Dr. Philippe (Phil) Gauthier was raised in Long Island, NY, and came to Tulane University for medical school. He decided to stay on for his residency in Internal Medicine and was selected to serve as Chief Resident for the year 1997-98. Thereafter, he received his Nephrology training at Tulane University with additional training in Transplant Nephrology at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee. He joined the faculty at Tulane University in July 2000 and served as the Director of Transplant Nephrology for four years. He then served as the Director of Transplant Medicine for the Centura transplant program in Denver Colorado for 12 years and then another 2 years as Center Medical Director. Most recently he joined Natera as Medical Director of Organ Health.