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Rajiv Lal, MD, is a nephrology specialist. He joined Renal Clinic of Houston in 2006 and is affiliated with several medical facilities in northwest Houston.

Dr. Lal graduated from India’s premier institute All India Institute of Medical Sciences. He received his training in Internal Medicine and Nephrology from the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston and has since made Houston his home. Dr. Lal speaks English, Hindi, and Spanish and is well-positioned to treat a variety of patients.

Dr. Lal has served as Chief of Medicine at North Cypress Medical Center Hospital. He currently serves as President of Medical Staff and Director of Dialysis Services at Kindred Northwest.

Dr. Lal is a member of the Critical Care Committee, Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee, and Quality Utilization Committee at NCMC Hospital. Dr. Lal also served as an Alternate Delegate for the House of Delegates at Harris County Medical Society.

Dr. Lal is an avid bicyclist and runner. He has completed several marathons and has bicycled the prestigious TourDuRouge from Houston to New Orleans.

Rupi Chatha, MD, is a board-certified nephrologist at Renal Clinic of Houston in Cypress and Methodist Willowbrook.

After completing medical school, internship, and residency at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical School in Dallas, Texas, Dr. Chatha completed her nephrology training at the University of Colorado with a year of clinical research in Polycystic Kidney Disease.

She began her nephrology practice in Houston in 1999. She is board-certified in Nephrology and has served as medical director for several dialysis clinics, earning a 5-Star rating by CMS for achieving the highest quality standards in care delivery. She has also been a principal investigator in several clinical research trials.

Dr. Chatha is passionate about disease prevention, care coordination for patients with complex illnesses, and patient education. She empowers her patients to take control of their kidney health for the best outcomes.

Outside of work, Dr. Chatha enjoys skiing, hiking, long walks with her golden retriever, traveling with her family, and nurturing her rose garden.

Specialties: Nephrology and Internal Medicine

Internship & Residency: Parkland Hospital and University of Texas Southwestern Medical School, Dallas, Texas – 1996

Fellowship: Nephrology Fellowship, University of Colorado, Denver, Colorado – 1999

Medical Education: University of Texas Southwestern Medical School, Dallas, Texas

Memberships & Affiliations: The American Society of Nephrology, The Renal Physicians Association

Joseph Oolut, MD is a board-certified and fellowship-trained internal medicine and nephrology physician at the Renal Clinic of Houston in Katy, Memorial City, and North Cypress, Texas. 

Dr. Oolut earned his bachelor’s and medical degree with honors at the University of Houston in Texas. He completed interventional radiology/nephrology rotations between 2006 and 2007 at the University of Texas and served as Chief Medical Resident from 2006 to 2009 at the First Street Surgical Hospital in Houston. He received fellowship training at the University of Texas, Houston Division of Nephrology from 2007 to 2009.

Prior to joining the team at the Renal Clinic, Dr. Oolut’s professional experience includes serving as a medical director and interventional nephrology attending doctor, and extensive experience in dialysis access procedures, port insertion, vein/PAD care, kidney biopsies, PD catheter placement, tending to nephrology patients in the ICU, and working in the emergency room.

Certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine, Dr. Oolut also maintains certification in nephrology with the American Society of Diagnostic & Interventional Nephrology.