Dr. Santhosh Augustine is trained in nephrology. Santhosh Augustine completed a medical residency in internal medicine in 1987, and then began studying subspecialties of the field. Between 1989 and 1990, he was a clinical fellow in the Nephrology and Hypertension Division of the University of California San Diego Medical Center. At the same time, he was a research fellow in immunology at the Scripps Research Institute. Dr. Santhosh Augustine has a strong interest in internal medicine as well as finding treatments for orphan diseases.