Dr. Lakhmir (Mink) Chawla is Silver Creek Pharmaceutical’s Chief Medical Officer, and a Clinical Professor of Medicine at the UCSD Medical Center and Veterans Affairs Medical Center. Dr. Chawla was a Professor of Medicine at the George Washington University Medical Center in Washington, D.C. where he directed research efforts for the Division of Critical Care Medicine. He previously headed the Division of Intensive Care Medicine at the Washington DC Veterans Affairs Medical Center. With a focus on critical care and nephrology, Dr. Chawla has led and supported several grants and research projects centered on acute kidney injury, renal disease, extracorporeal therapies, shock, and sepsis.