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- NYC's First 3-Way Kidney Transplant
- 3,000 Patients Received Life-Saving Kidney Transplants at NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell
- Hollywood Comes Knocking: Dr. Mehmet Oz of NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital is Medical Expert for Denzel Washington Film John Q
- Innovative Leader in Advancing Transplant Medicine Appointed Chief of Transplantation Surgery at NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell
- NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Physician-Scientists Present at 2007 American Transplant Congress in San Francisco
- New York Weill Cornell and New York Families To Be Part of Genetic Study To End Diabetic Kidney Disease
- New York Weill Cornell Offers New Surgical Procedure
- New York Weill Cornell Performs Among First Minimally Invasive Kidney Removals in Children and Infants in New York
- NY State's First Skin Cancer Clinic for Transplant Patients Opens at NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia
Research and Clinical Trials
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- Analgesic Nephropathy
- Diabetes and Kidney Disease (Nephropathy)
- Diabetes Insipidus
- End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD)
- Glomerulonephritis
- Glomerulosclerosis
- Goodpasture Syndrome
- Hematuria (Blood in the Urine)
- Immunoglobulin A (IgA) Nephropathy
- Intravenous Pyelogram (IVP)
- Kidney Cancer
- Kidney Function and Dysfunction
- Kidney Stones
- Kidney Transplantation
- Nephrotic Syndrome
- Polycystic Kidney Disease
- Renal and Mesenteric Artery Occlusive Disease
- Urinary System Anatomy
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Nephrology (Kidney Disease)
Patients with complex kidney diseases and urologic conditions can find the full range of treatment options at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital. In fact, our nephrology program ranked #2 in the nation in the 2007 U.S.News and World Report America's Best Hospitals Survey.
Nephrologists in the Divisions of Nephrology work closely with the Departments or Surgery for kidney transplantations. The kidney transplantation program offers pre- and post-transplant counseling for patients and family members, as well as the latest therapies are used to help reduce the side effects of anti-rejection drugs.
Renal services at the Division of Nephrology in the Department of Medicine at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center include consultation, acute and chronic dialysis, apheresis, and continuous renal replacement therapy. Each year the Division handles between 300 and 400 renal consults, 8000 to 9000 hemodialysis procedures, and medical care for 90 to 100 renal transplants. The primary focus of the Division is transplantation immunology and molecular biology. Physicians here examine the mechanisms of action of immunosuppressive drugs used in transplant recipients, tests to guide drug therapy of transplant patients, and treatment strategies to protect the transplanted organ.
At NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center, clinical services in the Division of Nephrology include transplantation services, acute hemodialysis, and chronic hemodialysis, which is offered in a new state-of-the-art chronic dialysis facility. In addition, every Tuesday morning the Division hosts The Nephritis Hypertension Clinic, the first specialty clinic of its kind in the United States.
