Patient Care

The UT Southwestern Nephrology Division offers comprehensive care for patients with the entire spectrum of kidney disease. Specialty care for common and uncommon causes of kidney disease, including genetic diseases, is delivered by full-time faculty members with broad expertise in nephrology. 

The most up-to-date therapies are utilized by the faculty in the facilities at UT Southwestern Medical Center.  Inpatient and outpatient consultation services for chronic kidney disease patients, as well as maintenance renal replacement therapy by dialysis or transplantation, is coordinated by our Nephrology Division offices. 

The full range of diagnostic and therapeutic techniques for patients with kidney disease is present on our campus among the clinics and hospitals in the UT Southwestern Medical Center complex.

The following faculty are currently accepting new patients. To refer patients, please call 214-648-3442.

Jula Inrig, MD
Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine

Elizabeth Kuo, MD
Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine

Henry Quinones, MD
Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine

Nilum Rajora, MD
Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine

Kamalanathan Sambandam, MD
Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine

Ramesh Saxena, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine

Robert D. Toto, MD
Mary M. Conroy Professor of Kidney Disease
Professor of Medicine
Director, Clinical Nephrology
Director, Patient-Oriented Research in Nephrology

Miguel A. Vazquez, MD
Associate Professor of Internal Medicine
Associate Medical Director of Renal Transplantation

The following faculty specialize in transplant nephrology. To refer patients, please call the Parkland Hospital Transplant Clinic at 214-590-5656.

Christopher Y. Lu, MD
Professor of Internal Medicine
Medical Director, Renal Transplantation

Nilum Rajora, MD
Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine

Rebecca Rojas, MD
Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine

Miguel A. Vazquez, MD
Associate Professor of Internal Medicine
Associate Medical Director of Renal Transplantation