Department of Medicine
Nephrology
Division Chief
Bekir Tanriover, MD, MPH, MBA, FAST
Chief, Division of Nephrology
Professor, Medicine - (Clinical Scholar Track)
Faculty
Venki Ariyamuthu, MBBS, MD, FASN
Professor, Medicine - (Clinical Scholar Track)
Medical Director, Kidney Transplant, Banner – University Medicine Tucson
Erika R. Bracamonte, MD
Professor, Pathology and Medicine
Division Chief, Anatomic Pathology
Vice Chair, Anatomic Pathology
Director, Surgical Pathology
Halil Erol, MD
Associate Professor, Medicine (Clinical Scholar Track)
Elvira Gonzalez Negrete, MD
Assistant Professor, Medicine (Clinical Series Track)
Iyad S. Mansour, MBChB
Associate Professor, Medicine (Clinical Series Track)
Sangeetha Murugapandian, MBBS
Associate Professor, Medicine (Clinical Series Track)
Associate Program Director, Nephrology Fellowship
Rick G. Schnellmann, PhD
Dean, R. Ken Coit College of Pharmacy
Professor, Pharmacology and Toxicology
Professor, Medicine
Amy N. Sussman, MD
Clinical Professor, Medicine
Program Director, Nephrology Fellowship
Internal Medicine Clerkship Director, Department of Medicine
Vice Chair of Education, Department of Medicine
Bijin Thajudeen, MD
Professor, Medicine - (Clinical Scholar Track)
Medical Director, Inpatient Nephrology Services & Dialysis Unit, Banner – University Medicine Tucson
Associate Director, Nephrology Clinical Research & Outcomes Unit, Banner – University Medicine Tucson
Medical Director, DCI Dialysis Center, Douglas, Arizona
Ryan Christopher Wong, MD
Director, Internal Medicine Sub-Internship
Assistant Professor, Medicine (Clinical Series Track)
Core Faculty, Internal Medicine
Associate Program Director, Internal Medicine Residency Program – Tucson
Research Staff
Staff
Scott Hall
Clinical Associate Director, Cardiology, Endocrinology and Nephrology divisions, Department of Medicine
Health Care Partner
Bersabe Lopez
Program Coordinator, Senior, Nephrology Fellowship
Office of the Vice Chair for Medical Education