About
Specialties and Expertise
Specialties
- Surgery
- Transplant Surgery
- Transplantation Surgery
Expertise
- Transplantation
- Kidney Transplantations
- Pediatric Kidney Transplantation
- Living Donor Kidney Transplantation
- Transplantation, Pancreas
- Dialysis Access Surgery
- Islet Cell Transplantation
- Minimally Invasive Kidney Transplant Surgery
Personal Statement
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Samuel Sultan, M.D., is an Assistant Professor of Surgery (Transplantation Surgery) at Weill Cornell Medical College and an Assistant Attending Surgeon at NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center. Board certified in surgery, he specializes in kidney and pancreas transplantation, and laparoscopic donor nephrectomies. His clinical interests also include kidney auto-transplants, islet cell transplantation and dialysis access surgery.
Dr. Sultan is actively involved in clinical research, and he enjoys teaching residents and medical students. He has received several awards, including the Distinguished Housestaff Award for his work on quality improvement projects. His research interests include the predictive value of the biochemical profile at the time of organ reperfusion, the use of organs from donors with hepatitis C, the resolution of donors with acute kidney injury, and beta-cell replacement therapy, using both pancreas and islet-cell transplants. Dr. Sultan is an active member of several medical societies, including the American Society of Transplant Surgeons and the American College of Surgeons.
Biography
Samuel Sultan, M.D., is an Assistant Professor of Surgery (Transplantation Surgery) at Weill Cornell Medical College and an Assistant Attending Surgeon at NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center. Board certified in surgery, he specializes in kidney, pancreas, and liver transplantation, and laparoscopic donor nephrectomies. His clinical interests also include kidney auto-transplants, islet cell transplantation and dialysis access surgery.
Dr. Sultan is actively involved in clinical research, and he enjoys teaching residents and medical students. He has received several awards, including the Distinguished Housestaff Award for his work on quality improvement projects. His research interests include the predictive value of the biochemical profile at the time of organ reperfusion, the use of organs from donors with hepatitis C, the resolution of donors with acute kidney injury, and beta-cell replacement therapy, using both pancreas and islet-cell transplants. Dr. Sultan is an active member of several medical societies, including the American Society of Transplant Surgeons and the American College of Surgeons.
Research
Credentials
Board Certifications
- Surgery
Clinical and Academic Positions
- Assistant Attending Surgeon - NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital
- Assistant Professor of Surgery (Transplant Surgery) - Weill Cornell Medical College, Cornell University
Education and Training
- M.D., New York University School of Medicine, 2009
- B.A., Yeshiva University, 2005
Insurance
Insurance Plans Accepted
The following represents most of the managed care plans accepted by this doctor. If your insurance carrier does not appear here please contact the doctor’s office as they may have individual contracts not included on this site.
* indicates this doctor is no longer accepting new patients with this insurance plan.
- AETNA - HMO
- AETNA - Medicare
- AETNA - PPO
- Aetna - Weill Cornell - POS
- Aetna-NYP - EPO/POS
- Affinity Access
- Affinity Health Plan
- AgeWell New York
- Amida Care
- CIGNA
- Emblem (HIP) Medicare Essential Network
- Emblem Select Care
- Empire Blue Cross/Blue Shield - Blue Access
- Empire Blue Cross/Blue Shield - Blue Connection
- Empire Blue Cross/Blue Shield - EPO
- Empire Blue Cross/Blue Shield - HMO
- Empire Blue Cross/Blue Shield - Mediblue (Senior)
- Empire Blue Cross/Blue Shield - PPO
- Empire Blue Cross/Blue Shield HealthPlus
- Empire Blue Cross/Blue Shield HealthPlus - CHP
- Fidelis Care
- GHI - CBP
- Health First
- Health Insurance Plan of NY (HIP)
- Health Insurance Plan of NY (HIP) - Medicaid
- Health Insurance Plan of NY (HIP) - Medicare
- Medicaid
- Medicare
- Oxford Health Plans - Medicare Advantage
- Oxford Health Plans - Metro/Core/Charter
- Oxford Health Plans - Liberty
- Oxford Health Plans - Freedom
- Rockefeller University - Trustmark
- United Empire
- United Healthcare
- United Healthcare - Community Plan
- United Healthcare - Medicare
- United Healthcare Compass
- VNSNY CHOICE - HMO
- VNSNY CHOICE - Medicare
- WellCare of NY