Niloofar Nobakht, MD
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Niloofar Nobakht, MD

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About

Professional Titles
HS Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine- Nephrology
Director, Music & Kidney Program(Link downloads document) (Link opens in new window)

Dr. Nobakht is a Nephrology faculty member at UCLA. Her current research and practice are focused on Hypertension, Diabetes, Polycystic Kidney Diseases in patients with chronic kidney disease. She completed a kidney disease research fellowship at the University of Colorado Health Science Center in Denver and the Internal Medicine residency training at the University of Southern California.

She completed the Clinical Nephrology Fellowship at the David Geffen School of Medicine, Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center.

She is board certified and Faculty of the American Society of Nephrology, with several publications. She has participated in a wealth of research including hypertension, diabetes, polycystic kidney disease and kidney transplantation.
She highly supports the mission of kidney health awareness in our society in both the research and clinic field. She is the founder of the Music and Kidney program and was awarded as wellness champion. She highly supports the role of music and wellness on human health.

She has been elected as an executive councilor at large for Women in Nephrology and is the lead councilor of the WIN Speaker Bureau.

Her outpatient practice is located at UCLA Westwood Medical Plaza Nephrology Clinic.

Languages

English, Persian (Farsi)

Education

Medical Board Certification

Nephrology, American Board of Internal Medicine, 2016

Fellowships

Nephrology, UCLA School of Medicine, 2012
Nephrology, University of Colorado Health Science Center, 2006

Residency

Internal Medicine, LAC+USC Medical Center, 2009

Internship

Internal Medicine, LAC+USC Medical Center, 2007

Degree

MD, Shahid Beheshti (Melli/National) University, 2002

Recognitions

  • AAMC Mid-Career Women Faculty Leadership Development, 2024
  • Women In Nephrology Executive Councilor at Large 
  • Women In Nephrology Speaker Bureau, Lead Councilor 
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Locations

Hospital Affiliations

Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center

UCLA Santa Monica Medical Center

Videos

Prevention and Management of Hypertension for Women | UCLA Health Nephrology & OBG-MFM
Pregnancy in ADPKD
2020 Virtual Music & Medicine event at UCLA Health

Research

Interests

Research Projects

2023-Present

IRB #22-000086

  • REPKID: Patient-Reported Anticipatory Guidance for Reproductive Planning in Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease-Multi Disciplinary Nephrology-MFM (PI)

2022-Present

IRB #22-001681

  •  MUSIC_CKD Dialysis: The impact of music and visual art on adults with chronic kidney disease (CKD) on Dialysis (PI)

2021- Present 

IRB #21-002159 

  • RECOVID: Renal Outcomes and Mortality in Patients with COVID-19 Infection at UCLA (PI)

Research Topics

  • Hypertension Management
  • Women's health
  • Wellness-Lifestyle

Proceedings of UCLA Health

Publications

  1. Nobakht N, Afshar Y, Vaseghi M, Li Z, Donangelo I, Lavretsky H, Mok T, Han CS, Nicholas SB. Hypertension Management in Women With a Multidisciplinary Approach. Mayo Clin Proc. 2024 Dec 29:S0025-6196(24)00520-2. doi: 10.1016/j.mayocp.2024.10.005. PMID: 39736047.(Link is external) (Link opens in new window)
  2. Music and Medicine: Promoting Harmony for Health (The American Journal of Medicine 2023)(Link is external) (Link opens in new window)
  3. Music for Health: From Ear to Kidney.Clin J Am Soc Nephrol. 2022 PMID 35705509(Link is external)
  4. Exacerbation of Minimal Change Disease Following mRNA COVID-19 Vaccination. Am J Case Rep. Nov 2023 Nov PMID: 37941318
  5. Sodium zirconium cyclosilicate for the management of chronic hyperkalemia in kidney disease, a novel agent. Expert Rev Clin Pharmacol. 2021. PMID: 34227913
  6. Advances in Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease: A Clinical Review. Kidney Med. 2020 Feb, PMID: 32734239 
  7. Blood Pressure and Living Kidney Donors: A Clinical Perspective," Transplant Direct. 2019 Sep, PMID: 31723583.
  8. Limitations of Angiotensin Inhibition," Nat Rev Nephrol. 2011 Jun;7(6):356-9. doi: 10.1038/nrneph.2011.29. Epub 2011 Apr 19.
  9. Differential distribution of muscle and skin sympathetic nerve activity in patients with end-stage renal disease. J Appl Physiol (1985). 2008 Dec; 105(6):1873-6. Park J, Campese VM, Nobakht N, Middlekauff HR(Link is external). PMID: 18845779; PMCID: PMC2612470(Link is external).
  10. Relationship between urinary albumin excretion and left ventricular mass with mortality in patients with type 2 diabetes. Clin J Am Soc Nephrol. 2006 Nov; 1(6):1187-90.Nobakhthaghighi N, Kamgar M, Bekheirnia MR, McFann K, Estacio R, Schrier RW. PMID: 17699346.

In the News

UCLA Health News

Insurance

  • Aetna
  • Anthem Blue Cross
  • Blue Shield of California
  • Centivo
  • Cigna
  • First Health
  • Health Net of California
  • Interplan (part of HealthSmart)
  • L.A. Care
  • Medicare Advantage
  • MultiPlan
  • UFCM Health System
  • Prime Health Services
  • Private Healthcare Systems (PHCS)
  • TRICARE
  • UnitedHealthcare

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Recognitions

  • AAMC Mid-Career Women Faculty Leadership Development, 2024

  • Women In Nephrology Executive Councilor at Large 

  • Women In Nephrology Speaker Bureau, Lead Councilor 

  • Top Doctors, Los Angeles Magazine, 2021

  • Featured Wellness Champion

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