Sheetal Ramesh (Khandhar) Desai MD
Chief of Rheumatology, Rheumatology Program Director, Director of UCI Lupus Clinic, Associate Professor of Medicine
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101 The City Dr SOrange, CA 92868
Phone+1 714-456-8068
Fax+1 714-456-3765
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Education & Training
UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine/UCLA Medical CenterFellowship, Rheumatology, 2005 - 2007- UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine/UCLA Medical CenterResidency, Internal Medicine, 2002 - 2005
Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern CaliforniaClass of 2001
Certifications & Licensure
CA State Medical License 2004 - 2027
American Board of Internal Medicine Rheumatology
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification Sunrise Ambulatory Care Module Set, Allscripts, 2014-2017
- CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification Sunrise Ambulatory Care, Allscripts, 2014-2017
- CMS Meaningful Use Stage 2 Certification Sunrise Ambulatory Care, Allscripts, 2014-2017
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- Iptacopan in C5 blockade refractory atypical hemolytic uremic syndrome with associated Castleman's disease: case report.Matthew D Nguyen, Stefan Ciurea, Sheetal Desai, Arash Rezazadeh Kalebasty, Minh-Ha Tran
BMC Nephrology. 2025-10-24 - 1 citationsThrombotic microangiopathy multidisciplinary assessment team: demographics, final diagnosis, treatment, and outcomes.Matthew Nguyen, Gayathri Dileep, Samir Patel, Fawaz Al Ammary, Minh-Ha Tran
BMC Nephrology. 2025-09-26 - 3 citationsThrombotic microangiopathy - the importance of a multidisciplinary approach.Minh-Ha Tran, Samir Patel, Sheetal Desai, Stefan Ciurea, Benjamin J Lee
Current Opinion in Nephrology and Hypertension. 2024-03-01
Press Mentions
UCI Health Clinical Trial Tests Promising CAR T-cell Therapy for LupusNovember 17th, 2025- UCI Health Launches Clinical Trial to Test Investigational Cell Therapy for LupusNovember 16th, 2025
Other Languages
- Spanish, Gujarati
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