Academic Appointments
- Professor of Medicine at CUMC
Current Administrative Positions
- Medical Director, Renal Transplantation
This provider accepts new patients
Appointment Phone Number: (212) 305-6469
I am involved in numerous clinical protocols investigating new immunosuppressive drugs and/or new combinations of existing medications in renal transplant patients, both newly transplanted patients and those with long-term functioning transplants.
Board Certifications
- Nephrology
- Internal Medicine
Areas of Expertise
- Transplantation Nephrology
- Hypertension
- Kidney Transplant
- Pancreas Transplant
Languages Spoken
- French
Education and Training
- Albert Einstein College of Medicine - Yeshiva University
- Internship: Mount Sinai Hospital
- Residency: Mount Sinai Hospital
- Fellowship: Brigham & Women's Hospital
- Fellowship: NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center
Locations
CUMC/Presbyterian Hospital and Vanderbilt Clinic
622 West 168th Street
New York, NY 10032- For new and current patient appointments, call:
- (212) 305-6469
- Phone:
- (212) 305-6469
- Fax:
- (212) 305-9642
CUMC/Presbyterian Hospital and Vanderbilt Clinic
622 West 168th Street
New York, NY 10032- For new and current patient appointments, call:
- (212) 305-6469
- Phone:
- (212) 305-6469
- Fax:
- (212) 305-9642
Provider Affiliations
- NewYork-Presbyterian / Columbia University Irving Medical Center
Insurance Programs
Please contact the provider's office directly to verify that your particular insurance is accepted.
- Aetna [EPO, HMO, Medicare Managed Care, NYP Employee Plan, NY Signature, POS, PPO, Signature Administrators, Student Health]
- Affinity [Essential Plan, Medicaid Managed Care]
- AgeWell [Medicare Managed Care, Special Needs Plan]
- Amida Care [Special Needs Plan]
- Capital District Physician Health Plan [Capital District Physician Health Plan]
- Cigna [EPO, Great West, HMO, POS, PPO]
- Emblem/GHI [Medicare Managed Care, PPO]
- Emblem/HIP [ConnectiCare, EPO, Essential Plan, HMO, Medicaid Managed Care, Medicare Managed Care, POS, PPO, Select Care (Exchange), Vytra]
- Empire Blue Cross/Blue Shield [EPO, Medicare Managed Care, PPO]
- Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield HealthPlus [Child/Family Health Plus, Essential Plan, Medicaid Managed Care]
- Fidelis Care [Child/Family Health Plus, Medicaid Managed Care, Medicare Managed Care]
- Healthfirst [Child/Family Health Plus, Leaf (Exchange), Medicaid Managed Care, Medicare Managed Care]
- Local 1199 [Local 1199]
- MagnaCare [MagnaCare]
- Multiplan [Multiplan]
- MVP Health Care [Child/Family Health Plus, Essential Plan, HMO, Medicaid Managed Care]
- Oxford Health Plans [Freedom, Liberty]
- UnitedHealthcare [Columbia University Employee Plan, Compass (Exchange), HMO, Medicaid (Community Plan), Medicare Managed Care, POS, PPO]
- VNSNY CHOICE [Medicare Managed Care, SelectHealth, Special Needs Plan]
- WellCare [Medicaid Managed Care, Medicare Managed Care]
Publications
- Wilkinson AH, Cohen DJ. (1999) Renal failure in recipients of non-renal solid organ transplants. J Amer Soc Nephrol 10:1136-45
- The Mycophenolate Mofetil Acute Rejection Study Group. (2001) Mycophenolate mofetil for the treatment of a first acute renal allograft rejection: three-year follow-up. Transplantation 71:1091-7
- Lin J, Valeri AM, Cohen DJ, Radhakrishnan J. (2002) Angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) inhibition in chronic allograft nephropathy. Transplantation 73:783-8
- Adams PL, Cohen DJ, Danovitch GM, et al. (2002) The nondirected live-kidney donor: ethical considerations and practice guidelines. Transplantation 74:582-90
For a complete list of publications, please visit PubMed.gov