The 20 Best Kidney Transplant Doctors in New York, US

Robert Montgomery is a Transplant Surgeon and a General Surgeon in New York, New York. Dr. Montgomery is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in Kidney Transplant. His top areas of expertise are End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD), Hepatitis, Chronic Antibody-Mediated Rejection, Kidney Transplant, and Simultaneous Pancreas Kidney Transplant.

Bonnie Lonze is a General Surgeon in New York, New York. Dr. Lonze is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in Kidney Transplant. Her top areas of expertise are Chronic Antibody-Mediated Rejection, End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD), Polycystic Kidney Disease, Kidney Transplant, and Simultaneous Pancreas Kidney Transplant.

Enver Akalin, MD, earned his medical degree at Ege University School of Medicine in Izmir, Turkey. He completed a research fellowship in the Renal Division at Brigham and Woman's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, followed by a clinical fellowship in the Renal Division at Boston University School of Medicine. Dr. Akalin completed his residency in Internal Medicine as well as a clinical transplant nephrology fellowship in the Renal Division at Emory University School of Medicine. Dr Akalin is a UNOS certified transplant nephrologist, and brings to Montefiore more than a decade of expertise in kidney and kidney-pancreas transplantation. Prior to joining Montefiore, Dr. Akalin served as the Medical Director of the Kidney and Pancreas Transplantation Program and the Director of the Transplant Nephrology Fellowship at Mount Sinai School of Medicine. Dr. Akalin is board certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine and the American Board of Nephrology. Dr. Akalin is a member of several societies, has served on the American Society of Transplantation Clinical Trials Committee and Renal Accreditation Committee, the American Society of Nephrology Transplant Advisory Group and the Medical Board of New York Organ Donor Network. He currently serves on the Editorial Board of the Clinical Journal of The American Society of Nephrology and Transplantation. Dr. Akalin has been the principle investigator in several trials and has written numerous articles on complex issues in kidney transplantation. Dr. Akalin is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in Kidney Transplant. His top areas of expertise are Chronic Kidney Disease, Cytomegalovirus Infection, Cytomegalic Inclusion Disease, Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis, and Kidney Transplant.

Maria Ajaimy, MD, earned her medical degree at Lebanese University School of Medicine in Beirut, Lebanon. She completed a clinical fellowship in the Renal Division at SUNY downstate, NY, followed by a clinical transplant fellowship in the Renal Division at BIDMC, Harvard teaching hospital. Dr. Ajaimy is a UNOS certified transplant nephrologist and brings to Montefiore more than a decade of expertise in kidney and kidney-pancreas transplantation. Dr. Ajaimy is board certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine and the American Board of Nephrology. Dr. Ajaimy is a member of several societies. She has been the principal investigator in several trials and has written numerous articles on complex issues in kidney transplantation. Dr. Ajaimy is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in Kidney Transplant. Her top areas of expertise are Chronic Kidney Disease, Cytomegalovirus Infection, Cytomegalic Inclusion Disease, Kidney Transplant, and Simultaneous Pancreas Kidney Transplant.

Deirdre Sawinski is a Nephrologist in New York, New York. Dr. Sawinski is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in Kidney Transplant. Her top areas of expertise are Chronic Kidney Disease, End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD), High Potassium Level, Kidney Transplant, and Nephrectomy. Dr. Sawinski is currently accepting new patients.

Dr. Ratner is Professor of Surgery and Director of Renal and Pancreatic Transplantation at Columbia University. Prior to joining the faculty at Columbia, Dr. Ratner was on the faculty of Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, and served as the Chief of Solid Organ Transplantation at Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia. Dr. Ratner was responsible for dramatic growth of the kidney transplant program at CUIMC. He also established the pancreas transplant program, and the Kidney Autotransplant Program. He introduced robotic surgery to our kidney transplant program. Access to organ transplantation has been Dr. Ratner's major academic interest. Dr. Ratner has been a leading innovator in transplantation for over two decades. In 1993, he performed the world's first dual renal transplant. In 1995 (with Dr. Louis Kavoussi) he performed the first laparoscopic donor nephrectomy, and set the stage for its widespread adoption, which resulted in a profound increase in living donor kidney transplantation. Dr. Ratner has made significant contributions in overcoming immunologic incompatibilities that prohibited transplantation. He devised the plasmapheresis/IVIg protocol for alloantibody desensitization in 1998. In 2001, Dr. Ratner orchestrated the second paired-kidney exchange in the U.S. Subsequently, he arranged the first paired kidney exchanges in both Pennsylvania and New York. More recently Dr. Ratner has been a leading proponent of including compatible donor/recipient pairs in kidney exchanges. And, his more contemporary work has looked at the organizational and regulatory barriers to access to care. All of these strategies have increased organ availability and access to transplantation. Additionally, he has made important contributions to improve living donor safety. For his work, Dr. Ratner has received numerous awards and honors. And, he has been invited to speak and operate at various venues around the world. Dr. Ratner has authored or co-authored over 240 peer-reviewed publications, and has been a federally funded investigator. His publications have been cited over 20,000 times. He served as the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the LiveOnNY (formerly the New York Organ Donor Network), and has served on numerous national committees including the Board of the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network (OPTN). He recently completed a term as the President of the American Society of Transplant Surgeons, and previously served as that Society's Treasurer.Dr. Ratner originally hails from Brooklyn, NY. He received his undergraduate education at the State University of New York at Buffalo. He received his M.D. from Hahnemann University. His general surgery training was obtained at Long Island Jewish Medical Center. He completed a Fellowship in Transplantation Surgery and Immunology at Washington University. In 2011 Dr. Ratner completed a Master of Public Health with a focus on health care policy, administration and management. Dr. Ratner is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in Kidney Transplant. His top areas of expertise are Chronic Antibody-Mediated Rejection, End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD), Chylous Ascites, Kidney Transplant, and Pancreas Transplant.

Sumit Mohan is a Nephrologist in New York, New York. Dr. Mohan is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in Kidney Transplant. His top areas of expertise are Chronic Kidney Disease, Acute Kidney Failure, Glomerulonephritis, Kidney Transplant, and Nephrectomy. Dr. Mohan is currently accepting new patients.

Liise Kayler is a Transplant Surgeon and a General Surgeon in Buffalo, New York. Dr. Kayler is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in Kidney Transplant. Her top areas of expertise are Chronic Antibody-Mediated Rejection, End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD), Hepatitis C, Kidney Transplant, and Simultaneous Pancreas Kidney Transplant.

Jayme Locke is a General Surgeon in New York, New York. Dr. Locke is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in Kidney Transplant. Her top areas of expertise are End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD), Obesity, Liver Failure, Kidney Transplant, and Liver Transplant. Dr. Locke is currently accepting new patients.

Babak Orandi is a Transplant Surgeon and a General Surgeon in New York, New York. Dr. Orandi has been practicing medicine for over 18 years and is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in Kidney Transplant. His top areas of expertise are End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD), Obesity, Liver Failure, Kidney Transplant, and Liver Transplant.

Darshana Dadhania is a Nephrologist in New York, New York. Dr. Dadhania is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in Kidney Transplant. Her top areas of expertise are Hemolytic-Uremic Syndrome, Atypical Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome (aHUS), D-Plus Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome, Chronic Kidney Disease, and Kidney Transplant. Dr. Dadhania is currently accepting new patients.

Dr Sandip is a General Surgeon in New York, New York. Dr. Sandip is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in Kidney Transplant. His top areas of expertise are End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD), Chronic Antibody-Mediated Rejection, Polycystic Kidney Disease, Kidney Transplant, and Nephrectomy. Dr. Sandip is currently accepting new patients.

Manikkam Suthanthiran is an Internal Medicine provider in New York, New York. Dr. Suthanthiran is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in Kidney Transplant. His top areas of expertise are Secondary Peritonitis, Chronic Kidney Disease, High Blood Pressure in Infants, and Kidney Transplant.

Bruce Gelb is a Transplant Surgeon and a General Surgeon in New York, New York. Dr. Gelb is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in Kidney Transplant. His top areas of expertise are End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD), Chronic Antibody-Mediated Rejection, Hepatitis, Kidney Transplant, and Simultaneous Pancreas Kidney Transplant.

Madhu Bhaskaran is a Nephrologist in Manhasset, New York. Dr. Bhaskaran is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in Kidney Transplant. His top areas of expertise are Chronic Kidney Disease, Acute Kidney Failure, Cytomegalovirus Infection, Kidney Transplant, and Nephrectomy.

Elliot Grodstein is a Transplant Surgeon in Manhasset, New York. Dr. Grodstein is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in Kidney Transplant. His top areas of expertise are Fibrolamellar Carcinoma, Chronic Antibody-Mediated Rejection, Hepatitis, Kidney Transplant, and Simultaneous Pancreas Kidney Transplant.

Cindy T. Pynadath, DO, is a Transplant Nephrologist and Assistant Professor, Medicine at Montefiore Einstein. Her clinical focus centers on kidney and pancreas transplantation. Dr. Pynadath is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in Kidney Transplant. Her top areas of expertise are Polycystic Kidney Disease, Chronic Kidney Disease, End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD), Febrile Neutropenia, and Kidney Transplant.

Luz Liriano-Ward, MD received her MD degree at Weill Cornell Medical College. She then completed internal medicine residency at NYU Langone Medical Center, followed by 2-years of nephrology fellowship and 1 year of transplant nephrology at Mount Sinai Hospital – Icahn School of Medicine. Dr. Liriano-Ward is a UNOS certified transplant nephrologist. Dr. Liriano-Ward is board certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine and the American Board of Nephrology. Dr. Liriano-Ward is a member of the American Society of nephrology and the American Society of Transplantation. She has special interest in medical education and acts as the director for the transplant nephrology fellowship at Montefiore Medical Center. She is also the director for the medical students’ nephrology rotation at Albert Einstein College of medicine / Montefiore Medical Center. She serves in multiple committees at the local and national level, including the Transplant Nephrology Fellowship Training Accreditation Program (TNFTAP) for the American Society of Transplantation. Dr. Liriano is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in Kidney Transplant. Her top areas of expertise are Chronic Kidney Disease, Cytomegalic Inclusion Disease, Cytomegalovirus Infection, End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD), and Kidney Transplant.

Hillary C. Yaffe, MD, is an abdominal organ transplant surgeon and Assistant Professor, Surgery at Montefiore Einstein. She is also the Program Director, Abdominal Organ Transplant Surgery Fellowship. Dr. Yaffe’s clinical focus is kidney, liver and pancreas transplants. She also performs some general surgery operations for transplant candidates and recipients. Dr. Yaffe is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in Kidney Transplant. Her top areas of expertise are Obesity, Umbilical Hernia, Kidney Transplant, and Liver Transplant.

Nicole Hayde, MD, MS, is a pediatric nephrologist at Children’s Hospital at Montefiore Einstein (CHAM), Medical Director, Pediatric Kidney Transplant Program, Associate Director, Pediatric Nephrology Fellowship Program and Associate Professor, Pediatrics at Montefiore-Einstein. Dr. Hayde’s clinical focus is pediatric renal transplantation, with a particular interest in the role of antibodies in allograft injury. Dr. Hayde is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in Kidney Transplant. Her top areas of expertise are Metabolic Acidosis, Frasier Syndrome, Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis, High Blood Pressure in Infants, and Kidney Transplant.