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Luz E. Liriano-Ward, MD

Nephrology
Languages
English
Gender
Female
Primary Location
Montefiore Medical Center
111 East 210th Street
Bronx, New York 10461-2401
Directions
Phone
(877) 287-3536

About

Luz Liriano-Ward, MD received her MD degree at Weill Cornell Medical College. She then completed internal medicine residency at NYU Langone Medical Center, followed by 2-years of nephrology fellowship and 1 year of transplant nephrology at Mount Sinai Hospital – Icahn School of Medicine. Dr. Liriano-Ward is a UNOS certified transplant nephrologist. Dr. Liriano-Ward is board certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine and the American Board of Nephrology. Dr. Liriano-Ward is a member of the American Society of nephrology and the American Society of Transplantation. She has special interest in medical education and acts as the director for the transplant nephrology fellowship at Montefiore Medical Center. She is also the director for the medical students’ nephrology rotation at Albert Einstein College of medicine / Montefiore Medical Center. She serves in multiple committees at the local and national level, including the Transplant Nephrology Fellowship Training Accreditation Program (TNFTAP) for the American Society of Transplantation. 

Credentials

Education & Training

Medical Education
Weill Medical College of Cornell University
Residency
NYU Langone Medical Center
Fellowship
Mount Sinai School of Medicine

Expertise

Focus

Clinical Focus
Kidney and Pancreas Transplantation
Research Focus
Short term and long term outcomes of deceased donor kidney transplantation. Pancreas transplant outcomes on Type 2 diabetics compared to type 1 diabetics. The use of SGLT2- inhibitor in kidney transplant recipients. 

Specialties

Nephrology

Accepted Insurance

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  • 1199SEIU Benefit Funds
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  • Anthem BCBS Healthplus
  • ArchCare
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