Pedro R. Sandoval, MD

Kidney Transplant Surgery
General Surgery, Pediatric Surgery, Transplant Surgery
More specialties
Accepting New Patients
Treats Children
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Overview

Areas of Expertise / Conditions Treated

  • Dialysis Access Procedures
  • Kidney Transplantation
  • Laparoscopic Living Donor Nephrectomy
  • Pancreas Transplantation
  • Pediatric Kidney Transplantation

Academic Appointments

  • Assistant Professor of Surgery at CUMC

Administrative Titles

  • Associate Director of Surgical Fellowship at Columbia University Irving Medical Center

Hospital Affiliations

  • NewYork-Presbyterian Hudson Valley Hospital
  • NewYork-Presbyterian / Columbia University Irving Medical Center
  • NewYork-Presbyterian / Weill Cornell Medical Center
  • NewYork-Presbyterian Westchester
  • NewYork-Presbyterian Allen Hospital

Languages

  • Portuguese
  • Spanish

Gender

  • Male

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Virtual Visits/Telehealth

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Phone Appointments

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Location(s)

622 West 168th Street
PH, Floor 14
New York, NY 10032
Primary
177 Ft. Washington Avenue
New York, NY 10032

Insurance Accepted

Aetna

  • Aetna Signature Administrators
  • HMO
  • NY Signature
  • Student Health

Amida Care

  • Special Needs

Cigna

  • EPO
  • Great West (National)
  • Medicare Managed Care
  • POS

Elderplan

  • Medicare Managed Care

Emblem/GHI

  • Medicare Managed Care
  • PPO

Emblem/HIP

  • POS
  • Select Care (Exchange)
  • Vytra

Empire Blue Cross/Blue Shield

  • EPO
  • PPO

Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield HealthPlus

  • Essential Plan

Local 1199

  • Local 1199
  • NYP Employee Plan

Medicare

  • Railroad
  • Traditional Medicare

Multiplan

  • Multiplan

UnitedHealthcare

  • Columbia University Employee Plan
  • Compass (Exchange)
  • Empire Plan
  • HMO
  • Oxford Freedom
  • Oxford HMO
  • Oxford Liberty
  • POS
  • PPO

VNSNY CHOICE

  • Medicare Managed Care
  • SelectHealth

World Trade Center Health Plan

  • World Trade Center Health Plan

*Please contact the provider’s office directly to verify that your particular insurance is accepted.

Credentials & Experience

Education & Training

  • Universidad Central del Ecuador, Faculty of Medical Sciences (Ecuador)
  • Residency: Case Western Reserve Medical Center
  • Fellowship: NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center

Committees, Societies, Councils

  • Member, the American Society of Transplant Surgeons (ASTS)
  • Colegio Medico de Pichincha, Quito, Ecuador
  • Member, the Medical Board at LiveOnNY

Board Certifications

  • Surgery

Research

Research Interests

  • Renal Transplant Outcomes

Selected Publications

  • Ratner LE, Sandoval PR. When Disaster Strikes: Death of a Living Organ Donor; American Journal of Transplantation; 2010; 10 1577-1581
  • Guarrera JV, Alkofer BJ, Sandoval PR, Feirt N, Samstein B, Smith E, Marshman D, Cogswell C, Vanatta J, Brown Jr R, Emond JC, Renz JF. Discovery of diffuse biliary microhamartomas during liver procurement; Liver Transplantation; 2007; 13 1470-1472
  • Tanriover B, Mohan S, Cohen DJ, Radhakrishnan J, Nikolas TL, Stone PW, Tsapepas DS, Crew RJ, Dube GK, Sandoval PR, Samstein B, Dogan E, Gaston RS, Tanriover JN, Ratner LE, Hardy MA. Kidneys at higher risk of discard: expanding the role of dual kidney transplantation; American Journal of Transplantation; 2014 Feb; 14(2); 404-415
  • Tsapepas DS, Mohan S, Tanriover B, Dube GK, Crew RJ, Cohen DJ, Hardy MA, Sandoval PR, Ratner LE. Impact of small variations in the delivered dose of rabbit antithymocyte induction therapy in kidney transplantation with early corticosteroid withdrawal; Transplantation; 2012 Aug; 94(4); 325-330