One of America's Top Doctors - Castle Connolly Top Doctors

Lloyd E. Ratner, MD

Kidney Transplant Surgery
One of America's Top Doctors - Castle Connolly Top Doctors
Specialties
Surgery, Transplant Surgery, Kidney Transplant Surgery, more
Leadership
Director, Renal and Pancreatic Transplantation, Department of Surgery | more

Locations and Appointments


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CUIMC/Milstein Hospital Building

177 Ft. Washington Avenue
New York, NY 10032
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CUIMC/Presbyterian Hospital and Vanderbilt Clinic

622 West 168th Street
Floor 14
New York, NY 10032
US
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Insurances Accepted


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    EPO
    Student Health
    Aetna Signature Administrators
    NY Signature
    Medicaid Managed Care
    Medicare Managed Care
    Special Needs
    New Jersey Services (Medicaid Managed Care)
    HMO
    PPO
    EPO
    HMO
    Great West (National)
    PPO
    EPO
    Medicare Managed Care
    POS
    Medicare Managed Care
    PPO
    Medicare Managed Care
    PPO
    HMO
    POS
    ConnectiCare
    Vytra
    Select Care (Exchange)
    EPO
    Essential Plan
    Medicaid Managed Care
    Essential Plan
    Child/Family Health Plus
    Essential Plan
    Medicaid Managed Care
    Medicare Managed Care
    Child/Family Health Plus
    Leaf (Exchange)
    Medicare Managed Care
    Child/Family Health Plus
    Local 1199
    NYP Employee Plan
    MagnaCare
    Traditional Medicare
    Railroad
    Multiplan
    Child/Family Health Plus
    HMO
    Medicaid Managed Care
    Essential Plan
    Quality Health Management
    Special Needs
    Columbia University Employee Plan
    Compass (Exchange)
    Medicaid (Community Plan)
    POS
    Empire Plan
    HMO
    PPO
    Oxford Liberty
    Oxford Freedom
    Oxford HMO
    Medicare Managed Care
    Special Needs
    SelectHealth
    New Jersey Services (Medicaid Managed Care)
    Medicare Managed Care
    Medicaid Managed Care
    World Trade Center Health Plan
    HMO
    PPO
    EPO
    Student Health
    Aetna Signature Administrators
    NY Signature
    Medicaid Managed Care
    Medicare Managed Care
    Special Needs
    New Jersey Services (Medicaid Managed Care)
    HMO
    PPO
    EPO
    HMO
    Great West (National)
    PPO
    EPO
    Medicare Managed Care
    POS
    Medicare Managed Care
    PPO
    Medicare Managed Care
    PPO
    HMO
    POS
    ConnectiCare
    Vytra
    Select Care (Exchange)
    EPO
    Essential Plan
    Medicaid Managed Care
    Essential Plan
    Child/Family Health Plus
    Essential Plan
    Medicaid Managed Care
    Medicare Managed Care
    Child/Family Health Plus
    Leaf (Exchange)
    Medicare Managed Care
    Child/Family Health Plus
    Local 1199
    NYP Employee Plan
    MagnaCare
    Traditional Medicare
    Railroad
    Multiplan
    Child/Family Health Plus
    HMO
    Medicaid Managed Care
    Essential Plan
    Quality Health Management
    Special Needs
    Columbia University Employee Plan
    Compass (Exchange)
    Medicaid (Community Plan)
    POS
    Empire Plan
    HMO
    PPO
    Oxford Liberty
    Oxford Freedom
    Oxford HMO
    Medicare Managed Care
    Special Needs
    SelectHealth
    New Jersey Services (Medicaid Managed Care)
    Medicare Managed Care
    Medicaid Managed Care
    World Trade Center Health Plan

About Lloyd E. Ratner, MD


Dr. Ratner is Professor of Surgery and Director of Renal and Pancreatic Transplantation at Columbia University. Prior to joining the faculty at Columbia, Dr. Ratner was on the faculty of Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, and served as the Chief of Solid Organ Transplantation at Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia. Dr. Ratner was responsible for dramatic growth of the kidney transplant program at CUIMC. He also established the pancreas transplant program, and the Kidney Autotransplant Program. He introduced robotic surgery to our kidney transplant program. Access to organ transplantation has been Dr. Ratner's major academic interest. Dr. Ratner has been a leading innovator in transplantation for over two decades. In 1993, he performed the world's first dual renal transplant. In 1995 (with Dr. Louis Kavoussi) he performed the first laparoscopic donor nephrectomy, and set the stage for its widespread adoption, which resulted in a profound increase in living donor kidney transplantation. Dr. Ratner has made significant contributions in overcoming immunologic incompatibilities that prohibited transplantation. He devised the plasmapheresis/IVIg protocol for alloantibody desensitization in 1998. In 2001, Dr. Ratner orchestrated the second paired-kidney exchange in the U.S. Subsequently, he arranged the first paired kidney exchanges in both Pennsylvania and New York. More recently Dr. Ratner has been a leading proponent of including compatible donor/recipient pairs in kidney exchanges. And, his more contemporary work has looked at the organizational and regulatory barriers to access to care. All of these strategies have increased organ availability and access to transplantation. Additionally, he has made important contributions to improve living donor safety. For his work, Dr. Ratner has received numerous awards and honors. And, he has been invited to speak and operate at various venues around the world. Dr. Ratner has authored or co-authored over 240 peer-reviewed publications, and has been a federally funded investigator. His publications have been cited over 20,000 times. He served as the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the LiveOnNY (formerly the New York Organ Donor Network), and has served on numerous national committees including the Board of the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network (OPTN). He recently completed a term as the President of the American Society of Transplant Surgeons, and previously served as that Society's Treasurer.Dr. Ratner originally hails from Brooklyn, NY. He received his undergraduate education at the State University of New York at Buffalo. He received his M.D. from Hahnemann University. His general surgery training was obtained at Long Island Jewish Medical Center. He completed a Fellowship in Transplantation Surgery and Immunology at Washington University. In 2011 Dr. Ratner completed a Master of Public Health with a focus on health care policy, administration and management.


Board Certifications

  • Surgery

Specialties & Expertise

  • Dialysis Access Procedures
  • Kidney Transplantation
  • Laparoscopic Living Donor Nephrectomy
  • Living Donor Transplantation
  • Organ Transplant, Pediatric
  • Pancreas Transplantation
  • Pediatric Kidney Transplantation
  • Renal Transplant
  • Robotic Surgery

Education

  • Medical School: Hahneman Medical College
  • Fellowship: Washington University Medical Center
  • Residency: Long Island Jewish Medical Center

Hospital Affiliations

  • NewYork-Presbyterian / Columbia University Irving Medical Center
  • NewYork-Presbyterian / Weill Cornell Medical Center
  • NewYork-Presbyterian Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital
  • NewYork-Presbyterian Allen Hospital
  • NewYork-Presbyterian Westchester

Awards & Honors

  • 2002 Philadelphia Magazine, “Top Docs” Renal and Pancreatic Transplantation
  • 2004 Elpis Service Award, Nephcure Foundation
  • 2005~2024 Castle Connolly, “Top Doctors New York Metro Area Surgery”
  • 2006 Best Abstract: Quality Assurance/Improvement, UNOS 14th Annual Transplant Management Forum, San Francisco, CA
  • 2006 National Medical Award in Transplantation, Kidney and Urology Foundation of America
  • 2006 Residents Teaching Award, Department of Surgery, Columbia University
  • 2007 New York Resident Magazine, “New Yorks Top Doctors”-Surgery
  • 2009 Drexel University College of Medicine Alumni Association Outstanding Clinician Award
  • 2009 Transplant Recipients International Organization (Manhattan Chapter) Triangle Award Honoree
  • 2016 Academy of Clinical Mentoring and Excellence, Columbia University Medical Center
  • 2018 Chimera Chronicles (video-taped oral history project), American Society of Transplant Surgeons
  • 2019 Dr. Andre Crotti Award for Distinguished Service to the Profession of Surgery, International College of Surgeons
  • 2019 Honorary Fellow, International College of Surgeons
  • 2019 President, American Society of Transplant Surgeons

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