CUIMC/51 Audubon Avenue Office
51 Audubon Avenue
New York, NY 10032
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Insurances Accepted
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- HMO
- EPO
- Medicare Managed Care
- POS
- PPO
- NY Signature
- Aetna Signature Administrators
- Student Health
- Essential Plan
- Medicaid Managed Care
- Special Needs
- HMO
- PPO
- EPO
- POS
- Great West (National)
- PPO
- Medicare Managed Care
- Select Care (Exchange)
- Vytra
- POS
- ConnectiCare
- Essential Plan
- Medicaid Managed Care
- Medicare Managed Care
- PPO
- HMO
- EPO
- Essential Plan
- Medicaid Managed Care
- Child/Family Health Plus
- HMO
- PPO
- EPO
- Medicare Managed Care
- Essential Plan
- Child/Family Health Plus
- Medicare Managed Care
- Medicaid Managed Care
- Leaf (Exchange)
- Medicare Managed Care
- Medicaid Managed Care
- Child/Family Health Plus
- Medicare Managed Care
- Local 1199
- MagnaCare
- Railroad
- Traditional Medicare
- Multiplan
- HMO
- Child/Family Health Plus
- Essential Plan
- Medicaid Managed Care
- Special Needs
- Columbia University Employee Plan
- PPO
- HMO
- POS
- Compass (Exchange)
- Empire Plan
- Oxford Liberty
- Oxford Freedom
- Oxford HMO
- Medicaid (Community Plan)
- Medicare Managed Care
- SelectHealth
- Medicare Managed Care
- Special Needs
- Medicaid Managed Care
- Medicare Managed Care
- World Trade Center Health Plan
About Maya K. Rao, MD
Dr. Rao is the Leonard Stern MD Associate Professor of Medicine in the Division of Nephrology at Columbia University, where she has been on the faculty since 2009. She is the Director of the Chronic Kidney Disease Program at Columbia. She is the Chief of Medicine at the Allen Hospital, one of two NYP hospitals that are part of the Columbia sphere. In addition, she is the Vice Chair of Ambulatory Care in the Department of Medicine where she leads initiatives in practice improvement, efficiency, access and patient satisfaction across outpatient practices in the Department of Medicine.
Her clinical interests are in pre-dialysis kidney disease with a focus on geriatric nephrology. She has an interest in caring for older adults with kidney disease focusing on deploying a geriatric approach to multi-morbidity and chronic kidney disease, including initiating a palliative approach for patients who choose to forgo dialysis for active medical management. She is also a member of the Columbia Doctors Hypertension Center, a multi-disciplinary center of excellence that provides high quality care and state-of-the-art diagnostic testing for patients with hypertension.
She has won numerous teaching and clinical awards including NYP-Allen Physician of the Year, the Ewig Clinical Scholar Teaching Award in the Department of Medicine, and induction in the Academy of Clinical Excellence at the Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons in Columbia University.
Board Certifications
Specialties & Expertise
EDUCATION
- Medical School: Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University
- Internship: Oregon Health & Science University Hospital
- Residency: Oregon Health Science University Hospital
- Fellowship: Oregon Health Science University Hospital
LEADERSHIP, TITLES & POSITIONS
- Associate Professor of Medicine at CUMC
- Director of the Chronic Kidney Disease Program, Columbia University
- Chair of Medicine, Allen Hospital
- Vice Chair of Ambulatory Care
HOSPITAL AFFILIATIONS
- NewYork-Presbyterian / Columbia University Irving Medical Center
- NewYork-Presbyterian Allen Hospital
AWARDS & HONORS
- National Kidney Foundation Research Fellowship - 2008
- Family Medicine Non-Departmental Physician Teacher of the Year - 2011
- Donald W. Reynolds Longitudinal Scholar, Department of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine, Mt. Sinai
- Ewig Teaching Award - Department of Medicine, Columbia University Medical Center, 2015
- Physician of the Year - NYP/Allen Hospital, 2016
- Induction into Academy of Clinical Excellence at the Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University
