Kidney disease & hypertension
Chronic kidney disease, proteinuria, electrolyte disorders and resistant hypertension — managed by a physician board certified in both internal medicine and nephrology.
Internal Medicine & Nephrology
Concierge and Confidential Medicine
Dr. Shrinath Barathan MD FACP FASN has practised internal medicine and nephrology for thirty-one years — attending at Cedars‑Sinai since 2003 and twenty years on the UCLA medical faculty. His concierge practice serves a capped list of families across the United States, Russia and the Middle East.
Begin here
Tell us what you need and the office will reply personally.
- Set up an appointment Same-day and next-day consultations for members.
- Message the office Direct mobile and WhatsApp line, answered personally.
- Request a second opinion Complex kidney and internal medicine cases reviewed in full.
- Years in practice
- 31
- Board certifications
- 2
- Years teaching at UCLA
- 20
- Members, capped
- 40
Clinical care
Areas of care
Comprehensive annual assessment
A full day each year: history, examination, imaging and laboratory work read personally, followed by a written plan you can act on.
Complex case navigation
Second opinions assembled, subspecialists chosen and admissions arranged — in Los Angeles or abroad, in your own language.
Comprehensive Medical Services We Offer
- Diagnosis and management or advice
- Preventative and screening tests
- Prophylactic therapies
- Medical clearance for any surgical procedure
- Vaccinations
- Weight loss / obesity / malnutrition
- Hypertension
- Diabetes
- Atherosclerosis
- Coronary artery disease
- Congestive heart failure
- Cirrhosis
- URI / asthma / bronchitis / pneumonia
- Osteoporosis / vitamin D therapy
- Testosterone replacement
- Anemia / iron deficiency
- Chronic kidney disease
- Renal replacement therapies
- Kidney transplant
Diagnosis and therapy may be done in collaboration with other experts in respective fields as needed.
Why patients choose this practice
The physician who answers is the physician who knows your file.
Every result, image and prior note is read by Dr. Barathan himself before you are seen. In nephrology, dose and timing decide outcomes — so nothing about your care is delegated, summarised or skimmed.
Same-day access
Appointments within hours, not weeks. No waiting room.
One direct number
Mobile and WhatsApp, answered by Dr. Barathan personally.
Four languages
Consultations in English, Russian, Tamil and Malayalam.
Beyond the clinic
Research & teaching
Publication
Nephropathy candidate genes in kidney transcriptomes
Co-author of a study comparing the kidney transcriptomes of sclerosis-prone and sclerosis-resistant mice. BMC Nephrology, 2012.
Hospital leadership
Code Sepsis Committee, Cedars‑Sinai
Clinical team that devised protocols for septic patients at Cedars‑Sinai, 2011–2017.
Teaching
Twenty years at the David Geffen School of Medicine
On the UCLA faculty from 2004 to 2024, rising from clinical instructor to associate professor of medicine.
Care without borders
Cared for at home. Covered abroad.
United States
Beverly Hills consultations, Cedars‑Sinai admissions and coordination with subspecialists nationwide.
Russia & CIS
Consultations conducted in Russian. He earned his MD in Vinnytsia (1987–1993) and is a certified teacher of Russian (1993).
Middle East
Concierge coordination, travel planning and second-opinion assembly for Gulf-based families.
“Life is precious. Optimum health is vital.”