Nir J. Barzilai
Advanced in Diabetic Retinopathy

Dr. Nir J. Barzilai

Endocrinology
Montefiore Einstein
Montefiore Medical Park At 1575 Blondell
1575 Blondell Avenue, 
Bronx, NY 

Advanced in Diabetic Retinopathy
Montefiore Einstein
Montefiore Medical Park At 1575 Blondell
1575 Blondell Avenue, 
Bronx, NY 
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Overview

Dr. Nir Barzilai is the director of the Institute for Aging Research at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine and the Director of the Paul F. Glenn Center for the Biology of Human Aging Research and of the National Institutes of Health’s (NIH) Nathan Shock Centers of Excellence in the Basic Biology of Aging. He is the Ingeborg and Ira Leon Rennert Chair of Aging Research, professor in the Departments of Medicine and Genetics, and member of the Diabetes Research Center and of the Divisions of Endocrinology & Diabetes and Geriatrics.

Dr. Barzilai is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Diabetic Retinopathy. His top areas of expertise are Diabetic Retinopathy, Type 2 Diabetes (T2D), Maturity Onset Diabetes of the Young, and Abdominal Obesity Metabolic Syndrome.

His clinical research consists of co-authoring 199 peer reviewed articles. MediFind looks at clinical research from the past 15 years.

Graduate Institution
Israel Institute Of Technology
Residency
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Specialties
Endocrinology
Licenses
Internal Medicine in NY
Fellowships
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Languages Spoken
English
Hebrew
Gender
Male

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Locations

Montefiore Medical Park at 1575 Blondell
1575 Blondell Avenue, Bronx, NY 10461
Call: 718-405-8300
Other Locations
Montefiore Medical Group-Family Care Center (FCC)
3444 Kossuth Avenue, Bronx, NY 10467
Call: 718-920-2273

Additional Areas of Focus

Dr. Barzilai has provided the following conditions as areas of focus. Please note that we may not have enough data to validate their experience in some of these conditions.

Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease
Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis (NASH)

Clinical Research

Clinical research consists of overseeing clinical studies of patients undergoing new treatments and therapies, and publishing articles in peer reviewed medical journals. Providers who actively participate in clinical research are generally at the forefront of the fields and aware of the most up-to-date advances in treatments for their patients.


198 Total Publications

Increased Genetic Protection Against Alzheimer's Disease in Centenarians.
Increased Genetic Protection Against Alzheimer's Disease in Centenarians.
Journal: bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology
Published: June 12, 2025
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