Miriam H Chung, MD
- ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR | Medicine, Nephrology
Specialties:
Internal Medicine, NephrologyMiriam Chung, MD, is an Associate Professor in the Department of Medicine, Division of Nephrology. She is the Program Director for Nephrology Fellowship. Her other roles include Clinical Director of Glomerular Diseases Clinic, and Associate Clinical Director for Division of Nephrology.
She received her medical degree from Mount Sinai, completed residency training at Yale, where she also served as Chief Resident. Dr. Chung then completed her Nephrology fellowship at New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Cornell, and Glomerular Diseases fellowship at Columbia. Prior to joining Mount Sinai in 2017, she was a Nephrologist at Rogosin Institute/New York-Presbyterian Hospital, and Assistant Professor at Weill Cornell. Her clinical interests include glomerular diseases (ex. lupus nephritis, IgA nephropathy, vasculitis, nephrotic syndrome, etc).
She is active in the education of fellows and housestaff, and has received numerous teaching awards, including the J James Smith Teaching Award by Cornell Medicine Housestaff, and Teaching Attending of the Year Award by Mount SInai Nephrology Fellows for three consecutive years.
Clinical Focus
- Acute Interstitial Nephritis
- Acute Kidney Injury
- Alkalosis
- Blood Vessel Inflammation / Vasculitis
- Chronic Kidney Disease
- Congenital Kidney Disease
- Dialysis
- Glomerulonephritis
- Hyperkalemia
- Hypernatremia
- Hypokalemia
- Hyponatremia
- Kidney Biopsy
- Kidney Disease (Acute Or Chronic)
- Kidney Transplant
- Lupus Kidney Diseases
- Membranous Nephropathy
- Nephritis
- Nephrotic Syndrome
- Polycystic Kidney Disease
- Proteinuria (Protein In The Urine)
Education
MD, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
MD, Mount Sinai School of Medicine
Residency, Yale
Fellowship, Columbia University Medical Center
Residency, Internal Medicine, Yale New Haven Hospital
Fellowship, Nephrology, New York Presbyterian Hospital-Weill Cornell
Fellowship, Other, Not Listed, Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center
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2016
Resident Report Attending of the Year Award -
2015
Teaching Excellence Award for “Outstanding Contributions as an Educator -
2011
J James Smith Teaching Award “Who Exemplifies Qualities of Teacher, Scholar, and Physician” -
2006
Teacher of the Year Award -
2004
Distinguished Houseofficer Award for "All-around Excellence"
Interest in clinical research in glomerular diseases, including lupus nephritis, IgA nephropathy, and FSGS.
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Dr. Chung did not report having any of the following types of financial relationships with industry during 2022 and/or 2023: consulting, scientific advisory board, industry-sponsored lectures, service on Board of Directors, participation on industry-sponsored committees, equity ownership valued at greater than 5% of a publicly traded company or any value in a privately held company. Please note that this information may differ from information posted on corporate sites due to timing or classification differences.
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