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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.

Dr. Alicia Romero is a Spanish – English bilingual native of Venezuela. She completed her medical school at the University of Zulia in Venezuela in 2001. After her graduation, she relocated to Galveston, Texas, where she received her training in Internal Medicine at the University of Texas Medical Branch. She completed her fellowship in the Division of Nephrology and Hypertension at the University of Texas at Houston. During her fellowship she published several manuscripts. She joined Renal Clinic of Houston in October 2012.

Dr. Romero has her medical license in Texas and she is a member of the American Medical Association, American College of Physicians and American Society of Nephrology.

Dr. Romero is board certified by American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) as a Diplomate in Nephrology.

Dr. Shalin Patel, MD, is board-certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine as a Diplomate in nephrology. He joined Renal Clinic of Houston in Katy, Memorial City, and North Cypress, Texas, in 2008. He is currently practicing out of Katy, Memorial and Sealy, Texas.

Although he was not born in Texas, Dr. Patel moved to Houston when he was quite young and considers Houston his hometown. After graduating from Westfield High School up in the north part of Houston, he received his undergraduate degree in biology from Tulane University.

He subsequently returned back to Texas and went to medical school at the University of Texas medical school at Galveston. After completing school, Dr. Patel went up to Chicago and trained at Northwestern University, where he completed both his internal medicine residency and fellowship in nephrology.

Dr. Patel remains an active medical staff member at several of the hospitals he practices at. In addition, over the years, he has truly enjoyed mentoring students, as evidenced by the multiple teaching awards he received as a resident. He was one of two physicians to receive the 2005 fellow of the year award at Northwestern University, as nominated by his peers, for his passion and dedication to teaching. He continues to mentor students when his schedule allows for.

Outside of work, he remains a huge fan of football and basketball. He also enjoys reading and watching movies to help unwind after a long work day. 

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.

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