GeraldBernardAppelMD

Clinical Professor of Medicine, Columbia P&S

Overview of Dr. Appel

Dr. Gerald Appel 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. He received his medical degree from Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University and has been in practice 45 years. Dr. Appel accepts several types of health insurance, listed below. He is one of 171 doctors at New York-Presbyterian Hospital and one of 62 doctors at NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia University Irving Medical Center who specialize in Nephrology. He has more than 100 publications and over 500 citings.

Office
622 W 168th St
New York, NY 10032
Book by Phone+1(209) 252-3194

Education & Training

New York Presbyterian Hospital (Columbia Campus)Residency, Internal Medicine, 1972 - 1976
Albert Einstein College of MedicineClass of 1972

Certifications & Licensure

FL State Medical License 2021 - Present
NY State Medical License 1973 - 2026
NJ State Medical License 2022 - 2025
CT State Medical License 2022 - 2024
American Board of Internal Medicine Internal Medicine
American Board of Internal Medicine Nephrology

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

New York Magazine: Top Doctors Castle Connolly, 2002-2014
America's Top Doctors Castle Connolly, 2002-2014
Top Doctors: New York Metro Area Castle Connolly, 2002-2014
Super Doctor SuperDoctors.com
Top MD Consumers Checkbook
Fellow (ASNF) American Society of Nephrology
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Clinical Trials

Rituximab in Progressive Immunoglobulin A (IgA) Nephropathy Start of enrollment: 2009 Feb 01
Completed
Phase 4
Treatment of Resistant Nephrotic Syndrome With ACTH Gel (ACTHAR) Start of enrollment: 2009 Dec 01
Completed
Phase 4
Eculizumab Therapy for Dense Deposit Disease and C3 Nephropathy Start of enrollment: 2010 Jul 01
Completed
Phase 1

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

27 citations
Aldosterone breakthrough during aliskiren, valsartan, and combination (aliskiren + valsartan) therapy
Andrew S. Bomback, Yelena Rekhtman, Philip J. Klemmer, Pietro A. Canetta, Jai Radhakrishnan
Journal of the American Society of Hypertension. 2012-09-01
162 citations
A proposal for standardized grading of chronic changes in native kidney biopsy specimens
Sanjeev Sethi, Vivette D. D'Agati, Cynthia C. Nast, Agnes B. Fogo, An S. De Vriese
Kidney International. 2017-04-01
391 citations
Mycophenolate versus azathioprine as maintenance therapy for lupus nephritis
Mary Anne Dooley, David Jayne, Ellen M. Ginzler, David A. Isenberg, Nancy J. Olsen
The New England Journal of Medicine. 2011-11-16

Lectures

2013 Nephrology Update
Cleveland Clinic - Cleveland, Ohio / The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio - 10/10/2013
2013 Nephrology Update
Cleveland Clinic - Cleveland, Ohio / The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio - 10/10/2013
19th Annual Update & Intensive Review of Internal Medicine Board Review 2013
Columbia University Medical Center, Burlington, Massachusetts - 6/2/2013
Nephrology 2012
Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts - 4/22/2012
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Other

Clinical features and therapy of membranous lupus nephritis
Appel GB, Schur PH, Falk RJ
http://www.uptodate.com/contents/clinical-features-and-therapy-of-membranous-lupus-nephritis
UpToDate, Wolters Kluwer Health - 2012-10-23
Treatment of anti-GBM antibody (Goodpasture's) disease
Appel GB, Kaplan AA, Pusey CD
http://www.uptodate.com/contents/treatment-of-anti-gbm-antibody-goodpastures-disease
UpToDate, Wolters Kluwer Health - 2012-09-12
Overview of the classification and treatment of rapidly progressive (crescentic) glomerulonephritis
Appel GB, Kaplan AA
http://www.uptodate.com/contents/overview-of-the-classification-and-treatment-of-rapidly-progressive
UpToDate, Wolters Kluwer Health - 2012-10-31
Antiphospholipid syndrome and the kidney
Appel GB
http://www.uptodate.com/contents/antiphospholipid-syndrome-and-the-kidney
UpToDate, Wolters Kluwer Health - 2013-02-04
Minimal change variants: Mesangial proliferation; IgM nephropathy; C1q nephropathy
Appel GB, Meyrier A
http://www.uptodate.com/contents/minimal-change-variants-mesangial-proliferation-igm-nephropathy-c1q
UpToDate, Wolters Kluwer Health - 2012-09-12
Alternative agents in the treatment of idiopathic membranous nephropathy
Appel GB, Wetzels JF
http://www.uptodate.com/contents/alternative-agents-in-the-treatment-of-idiopathic-membranous-nephro
UpToDate, Wolters Kluwer Health - 2012-07-18
Therapy of resistant or relapsing diffuse or focal proliferative lupus nephritis
Appel GB, Schur PH, Falk RJ
http://www.uptodate.com/contents/therapy-of-resistant-or-relapsing-diffuse-or-focal-proliferative-lu
UpToDate, Wolters Kluwer Health - 2012-10-17
Therapy of diffuse or focal proliferative lupus nephritis
Appel GB, Schur PH, Falk RJ
http://www.uptodate.com/contents/therapy-of-diffuse-or-focal-proliferative-lupus-nephritis
UpToDate, Wolters Kluwer Health - 2013-01-14
Indications for renal biopsy in patients with lupus nephritis
Appel GB, Schur PH, Falk RJ
http://www.uptodate.com/contents/indications-for-renal-biopsy-in-patients-with-lupus-nephritis
UpToDate, Wolters Kluwer Health - 2012-11-12
End-stage renal disease due to lupus nephritis
Appel GB, Bomback AS
http://www.uptodate.com/contents/end-stage-renal-disease-due-to-lupus-nephritis
UpToDate, Wolters Kluwer Health - 2013-04-12
Diagnosis and classification of renal disease in systemic lupus erythematosus
Appel GB, Bomback AS
http://www.uptodate.com/contents/diagnosis-and-classification-of-renal-disease-in-systemic-lupus-ery
UpToDate, Wolters Kluwer Health - 2013-02-28
Clinical trials of immunosuppressive therapy in proliferative lupus nephritis
Appel GB, Schur PH, Falk RJ
http://www.uptodate.com/contents/clinical-trials-of-immunosuppressive-therapy-in-proliferative-lupus
UpToDate, Wolters Kluwer Health - 2012-09-11
Lipid abnormalities in nephrotic syndrome
Appel GB, Radhakrishnan J
http://www.uptodate.com/contents/lipid-abnormalities-in-nephrotic-syndrome
UpToDate, Wolters Kluwer Health - 2012-06-06
Treatment and prognosis of IgA nephropathy
Appel GB, Cattran DC
http://www.uptodate.com/contents/treatment-and-prognosis-of-iga-nephropathy
UpToDate, Wolters Kluwer Health - 2013-02-11
Treatment of primary focal segmental glomerulosclerosis
Appel GB, Cattran DC
http://www.uptodate.com/contents/treatment-of-primary-focal-segmental-glomerulosclerosis
UpToDate, Wolters Kluwer Health - 2012-09-11
Collapsing focal segmental glomerulosclerosis not associated with HIV infection
Appel GB, Nelson PJ
http://www.uptodate.com/contents/collapsing-focal-segmental-glomerulosclerosis-not-associated-with-h
UpToDate, Wolters Kluwer Health - 2012-07-31
Glomerular diseases due to nonamyloid fibrillar deposits
Appel GB, Fervenza FC, Sethi S
http://www.uptodate.com/contents/glomerular-diseases-due-to-nonamyloid-fibrillar-deposits
UpToDate, Wolters Kluwer Health - 2012-09-04
Renal involvement with hantavirus infection (hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome)
Appel GB, Mustonen J
http://www.uptodate.com/contents/renal-involvement-with-hantavirus-infection-hemorrhagic-fever-with-
UpToDate, Wolters Kluwer Health - 2012-08-15
Renal amyloidosis
Appel GB, Leung N, Kyle RA
http://www.uptodate.com/contents/renal-amyloidosis
UpToDate, Wolters Kluwer Health - 2012-09-10
Types of renal disease in multiple myeloma
Appel GB, Leung N, Kyle RA
http://www.uptodate.com/contents/types-of-renal-disease-in-multiple-myeloma
UpToDate, Wolters Kluwer Health - 2012-07-30
Pathogenesis and diagnosis of myeloma cast nephropathy (myeloma kidney)
Appel GB, Leung N, Kyle RA
http://www.uptodate.com/contents/pathogenesis-and-diagnosis-of-myeloma-cast-nephropathy-myeloma-kidn
UpToDate, Wolters Kluwer Health - 2013-01-23
Renal manifestations of Henoch-Sch?_nlein purpura (IgA vasculitis)
Appel GB, Hunder GG, Niaudet P
http://www.uptodate.com/contents/renal-manifestations-of-henoch-schonlein-purpura-iga-vasculitis
UpToDate, Wolters Kluwer Health - 2012-09-11
Clinical manifestations and diagnosis of acute interstitial nephritis
Appel GB, Praga M
http://www.uptodate.com/contents/clinical-manifestations-and-diagnosis-of-acute-interstitial-nephrit
UpToDate, Wolters Kluwer Health - 2012-12-03
Lipid abnormalities in patients with chronic kidney disease not requiring dialysis
Appel GB
http://www.uptodate.com/contents/lipid-abnormalities-in-patients-with-chronic-kidney-disease-not-req
UpToDate, Wolters Kluwer Health - 2012-10-01
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Press Mentions

Life with Louise: A Kidney Transplant (Love) StoryMarch 9th, 2017
New Approaches to Idiopathic Nephrotic SyndromeJuly 1st, 2015
FROM THE UNIT TO THE HOME with a Program Track Focusing on Home HemodialysisAugust 31st, 2019

Professional Memberships

American Society of Nephrology - ASN
Fellow

Insurance Accepted

Aetna Choice POS II
Aetna HMO
BCBS Blue Card PPO
BCBS California CaliforniaCare HMO
Blue Shield California HMO
Blue Shield California PPO
CIGNA HMO
CIGNA Open Access
CIGNA PPO
Empire BCBS HMO
Empire BCBS PPO
First Health PPO
Great West PPO
Health Net California Large Group PPO
Humana ChoiceCare Network PPO
Multiplan PHCS PPO
Multiplan PHCS PPO - Kaiser
Multiplan PPO
MVP Healthcare PPO
Oxford Health Freedom
Oxford Health Liberty
Pacificare HMO
United Healthcare - Direct Choice Plus POS
United Healthcare - Direct Options PPO
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