
Dinushika Mohottige, MD
Nephrology
About Me
Dr. Dinushika Mohottige is Assistant Professor in Institute of Health Equity Research at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and the Barbara T. Murphy Division of Nephrology. She received a B.A. in Public Policy and a Health Policy Certificate from Duke University in 2006, where she was a Robertson Scholar. She then earned an MPH in Health Behavior/Health Education from the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health and a medical degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine, followed by Internal Medicine/Chief Residency and Nephrology training at Duke University. She engages in patient and community-centered, inequity-focused research around the impact of socio-structural factors/racialized medicine on kidney health and kidney transplantation.
Language
Position
Hospital Affiliations
- The Mount Sinai Hospital
Research Topics
Behavioral Health, Community, Diversity, Health Services Research, Kidney, Patient Care, Patient Centered Outcomes Research, Public Health, Transplantation
About Me
Dr. Dinushika Mohottige is Assistant Professor in Institute of Health Equity Research at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and the Barbara T. Murphy Division of Nephrology. She received a B.A. in Public Policy and a Health Policy Certificate from Duke University in 2006, where she was a Robertson Scholar. She then earned an MPH in Health Behavior/Health Education from the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health and a medical degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine, followed by Internal Medicine/Chief Residency and Nephrology training at Duke University. She engages in patient and community-centered, inequity-focused research around the impact of socio-structural factors/racialized medicine on kidney health and kidney transplantation.
Language
Position
Hospital Affiliations
- The Mount Sinai Hospital
Research Topics
Behavioral Health, Community, Diversity, Health Services Research, Kidney, Patient Care, Patient Centered Outcomes Research, Public Health, Transplantation
Education
MD, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Residency, Internal Medicine
Duke Graduate Medical Education
Residency, Nephrology
Duke Graduate Medical Education
Fellowship, Nephrology
Duke Graduate Medical Education
Certifications
American Board of Internal Medicine
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Publications
Selected Publications
- Interaction Between Apolipoprotein L1 Genetic Risk and Neighborhood Socioeconomic Status for Kidney Outcomes in a United States Cohort. Kullaya Takkavatakarn, Dinushika Mohottige, Alexander W. Charney, Carol Horowitz, Andrew G. Rundle, Lili Chan, Girish N. Nadkarni. Kidney International Reports
- Focusing on Systems and Policies to Solve the Kidney Transplant Equity Crisis. L. Ebony Boulware, Dinushika Mohottige, Tanjala S. Purnell. JAMA Internal Medicine
- Embedding Equity and Inclusion Principles Into Nephrology Board Examinations: An Essential Part of Our Path Toward Kidney Health Justice. Dinushika Mohottige, Samira Farouk. Advances in Kidney Disease and Health
Industry Relationships
Physicians and scientists on the faculty of the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai often interact with pharmaceutical, device, biotechnology companies, and other outside entities to improve patient care, develop new therapies and achieve scientific breakthroughs. In order to promote an ethical and transparent environment for conducting research, providing clinical care and teaching, Mount Sinai requires that salaried faculty inform the School of their outside financial relationships.
Dr. Mohottige has not yet completed reporting of Industry relationships.
Mount Sinai's faculty policies relating to faculty collaboration with industry are posted on our website. Patients may wish to ask their physician about the activities they perform for companies.
Physicians and scientists on the faculty of the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai often interact with pharmaceutical, device, biotechnology companies, and other outside entities to improve patient care, develop new therapies and achieve scientific breakthroughs. In order to promote an ethical and transparent environment for conducting research, providing clinical care and teaching, Mount Sinai requires that salaried faculty inform the School of their outside financial relationships.
Dr. Mohottige has not yet completed reporting of Industry relationships.
Mount Sinai's faculty policies relating to faculty collaboration with industry are posted on our website. Patients may wish to ask their physician about the activities they perform for companies.