Sohan L. Dua, M.D., a board certified internist and nephrologist, was trained under Dr. Shaul Massry, the prior Chief of Nephrology at USC, and accompanied Dr. Massry when he transferred the program from Cedars-Sinai Medical Center to USC in 1974. Dr. Dua has been involved in clinical teaching and bench research. He has been practicing nephrology in the San Fernando Valley since 1976. Dr. Dua has been on the clinical faculties of the USC and UCLA Schools of Medicine. He has been Chief of Staff and member of the Board of Governors of Granada Hills Community Hospital. He and his wife, Kiran, also a physician, have three children, one of whom is a young nephrologist at USC. Dr. Dua is a director of University Kidney Research Organization.

CURRICULUM VITAE

OFFICE ADDRESS:
8349 RESEDA BOULEVARD, SUITE G
NORTHRIDGE, CA 91324
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CITIZENSHIP UNITED STATES
LICENSURE CALIFORNIA: A25072; DEA AD3785916

EDUCATION INSTITUTION DEGREE

• JULY 1957- MAY 1960 D.A.V.H.S. SCHOOL NEW DELHI INDIA
• JULY 1960-MAY 1962 K.M COLLEGE PRE- MEDICAL DELHI UNIVERSITY, INDIA
• AUGUST 1962-DECEMBER 1967 ALL INDIA INST. OF MED SCI ((AIIMS):  NEW DELHI, INDIA BACHELOR OF MEDICINE  & BACHELOR OF SURGERY = M.D.

CERTIFICATIONS

• 1967 EDUCATIONAL COUNCIL FOR FOREIGN MED GRADUATES (ECFMG)
• 1971 FLEX EXAMINATION DIPLOMATE
• 1972 AMERICAN BOARD OF INTERNAL MEDICINE:DIPLOMATE
• 1978 SUBSPECIALITY AMERICAN  BOARD OF NEPHROLOGY: DIPLOMATE

TEACHING APPOINTMENTS

• AUGUST 1973- APRIL 1974 KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL, SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA,  ATTENDING PHYSICIAN, RESIDENCY PROGRAM
• 1977-1980 NORTHRIDGE MEDICAL CENTER HOSPITAL ATTENDING FAM. PRACT.RESIDENCY NEPHROLOGY
• AUG. 1976-PRESENT LAC/USC MEDICAL CENTER ATTENDING LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, ATTENDING PHYSICIAN
• 1979-1987 V.A. HOSPITAL, SEPULVEDA ASST. PROFESSOR, UCLA, LOS ANGELES, CA
• OLIVE VIEW COUNTY CLINICAL HOSPITAL, SYLMAR, CA, ATTENDING NEPHROLOGIST

PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES – MEMBERSHIPS

• NOVEMBER 1973 -PRESENT AMERICAN SOCIETY OF NEPHROLOGY
• NOVEMBER 1973 -PRESENT AMERICAN SOCIETY OF INTERNAL MEDJCNE
• JULY 1972- PRESENT NATIONAL KIDNEY FOUNDATION
• 1985- PRESENT AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION CALIFORNIA MEDICAL ASSOCIATION
• 1979- PRESENT SCIENTIFIC ADVISORY COUNCIL OF KIDNEY FOUNDATION SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA

HOSPITAL AFFILIATIONS

• PROVIDENCE HOLLYCROSS MEDICAL CENTER, MISSION HILLS, CA
• VALLEY PRESBYTERIAN HOPSPITAL, VAN NUYS, CA
• REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER OF TARZANA, TARZANA, CA
• MISSION COMMUNITY HOSPITAL, PANORAMA CITY, CA
• WEST HILLS MEDICAL CENTER, WEST HILLS, CA
• SIMI VALLEY HOSPITAL, SIMI, CA

TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE

• JANUARY-DECEMBER 1967 ROTATING INTERN, MEDICAL INSTITUTE HOSPITAL, A.I.I.M.S., NEW DELHI, INDIA
• JANUARY – DECMEBER 1968, ROTATING INTERN, ST. MARYS HOSPITAL PASSAIC, N.J.
• JANUARY 1969 – JUNE 1970 RESIDENT MEDICINE, DETROIT GENERAL & ALLEN PARK V.A. HOSPITALS, WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY, DETROIT, MI
• JULY 1970- JUNE 1971 RESIDENT, MEDICINE, ST. LOUIS CITY HOSP. ST. LOUIS UNIVERSITY, ST. LOUIS, MO
• JULY 1971 —1972 JUNE CHIEF RESIDENT, ST. LOUIS CITY HOSP.  ST. LOUIS UNIVERSITY, ST. LOUIS, MO
• JULY 1972- JUNE 1973 NATIONAL KIDNEY FOUNDATION FELLOW, STANFORD UNIVERSITY, PALO ALTO, CA
• JULY 1974- JUNE 1976 CEDARS SINAI/UCLA ADVANCED RESEARCH FELLOW, USC + LA COUNTY HOSPITAL NIH FELLOW IN NEPHROLOGY, USC SCHOOL OF MED., LOS ANGELES, CA 
• JULY 1973- APRIL 1974 INTERNIST, KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL, SACRAMENTO, CA NEPHROLOGIST
• JULY 1976- PRESENT SOLO PRACTICE OF NEPHROLOGY: VALLEY RENAL MEDICAL GROUP
• OCTOBER 2006 GROUP  PRACTICE

FELLOWSHIPS AND MISCELLANEOUS AFFILIATIONS

• 1977 FELLOW AMERICAN COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS, F.A.C.P.
• OCTOBER 13, 1977 CO-CHAIRMAN, SYMPOSIUM INTL. CONFERENCE ON HYPERTENSION, BOMBAY, INDIA
• 1977-1985 USV LABORATORIES GUEST SPEAKER ON HYPERTENTION, USA
• 1977-1979 AAMA MID- VALLEY CHAP. MEDICAL ADVISOR
• 1977-1980 MEDICAL DIRECTOR ICU PACOIMA LUTHERAN HOSPITAL, LAKE VIEW TERRACE, CA

APPOINTMENTS & LEADERSHIP POSITIONS

• 1986-1887 SECRETARY, MEDICAL STAFF, GRANDA HILLS COMMUNITY HOSPITAL, GRANADA HILLS, CA
• 1990-1992 CHIEF, DEPARTMENT OF MEDICINE, GRANADA HILLS COMMUNITY HOSPITAL GRANADA HILLS, CA
• 1984-1985 MEMBER EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE GRANADA HILLS COMMUNITY HOSPITAL, GRANADA HILLS, CA
• 1986-1987 CHIEF, DEARTMENT OF MEDICINE, VAN NUYS COMMUNITY HOSPITAL , VAN NUYS, CA
• 1984 CHIEF, DIVISION OF NEPHROLOGY HOLY CROSS HOSPITAL MISSION HILLS , CALIFORNIA
• 1984-1986 MEMBER-AT-LARGE, EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE GRANADA HILLS COMMUNITY HOSPITAL
• 1985 MEMBER, PLANNING COMMITTEE GRANADA HILLS COMMUNITY HOSPITAL
• 1986 MEMBER, BOARD OF DIRECTORS, NEW PROGRAMS, GRANADA HILLS COMMUNITY HOSPITAL
• 1980-2002 MEMBER, EDUCATION COMMITTEE GRANADA HILLS COMMUNITY HOSPITAL
• 1985 MEMBER, SEMINAR PLANNING COMMITIEE BOARD OF DIRECTORS GRANADA HILLS COMMUNITY HOSPITAL
• 1978-1979 MEMBER. PATIENT CARE AND UTILIZATION NORTHRIDGE HOSPITAL
• 1984-2000 ANNUAL SYMPOSIUM COORDINATOR GRANADA HILLS COMMUNITY HOSPITAL
• 1985-1986 SPEAKER, BOARD OF TRUSTEES MEETING GRANADA HILLS COMMUNITY HOSPITAL PALM SPRINGS, CA
• 1980-1981 MEMBER, EMERGENCY COMMITTEE MEDICAL CENTER OF TARZANA, TARZANA, CA
• 1984-1998 REVIEWER: JOURNAL ARCHIVES OF INTERNAL MEDICINE
• 1982-1985 NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT SERVICES NORTHRIDGE HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER, NORTHRIDGE, CA
• 1985-1986 NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT SERVICE COMMITTEE HOLY CROSS HOSPITAL, MISSION HILLS, CA
• 1986-1987 SEARCH COMMITTEE, BOARD OF DIRECTORS-RADIOLOGY DEPARTMENT, GRANADA HILLS COMMUNITY HOSPITAL

SPEAKER

• VARIOUS SUBJECTS INCLUDING RENAL FAILURE. HEMODIALYSIS AND PERITONEAL DIALYSIS. HYPERTENSION, CALCIUM AND ELECTROLYTE PROBLEMS.
• CME MEETINGS SPEAKER AT GRANADA HILLS COMMUNITY HOSPITAL COORDINATOR 1986-1987, NEPHROLOGY.
• NORTHRIDGE HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER, NORTHRIDGE , CA
• HOLY CROSS HOSPITAL, MISSION HILLS, CA
• PANORAMA COMMUNITY HOSPITAL, PANORAMA CITY, CA
• VALLEY MEDICAL CENTER, VAN NUYS, CA
• MEDICAL CENTER OF TARZANA, TARZANA, CA

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE AND PUBLICATIONS

• Tanigawa H, Dua SL, Assaykeen T: Effect of renal and adrenal denervation on the renin response of slow hemorrhage in dogs. Clinical and Experimental Physiology and Pharmacology 1:325-322, 1974
• Dua SL, Guidado R, Arieff A and Massry SG: Effect of Parathyroid Hormone infusion on intracellular pH in dogs (unpublished)
• Dua SL, Kamdar A, Friedler R, and Massry SG: Clinical course and treatment of Uremic Pericarditis. Presented at the regional meeting of American College of Physicians, March 5-6 ,l976 Palm Springs, California
• Massry SG, Tuma 5, Dua SL, and Goldstein DA: Restoration of skeletal resistance to parathyroid hormone by vitamin D metabolites: Evidence for synergism between 1,25 (OH)2D3. Laboratory and clinical medicine, Vol. 94, No.1, pp 152-57, July 1979
• Dua SL, Nararwala I, Thompson R: Hemoperfusion for treatment of ethychloride poisoning, Ann. Of Internal Medicine 92:436-437, 1984
• Dua SL: Arteriovenous fistula and heart failure. Annals of Internal Medicine
• Dua SL: Peritoneal dialysis for Isopropyl alcohol poisoning. JAMA 230:35, 1974
• Dua SL: Development of rheumatoid arthritis following thyroidectomy. JAMA 230:1634-1635,1974

MISCELLANEOUS PUBLICATIONS

• Dua SL: “Renal-Medi-Clin”, Medical Challenge, a series of quiz type case reports published on an invitational basis, monthly August 1975-1978
• Dua SL: Thirst control. JAMA 226:1570,1973
• Dua SL: Hypoglycemia in renal disease. Western Journal of Medicine 120:162-63, 1974

ABSTRACTS

• Dua SL, Makoff DL, Kuyt F, DaSilva J, and Massry SG: Effect of potassium chloride infusion on the intracellular acid base in dogs. Proceedings of American Society of Nephrology Kidney International 8:473,1975
• Massry SG, Dua SL, Garty J, and Friedler R: Mechanism of resistance to parathyroid hormone in Uremic dogs. Presented at American Society of Nephrology, Washington, D.C November 26,1976. Kidney International 10:490, 1976
• Dua SL, Friedler RM, Massry SG: Clinical course and treatment of uremic pericarditis, Presented at Western dialysis and Transplant Society, Los Angeles 1977
• Massry 5G. Tuma 5, Dua SI and Goldstein DA: Restoration of skeletal resistance to parathyroid hormone by vitamin D metabolites. Western Society of Clinical Investigation 1979

PRESENTATIONS

• Dua SL, Uremic pericarditis, California Chapter, American College of Physician, Palm Springs, California 1975
• Dua SL, Martin WB: Minoxidil: A potent drug for refractory hypertension. Presented at International Congress on Hypertension, October 1977. Published in the proceedings