Ali Gharavi MD

Glomerular Disease, Hereditary Kidney Disease Genetics, Hypertension

Professor of Medicine, Chair, Department of Medicine at Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeon, Physician-in-Chief at NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia University Irving Medical Center

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622 W 168th StNew York, NY 10032
Phone+1 212-851-4927
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Clinical Expertise

Hypertension, Nephrology, Genetics, Genomics, Personalized medicine

Education & Training

Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai/Mount Sinai HospitalFellowship, Nephrology, 1995 - 1998
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai/Mount Sinai HospitalFellowship, Cardiovascular Disease, 1993 - 1995
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai/Mount Sinai HospitalResidency, Internal Medicine, 1990 - 1993
George Washington University School of Medicine and Health SciencesClass of 1990
Georgetown UniversityB.S., Cum Laude, 1986

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Certifications & Licensure

NY State Medical License 1996 - 2027
NJ State Medical License 1994 - 1997
American Board of Internal Medicine Nephrology

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

Mentor of the Year Columbia University, 2018
Elected Member American Association of Physicians, 2016
Elected Member The American Society for Clinical Investigation, 2010

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Inherited Susceptibility to Urinary Tract Infections from Kidney Papilla to Bladder.
Katherine Xu, Atlas Khan, Ning Shang, Wenjie Zeng, Chen Wang
Medrxiv. 2026-08-24
Primary Glomerular Diseases in the Elderly: Clinical Features, Treatment Patterns, and Outcomes in the CureGN Cohort.
Martina Tedesco, Federica Mescia, Becky Mingyao Ma, Maddalena Marasà, Shanthi S Balani
Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology. 2026-08-07
Atlas of glomerular disease-specific genetic effects on blood transcriptome.
Lili Liu, Chen Wang, Oleksandr Kravets, Damian Fermin, Felix Eichinger
Medrxiv. 2026-07-20

Journal Articles

Diagnostic Utility of Exome Sequencing for Kidney Disease
Ali Gharavi, MD, The New England Journal of Medicine
The Burden of Candidate Pathogenic Variants for Kidney and Genitourinary Disorders Emerging from Exome Sequencing
Ali Gharavi, MD, Annals of Internal Medicine
Genomic Disorders and Neurocognitive Impairment in Pediatric Chronic Kidney Disease
Verbitsky M, Kogon AJ, Matheson M, Hooper SR, Wong CS, Warady BA, Furth SL and Gharavi AG, J Am Soc Nephrol, 1/27/2017

Books/Book Chapters

Genetic Diseases of the Kidney
Chapter: IgA nephropathy.
Beerman, I, Scolari F, Gharavi AGEditors: Lifton, Somlo, Giebisch, Seldin.Elsevier, San Diego, CAEdition 1st,2008
NKF Primer on Kidney Diseases
Chapter: Genetic basis of Glomerular and structural kidney disorders.
Gharavi, AGEditors: Greenberg et al.Elsevier Science, Philadelphia, PAEdition 4th,2005
Metabolic and Molecular Basis of Inherited Disease
Chapter: The molecular basis of inherited blood pressure variation
Gharavi AG., Lifton RPEditors: Scriver CR et al.McGraw-Hill, New York, NY2000

Lectures

Linking Genotype to Phenotype in the Age of Big Data
American Society of Nephrology Kidney Week 2019 - Washington, D.C. - 11/7/2019
Genetic Correlations of Renal Biopsy Findings, Including the Robert W. Schrier, MD, Endowed Lectureship
American Society of Nephrology Kidney Week 2019 - Washington, D.C. - 11/8/2019
Undiagnosed Diseases in Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease
1/1/2017

Press Mentions

Dr. Braden Kuo Named Chief of Division of Digestive and Liver Diseases at NewYork-Presbyterian and ColumbiaNovember 6th, 2025
Kidney Failure Risk Higher for Patients with Monogenic Kidney DisordersSeptember 26th, 2024
National Kidney Foundation Releases Recommendations for Use of Genetics in NephrologyAugust 12th, 2024

Grant Support

The Columbia PCC for CureGN: the Cure Glomerulonephropathy networkCOLUMBIA UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES2013–2029
Investigating the Genetic, Cellular, and Metabolic Events Important for Urothelial Homeostasis and Response to InjuryCOLUMBIA UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES2014–2028
Elucidating IgA nephropathy through Genetic Studies of IgA1 GlycosylationCOLUMBIA UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES2009–2025
Elucidating IgA nephropathy through Genetic Studies of IgA1 GlycosylationCOLUMBIA UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES2009–2025
Genetics of human renal hypodysplasiaCOLUMBIA UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES2008–2025