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Allen Kaufman, MD, Nephrology, New York, NY, Mount Sinai Beth Israel

AllenM.KaufmanMDFACP

Nephrology New York, NY

Chronic Renal Failure & Dialysis

Special interest in home hemodialysis therapies. Chief Medical Officer and Senior VP Clinical & Scientific Affairs Dialyze Direct.

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Summary

  • Dr. Allen Kaufman has been practicing Nephrology since 1980. He is the Chief Medical Officer and Senior VP for Clinical & Scientific Affairs at Dialyze Direct. He served as the Chief of the Division of Nephrology & Hypertension at the Beth Israel Medical Center in New York from 1998-2004, the Chief of the Renal Research Institute’s and Beth Israel’s Yorkville Dialysis Unit from 1990-2000 and the Chief of Dialysis at the Bronx VA Medical Center from 1982-1990. Dr. Kaufman has been the Principal or Co-Investigator on numerous research grants that have included NIH funded studies, has published more than 100 manuscripts, articles, book chapters and abstracts and has lectured widely, both regionally and nationally. Dr. Kaufman has served on dialysis-related advisory and editorial boards and received numerous awards including local, regional and national “best doctor” citations and “patients’ choice” awards. Dr. Kaufman's educational and professional training occurred at the University of Rochester (Undergraduate and Medical School), the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania’s Philadelphia General Hospital (Medical Internship) and the Mount Sinai Hospital and School of Medicine in New York (Medical Residency and Nephrology Fellowship). Dr. Kaufman is a Fellow of the American College of Physicians and is Board Certified in Nephrology and Internal Medicine.

Education & Training

  • Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai/Mount Sinai Hospital
    Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai/Mount Sinai HospitalFellowship, Nephrology, 1978 - 1980
  • Mount Sinai Hospital
    Mount Sinai HospitalSenior Resident, Medicine, 1977 - 1978
  • Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai/Mount Sinai Hospital
    Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai/Mount Sinai HospitalResidency, Internal Medicine, 1976 - 1978
  • Mount Sinai Hospital
    Mount Sinai HospitalChief Resident, Medicine, 1977 - 1977
  • Philadelphia General Hospital
    Philadelphia General Hospital1975 - 1976
  • University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry
    University of Rochester School of Medicine and DentistryClass of 1975
  • University of Rochester
    University of RochesterB.A, General Science, 1967 - 1971

Certifications & Licensure

  • NY State Medical License
    NY State Medical License 1976 - 2026
  • NJ State Medical License
    NJ State Medical License 2023 - 2025
  • VA State Medical License
    VA State Medical License 2022 - 2024
  • MD State Medical License
    MD State Medical License 2022 - 2024
  • OH State Medical License
    OH State Medical License 2022 - 2024
  • CT State Medical License
    CT State Medical License 2016 - 2018
  • American Board of Internal Medicine Internal Medicine
  • American Board of Internal Medicine Nephrology

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

  • New York Super Doctors 2014-2018
  • Patients' Choice Award 2012-2015
  • International Association of Healthcare Professionals, Top Nephrologists 2012
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Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Journal Articles

  • Dialysate temperature is not the sole determinant of extracorporeal blood cooling during hemodialysis.  
    Morris AT, D Schneditz, Z Fan, AM Kaufman and NW Levin, J Am Soc Neph
  • Sequential measure of extracellular fluid during and after hemodialysis using bioimpedance spectroscopy.  
    Zaluska W, AM Kaufman, AT Morris, Y Wang, HD Polaschegg and NW Levin, J Am Soc Neph
  • High flux properties, not biocompatibility of dialysis membranes, improve cholesterol and triglyceride levels in patients with End Stage Renal Disease.  
    Kaufman AM, IJ Goldberg, VA Lavarias, T Vanni-Reyes and NW Levin, J Am Soc Neph
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Books/Book Chapters

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Abstracts/Posters

  • Effects of core temperature and blood volume changes on hemodynamic stability in high efficiency hemodialysis.
    LeVoci AL, VA Lavarias, JT Leung, Y Wang, AT Morris, NW Levin and AM Kaufman, ASME/AIChE/ASCE Summer Bioengineering Conference
  • Comparison of Smye algorithm with double pool model solutions for estimating e(Kt/V).
    Levin NW, G Schulman, LY Agadoa, F Gotch, T Green, L Paranandi, AM Kaufman, ML Keen, P Keshaviah, SG Massry, KB Meyers and the MMDH Study Group, Int. Soc. of Nephrology
  • The effect of independent variations of dietary chloride or sodium in the response to repeated furosemide administration.
    Kaufman AM, New York Society of Nephrology
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Other

  • Acid-base balance in congestive heart failure. 
    Kahn T and AM Kaufman, Primary Cardiology
  • Solute disequilibrium and multicompartment modeling. 
    Kaufman AM, Schneditz D, S Smye, HD Polaschegg and NW Levin, Advances in Renal Therapy
  • The role of the nurse practitioner in a large dialysis unit with particular emphasis on vascular access management. 
    Johnson S, AM Kaufman and L Rosales, Dialysis Times
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Press Mentions

  • Dialyze Direct Caps off Year of Exceptional Growth with the First Missouri Location, Expanded Presence in Florida and New York
    Dialyze Direct Caps off Year of Exceptional Growth with the First Missouri Location, Expanded Presence in Florida and New YorkDecember 21st, 2021

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