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.
Internal Medicine & Nephrology
Concierge and Confidential Medicine
Shrinath Barathan MD FACP FASN
A private internal medicine and nephrology practice for a capped list of families in the United States, Russia and the Middle East.
- Fellow of the American College of Physicians (FACP)
- Fellow of the American Society of Nephrology (FASN)
MD · FACP · FASNInternal Medicine & Nephrology
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.
- Board certifications
- Dual American Board Certified, Internal Medicine and Nephrology.
- Languages
- English, Russian, Tamil, Malayalam
Clinical care
Comprehensive Medical Services We Offer
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
Begin here
Tell us what you need and the office will reply personally.
- Beverly Hills and Los Angeles
- Consultations by appointment at either office.
Where he sees patients
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The physician
A leading physician and specialist in the field of medicine.
Shrinath Barathan
MD FACP FASN
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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
Appointments
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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.
2
Board certifications
20
Years teaching at UCLA
2003
Attending since 2003
Affiliations & certification
Credentialed by the institutions that set the standard.
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.
Service
Committees at Cedars‑Sinai Medical Center
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2011–2017
Code Sepsis Committee: clinical team to devise protocols for septic patients
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2010–2017
Joint Dialysis Oversight Committee
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2010–2017
Best Practices for Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy Committee
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2010–2017
Vaptan Task Force
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2011–2017
Electronic Medical Record: CS Link Nephrology Task Force
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Until 2017
Cardiac Surgical ICU Innovation Project
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2013–2016
Department of Medicine Performance Improvement Committee
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2008–2016
Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee
In his words
Why he practises this way
“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.”
Affiliations & certification
- David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
- Tower Nephrology Medical Group
Literature
Selected publications
Dr. Barathan is a co-author of each paper. His abstracts and scientific presentations are listed on his Tower Nephrology profile.
El-Meanawy A, Schelling JR, Iyengar SK, Hayden P, Barathan S, et al. BMC Nephrology. 2012;13:61.
Identification of nephropathy candidate genes by comparing sclerosis-prone and sclerosis-resistant mouse strain kidney transcriptomes
Read the article (opens in a new tab)El-Meanawy MA, Barathan S, Hayden PS, Iyengar SK, Schelling JR, Sedor JR. Methods in Molecular Medicine. 2003;86:257–74.
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.