Vinita Sehgal, MD Email Vinita Sehgal
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- Position
- ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR | Medicine, Nephrology
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- Specialties
- Kidney / Pancreas Transplantation
- Nephrology
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- Language
- English
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- Hospital Affiliation
- The Mount Sinai Hospital
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- Phone
- RMTI Kidney/Pancreas Transplantation 212-659-8086 212-659-8086
- Mount Sinai Doctors Five Towns 212-659-8086 212-659-8086
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RMTI Kidney/Pancreas Transplantation
5 East 98th Street
12th Floor
New York, NY 10029
Phone: 212-659-8086212-659-8086
Dr. Sehgal earned her M.D. at Yale University School of Medicine and went on to do her residency in Internal Medicine at Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center here in New York City. She completed a fellowship in Nephrology and a fellowship in Transplant Nephrology also at Columbia-Presbyterian. Among her many honors, Dr. Sehgal was recognized as a John Harvard Scholar at Harvard University in 1986 where she graduated Cum Laude. Dr. Sehgal is board certified in Internal Medicine and Nephrology.
Dr. Sehgal's society memberships include the American Society of Nephrology, American College of Physicians and the New York State Society of Nephrology.
Education
MD, Yale University School of Medicine
Residency, Internal Medicine
Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Ctr.
Fellowship, Nephrology
Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Ctr.
Fellowship, Nephrology Transplant
Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Ctr.
Language
English
Transplant nephrology
Clinical research interest in the medical complications of transplantation, including hepatitis C, post-transplant diabetes, bone disease, and hypercoagulable states.
Sehgal V, Radhakrishnan J, Appel GB, Valeri A, Cohen DJ. Progressive renal insufficiency following cardiac transplantation:cyclosporine, lipids, and hypertension. Am J Kidney Dis 1995; 26(1): 193-201.
Goldstein DI, Zuech N, Sehgal V, Weinberg AD, Drusin R, Cohen DJ. Cyclosporine-associated end-stage nephropathy after cardiac transplantation:incidence and progression. Transplantation 1997; 63(5): 664-668.
Akalin E, Ames S, Sehgal V, Fotino M, Daly L, Murphy B, Bromberg JS. Intravenous Immunoglobulin and thymoglobulin facilitate kidney transplantation in complement dependent cytotoxicity B cell and flow cytometry (T and/or B cell) cross-match positive patients. Transplantation 2003; 76(10): 1444-1447.
Akalin E, Sehgal V, Ames S, Hossain S, Daly L, Murphy B, Bromberg JS. Cytomegalovirus disease in high-risk transplant recipients despite ganciclovir or valganciclovir prophylaxis. American Journal of Transplantation 2003; 3(6): 731-735.
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