Scientific Advisory Board

Gerald Appel, M.D., Ph.D.
Director of Clinical Nephrology,
Professor of Clinical Medicine
College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia
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New York, NY 10032                             
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Email:               gba2@columbia.edu, nephroman@msn.com      

Dr. Gerald Appel is a Professor of Clinical Medicine at Columbia University, as well as the University’s Director of Clinical Nephrology. Dr. Appel has been an attending physician at Columbia University Medical Center since 1989. He is also the Director of the Glomeruler Disease Center at the University. Dr. Appel has served as President of the New York Society of Nephrology and on Medical Advisory Boards of the New York-New Jersey branch of the National Kidney Foundation. In 1998, Dr. Appel was the recipient of the Lester Hoenig Award, the highest award given by the National Kidney Foundation of New York/New Jersey. Dr. Appel was also nominated in New York Magazine’s Best Doctors 2008.

Dr. Appel attended medical school at the Albert Einstein School of Medicine. He completed both his internship and residency at Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center. He accomplished Fellowships in Nephrology at both Columbia Presbyterian and Yale-New Haven Medical Center. He is a member of several committees, including the American Society of Nephrology and the Kidney Council of the American Heart Association.

Dr. Appel’s interests at the Glomerular Disease Center include the study and treatment of Nephrotic Syndrome and FSGS. The center is a collaborative endeavor between the Divisions of Nephrology and Renal Pathology, and is based at The Presbyterian Division of the New York Presbyterian Hospital in New York City. Affiliates of the center join efforts in clinical care, research and education to advance the treatment of Nephrotic Syndrome and FSGS.

Selected Publications:

Appel GB. Chapter Glomrulonephritis in Cecil’s Text of Medicine 2007

Appel GB, Waldman M, Radhakrishnan J. New Approaches to the Treatment of Glomerular Disease. Kidney Int. 70: S45-S50, 2006

Appel GB, Pollak M, D’Agati VD. Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis. Chater 18 pp 217-230, in Comprehensive Clinical Nephrology ed by Johnson R, Floege J, Feehaly J. Mosby Elsevier, 2007.