Devika Nair
Devika Nair
AJKD Blog Fellow Contributor
Devika Nair, MD, MSCI is currently a nephrologist at Vanderbilt University. She received her undergraduate education at the University of California, Berkeley, followed by medical school and Internal Medicine residency training at Tulane University. She completed a Chief Residency in Internal Medicine before moving to Nashville to pursue her nephrology fellowship. Dr. Nair served as Chief Nephrology Fellow at Vanderbilt from 2017-2018 and completed a Master of Science in Clinical Investigation during 2017-2019. In her research, Dr. Nair uses qualitative and quantitative methods to assess and address psychological stress in kidney disease. She has a special interest in supportive care and engaging vulnerable populations in her research questions. Dr. Nair has long been interested in scholastic writing, served as a fellow editor of the American Society of Nephrology’s Kidney News Fellows Corner during 2017-2018, and was part of the inaugural class of AJKD Editorial Interns from 2018-2019.