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Nephrology Faculty


Pranay Kathuria, MD
Professor of Medicine
Director Division of Nephrology and Hypertension
Fellowship Program Director

Medical Degree: Maulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi, India

Internal Medicine Residency: Post Graduate Institute Medical Ed/Research, Chandigarh, India and St. Luke's Hospital, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO

Nephrology Fellowship: University of Missouri, Columbia, MO

Dr. Kathuria is board certified in Internal Medicine and Nephrology and is a Fellow of the American Society of Nephrology (FASN), National Kidney Foundation (FNKF), and the American College of Physicians (FACP). 


Angela D. Bolz, DO
Assistant Professor of Medicine

Medical Degree: Oklahoma State University, College of Osteopathic Medicine, Tulsa, 2006

Internal Medicine Residency: University of Oklahoma – Tulsa, College of Medicine, Tulsa, 2009

Nephrology Fellowship: University of Oklahoma, School of Community Medicine, Tulsa, 2013.

Dr. Bolz is board certified in Internal Medicine and Nephrology.


Kent Teague, PhD
Professor, Department of Surgery
Director of the Integrative Immunology Center

George Kaiser Family Foundation Chair in Community Medicine Research

Assistant Vice President for Research

Ph.D. in Immunology - University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX

Postdoctoral Fellow in Immunology - Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Denver, CO

Transplant Faculty at Integris Baptist Nazih Zudhi Transplant Institute


 

 

Jose-Marie El-Amm, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine Medical Director of the NZTI Kidney Transplant Division

Medical Degree: American University of Beirut

Residency Training: Wayne State University School of Medicine

Fellowship Training: Nephrology and Transplant Nephrology at Wayne State University and Henry Ford Hospital

Board certified in Internal Medicine and Nephrology

Kris Lepere

Kristopher Lepere, DO
Transplant Nephrologist NZTI Kidney Transplant Division

Medical Degree:  Oklahoma State University College of Osteopathic Medicine, Tulsa, OK, 1999

Residency Training: Internal Medicine/Pediatrics, University of Oklahoma College of Medicine – Tulsa, OK, 2003

Nephrology Fellowship Training: University of Oklahoma, School of Community Medicine, Tulsa, OK, 2015

Nephrology Transplant Fellowship Training: INTEGRIS Baptist Medical Center, Nazih Zudhi Transplant Institute, Oklahoma City, OK, 2016

Board Certified in Internal Medicine, Pediatrics and Nephrology.


Christine VanBeek, MD
Renal Pathologist, AmeriPath

Medical school in Nebraska. 

Anatomic Pathology Residency, Boston at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (2005-2009)

Oncologic Pathology Fellowship, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York (2009-2010)

Renal Pathology Fellowship at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles (2010-2011)

After training she worked full-time as a renal pathologist in Los Angeles until moving to Oklahoma in 2017.   

Since 2017, she has worked at the Quest Diagnostics Nephropathology Center of Excellence located in Oklahoma City and receives renal biopsies from several different states. 

Kidney Care Oklahoma Physicians

Dr. Bobby Muthalaly, MD, MRCP

Medical Degree:

Kasturba Med Coll Manipal, Manipal Acad Higher Ed, Manipal, Karnataka

Internal Medicine Residency:

University Hospital, Oklahoma City

Nephrology Fellowship:

University Hospital, Oklahoma City

Dr. Bobby Muthalaly is board certified in Internal Medicine and Nephrology and is a Diplomate of the American College of Physicians (FACP) and a Member of the Royal College of Physicians (MRCP, UK)

Dr. Betcy Thomachan

Medical School:

Med Coll, Calicut Univ, Calicut, Kerala, India

Residency:

Alton Oschmer Medical Foundation, Jefferson, LA

Fellowship:

LSU Medical Center, Shreveport, LA

University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK

Dr. Thomachan is board certified in both internal medicine and nephrology.

Dr. Zubair Ahmad

Medical School:

Khyber Med Coll, Univ Of Peshawar, Peshawar, Pakistan

Residency:

Rochester General Hospital, Rochester, NY

Fellowship:

University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR

Dr. Ahmad is board certified in internal medicine and nephrology.

 

Dr. Anand Khurana

Medical School:

All India Inst Of Med Sci, Ansari Nagar, New Delhi, India

Residency: 

Guthrie Clinic, Sayre, PA

Fellowship:

Texas A&M University, College Station, TX

Dr. Khurana is board certified in both internal medicine and nephrology.

Dr. Irfan Kundi, MD

Medical Degree:

Khyber Med College, Univ Of Peshawar, Peshawar, Pakistan

Internal Medicine Residency:

University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR

Fellowship:

Mayo Clinic, Scottsdale, AZ

Dr. Kundi is board certified in Internal Medicine and Nephrology. He is also the Director of Transplant for Ascension St. John’s Hospital.

Dr. Salah Uddin

Medical School:

Karachi Medical & Dental College & A Shaheed Hospital, Karachi, Pakistan

Residency:

Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX

Fellowship:

University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY

Dr. Uddin is board certified in both internal medicine and nephrology. He is also the Director of Transplant for Ascension St. John’s Hospital.