Leadership & Faculty - Nephrology Fellowship Program

Juan Carlos Velez, MD

Juan Carlos Velez, MD

Chair, Nephrology Department

Ivo Lukitsch, MD

Ivo Lukitsch, MD

Program Director, Fellowship Training Program

Muner Mohamed, MD

Muner Mohamed, MD

Associate Director, Fellowship Training Program

Ahmed Abdallah, MD

Ahmed Abdallah, MD

General Nephrology

Jafar Alsaid, MD

Jafar Alsaid, MD

General Nephrology, Director of Interventional Nephrology

Anas Alshwayat, MD

Anas Alshwayat, MD

General Nephrology

Shrisha Bodana, DO

Shrisha Bodana, DO

General Nephrology, Director of Home Dialysis

Jorge Garces, MD, FASN

Jorge Garces, MD, FASN

Transplant Nephrology

Ali Shueib, MD

Ali Shueib, MD

General Nephrology

Zohreh Soltani, MD

Zohreh Soltani, MD

Transplant Nephrology

Catherine Staffeld-Coit, MD

Catherine Staffeld-Coit, MD

Transplant Nephrology

Ayaa Zarm, MD

Ayaa Zarm, MD

General Nephrology, Director CKD Clinic, Education and Palliative Program

Why Choose Ochsner?

Why Choose Ochsner Video

Ochsner Health System is Louisiana’s largest non-profit, academic, healthcare system with 40 hospitals and more than 100 health centers and urgent care centers. We are one of the largest non-university-based physician-training centers in the US.

U.S. News & World Report named Ochsner Medical Center – New Orleans the Best Hospital in Louisiana for the 12th consecutive year.

Ochsner Medical Center is recognized as among the Top Hospitals in the nation by Healthgrades, US News and World Report, and Truven Health Analytics.