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Transplant Surgeons
Transplant surgeons specialize in transplantation and perform your transplant surgery. Our surgeons are trained to manage all stages of transplantation, including management of your immunosuppressive regimen. Transplant surgeons also perform dialysis access surgeries as well as general surgery on dialysis and transplant patients.
Sandip Kapur, MD
- Associate Professor of Surgery (Transplantation)
Weill Cornell Medical College - Chief, Division of Transplantation Surgery
NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center - Director of Kidney and Pancreas Transplant Programs
NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center
- Phone: (212) 746-5330
- Fax: (212) 746-8720
- E-mail: sak2009@med.cornell.edu
- Specialties: Dialysis access surgery, islet cell transplantation, kidney transplantation, liver transplantation, pancreas transplantation
- Physician Profile: More about Sandip Kapur, MD
See Dr. Kapur's research publications
at the National Library of Medicine.
Joseph Del Pizzo, M.D.
- Associate Professor of Urology in Surgery
Weill Cornell Medical College
- Phone: (212) 7746-5250
- Fax: (212) 746-0412
- E-mail: jod2009@med.cornell.edu
- Specialties: Laparoscopy, Kidney Cancer, Minimally Invasive Surgery, Laser Surgery, Robotic Surgery, Kidney Transplantation, Urology
- Physician Profile: More about Joseph Del Pizzo, M.D.
Jim Kim, MD
- Assistant Professor of Surgery (Transplantation)
Weill Cornell Medical College - Assistant Attending Surgeon
NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center
- Phone: (212) 746-5330
- Fax: (212) 746-8720
- E-mail: jik9021@med.cornell.edu
- Physician Profile: More about Jim Kim, MD
Anthony Watkins, MD
- Assistant Professor of Surgery (Transplantation)
Weill Cornell Medical College - Assistant Attending Surgeon
NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center
- Phone: (212) 746-5330
- Fax: (212) 746-8720
- E-mail: acw9003@med.cornell.edu
- Specialties: kidney transplantation, liver transplantation, pancreas transplantation, dialysis access surgery
- Physician Profile: More about Anthony Watkins, MD
Transplant Nephrologists
Transplant nephrologists specialize in disorders of the kidneys. Nephrologists will help manage your condition before and after the surgery.
Manikkam Suthanthiran, MD, FASN
- Stanton Griffis Distinguished Professor of Medicine Chief, Division of Nephrology & Hypertension
Weill Cornell Medical College - Chief, Department of Transplantation Medicine
NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center - Director, Immunogenetics and Transplantation Center
The Rogosin Institute
- Phone: (212) 746-4498
- Fax: (212) 746-6894
- E-mail: msuthan@med.cornell.edu
- Specialties: Kidney transplantation, islet cell transplantation, islet cell transplantation, immunology and molecular biology
- Physician Profile: More about Manikkam Suthanthiran, MD, FASN
Darshana Dadhania, MD
- Associate Professor of Medicine
Choli Hartono, MD
- Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine
Jun B. Lee, MD
- Assistant Professor of Medicine
Thangamani Muthukumar, MD
- Assistant Professor of Medicine
Stuart Saal, MD
- Professor of Clinical Medicine
David Serur, MD
- Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine
Other Specialized Physicians may evaluate you before transplantation, help in your management during and after transplant, and make recommendations to the team. These may include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Cardiologist: physicians who specialize in the diagnosis and management of heart conditions.
- Endocrinologist: physicians who specialize in diabetes and management of other endocrine problems such as thyroid disorders
- Hematologist: physicians who specialize in disorders of the blood such as excessive bleeding or blood clots
- Hepatologist: physicians who specialize in disorders of the liver and management of infections such as hepatitis B or hepatitis C
- Infectious disease specialist: physicians who specialize in the diagnosis management of infections such as HIV
- Psychiatrist: physicians who specialize in mental health disorders and problems with addiction
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