Deirdre L Sawinski, MD
Adjunct Associate Professor of Medicine (Renal-Electrolyte and Hypertension)
Department: Medicine
Contact information
Weill Cornell Medical College
1300 York Avenue, Rm. A569
New York, NY 10065
1300 York Avenue, Rm. A569
New York, NY 10065
Office: 917-757-4708
Fax: 212-746-6894
Fax: 212-746-6894
Links
https://www.pennmedicine.org/departments-and-centers/department-of-medicine/divisions/renal-electrolyte-and-hypertension-division
Penn Kidney Transplant Program
Renal-Electrolyte and Hypertension Research Interests--Nephrology Clinical Research
https://www.pennmedicine.org/departments-and-centers/department-of-medicine/divisions/renal-electrolyte-and-hypertension-division
Penn Kidney Transplant Program
Renal-Electrolyte and Hypertension Research Interests--Nephrology Clinical Research
Education:
BA
New York University, 1999.
MD
Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, 2003.
Permanent linkBA
New York University, 1999.
MD
Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, 2003.
Description of Clinical Expertise
Dr. Sawinski's clinical expertise is in the area of renal transplantation, with specific focus on transplant in HCV+ or HIV+ recipients. Her practice includes other solid organ transplant recipients (heart, liver, and lung) with renal disease.Description of Research Expertise
Dr. Sawinski's research interests include the effects of immunomodulatory viruses such as HCV, HIV,and BK on renal transplantation and the development of renal disease in other solid organ transplant recipients.Selected Publications
Ana S Iltis, Maya Mehta, Deirdre Sawinski: Ignorance is Not Bliss: The Case for Comprehensive Reproductive Counseling for Women with Chronic Kidney Disease. HEC forum: an interdisciplinary journal on hospitals' ethical and legal issues 3(35): 223-236, September 2023.V. S. Potluri, D. E. Schaubel, M. E. Sise, B. P. Concepcion, R. C. Forbes, E. A. Blumberg, D. Goldberg, P. P. Reese, R. Bloom, D. Shaffer, R. Chung, D. Sawinski, I. Strohben, N. Elias, A. Azhar, M. Shah1, J. Eason, L. A. Binari, M. Talwar, V. Balaraman5, A. Bhalla, B. Besharatian, M. Z. Molnar: Association of Donor Hepatitis C Virus Infection Status and Risk of Bk Polyomavirus Viremia After Kidney Transplantation American Journal of Transplant 2(22): 599-609, February 2022.
A Cozette Killian, Brittany Shelton, Paul MacLennan, M Chandler McLeod, Alexis Carter, Rhiannon Reed, Haiyan Qu, Babak Orandi, Vineeta Kumar, Deirdre Sawinski, Jayme E Locke: Evaluation of Community-Level Vulnerability and Racial Disparities in Living Donor Kidney Transplant. JAMA Surgery 156(1): 1120-29, December 2021.
Deirdre L Sawinski, Shikha Mehta, Tarek Alhamad, Jonathan S Bromberg, Bernard Fischbach, Thomas Aeschbacher, Srinka Ghosh, Grigoriy Shekhtman, Sham Dholakia, Daniel C Brennan, Emilio Poggio, Roy D Bloom, Stanley C Jordan: Association between dd-cfDNA levels, de novo donor specific antibodies, and eGFR decline: An analysis of the DART cohort. Clinical Transplantation 9(35): 14402, September 2021.
Arun Rajasekaran, Ricardo A Franco, Edgar T Overton, Brendan M McGuire, Graham C Towns, Jayme E Locke, Deirdre L Sawinski, Emmy K Bell: Updated Pathway to Micro-elimination of Hepatitis C Virus in the Hemodialysis Population. Kidney International Reports 6(25): 1788-98, April 2021.
Locke JE, Shelton B, Orandi B, Olthoff K, Pomfret E, Forde KA, Sawinski D, Gray M, Ascher N.: Obesity is a risk factor for progression to kidney transplant waitlisting after liver transplantation. Clin Transplant Page: 18:e14317, April 2021.
Al-Adra DP, Hammel L, Roberts J, Woodle ES, Levine D, Mandelbrot D, Verna E, Locke JE, D'Cunha J, Farr M, Sawinski D, Agarwal P, Plichta J, Pruthi S, Farr D, Carvajal R, Walker J, Zwald F, Habermann T, Gertz M, Bierman P, Dizon DS, Langstraat C, Al-Qauod T, Eggener S, Richgels JP, Chang GJ, Geltzeiler C, Sapisochin G, Ricciardi R, Krupnick AS, Kennedy C, Mohindra N, Foley DP, Watt KD.: Pre-Transplant Solid Organ Malignancy and Organ Transplant Candidacy: A Consensus Expert Opinion Statement American Journal of Transplantation 21(2): 460-474, Feb 2021.
Potluri VS, Sawinski D, Tam V, Shults J, Cohen JB, Wiebe DJ, Shah SP, Berns JS, Reese PP: Effect of Neighborhood Food Environment and Socioeconomic Status on Serum Phosphorus Level for Patients on Chronic Dialysis. JASN 11: 2622-2630, Nov 2020.
Takeshita J, Wang S, Loren AW, Mitra N, Shults J, Shin DB, Sawinski D. : Association of Racial/Ethnic and Gender Concordance Between Patients and Physicians with Patient Experience Ratings. JAMA Network Open 3(11): e2024583, Nov 2020.
Al-Adra DP, Hammel L, Roberts J, Woodle ES, Levine D, Mandelbrot D, Verna E, Locke J, D'Cunha J, Farr M, Sawinski D, Agarwal PK, Plichta J, Pruthi S, Farr D, Carvajal R, Walker J, Zwald F, Habermann T, Gertz M, Bierman P, Dizon DS, Langstraat C, Al-Qaoud T, Eggener S, Richgels JP, Chang GJ, Geltzeiler C, Sapisochin G, Ricciardi R, Krupnick AS, Kennedy C, Mohindra N, Foley DP, Watt KD: Preexisting melanoma and hematological malignancies, prognosis, and timing to solid organ transplantation: A consensus expert opinion statement. Am J Transplant September 2020.