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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Manikkam Suthanthiran is a Nephrologist 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.

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 D-Plus Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome, Atypical Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome (aHUS), Hemolytic-Uremic Syndrome, Chronic Kidney Disease, 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.

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.

Vasishta Tatapudi is a Nephrologist in New York, New York. Dr. Tatapudi is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in Kidney Transplant. His top areas of expertise are End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD), Chronic Kidney Disease, D-Plus Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome, Kidney Transplant, and Bladder Reconstruction.

Milan Kinkhabwala, MD, FACS, is Chief, Division of Transplantation Surgery and Professor of Surgery and Medicine at Montefiore Einstein. He is also Director, Hepatobiliary Cancer at Montefiore Einstein Center for Cancer Care and Director, Abdominal Transplantation at Montefiore Einstein Center for Transplantation. He joined the Montefiore team in 2007 to help build the Transplant Center of Excellence, which included the development of a new liver disease program in adults and children. Dr. Kinkhabwala is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in Kidney Transplant. His top areas of expertise are Familial Pancreatic Cancer, Pancreatic Cancer, Liver Cancer, Kidney Transplant, and Liver Transplant.

Marie Le is a General Surgeon in Bronx, New York. Dr. Le is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in Kidney Transplant. Her top areas of expertise are Umbilical Hernia, Kidney Transplant, and Simultaneous Pancreas Kidney Transplant.

Yorg Al Azzi, MD, earned his medical degree at Saint-Joseph University – Faculty of Medicine in Beirut, Lebanon.  Dr. Al-Azzi completed his residency in Internal medicine at Staten Island University Hospital, followed by 2-year of nephrology fellowship at Mount Sinai Hospital – Icahn School of Medicine and one year of transplant nephrology at Columbia University Medical Center in New York. Dr. Al Azzi is a UNOS certified transplant nephrologist. Dr. Al Azzi is board certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine and the American Board of Nephrology. Dr. Al Azzi is a member of several societies including American Society of nephrology where he acts as a Fellow member and he is also member of the American Society of Transplantation. He has special interest in medical education and acts as the Director for Nephrology rotation for internal medicine residents at Albert Einstein College of medicine / Montefiore Medical Center. He also served as a mentor for medical students at the STAR program of the American Society of Nephrology.  He also has special interest in clinical research, especially in COVID-19 and kidney transplantation. He was one of the co-authors of first report of COVID-19 in kidney transplant recipients published in NEJM. He is also the lead author of many papers discussing COVID-19 and kidney transplantation published in peer-reviewed journals. Dr. Azzi is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in Kidney Transplant. His top areas of expertise are End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD), Chronic Kidney Disease, Acute Kidney Failure, Acute Tubular Necrosis, and Kidney Transplant.

Christine Sethna is a Pediatric Nephrologist in Bronx, New York. Dr. Sethna is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in Kidney Transplant. Her top areas of expertise are Nephrotic Syndrome, Minimal Change Disease, Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis, Hypertension, and Kidney Transplant.