Dr. Juan Carlos Q. Velez specializes in nephrology at Ochsner Health. He earned a medical degree from Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia in Lima, Peru. He completed his internship and residency in internal medicine at Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center, serving as chief medical resident. Following, he completed a clinical and research fellowship in nephrology at Emory University School of Medicine.Following his training, he joined the Division of Nephrology at the Medical University of South Carolina. After spending 11 years of intense clinical, educational and investigational efforts at Medical University of South Carolina, he joined the Department of Nephrology at Ochsner Health in 2016 to enhance the academic and clinical research programs of the department. Dr. Velez has conducted experimental research in the area of the intrarenal renin-angiotensin system that resulted in federal funding and peer-reviewed publications. Clinically, his areas of expertise and ongoing investigation include hepatorenal acute kidney injury, hyponatremia, glomerular diseases and renal syndromes associated with exposure to antimicrobials.Dr. Velez is certified in nephrology by the American Board of Internal Medicine, and in kidney ultrasonography by the American Society of Diagnostic and Interventional Nephrology, and as a hypertension specialist by the American Society of Hypertension. He is a member of the Southern Society of Clinical Investigation. In addition, he serves in the American Society of Nephrology / National Board of Medical Examiners Fellows In-Training Examination Development Committee. He also mentors young trainees.