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Shrinath BarathanMD · FACP · FASN

Internal Medicine & Nephrology

Concierge and Confidential Medicine

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Meet Dr. Barathan

The physician who answers is the physician who knows your file.

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.

  1. Fellow of the American College of Physicians (FACP)
  2. Fellow of the American Society of Nephrology (FASN)

Clinical care

Comprehensive Medical Services We Offer

Nephrology

Kidney disease & hypertension

Chronic kidney disease, proteinuria, electrolyte disorders and resistant hypertension — managed by a physician board certified in both internal medicine and nephrology.

Prevention

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.

Coordination

Complex case navigation

Second opinions assembled, subspecialists chosen and admissions arranged — in Los Angeles or abroad, in your own language.

Nephrology

Kidney care

  • Chronic kidney disease
  • Renal replacement therapies
  • Kidney transplant

Diagnosis and therapy may be done in collaboration with other experts in respective fields as needed.

Prevention

General medicine

  • Diagnosis and management or advice
  • Preventative and screening tests
  • Prophylactic therapies
  • Medical clearance for any surgical procedure
  • Vaccinations
  • Weight loss / obesity / malnutrition
  • Hypertension
  • Diabetes

Clinical care

Heart, lung and chronic conditions

  • Atherosclerosis
  • Coronary artery disease
  • Congestive heart failure
  • Cirrhosis
  • URI / asthma / bronchitis / pneumonia
  • Osteoporosis / vitamin D therapy
  • Testosterone replacement
  • Anemia / iron deficiency

Affiliations & certification

Credentialed by the institutions that set the standard.

Dual American Board Certified, Internal Medicine and Nephrology.

Board certifications
Years teaching at UCLA

Appointments

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The physician

A leading physician and specialist in the field of medicine.

Hospital appointment

Attending physician, Cedars‑Sinai Medical Center (2003–)

Academic

David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, 2004–2024; associate professor of medicine, 2017–2024

Practice

Partner, Tower Nephrology Medical Group · Assistant Medical Director, Crescent Heights Dialysis Center

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.

Four languages

Consultations in English, Russian, Tamil and Malayalam.

2003Attending since 2003

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.

Service

Committees at Cedars‑Sinai Medical Center

  • 2011–2017

    Code Sepsis Committee: clinical team to devise protocols for septic patients

  • 2010–2017

    Joint Dialysis Oversight Committee

  • 2010–2017

    Best Practices for Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy Committee

  • 2010–2017

    Vaptan Task Force

  • 2011–2017

    Electronic Medical Record: CS Link Nephrology Task Force

  • Until 2017

    Cardiac Surgical ICU Innovation Project

  • 2013–2016

    Department of Medicine Performance Improvement Committee

  • 2008–2016

    Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee

In his words

Why he practises this way

Shrinath Barathan MD FACP FASN

“With my concierge service you get more than just a check up, you get my full expert commitment to help you with your health care needs. With my vast knowledge and experience I can help you navigate both simple and complex health issues.”

Shrinath Barathan, MD FACP FASN

Where he sees patients

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  • Beverly Hills and Los Angeles
  • English, Russian, Tamil, Malayalam
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Literature

Selected publications

Dr. Barathan is a co-author of each paper. His abstracts and scientific presentations are listed on his Tower Nephrology profile.

Identification of nephropathy candidate genes by comparing sclerosis-prone and sclerosis-resistant mouse strain kidney transcriptomes

El-Meanawy A, Schelling JR, Iyengar SK, Hayden P, Barathan S, et al. BMC Nephrology. 2012;13:61.

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Serial analysis of gene expression

El-Meanawy MA, Barathan S, Hayden PS, Iyengar SK, Schelling JR, Sedor JR. Methods in Molecular Medicine. 2003;86:257–74.

Generation of kidney transcriptomes using serial analysis of gene expression

Schelling JR, El-Meanawy MA, Barathan S, Dodig T, Iyengar SK, Sedor JR. Experimental Nephrology. 2002;10(2):82–92.