Miriam H Chung, MD Email Miriam Chung
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- Position
- ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR | Medicine, Nephrology
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- Specialty
- Nephrology
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- Language
- English
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- Hospital Affiliation
- The Mount Sinai Hospital
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- Phone
- Renal Faculty Practice Associates 212-241-4060 212-241-4060
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Miriam Chung, MD, is an Associate Professor in the Department of Medicine, Division of Nephrology. She received her medical degree from Mount Sinai, completed residency training at Yale, where she also served as Chief Resident. Dr. Chung then completed her Nephrology fellowship at New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Cornell, and Glomerular Diseases fellowship at Columbia. Prior to joining Mount Sinai, she was a Nephrologist at Rogosin Institute/New York-Presbyterian Hospital, and Assistant Professor at Weill Cornell Medicine where she was active in the education of residents, fellows and students, and received multiple teaching awards.
Clinical Focus
- Acute Interstitial Nephritis
- Acute Kidney Injury
- Adrenal Hypertension
- Alkalosis
- Amyloidosis
- Blood Vessel Inflammation / Vasculitis
- Chronic Kidney Disease
- Congenital Kidney Disease
- Dialysis
- Glomerulonephritis
- Hydronephrosis
- Hyperkalemia
- Hypernatremia
- Hypokalemia
- Hyponatremia
- Kidney Biopsy
- Kidney Disease (Acute Or Chronic)
- Kidney Stones
- Kidney Transplant
- Lupus Kidney Diseases
- Membranous Nephropathy
- Multiple Myeloma
- Nephritis
- Nephrotic Syndrome
- Polycystic Kidney Disease
- Proteinuria (Protein In The Urine)
Education
MD, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
MD, Mount Sinai School of Medicine
Residency, Yale
Fellowship, Columbia University Medical Center
Fellowship, Nephrology
New York Presbyterian - Weill Cornell Medical Center
Language
English
2016
Resident Report Attending of the Year Award
Cornell Internal Medicine Residency
2015
Teaching Excellence Award for “Outstanding Contributions as an Educator
Weill Cornell Medical College
2011
J James Smith Teaching Award “Who Exemplifies Qualities of Teacher, Scholar, and Physician”
Cornell Internal Medicine Residency
2006
Teacher of the Year Award
Bronx Lebanon Hospital Internal Medicine Residency
2004
Distinguished Houseofficer Award for "All-around Excellence"
Cornell Alumni Council
Interest in clinical research in glomerular diseases, including lupus nephritis, IgA nephropathy, and FSGS.
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Dr.Chung did not report having any of the following types of financial relationships with industry during 2020 and/or 2021: consulting, scientific advisory board, industry-sponsored lectures, service on Board of Directors, participation on industry-sponsored committees, equity ownership valued at greater than 5% of a publicly traded company or any value in a privately held company. Please note that this information may differ from information posted on corporate sites due to timing or classification differences.
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