Maya K. Rao
Expertise in
9
conditions
Expertise in
9
conditions

Overview

Dr. Rao is an Associate Professor of Medicine in the Division of Nephrology at Columbia University, where she has been on the faculty since 2009. She is the Director of the Chronic Kidney Disease Program at Columbia. She is also currently the chief of Medicine at the Allen Hospital, part of the NYP system. Previously, she has been the medical director of several outpatient dialysis units. Her clinical interests are in pre-dialysis kidney disease. She also has an interest in caring for older adults with kidney disease, focusing on dialysis decision making and initiating a palliative approach for patients who choose to forgo dialysis for active medical management of their kidney disease. In addition, she is a member of the ColumbiaDoctors Hypertension Center, a multi-disciplinary center of excellence that provides high quality care and state-of-the-art diagnostic testing for patients with hypertension. Dr. Rao has previously done work in health care disparities and chronic kidney disease. Her current research interests are in geriatric nephrology. She had a NIH grant to study the ideal vascular access in older adults preparing for dialysis. She currently is the site leader for a NIH funded study evaluating a tool to guide the decision making around dialysis in older and frail adults.

Dr. Rao is highly rated in 9 conditions, according to our data. Her clinical expertise encompasses Nephrosclerosis, Renovascular Hypertension, Hypersensitivity Vasculitis, and Goodpasture Syndrome.

Dr. Rao is board certified in Internal Medicine and Nephrology. Dr. Rao is currently accepting new patients.

Graduate Institution

Albert Einstein College Of Medicine Of Yeshiva University

Residency

Oregon Health Science University Hospital

Specialties

Nephrology

Licenses

Internal Medicine in NY

Board Certifications

Internal Medicine
Nephrology

Fellowships

Oregon Health Science University Hospital

Hospital Affiliations

NewYork-Presbyterian / Columbia University Irving Medical Center
NewYork-Presbyterian Allen Hospital

Languages Spoken

English

Gender

Female

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Locations

CUIMC/51 Audubon Avenue Office
51 Audubon Avenue, New York, NY 10032

Additional Areas of Focus

Dr. Rao 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.

Hypertension
Chronic Kidney Disease
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While Dr. Maya K. Rao is a Nephrology, they have specific expertise in Nephrosclerosis, Renovascular Hypertension, and Hypersensitivity Vasculitis. MediFind analyzes a doctor's articles and referral patterns to identify their specific areas of focus within Nephrology.

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