Darshana Dadhania MD

Nephrology•New York, NY

Kidney & Pancreas Transplantation

Associate Professor, Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical College

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Overview of Dr. Dadhania

Dr. Darshana Dadhania is a nephrologist in New York, NY and is affiliated with multiple hospitals in the area, including New York-Presbyterian Hospital and NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia University Irving Medical Center. She received her medical degree from Rutgers New Jersey Medical School and has been in practice 29 years. Dr. Dadhania accepts several types of health insurance, listed below. She is one of 180 doctors at New York-Presbyterian Hospital and one of 74 doctors at NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia University Irving Medical Center who specialize in Nephrology. She has more than 100 publications and over 500 citings.

Education & Training

Cornell Universtity, Graduate School of Medical SciencesMS, Clinical Investigation, 2005 - 2009
New York Presbyterian Hospital (Cornell Campus)Fellowship, Nephrology, 2000 - 2002
New York Presbyterian Hospital (Cornell Campus)Residency, Internal Medicine, 1997 - 2000
Rutgers New Jersey Medical SchoolClass of 1997
Stevens Institute of TechnologyBA, Philosophy, 1990 - 1993

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Certifications & Licensure

NY State Medical License 1998 - 2028
American Board of Internal Medicine Internal Medicine
American Board of Internal Medicine Nephrology

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification EpicCare Ambulatory 2014 Certified EHR Suite, Epic Systems Corporation, 2014, 2016-2017
CMS Meaningful Use Stage 2 Certification EpicCare Ambulatory 2014 Certified EHR Suite, Epic Systems Corporation, 2014, 2016-2017
Elected Fellow American Society of Transplantation, 2015

Clinical Trials

Urine Testing to Detect Kidney Transplant Rejection
COMPLETED
APOL1 Long-term Kidney Transplantation Outcomes Network (APOLLO) Start of enrollment: 2019 Mar 21
ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Kidney Transplantation Post-Chimeric Antigen Receptor (CAR) T-Cell Therapy in Multiple Myeloma.
Zahraa Khan, Darshana M Dadhania, Eugene Brailovski, Heather Landau, Aisha Shaikh
American Journal of Kidney Diseases. 2026-09-01
Summary recommendations from the NCI clinical trials planning meeting (CTPM) on advanced cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma in immunosuppressed patients.
Shlomo A Koyfman, Julie E Bauman, Mehrdad Mohseni, Moran Amit, Darshana M Dadhania
Journal of the National Cancer Institute. 2026-07-21
Benchmarking urinary cell transcriptomes for noninvasive differentiation of BK polyomavirus-associated nephropathy from T cell-mediated rejection.
Franco B Mueller, Carol Li, Darshana M Dadhania, Surya V Seshan, Thalia Salinas
JCI Insight. 2026-06-08

Journal Articles

Gut Microbiota Dysbiosis and Diarrhea in Kidney Transplant Recipients
Eric Pamer, Manikkam Suthanthiran, Ying Taur, Michael J Satlin, Darshana Dadhania, John Richard Lee, Carl Crawford, Michelle Lubetzky, American Journal of Transplantation
Kidney Allograft Failure in the Steroid‐Free Immunosuppression Era: A Matched Case‐Control Study
Joseph E Schwartz, Jun B Lee, Choli Hartono, John R Lee, Darshana M Dadhania, Sandip Kapur, Meredith J Aull, Surya V Seshan, Manikkam Suthanthiran, Mohamad M Alkadi, A..., Clinical Transplantation

Books/Book Chapters

Oxford Textbook of Clinical Nephrology
Chapter: Immunology, Sensitisation and Histocompatibility.
Muthukumar T, Dadhania D, Hartono C, Suthanthiran MOxford University Press, New YorkEdition 4th,2014
Infecciones en el paciente receptor de transplante renal
Chapter: Nefropatia por virus BK.
Dadhania D., Medeiros M., and Velasquez-Jones L.Editors: Abreu J and Morales JL.Publicaciones Permanyer, Barcelona2012
Current Concepts in Kidney Transplantation
Chapter: Transplanting Against Histocompatibility Barriers.
Kannabhiran D., Lubetzky M., and Dadhania DEditors: Kapur S. Afaneh C., and Aull M.InTech Open Access Publisher2012

Abstracts/Posters

Frailty and Kidney Transplantation: AST-KPCOP Survey of Center Practices.
McAdams DeMarco M, Rasmussen S, Parsons R, Alhamad T, Johansen K, Tullius S, Lynch R, Harhay M, Rao M, Berger J, Lappin J, Tan X, Cheng K, Woodside S, Parajuli K, Lent..., The American Transplant Congress, Seattle, WA, 1/1/2018
Cell Free DNA Sequencing for Diagnosing Infections, Estimating Growth Rates, and Characterizing Antibiotic Resistomes in Urine Supernatants.
Lee J, Burnham P, Dadhania D, Heyang M, Chen F, Suthanthiran M, De Vlaminck I, The American Transplant Congress, Seattle, WA, 1/5./2018
Outcomes in Sensitized Patients Treated with Rituximab
Lamba P, Sharma VK, Dadhania D, Lamba I, Friedlander R, Lubetzky ML, Lee JR, Lee JB, Hartono C, David S, Muthukumar T., American Society of Nephrology - Kidney Week, San Diego, CA, 1/27/2018

Lectures

Non-invasive biomarkers in kidney transplantation
University of Wisonsin, Madison, WI - 1/1/2019
APOL1 risk alleles and kidney outcomes
1/1/2018
Frailty in kidney transplant recipients
1/1/2018

Other

Molecular Characterization of Rejection in Solid Organ Transplantation.
Dadhania D, Sigdel T, Muthukumar T, Hartono C, Sarwal M and Suthanthiran M, Manual of Molecular and Clinical Laboratory Immunology, 8th ed
1/1/2015

Press Mentions

Intercampus Team to Develop Post-Transplant UTI DiagnosisOctober 14th, 2020
2015 AST FAST DesigneesMay 21st, 2015
Urine Test Predicts Transplanted Kidney RejectionFebruary 10th, 2016

Grant Support

6/14 APOL1 Long-term Kidney Transplantation Outcomes Network (APOLLO) Clinical CenterWEILL MEDICAL COLL OF CORNELL UNIV2023–2028
6/14 APOL1 Long-term Kidney Transplantation Outcomes Network (APOLLO) Clinical CenterWEILL MEDICAL COLL OF CORNELL UNIV2023–2028
Metagenomic profiling of urinary cell-free DNA to monitor urinary tract infection after kidney transplantationCORNELL UNIVERSITY2020–2025

Professional Memberships

American Society of Nephrology - ASN
Member
Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society - AOA
Member
National Kidney Foundation - NKF
Member

Insurance Accepted

Aetna Choice POS II
Aetna HMO
BCBS Blue Card PPO
CIGNA HMO
CIGNA Open Access
CIGNA PPO
Empire BCBS HMO
Empire BCBS PPO
First Health PPO
GHI PPO
Great West PPO
Healthfirst New York
MagnaCare PPO
MVP Healthcare PPO
Oxford Health Freedom
Oxford Health Liberty
United Healthcare - Direct Choice Plus POS
United Healthcare - Direct Options PPO
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