Sandip Kapur
Dr. Sandip Kapur is Chief of Transplantation and Director of the Kidney and Pancreas Transplant Programs at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center. Dr. Kapur is an internationally recognized pioneer in advancing innovative strategies that allow more recipients to receive successful transplants, including high risk kidney transplantation and expanding opportunities for living donor kidney transplantation. Dr. Kapur led Cornell in performing one of the first living donor kidney transplant chains, a novel concept that is revolutionizing transplantation and dramatically improves the opportunity for kidney transplant candidates to find a compatible living donor. Dr. Kapur\'s areas of research include translating molecular monitoring techniques from bench to bedside and clinical trials on immunosuppression, ischemia-reperfusion injury, and immunosuppression minimization strategies.