New Announcements

New Transplant Nephrologist Joins HKSC

Shashank Singh, M.D.
Consultant Nephrologist

HKSC is pleased to announce that Shashank Singh, M.D. has joined Houston Kidney Specialists Center. Dr. Singh was born in India and raised in Atlanta, GA from the young age of 1 year. He received his bachelor's degree in Biology from Kennesaw State University and further received his medical degree from St. George's University in 2014. He later completed his Internal Medicine residency in Brooklyn, NY. He finished his residency in 2017 and worked at LSU - Shreveport for some time as an Internal Medicine Faculty Associate Professor. Deciding to specialize, he finished his Nephrology Fellowship from UT Health San Antonio and Transplant Nephrology Fellowship from Emory University. Dr. Singh demonstrates a strong belief in providing the best care for his patients as he would want for his own family. He strives to provide excellence with kindness to all his patients.

In his spare time, he enjoys the outdoors by running and hiking and enjoys working on automobiles. He comes to Houston, TX with his wife - a native of Houston and an Intensivist. He and his wife are blessed with a daughter.

New Nurse Practitioner Joins HKSC

Lisha Gandhi, MSN, APRN, FNP-C
Nurse Practitioner

Lisha graduated with Bachelor of Science in Nursing from Saint Anthony College of Nursing in Rockford, Illinois. She has worked in medical/surgical, cardiac, critical care, and post-surgical unit for 4 years before graduating with Master of Nursing as Family Nurse Practitioner from Chamberlain University. While pursuing her Masters and Bachelors, she was inducted into Sigma Theta Tau International Honors Society of Nursing.

As a Board-Certified Nurse Practitioner, she has worked in a Pain Management setting for the last 2 years. Lisha has been committed to helping her patients maximize their health and wellbeing.

When Lisha is not working, she enjoys traveling, cooking, and spending time with her family.

New Nurse Practitioner Joins HKSC

Lauren Tyler, MSN, APRN, FNP-C
Nurse Practitioner

Lauren graduated Magna Cum Laude with a Bachelor of Science in Nursing from Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi (TAMUCC) in 2015. She was selected for a Critical Care Nurse Residency with Methodist Stone Oak Hospital in San Antonio, TX and continued to work in various Intensive Care Units (ICU) as a travel nurse. She developed a passion for Nephrology while training to become a certified Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy Nurse and caring for many chronic kidney disease inpatients. Lauren also managed a clinical care team of 6 as the Nurse Supervisor for an infectious disease clinic while completing her Master of Science in Nursing to become a board-certified Family Nurse Practitioner.

She enjoys spending time with her family, weightlifting, and traveling. Lauren is excited to be a part of the HKSC team where her passion for patient care and Nephrology can improve the quality of life with patient outcomes.