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Ira S Meisels, MD
Nephrology
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Ira S. Meisels, M.D. graduated from Yale School of Medicine in 1990 and completed an Internal Medicine Residency and Nephrology Fellowship at Harvard Medical School, Beth Israel Hospital, Boston.
He is Chief of the Division of Nephrology at Mount Sinai Morningside and Mount Sinai West and Professor of Medicine at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. As an active clinician and educator, he is co-Chair of the Medical Advisory Board of the National Kidney Foundation of GNY and a past committee chair of the Renal Physicians Association.
Language
English
Position
PROFESSOR | Medicine, Nephrology
Hospital Affiliations
- Mount Sinai Morningside
- Mount Sinai Queens
- The Mount Sinai Hospital
- Mount Sinai West
Clinical Focus
- Acute Kidney Injury
- Acute Renal Failure
- Chronic Kidney Disease
- Diabetic Kidney Disease
- Dialysis
- End Stage Renal Disease
- Glomerulonephritis
- Hematuria
- High Blood Pressure
- High Potassium
- Home Dialysis
- Hypertension (High Blood Pressure)
- Hypertension And Related Disorders
- Hyponatremia
- Kidney Biopsy
- Kidney Disease (Acute Or Chronic)
- Kidney Failure
- Kidney Stones
- Lupus Kidney Diseases
- Peritoneal Dialysis
- Polycystic Kidney Disease
- Proteinuria
Education
MD, Yale University School of Medicine
Residency, Internal Medicine
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Fellowship, Nephrology
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Certifications
American Board of Internal Medicine
Insurance Information
Accepted insurance may vary by the doctor’s office location. Please contact the office directly to obtain the most up-to-date insurance information.
- 1199 SEIU
- AETNA - Commercial
- AETNA - Medicare
- Affinity Medicaid-Medicare-Essential Exchange
- Amidacare Medicaid
- CIGNA Healthcare
- Centivo
- Elderplan
- EmblemHealth - GHI-PPO
- EmblemHealth - HIP
- EmblemHealth - HIP-Medicaid
- EmblemHealth - HIP-Medicare
- Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield - Commercial/Exchange
- Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield - HealthPlus Medicaid
- Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield - Medicare
- Fidelis Health Care
- HealthFirst Medicaid
- HealthFirst Medicare
- Horizon NJ
- Magnacare-Health Care
- Medicare - NJ
- Medicare - NY
- Metroplus
- Multiplan PHCS
- NJ Medicaid
- NY Medicaid
- Oscar
- Oxford - Freedom and Liberty
- Partners Health Plan
- Senior Whole Health
- United Health Care - Commercial
- United Health Care - Empire Plan
- United Health Care - Oxford Care
- United Health Care - Top Tier
- VNSNY Choice Medicare
- VNSNY Select Health Medicaid
- WellCare Health Plan
Physicians who provide services at hospitals and facilities in the Mount Sinai Health System might not participate in the same health plans as those Mount Sinai hospitals and facilities (even if the physicians are employed or contracted by those hospitals or facilities).
Information regarding insurance participation and billing by this physician may be found on this page, and can also be obtained by contacting this provider directly. Because physicians insurance participation can change, the insurance information on this page may not always be up-to-date. Please contact this physician directly to obtain the most up-to-date insurance information.
Insurance and health plan networks that the various Mount Sinai Health System hospitals and facilities participate in can be found on the Mount Sinai Health System website.
Publications
Selected Publications
- Trends of Acute Kidney Injury Requiring Dialysis Among Hospitalized Patients Undergoing Invasive Electrophysiology Procedures. Yumeng Wen, Seyed Hamed Hosseini Dehkordi, Xin Wei, Claire Huang Lucas, Ishan Paranjpe, Dexi Yan, Farid Gholitabar, Davendra Mehta, Lili Chan, Ira Meisels. Critical Pathways in Cardiology
- The effect of frequent hemodialysis on self-reported sleep quality: Frequent Hemodialysis Network Trials. Mark L. Unruh, Brett Larive, Paul W. Eggers, Amit X. Garg, Jennifer J. Gassman, Fredric O. Finkelstein, Paul L. Kimmel, Glenn M. Chertow, S. Achinger, S. Anderson, L. Appel, R. Apruzzes, J. Atwal, B. Augustine, J. Ayus, J. Bardsley, W. Bay, S. Beach, G. Beck, B. Bharti, J. Briggs, R. Bullas, J. Burkart, J. Burrowes, E. Cabezon, J. Callegari, M. Carter, J. Champagne, C. Chan, W. Chan, J. Chang, A. Cheung, M. Copland, N. Coplon, A. Coppley, J. Daugirdas, S. Dellagrottaglie, T. Depner, A. Derse, A. Dominguez, S. Doss, G. Eknoyan, R. Escalada, A. Fensterer, Y. Fofie, B. Franzwa, N. Levin, I. Meisels, J. Sanz, J. Vassalotti. Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation
- Effect of aggressively driven intravenous iron therapy on infectious complications in end-stage renal disease patients on maintenance hemodialysis. Anip Bansal, Gagangeet Sandhu, Isha Gupta, Shriharsha Kalahalli, Rushi Nayak, Eduardo Zouain, Rohit A. Chitale, Ira Meisels, Germaine Chan. American Journal of Therapeutics
Patient Experience Star Ratings and Comments
The Patient Experience Star Rating reflects our patients’ perception of how well their Mount Sinai provider communicated with them during an office visit. The Star Rating is based on patient responses to three questions on a patient experience survey, a standardized questionnaire sent to verified patients and distributed by a third party vendor, Press Ganey. Responses are measured on a scale of 1 to 5, with 5 being the best score.
Care Provider’s Explanation
4.9 out of 5
Care Provider’s Concern
5 out of 5
Likelihood to Recommend Care Provider
4.9 out of 5
AS ALWAYS, DR. IRA MIESELS WAS SUPER CARING, PROFESSIONAL. PATIENCE TO LISTEN TO MY CONCERN AND RESPOND TO MY QUESTIONS.
I hope this doctor stays with this practice, he's a great doctor to keep.
Outstanding!!!!!!
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.
Below are financial relationships with industry reported by Dr. Meisels during 2024 and/or 2025. Please note that this information may differ from information posted on corporate sites due to timing or classification differences.
Consulting or Other Professional Services Examples include, but are not limited to, committee participation, data safety monitoring board (DSMB) membership
- Gerson Lehrman Group
- Guidepoint Global, LLC.
- Schlesinger Associates
- Reckner
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.