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.

Lloyd Ratner is a Transplant Surgeon and a General Surgeon in New York, New York. 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.

Sandip Kapur is a Transplant Surgeon and a General Surgeon in New York, New York. Dr. Kapur 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.

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.

Kenar Jhaveri is a Nephrologist in Great Neck, New York. Dr. Jhaveri is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in Kidney Transplant. His top areas of expertise are Glomerulonephritis, Interstitial Nephritis, Low Potassium Level, Low Sodium Level, and 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.

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.

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

Nabil Dagher is a Transplant Surgeon in Manhasset, New York. Dr. Dagher is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in Kidney Transplant. His top areas of expertise are Cirrhosis, Liver Failure, Hepatitis, Liver Transplant, and Kidney Transplant.

Ahmed Fahmy is a Transplant Surgeon in Manhasset, New York. Dr. Fahmy is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in Kidney Transplant. His top areas of expertise are Chronic Antibody-Mediated Rejection, Alcoholic Cirrhosis, Liver Failure, Kidney Transplant, and Simultaneous Pancreas Kidney Transplant.

Mersema Abate is a Nephrologist in Manhasset, New York. Dr. Abate is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in Kidney Transplant. Her top areas of expertise are Acute Kidney Failure, Chronic Kidney Disease, End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD), Hepatorenal Syndrome, and Kidney Transplant.

Lewis Teperman is a Transplant Surgeon in Hempstead, New York. Dr. Teperman is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in Kidney Transplant. His top areas of expertise are Hepatitis, Hepatitis C, Alcoholic Cirrhosis, Liver Transplant, and 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.

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.

Richard Barnett is a Nephrologist in Great Neck, New York. Dr. Barnett is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in Kidney Transplant. His top areas of expertise are Acute Kidney Failure, Low Sodium Level, Hypophosphatemia, Childhood Hypophosphatasia (HPP), and Kidney Transplant.

Steven Fishbane is a Nephrologist in Great Neck, New York. Dr. Fishbane is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in Kidney Transplant. His top areas of expertise are High Potassium Level, Chronic Kidney Disease, Low Potassium Level, End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD), and Kidney Transplant.

Mala Sachdeva is a Nephrologist in Great Neck, New York. Dr. Sachdeva is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in Kidney Transplant. Her top areas of expertise are Magnesium Deficiency, End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD), Acute Kidney Failure, Low Sodium Level, and Kidney Transplant.