RenalTransplant near Poughkeepsie, NY

Care Philosophy: The Renal and Pancreas Transplant Division at Saint Barnabas Medical Center is one of the largest kidney transplant programs in the country performing an average of 300 transplants each year Dr nbsp;Nandigam together with our trans

Care Philosophy: The Renal and Pancreas Transplant Division at Saint Barnabas Medical Center is one of the largest kidney transplant programs in the country performing an average of 300 transplants each year Dr Navdeep Dhillon together with our transplant program

Care Philosophy: The Renal and Pancreas Transplant Division at Saint Barnabas Medical Center is one of the largest kidney transplant programs in the country, performing an average of 300 transplants each year. Dr. Praveen Kandula, together with our transplant program, is committed to providing the highest quality of care to kidney transplant candidates, kidney transplant recipients, and their living kidney donors. Our comprehensive kidney transplant program offers innovative living donation options available at only a few of the world's leading transplant centers. Our transplant program also offers an array of innovative options to help patients receive deceased donor kidney transplants as soon as possible and with the best possible outcomes. Thanks to these innovative options, more patients than ever before can now receive a successful transplant.

Care Philosophy: Treat every patient as they are my family or friend. I will treat you with the same time, dedication, and respect. I never forget that a patient is a person and when they are sick and hurting, so are their loved ones. I strive to maintain exemplary bedside manner and eye contact with every patient I meet.

Biography: Dr. Brett Opell specializes in treating patients with prostate and bladder cancer, voiding problems, kidney stones, sexual dysfunction and patients seeking vasectomy. He subspecializes in minimally invasive surgery and excels in the management of stone disease and minimally invasive prostate procedures for benign prostate hyperplasia (BPH). Dr. Opell completed his medical training at Jefferson Medical College after finishing his undergraduate studies at Lafayette College. He completed a residency at Georgetown University and brought his practice to Union County where he joined New Jersey Urology (NJU). Dr. Opell is board certified by The American Board of Urology and has served as Director of Trinitas Comprehensive Cancer Center's Prostate Cancer Program since 2008. Dr. Opell's philosophy is to always take the time and listen to his patient's. He treat's his patient's as if they were his own family. By listening he feels that he is able to provide both compassionate and thorough care for all urologic ailments. He believes that major medical decisions should be a shared decision between the physician and the patient.

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Care Philosophy: We are committed to delivering the best care and an exceptional patient experience. We are devoted to providing services that are patient-centered and compassionate, and care for you as a person.

Biography: Dr. Ojas Shah is the George F. Cahill Professor of Urology at Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons. He also serves as the Director of the Division of Endourology and Stone Disease at Columbia University Medical Center. His clinical and research interests include surgical and metabolic treatments of kidney stone disease, minimally invasive urologic surgery, upper urinary tract urothelial carcinoma (transitional cell carcinoma), ureteral strictures, ureteropelvic junction (UPJ) obstruction, ureteral/renal reconstructive surgery, and BPH (benign prostate hyperplasia). He serves as the principal investigator in many clinical research trials regarding the surgical or medical management of stone disease. He is a graduate of the Honors Program in Medical Education at Northwestern University School of Medicine. He completed his general surgical and urologic training at New York University Medical Center. He spent an additional year at Wake Forest University Health Sciences Center as a fellow in endourology, laparoscopy and metabolic stone disease. Dr. Shah is a nationally and internationally recognized expert in the medical and surgical management of patients with urinary stone disease. He recently served as a member of the American Urological Association's Surgical Management of Stones Guidelines Committee. He was also recently appointed to the American Board of Urology's Examination Committee. He is an active member of the Endourological Society, EDGE (Endourology Disease Group for Excellence) Research Consortium, and ROCK (Research on Calculous Kinetics) Society. Dr. Shah is an Assistant Editor for the Journal of Urology, the most highly cited and amongst the most respected international journals in the field. He is also co-editor of the 5th Edition of Taneja's Complications of Urologic Surgery which was released in 2018. Dr. Shah serves as the Director of the Endourology Fellowship at Columbia University Medical Center. He additionally has a strong focus on medical student and resident education, and served as the urology residency program director at NYU School of Medicine prior to joining Columbia. Dr. Shah is accepting new patients at Columbia University Medical Center (161 Fort Washington Avenue) and ColumbiaDoctors Midtown (51 West 51st Street).