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photo Amar D. Bansal, MD, FASN

General Internal Medicine, Renal-Electrolyte

Assistant Professor of Medicine

Associate Program Director, Nephrology Training Program

Renal-Electrolyte Division

Section of Palliative Care and Medical Ethics

Email: bansalad@upmc.edu

Phone: 412-647-2571
Contact
 
Phone: 412-647-2571
Fax:
E-mail: bansalad@upmc.edu
Administrative Assistant:
Maria Simonic
Address: 200 Lothrop St
C1100 - UPMC Presbyterian
Pittsburgh 15213
Email: simonicma@upmc.edu
Phone: 412-802-8652
Education and Training
Education
BSE, Bioengineering, University of Pennsylvania
MD, New York University School of Medicine
Training
Residency, Internal Medicine, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Fellowship, Nephrology, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Palliative Medicine, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Research Interest
1) Communication strategies, directed interventions, and epidemiology of patients with advanced CKD who opt for medical management without dialysis
2) Decision-making related to dialysis initiation
Clinical Interest
Dr. Bansal does inpatient consultation for the nephrology and palliative care services at UPMC Presbyterian/Montefiore, Magee, and Shadyside. He also provides outpatient care for adult patients of all ages with chronic kidney disease. In addition to general nephrology, he has a focus on patients with CKD with the following conditions:
1) advanced age or other serious comorbidities
2) patients who may be interested in discussing aggressive management of their kidney disease without using dialysis
3) patients living with cancer who have kidney disease
4) patients with liver and kidney disease (hepatorenal syndrome)
5) polycystic kidney disease
6) ANCA associated vasculitis
Educational Interest
1) nephrology fellowship education
2) improving patient-doctor communication
3) enhancing primary palliative skills for all providers
Publications
For my complete bibliography, Click Here.
Notable Achievements
Research Scholar, HHMI-NIH, 2008
Research achievement award, NYU School of Medicine, 2010
Chief fellow in nephrology, Hospital of the Univ of Penn, 2014
Most outstanding fellow in nephrology, Hosp of the Univ of Penn, 2015
Clinical Junior Faculty Research Award, UPMC, 2017
Subspecialty Teacher of the Year Award, 2022

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Cardiology

Endocrinology and Metabolism

Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition

General Internal Medicine

Geriatric Medicine
Hematology/Oncology

Infectious Diseases

Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Medicine

Renal-Electrolyte

Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology

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