LeighMarkEttingerMDMS

Pediatric Nephrology • Poughkeepsie, NY

Pediatric Kidney Stone Nephrology

Owner of DoctorHerbivore and KidneyStoneDoctor practices

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Office
301 Manchester Rd
Ste 105
Poughkeepsie, NY 12603
Phone+1 845-452-1700

Fax+1 445-777-6017

Summary

I had an early interest in hypertension that led to a clinical research project in high school that earned 4th place at the local science fair. From there I earned a B.S. at Tufts University and stayed for Medical School. The next three years were spent learning Pediatrics at the Children’s Hospital at Dartmouth. I then completed a Pediatric Nephrology Fellowship and earned a Masters in Science at the Children’s Hospital at Montefiore in the Bronx. I joined Hackensack University Medical Center in August of 2004 as an Attending Physician in the Division of Pediatric Nephrology.
With an interest in how nutrition affects chronic disease I earned a Certificate in Plant-Based Nutrition from eCornell in November of 2016. I joined the Hackensack UMC Healthy Futures Pediatric Weight Management program as a physician in December of 2017. In May of 2019 I became a Diplomate of the American Board of Obesity Medicine. I spoke at the Obesity Medicine Association national annual Spring conference about the plant-based diet in May of 2020.
When COVID-19 hit the hospital where I worked pivoted to Telemedicine. I saw the potential for this technology to expand my pediatric obesity practice. Advances in genetics around the same time offered new diagnostic services for those suffering from kidney stones. In 2021 I founded the DoctorHerbivore and KidneyStone Doctor telemedicine practice to offer pediatric obesity management and kidney stone diagnosis services more widely.

Leigh Ettinger, MD - Kidney | Stone | Doctor

Reducing the risk of kidney stones with precision medicine. Telemedicine Practice providing diagnostic services for those suffering from kidney stones.

Plant-based Pediatrician helping families thrive

Sharing information about the whole foods, plant-based diet. Practicing Pediatric Lifestyle Telemedicine.

Education & Training

Montefiore Medical Center/Albert Einstein College of MedicineFellowship, Pediatric Nephrology, 2002 - 2004
Albert Einstein College of MedicineMS, 2002 - 2004
Dartmouth-Hitchcock/Mary Hitchcock Memorial HospitalResidency, Pediatrics, 1998 - 2001
Tufts University School of MedicineClass of 1998
Tufts UniversityBS, Biology, Magna Cum Laude, 1990 - 1994

Certifications & Licensure

NH State Medical License 2001 - Present
NY State Medical License 2001 - 2026
NJ State Medical License 2004 - 2025
ME State Medical License 2019 - 2019
NM State Medical License 2005 - 2006
VT State Medical License 1998 - 2001
American Board of Pediatrics Pediatrics
American Board of Pediatrics Pediatric Nephrology
American Board of Obesity Medicine Obesity Medicine

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

New York Magazine: Top Doctors Castle Connolly, 2014
Inside Jersey Magazine Top Doctors Castle Connolly, 2014
Inside Jersey - Top Doctors for Children Castle Connolly, 2014
New York Magazine Best Doctors, 2014, 2016, 2018
Top Doctors for Children�s Health Inside Jersey Magazine, 2014
Fellow (FAAP) American Academy of Pediatrics
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Publications & Presentations

PubMed

29 citations
Plant-Based Diets and Hypertension:
Shivam Joshi, Leigh Ettinger, Scott E Liebman
American Journal of Lifestyle Medicine. 2020-07-01
68 citations
Microalbuminuria and Abnormal Ambulatory Blood Pressure in Adolescents With Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus
Leigh M. Ettinger, Katherine Freeman, Joan DiMartino-Nardi, Joseph T. Flynn
The Journal of Pediatrics. 2005-07-01
Arterial disease causing refusal to walk in a toddler.
Leigh M. Ettinger, Keith J. Loud, Kenneth L. Serra, Scott A. Shipman
Clinical Pediatrics. 2001-06-01

Journal Articles

Adrenocorticotropic hormone for steroid-resistant and oral steroid-intolerant children with minimal change nephrotic syndrome
Lieberman, K.V., Ettinger, L.M., Journal of Clinical Pediatric Nephrology, 1/1/2014
Microalbuminuria and abnormal ambulatory blood pressure in adolescents with type 2 diabetes mellitus
Ettinger L, Freeman K, Di Martino-Nardi J, Flynn J, Journal of Pediatrics, 1/1/2005
Hypertension in the neonate
Ettinger L, Flynn J, Neoreviews, 1/1/2002
Arterial disease causing refusal to walk in a toddler
Ettinger L, Loud K, Serra K, Shipman S., Clinical Pediatrics, 1/1/2001
Peripheral pulmonary artery stenosis: acute and mid-term results of high pressure balloon angioplasty
Ettinger L, Hijazi Z, Geggel R, Supran S, Qi-Ling C, Schmid C, Journal of Interventional Cardiology, 1/1/1988
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Books/Book Chapters

5-Minute Urology Consult
Chapter: Acute Kidney Injury, Pediatric.
Page 8 - 9Ettinger, L. M.Wolters Kluwer, Philadelphia, PAEdition 3rd,2015

Abstracts/Posters

ACTH Gel for Treating Steroid Resistance (SR) and Oral Steroid Intolerance (OSI) in Pediatric Minimal Change Nephrotic Syndrome (MCNS)
Lieberman, K.V., Ettinger, L.M., Picarelli, C., Sixteenth Congress of the International Pediatric Nephrology Association, Shanghai, China, 1/30/2013
Terminal Complement Blockade by Eculizumab for Vero-Toxin Ecoli Associated Hemolytic-Uremic Syndrome
Lieberman, K.V., Ettinger, L.M., Picarelli, C., Pediatric Academic Societies' Meeting, Boston, Massachusetts, 1/28/2012
RenalVysionTM Urine Cytologic Analysis in the Evaluation of Gross and Microscopic Hematuria in Children
Lieberman KV, Thomas D, Seshan S, Ettinger LM, Picarelli C, 15th Annual Congress of the International Pediatric Nephrology Association, New York, New York, 1/29/2010
Alemtuzumab induction may exacerbate antibody-mediated rejection in pediatric renal transplant recipients
Wu G, Lieberman K, Ettinger L, Abrams J, Shapiro M, American Society of Transplantation meeting, Orlando, Florida, 1/2/2009
Rituximab for the treatment of steroid dependent nephrotic syndrome
Lieberman K, Ettinger L, Pediatric Academic Society meeting, Hawaii, 1/3/2008
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Lectures

Living Life on the Veg: The How and Why of the Whole Foods, Plant-based Diet
Multiple locations, 2017 - 1/4/2018
Urinary Tract Infections in Childhood
HUMC - 1/9/2017
The Incidental Finding of Elevated Blood Pressure
HUMC Palisades - 1/6/2016
The Abnormal Urinalysis: When to Refer and When to Reassure
Hilton Head, North Carolina - 1/20/2015
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