Santhi Voora

Santhi Voora is a Clinical Assistant Professor at the Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California. She serves as Medical Director of Outpatient Kidney Transplant Services and is affiliated with the Division of Nephrology and Hypertension. Her career spans clinical practice, research, and teaching in transplantation medicine.

• Undergraduate: Biology, Dartmouth College
• Medical Degree: Pennsylvania State College of Medicine
• Residency: Internal Medicine, Loyola University Medical Center
• Fellowships: Nephrology and Transplant Nephrology, University of California San Francisco

Voora's research focuses on advancing kidney transplantation through artificial intelligence tools for rejection prediction, novel immunosuppression strategies, and addressing racial disparities in transplant access. Her clinical work emphasizes living donor transplantation, dual organ transplants (liver/kidney, heart/kidney), and safety net kidney transplantation initiatives.

Publications highlight her expertise in transplant critical care (2023), post-transplant management education (2019), CKD screening in veteran populations (2017), and earlier neuroscience research (2008) involving astroglial function in the central nervous system.

She actively contributes to medical teaching across all levels, mentoring students, residents, and fellows. Her work integrates clinical innovation with educational leadership to improve transplant outcomes and patient care equity.