A native of Philadelphia PA, Dr. Rakowski moved to Hampton Roads in 1999 to do his internship and residency at Naval Medical Center Portsmouth. He completed his Nephrology fellowship at the National Capital Consortium (Walter Reed Army Medical Center and the National Naval Medical Center) and returned to NMCP where he was twice named Teacher of the Year.

After joining TKS in 2008 he has remained active in teaching medical students and residents as a clinical faculty member at EVMS and is the Medical Director for the Great Bridge DaVita Dialysis Center. He is president elect of the medical staff at Chesapeake Regional Medical Center. Dr. Rakowski has specific clinical interests in treating glomerular disease, managing renal Transplant patients and treating complicated hypertension. In his spare time Dr. Rakowski enjoys running, playing jazz trumpet and raising two wonderful children. He has been voted a Coastal Virginia Top Doc for the past 3 years.

Dr. Huang completed her medical school education at the Sun Yat-sen University Medical School. Her Internal Medicine Internship was completed at the New York Medical College and Residency at the University of Tennessee in Memphis, TN. Dr. Huang’s Nephrology Fellowship was at University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, PA. Dr. Huang is certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine and Nephrology.

In Dr. Huang’s clinical practice, she focuses on the overlap of diabetes and high blood pressure and concurrent kidney disease, end-stage renal disease and acute hospital nephrology care. She enjoys taking care of patients with Kidney disease and always hope to be able to improve the overall diagnostic and treatment of kidney disease. Dr. Huang believes good communication between the patient and physician is critical to excellent medical care and she always takes time to listen to her patients with respect and compassion.

In her spare time, Dr. Huang enjoys playing badminton, hiking and practicing yoga.

A native of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Dr. Dean completed his undergraduate training and earned his medical degree in Philadelphia. As a commissioned officer in the United States Navy, he relocated to San Diego where he continued his post-graduate education, completing his Nephrology Fellowship training at UCSD in 2016. As a staff nephrologist, Dr. Dean spent the most recent 7 years of his career as a teaching faculty member at Naval Medical Center Portsmouth VA where he worked closely with medical students and resident physicians until separating from active duty service in 2023. During his tenure, he was recognized with a national faculty educator award by the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences. Dr. Dean holds an appointment as a clinical associate professor of medicine at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences School of Medicine and is certified by ABIM in Internal Medicine and Nephrology.

Dr. Dean enjoys getting to know patients and strongly believes in building therapeutic relationships. Dr. Dean strives to provide the highest quality medical care to his patients and has interests in complex hypertension, chronic kidney disease and transplant medicine. In his off time, Dr. Dean enjoys traveling with family, watching sports and playing soccer.

Dawn began her career as an EMT Paramedic in El Paso, Texas. Deciding to pursue a career in nursing, she entered a nursing program at the University of Texas at El Paso in 1992 and then completed a Bachelor of Science in Nursing. After working for 12 years in the field of Neonatal Intensive Care Newborn Nursery and Pediatric Cardiology, she was accepted into the Nurse Practitioner program in Florida through the University of Central Florida. In 2010, she finished a Master’s of Science in Nursing with a focus on Family Practice. Immediately after graduating, she began her career in Nephrology which included rounding at dialysis clinics and hospital follow up care for patients with kidney disease. She moved to the Virginia area in 2017 and is now a part of Tidewater Kidney Specialists. In Dawn's spare time she enjoys gardening, family time with her children and practicing the Bagpipes.

Dr. Zhao earned his medical degree from Shanghai Second Military Medical University in 1985. He completed his internship and residency at Eastern Virginia Medical School in Norfolk, VA in 2000. He received his Nephrology Fellowship from Harvard Medical School/Massachusetts General Hospital and Brigham Women’s Hospital Joint Program in Boston, MA in 2002. Dr. Zhao is certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine and Nephrology.

Dr. Zhao is a nephrologist who has special interests in diagnosis and management of glomerular diseases (such as lupus nephritis, membranous nephropathy, FSGS), hypertension, electrolyte and acid-base disorders. He is the Medical Director of the Leigh DaVita Dialysis Center. Dr. Zhao is dedicated to his patients and is looking forwarding to a long-term relationship with his patients.

Dr. Siff began her medical career in EMS while a student at Old Dominion University where she graduated with a BS in Biochemistry. After many years of being a paramedic with the City of Portsmouth and adjunct faculty at Tidewater Community College for the EMS Department, her life-long passion for medicine led her to medical school at Ross University in Dominica where she graduated with highest honors. She completed her internal medicine residency at St. John’s Episcopal Hospital in New York. She then went on to complete her Nephrology training at Virginia Commonwealth University, where she also served as chief fellow.

She returned to her native Hampton Roads area to join Tidewater Kidney Specialists to provide personalized kidney care to her patients and their families.

In her spare time, she enjoys catching up with family and friends, crocheting, hiking, and being outside again after COVID.

A native of New York City, Dr. Gao joined the US Navy and completed medical training in Internal Medicine and Nephrology in Bethesda, MD. He arrived in Virginia in 2007 and worked at Naval Medical Center Portsmouth until his retirement from the US Navy in 2022. He has a faculty appointment as a Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine with the Uniformed Services University of Health Sciences, and has an active role teaching medical students and residents at NMCP. His academic and research interests are currently in medical education, point-of-care ultrasound, and renal genetics. His wife is a physician with Virginia Beach OB-GYN; they enjoy time with their 2 children, traveling, skiing, and rock climbing.

Kyle began his medical career as an EMT during undergraduate at James Madison University. After graduating he got his paramedic license from Tidewater Community College. From there he pursued getting his Master’s in Physician Assistant from Jefferson College of Health Sciences in Roanoke, Virginia, graduating in 2016. After getting his PA license Kyle lived in Jacksonville, NC working for a local nephrology company for 4 years. He and his wife in 2020 moved back up to his hometown of Chesapeake, Virginia. Kyle started working for Tidewater Kidney Specialist in Fall of 2020.

For enjoyment Kyle likes to exercise, do outdoor activities with his wife, and spend time doing water sports at the lake.

Dr. Kalmanovich is actively involved in the Sentara Transplant Program. He is a fellow of the American Society of Nephrology, and the Medical Director of DaVita Midtowne Dialysis Center.

Dr. Kalmanovich is the current Secretary/Treasurer of TKS. He has special clinical interests in kidney diseases in patients with heart problems and diabetes and Transplant Nephrology. In his limited leisure time, he enjoys watching movies, reading, and exercising on the treadmill. Voted Top Doc in 2015 by Coastal Virginia Magazine.

Dr. Dhillon received her Bachelor of Science degree from the College of William and Mary and Master’s degree in Public Health from the Medical College of Virginia. She earned her medical degree from Eastern Virginia Medical School where she went on to do her internship and residency training. She completed her subspecialty training in Nephrology from the Medical College of Virginia. She is certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine in both Internal Medicine and Nephrology.

Dr. Dhillon is a member of the Sentara Renal Transplant Program and is also Medical Director of DaVita Norfolk Dialysis Center. She is a member of Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Honor Society. Dr. Dhillon lives in Virginia Beach with her husband and son and enjoys reading and traveling. Voted Top Doc in 2015 by Coastal Virginia Magazine.

Dr. Sadr graduated from the University of Virginia with a BA in Biology. He completed his medical school education and residency in Internal Medicine at Eastern Virginia Medical School. He finished a fellowship in Nephrology at Maine Medical Center. He is board certified in Internal Medicine and Nephrology.

Dr. Sadr is actively involved with the Sentara Kidney Transplant Program. He enjoys his role as an Assistant Professor with the Department of Internal Medicine teaching residents and students. He has won the William Osler award for teaching and he is a member of Alpha Omega Alpha, the medical honor society. Voted Top Doc in 2015 by Coastal Virginia Magazine.

Dr. Anjum completed his Internal Medicine internship and residency training at Eastern Virginia Medical School. He then completed his fellowship in Nephrology at University of Virginia where he also worked as the Chief Fellow in the division of Nephrology. He has interests in all aspects of nephrology and enjoys getting to know his patients and their families and educating them on their conditions and treatments. He lives in Virginia Beach with his wife and son. In his spare time, he enjoys spending time with family, listening to music and watching TV & movies. Dr. Anjum works out of the Norfolk office and is accepting new patients.

Dr Prajapati completed his Internal Medicine residency training at SUNY downstate, Brooklyn, NY. He finished his training in Nephrology and Transplant Nephrology at Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond. He worked as a member of New York Presbyterian Queens Nephrology faculty in NY and mentored nephrology fellows, medical residents and students for 2 years prior to joining Tidewater Kidney Specialists. He is certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine and Nephrology.

Dr Prajapati is involved with the Sentara Kidney Transplant program. He strongly believes in taking time to educate patients on their conditions and treatment therapies . In his spare time he enjoys motorcycling, spending time with family and reading about passive investing.

Martha earned her National Paramedic Certification from Tidewater Community College and obtained her undergraduate degree from Old Dominion University in Exercise Science. In 2004, she graduated from the Inter-service Physician Assistant Program at Fort Sam Houston in San Antonio TX with a Bachelor’s degree from the University of Nebraska. She has been in practice as a Nephrology Physician Assistant with Tidewater Kidney Specialists since 2005.

Martha brings her experience as an emergency medical provider and US Army Reservists to our practice. She specializes in clinical research, chronic kidney disease management and end-stage renal disease management. Martha enjoys spending time with her family and friends, cooking and gardening.

Dr. Lusica attended medical school in De LaSalle University, Philippines. She completed her Internal Medicine Residency in 2008. She worked as a Hospitalist for 7 years and decided to go to Nephrology fellowship in 2015 to 2017 at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. Dr. Lusica currently works out of the Virginia Beach office and is accepting new patients.

Dr. Lusica is married and resides with her husband and two children in Virginia Beach. In her leisure time, she enjoys going to the gym, gardening and baking.

Angela began her career in Nursing as an intensive care nurse, followed by six years of dialysis nursing. In her six years she worked as a chronic dialysis nurse, acute care dialysis nurse, clinical nurse coordinator, assistant facility administrator, and lastly a home dialysis nurse. Her wealth of knowledge and interest in Nephrology led her to pursue her Master's degree with a goal of working as a Nephrology Nurse Practitioner. Angela has fulfilled this goal and started with Tidewater Kidney Specialists in the fall of 2013. In Angela's spare time she enjoys spending time with her husband, family, and friends. She also enjoys reading and traveling.

Dr. Kolli grew up in the western suburbs of Cleveland. He graduated with a BA from Oberlin College. He received his medical degree from Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine. He then went to Brown University for his internship and residency. He then completed his fellowship in Nephrology at the University of Pittsburgh.

Dr. Kolli is the current Vice President of TKS and the Medical Director of the Camelot DaVita Dialysis Center. Dr. Kolli has been practicing in the Hampton Roads area with Tidewater Kidney Specialists since November 2002. He has privileges at all of the south side hospitals. Dr. Kolli is married and resides with his wife and two children in Virginia Beach. He enjoys running, bicycling and photography in his free time.

Physicians

CHESAPEAKE OFFICE - 300 Medical Parkway, Suite #110

Daniel Rakowski, M.D., FACP

Liwei Elizabeth Huang M.D.

Daniel Dean, D.O., FACP

Dawn Bethea, NP

LEIGH OFFICE – 814 Kempsville Road, Building 17, Suite 102

Wei David Zhao, M.D.

Melody Siff, M.D.

Sam Gao, M.D.

Kyle Vaughn, PA

NORFOLK OFFICE - 301 Riverview Avenue, Suite #512

Yury Kalmanovich, M.D., FASN, FACP

Kiranjit K. Dhillon, M.D.

Hooman Sadr, M.D.

Malik Asad Anjum, M.D.

Bhupinder Prajapati, M.D.

Martha V. Versprille, PA-C

VIRGINIA BEACH OFFICE - 1200 First Colonial Road, Suite #202, VB 23454

Haidr Agha, M.D.

Melbeth Lusica, M.D.

Angela Garcia, NP-C

VIRGINIA BEACH OFFICE - 828 Healthy Way, Suite #270, VB 23462

Madhu Kolli, M.D.

Anitha Murthy, M.D.

Suffolk Office – 3009 Corporate Lane, Suite #210, Suffolk, VA 23434

Steven Lewinski, M.D., FACP

Onweli Ogbolu, M.D.

DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS

Tidewater Kidney Specialists (First Colonial office)

Tidewater Kidney Specialists (Chesapeake office)

Tidewater Kidney Specialists (Leigh office)

Tidewater Kidney Specialists (Princess Anne office)

Tidewater Kidney Specialists (Fort Norfolk Plaza Building)

Tidewater Kidney Specialists (Suffolk office)