update from section chief
nephrology
Stefan Somlo, MD
william asch, md/phd
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he Section of Nephrology has extensive programs in patient care, research, and
education. Led by Stefan Somlo, MD, and Clinical Chief Aldo Peixoto, MD, the section is committed to excellence with the expectation that both its faculty and trainees will be national and international leaders in academic nephrology. Clinical Care New Program The section launched a new program in lower Fairfield County in the spring of 2021. Tinika Montgomery, MD, and Marcelo Orias, MD, PhD, provide outpatient services at Long Ridge Medical Center in Stamford, and inpatient care at Greenwich Hospital in Greenwich. With this recent expansion, Yale Nephrology brings its high-level care to people
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in three counties in coastal Connecticut: Fairfield, New Haven, and Middlesex. Both Montgomery and Orias are general nephrologists, treating patients with kidney diseases and disorders. Montgomery specializes in chronic and end-stage kidney disease, and also sees patients in the Kidney Stones Program, a collaboration with the Section of Urology. Orias, an internationally recognized hypertension specialist, specializes in treating high blood pressure and is vice president of the World Hypertension League.
Renal Transplantation Yale has the largest kidney transplant program in New England. Since the program began in the mid-1960s, 3,272 kidney transplants have been performed, of which 1,276 have been living donor transplants. The program, with clinics in New Haven, Stamford, Hartford, and Old Saybrook, is involved in research sponsored by industry and by the National Institutes of Health. Richard N. Formica Jr., MD, is director of Transplant Medicine. Formica was elected
