Neelja D. Kumar

Neelja D. Kumar, M.D., is an Associate Professor in the Department of Medicine (Nephrology) at Albert Einstein College of Medicine, affiliated with Montefiore Medical Center. She serves as Medical Director of an outpatient dialysis unit in the Bronx and Associate Program Director for the nephrology fellowship program. Dr. Kumar holds board certification in nephrology and has been part of Montefiore's faculty since 2014. Her clinical expertise includes managing renal disease in critically ill patients, pregnancy-associated renal complications, diabetic kidney disease, acute kidney injury, and hypertension.

Dr. Kumar earned her medical degree from the Sophie Davis School of Biomedical Education in partnership with Stony Brook Medical Center. She completed her internal medicine residency at NYU Langone Medical Center, serving as chief resident, followed by a nephrology fellowship at Yale School of Medicine.

Her academic contributions focus on enhancing clinical training for fellows through curriculum development. She is actively involved in clinical nephrology practice and education, addressing critical gaps in kidney disease management across diverse populations. Despite no listed scientific awards or publications, her clinical work and educational leadership remain central to her profile.

She oversees multiple clinical sites across the Bronx, including the Medical Arts Pavilion Nephrology and Montefiore Hutch Tower II.