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine |
Residency | University of Utah |
Doctor of Medicine | University of Nevada School of Medicine |
Pulmonary Nurse Practitioners

JENNIFER BICKFORD, MSN, APRN, FNP-BC
NURSE PRACTITIONER
Certifications | Advanced Practice Registered Nurse, AANP Board Certified, APRN-BC American Academy of Nurse Practitioners |
Master of Science in Nursing | Orvis School of Nursing, University of Nevada, Reno |
Bachelor of Science in Nursing | Orvis School of Nursing, University of Nevada, Reno |

ANDREA BUTTERS FERREIRA, MSN, MPH, APRN, FNP-BC
NURSE PRACTITIONER
Certifications | Nurse Practitioner, Family – American Nurses Credentialing Center |
Master of Science in Nursing | University of Nevada, Reno |
Bachelor of Science in Nursing | University of Nevada, Reno |
Master of Public Health | University of Nevada, Reno |