Dr. Naren Chandrashekar has been providing care to patients in the Coachella Valley since 2002. He serves as medical director of the La Quinta Kidney Center and the Kidney Institute at Eisenhower Medical Center.
He’s an active member of both Eisenhower Medical Center and John F. Kennedy Memorial Hospital. Dr. Chandrashekar has also served in multiple physician leadership roles on the Medical Executive Committee at Eisenhower Medical Center and as the center’s former Chief of Nephrology. He’s board-certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine in Nephrology.
For his medical education, Dr. Chandrashekar first attended UCLA, where he earned his Bachelor of Science degree in Cybernetics. Then he moved to Boston, MA, where he attended medical school at Tufts University School of Medicine. Finally, he trained at the University of Texas, Southwestern Medical Center / Parkland Memorial Hospital, where he completed his residency and fellowship in Internal Medicine and Nephrology. He also served as the Chief Fellow in the hospital’s Nephrology Department.
In 2002, Dr. Chandrashekar returned to the Coachella Valley, where he provides the highest quality care in his consultative practice at Coachella Valley Nephrology. His expertise in nephrology includes chronic kidney disease, kidney failure, kidney transplants, hypertension, and assisting patients with kidney stone prevention.
Dr. Chandrashekar has been a member of the Medical Executive Committee at Eisenhower Health from 2010 through 2025. He has served in various offices include the President of the Medical Staff from 2022 through 2023.
Dr. Chandrashekar grew up around the world. He lived in India, Ireland, and Canada before settling in the Coachella Valley. He enjoys helping his wife raise their two children, exercising, training in Brazilian jiu-jitsu, and skiing.
