Joshua Weiner, MD
Kidney Transplant Surgery
Pancreas & Hepatobiliary Surgery
Accepting New Patients
Treats Children
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Overview
Joshua I. Weiner, MD, is a board-certified transplant surgeon and clinical researcher. He has particular interests in multi-visceral transplantation and transplant immunology. Dr. Weiner performs intestinal, kidney, and pancreas transplants and investigates transplant tolerance.
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Areas of Expertise / Conditions Treated
- Intestinal Failure
- Intestinal Fistula
- Intestinal Motility Disorders
- Intestinal Perforation
- Intestinal Transplant
- Isolated Intestinal Transplantation
- Kidney Transplantation
- Multivisceral Transplantation
- Pancreas Transplantation
- Pediatric Intestinal Rehabilitation
Academic Appointments
- Assistant Professor of Surgery
Hospital Affiliations
- NewYork-Presbyterian Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital
Gender
- Male
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Location(s)
622 West 168th Street
PH, Floor 14
New York, NY 10032
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Insurance Accepted
Aetna
- Aetna Signature Administrators
- EPO
- HMO
- Medicare Managed Care
- NYP Employee Plan
- NY Signature
- POS
- PPO
- Student Health
Affinity Health Plan
- Essential Plan
- Medicaid Managed Care
AgeWell
- Medicare Managed Care
- Special Needs
Amida Care
- Special Needs
Cigna
- EPO
- Great West (National)
- HMO
- Medicare Managed Care
- POS
- PPO
Emblem/GHI
- Medicare Managed Care
- PPO
Emblem/HIP
- ConnectiCare
- EPO
- Essential Plan
- HMO
- Medicaid Managed Care
- Medicare Managed Care
- POS
- PPO
- Select Care (Exchange)
- Vytra
Empire Blue Cross/Blue Shield
- EPO
- HMO
- Medicare Managed Care
- PPO
Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield HealthPlus
- Child/Family Health Plus
- Essential Plan
- Medicaid Managed Care
Fidelis Care
- Child/Family Health Plus
- Essential Plan
- Medicaid Managed Care
- Medicare Managed Care
Healthfirst
- Child/Family Health Plus
- Leaf (Exchange)
- Medicaid Managed Care
- Medicare Managed Care
Local 1199
- Local 1199
MagnaCare (National)
- MagnaCare
Medicare
- Railroad
- Traditional Medicare
Multiplan
- Multiplan
MVP Health Care
- Child/Family Health Plus
- Essential Plan
- HMO
- Medicaid Managed Care
Quality Health Management
- Quality Health Management
RiverSpring
- Special Needs
UnitedHealthcare
- Compass (Exchange)
- Empire Plan
- HMO
- Medicaid (Community Plan)
- Medicare Managed Care
- Oxford Freedom
- Oxford HMO
- Oxford Liberty
- POS
- PPO
VNSNY CHOICE
- Medicare Managed Care
- SelectHealth
- Special Needs
WellCare
- Medicaid Managed Care
- Medicare Managed Care
World Trade Center Health Plan
- World Trade Center Health Plan
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Credentials & Experience
Education & Training
- Yale University School of Medicine
- Residency: New York Presbyterian Hospital - Columbia Campus, General Surgery
- Fellowship: Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons, Transplant Immunology
- Fellowship: Georgetown University Hospital, Abdominal Transplant and Hepatopancreaticobiliary Surgery
Board Certifications
- Surgery
Honors & Awards
- 2019 Young Investigator Award, American Transplant Congress
- 2018 SPIRIT Award, MedStar Georgetown University Hospital
- 2017 Blakemore Prize, Columbia University
- 2015 Second Prize in 24th Annual Columbia Surgery Research Competition
- 2014-2015 Highest ranked grant, Columbia Department of Surgery Startup Grant competition
- 2014 First Prize in 23rd Annual Columbia Surgery Research Competition
- 2013-2014 John Jones Fellowship, Columbia University Department of Surgery
- 2012-2013 Blakemore Award, New York Presbyterian-Columbia
- 2010 Connecticut Chapter of American College of Surgeons Prize
- 2010 Association for Academic Surgery-Novartis Research Award
- 2010 Cum laude, Yale University School of Medicine
- 2009 Farr Prize for Research, Yale University School of Medicine
- 2003 Magna cum laude, Harvard University
- 2000-2003 John Harvard Scholarship, Harvard University
Research
Selected Publications
- Weiner J, Svetlicky N, Kang J, Sadat M, Khan K, Duttargi A, Stovroff M, Moturi S, Kara Balla A, Kwon DH, Kallakury B, Hawksworth J, Subramanian S, Yazigi N, Kaufman S, Pasieka HB, Matsumoto CS, Robson SC, Pavletic S, Zasloff M, Fishbein TM, Kroemer A. CD69+ resident memory T cells are associated with graft-versus-host disease in intestinal transplantation. Am J Transplant. 2020 Nov 23. doi: 10.1111/ajt.16405.
- Lange NW, Lee JH, Liu EC, Hedvat J, Weiner J, Sultan S. Deceased donor renal transplantation in patients on apixaban at time of transplant surgery: A case series. Clin Transplant. 2020 Nov 22;e14148. doi: 10.1111/ctr.14148.
- Kato T, Hwang R, Lious P, Weiner J, Griesemer A, Samstein B, Halazun K, Mathur
A, Schwartz G, Cherqui D, Emond J. Ex vivo resection and autotransplantation for
conventionally unresectable tumors – an 11-year single center experience. Ann Surg.
2020 Aug 21. - Kroemer A, Khan K, Kaufman S, Kang J, Weiner J, Duttargi A, Belyayev L,
Ashokkumar C, Sindhi R, Zasloff M, Matsumoto C, Fishbein TM. Operational
tolerance in intestinal transplantation. Am J Transplant. 2020 Jul 28. - Chaudhry S, Kato Y, Weiner J, Alonso-Gullart P, Baker S, Woodland DC,
Lefkowitch J, Duran-Struuck R, Sondermeijer H, Zitsman J, Sears M, Wu A,
Karolewski B, Houck P, Martinez M, Kato T, Sykes M, Griesemer. Transient mixed
chimerism with nonmyeloablative conditioning does not induce liver allograft
tolerance in nonhuman primates. Transplantation. 2020 Apr 6. - Carpenter D, Matsuoka N, Thome J, Granot T, Gordon C, Kumar B, Senda T, Miron
M, Weiner J, Griesemer A, Farber DL. The immunologic profile of brain death in
humans: a whole-body analysis. Am J Transplant. 2018 Jan;18(1):74-88. - Carpenter DJ, Granot T, Matsuoka N, Senda T, Kumar BV, Thome JJC, Gordon CL,
Miron M, Weiner J, Connors T, Lerner H, Friedman A, Kato T, Griesemer AD,
Farber DL. Human immunology studies using organ donors: impact of clinical
variations on immune parameters in tissues and circulation. Am J Transplant. 2018
Jan;18(1):74-88. - Kato Y, Griesemer AD, Wu A, Sondermeijer HP, Weiner JI, Duran-Struuck R,
Martinez M, Slate AR, Romanov A, Lefkowitch JH, Sykes M, Kato T. Novel H-shunt
Venovenous Bypass for Liver Transplantation in Cynomolgus Macaques. Comp Med.
2017 Oct 1;67(5):436-441. - Granot T, Senda T, Carpenter DJ, Matsuoka N, Weiner J, Gordon CL, Miron M,
Kumar BV, Griesemer A, Ho SH, Lerner H, Thome JJ, Connors T, Reizis B, Farber
DL. Dendritic Cells Display Subset and Tissue-Specific Maturation Dynamics over
Human Life. Immunity. 2017 Mar 21;46(3):504-515. - Gordon CL, Miron M, Thome JJ, Matsuoka N, Weiner J, Rak MA, Iharashi S,
Granot T, Lerner H, Goodrum F, Farber DL. Tissue-reservoirs of anti-viral T cell
immunity in persistent human CMV infection. J Exp Med. 2017 Jan 27;214(3). - Weiner J, Zuber J, Shonts B, Yang S, Fu J, Martinez M, Farber D, Kato T, Sykes M.
Long-term persistence of innate lymphoid cells in the gut after intestinal
transplantation. Transplantation. 2016 Dec 8. - Zuber J, Shonts B, Lau S-P, Obradovic A, Fu J, Yang S, Lambert M, Coley S,
Weiner J, Thome J, DeWolf S, Farber DL, Shen Y, Caillat-Zucman S, Bhagat G,
Griesemer A, Martinez M, Kato T, Sykes M. Bidirectional intragraft alloreactivity
drives the repopulation of human intestinal allografts and correlates with clinical
outcome. Science Immunology. 07 Oct, 2016: Vol. 1., Issue 4.
For a complete list of publications, please visit PubMed.gov