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Sandip Kapur, MD, General Surgery, New York, NY

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General Surgery • New York, NY

Transplantation

Professor and Chief, Division of Transplant Surgery

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Overview of Dr. Kapur

Dr. Sandip Kapur is a general surgeon in New York, NY and is affiliated with multiple hospitals in the area, including New York-Presbyterian Hospital, New York-Presbyterian Hospital, NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia University Irving Medical Center, and NewYork-Presbyterian/Lower Manhattan Hospital. He received his medical degree from Weill Cornell Medicine and has been in practice 27 years. Dr. Kapur accepts several types of health insurance, listed below. He is one of 325 doctors at New York-Presbyterian Hospital and one of 113 doctors at NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia University Irving Medical Center who specialize in General Surgery. He also speaks multiple languages, including Spanish. He has more than 100 publications and over 500 citings.

Education & Training

  • UPMC Medical Education
    UPMC Medical EducationFellowship, Abdominal Transplant Surgery, 1996 - 1998
  • New York Presbyterian Hospital (Cornell Campus)
    New York Presbyterian Hospital (Cornell Campus)Residency, Surgery, 1990 - 1996
  • Weill Cornell Medicine
    Weill Cornell MedicineClass of 1990

Certifications & Licensure

  • NY State Medical License
    NY State Medical License 1991 - 2025
  • PA State Medical License
    PA State Medical License 1996 - 1998
  • American Board of Surgery Surgery

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

  • New York Magazine: Top Doctors Castle Connolly
  • America's Top Doctors Castle Connolly
  • Top Doctors: New York Metro Area Castle Connolly
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Clinical Trials

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Journal Articles

  • Kidney Allograft Failure in the Steroid‐Free Immunosuppression Era: A Matched Case‐Control Study  
    Joseph E Schwartz, Jun B Lee, Choli Hartono, John R Lee, Darshana M Dadhania, Sandip Kapur, Meredith J Aull, Surya V Seshan, Manikkam Suthanthiran, Mohamad M Alkadi, A..., Clinical Transplantation

Press Mentions

  • The National Kidney Registry Facilitates 5,000th Kidney Transplant
    The National Kidney Registry Facilitates 5,000th Kidney TransplantJune 18th, 2021
  • ‘Regifting’ Kidneys Used in Previous Transplants Could Ease the Organ Shortage
    ‘Regifting’ Kidneys Used in Previous Transplants Could Ease the Organ ShortageApril 25th, 2018
  • Waiting for Life: NY's Critical Organ Shortage
    Waiting for Life: NY's Critical Organ ShortageOctober 20th, 2017
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Professional Memberships

Other Languages

  • Spanish

Insurance Accepted

  • Aetna Choice POS II
    Aetna HMO
    BCBS Blue Card PPO
    BCBS Illinois PPO
    CIGNA HMO
    CIGNA Open Access
    CIGNA PPO
    Empire BCBS HMO
    Empire BCBS PPO
    GHI PPO
    Great West PPO
    Healthfirst New York
    HIP of New York - Select PPO
    Humana ChoiceCare Network PPO
    MagnaCare PPO
    MVP Healthcare PPO
    Oxford Health Freedom
    Oxford Health Liberty
    United Healthcare - Direct Choice Plus POS
    United Healthcare - Direct Options PPO
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