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The Department of Medicine is thrilled to announce that the is one of only thirty practices in the country to be selected as a CMS Kidney Care First (KCF) Practice for Performance Year 2022.

Please join us in welcoming our recent additions to the faculty in the Division of Nephrology:

Dr. Fatima Sheikh joined the faculty in September 2021 as Assistant Professor of Medicine. Dr. Sheikh is a graduate of New York College of Osteopathic Medicine. She trained in Internal Medicine at St. Michael’s Medical Center and Nephrology Fellowship at Northwell Health. Dr. Sheikh will be seeing patients in the Nephrology Inpatient Consultation Services and new patients at 26 Research Way, Stony Brook Kidney Center, with a focus on Onco-nephrology.

We’re honored to announce that  in the Division of Nephrology & Hypertension, has been appointed the title of Professor of Medicine with Tenure, Department of Medicine.

The Department of Medicine is honored to announce that , Division Chief of Nephrology and Hypertension, has been selected to serve as a member of the National Institute of Health's Pathobiology of Kidney Disease Study Section, Center for Scientific Review. 

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Announcement of Dr. Leonard Arbeit retirement and transition to Emeritus and Toll Professor:

Stony Brook University student, Jesse Pace, who has spent four years as an integral part of the Mallipattu Lab in the nephrology division, has been honored with the 2020 Provost's Award for Academic Excellence.

This award is given annually to a very select number of graduating seniors who have shown true academic excellence, not just in the classroom, but also through research, creative activities or through building a stronger academic community.

The Department of Medicine is pleased to announce that in the nephrology division has received a SUNY research seed grant for his proposal, “Characterization of AKI and testing the use of Losartan in hospitalized patients with COVID-19.”