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Yorg A. Azzi
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Dr. Yorg A. Azzi

Nephrology
Montefiore Einstein
Montefiore Medical Center
111 East 210th Street, 
Bronx, NY 

Advanced in Kidney Transplant
Montefiore Einstein
Montefiore Medical Center
111 East 210th Street, 
Bronx, NY 
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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.

His clinical research consists of co-authoring 3 peer reviewed articles. MediFind looks at clinical research from the past 15 years. In particular, he has co-authored 1 article in the study of Kidney Transplant.

Graduate Institution
Universite Saint Joseph Faculte De Medecine - Beirut
Residency
Staten Island University Hospital
Specialties
Nephrology
Fellowships
Columbia University Medical Center
Mount Sinai Hospital
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Montefiore Medical Center
Languages Spoken
English
Gender
Male

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Locations

Montefiore Medical Center
111 East 210th Street, Bronx, NY 10461
Call: 877-287-3536
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Montefiore at 1250 Waters Place
1250 Waters Place, Bronx, NY 10461
Call: 844-498-6801

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.


3 Total Publications

To Be or not To Be: a rare cause of AKI in a renal allograft.
To Be or not To Be: a rare cause of AKI in a renal allograft.
Journal: Kidney international
Published: August 19, 2016
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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 a Distinguished 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.

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525 E 68th St, 
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Deirdre Sawinski is a Nephrologist in New York, New York. Dr. Sawinski is rated as a Distinguished 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.

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