Joe Gonzales is a dedicated healthcare professional with extensive experience in critical care and primary care. He joined Balboa Nephrology Medical Group in 2025 as a Family Nurse Practitioner. Prior to this role, Joe worked for over a decade as a Registered Nurse in the Intensive Care Unit before transitioning as a nurse practitioner in primary care in 2019.
Maria Jose joined Balboa Nephrology Medical Group in 2023, after serving as Dialysis Registered Nurse since 2014. She provides dialysis coverage at FMC units throughout Imperial County.
Dr. Saeed joined Balboa Nephrology Medical Group in 2017. He practices in the El Centro and Brawley areas; specializing in kidney diseases which includes hemodialysis patients at FMC Dialysis unit.
Dr. Hussain joined Balboa Nephrology Medical Group in 2006. He practices in the El Centro and Brawley area; specializing in kidney diseases which includes hemodialysis, peritoneal dialysis at FMC Dialysis units. He is dual board certified in Internal Medicine and Nephrology and is also a certified interventional nephrologist, and performs hemodialysis access procedures in the Imperial Valley. He is also a sub investigator in the California Institute of Renal Research, El Centro.
Dr. Berenji joined Balboa Nephrology Medical Group in 2006. He practices in the El Centro and Brawley area; specializing in kidney diseases which includes hemodialysis patients at Fresenius Medical Care.
