Dr. Oluwatoyin Fatai Bamgbola MD, Nephrologist (Pediatric)
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Dr. Oluwatoyin Fatai Bamgbola MD

Nephrologist (Pediatric) | Pediatric Nephrology

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450 Clarkson Avenue Brooklyn New York, 11203
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Oluwatoyin Fatai Bamgbola, MD, FAAP, FMC (Paed),Nig. is an Associate Professor of Pediatrics and Chief of the Division of Pediatric Nephrology at SUNY Downstate Medical Center in Brooklyn, New York. He was the top graduating resident of the Dept. of Pediatrics at the Brooklyn Hospital Center [affiliate of Weill College of Medicine of the Cornell University, New York] in June 2000. He received National Institute of Health grant for fellowship training in Pediatric Nephrology at Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York [2000-2003]. He was the recipient of Patient’s Choice Award for Most Favorite Physician, Oklahoma for the year 2007-2008. In 2008, he was given the Percy Rosenbaum Professorship in Pediatric Nephrology at Louisiana State University Health Science Center in New Orleans. He has reputation for being a compassionate and genuinely caring physician with an excellent teaching skills. He treats children and adolescents with hypertension, nephrotic syndrome, end stage kidney disease [dialysis], and kidney transplants. He is an academic physician, and he is instrumental in the training of numerous medical students, residents and fellows who are accomplished medical doctors in various specialties across the United States. He is a renowned clinical researcher with more than 40 medical publications.

Education and Training

College of Medicine, University of Ilorin, Ilorin, Nigeria MBBS 1986

Board Certification

American Board of Pediatrics - Pediatrics

Pediatric Nephrology

Provider Details

Male English 39 years of experience

Expert Publications

Data provided by the National Library of Medicine

Areas of expertise and specialization

Nephrology

Faculty Titles & Positions

  • Chief of Pediatric Nephrology SUNY Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, New York 2014 - 2017
  • Associate Professor of Pediatrics [Clinical] SUNY Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, New York 2014 - 2017

Awards

  • Percy Rosenbaum Professor of Pediatric Nephrology 2008 Louisiana State University Health Science Center, New Orleans 
  • Marquis Who’s Who in Medicine 2006 Marquis Who’s Who in Medicine and Health Care, 6th edition 
  • Most Favorite Physician 2008 Patients' Choice Award, Oklahoma 
  • Top Nephrologist in Louisiana 2012 International Association of Health Care Professional 
  • Leading physician of the world 2012 Leading physician of the world.com 

Professional Memberships

  • American Academy of Pediatrics  
  • American Society of Transplantation  
  • American Society of Pediatric Nephrology  
  • American Society of Nephrology  
  • Kidney Urology Foundation, New York  

Charities and Philanthropic Endeavors

  • 2005-2007: Member, Oklahoma Medical Reserve Corp [established in response to Hurricane Katrina as a Medical Unit for Regional Disaster Relief]
  • 2001-2003: Pediatric Dialysis Physician, Ruth Gottscho Dialysis and Children’s Summer Kidney Camp, YMCA Frost Valley, Claryville, New York
  • 1997-1998: Early Teen Bible Study Teacher, Christian Pentecostal Church, Staten Island, New York

Fellowships

  • Children?s Hospital at Montefiore of the Albert Einstein College of Medicine (Pediatric Nephrology); National Postgraduate Medical College of Nigeria, Ahmadu Bellow University (General Pediatrics)

Professional Society Memberships

  • American Society of Nephrology, American Society of Pediatric Nephrology, American Academy of Pediatrics

What do you attribute your success to?

  • He draws strength from God. We all have a purpose and he is in a position to make a difference, viewing his patients as family members.

Hobbies / Sports

  • Reading

Favorite professional publications

  • New England Journal of Medicine, Transplantation, Pediatric Nephrology

Areas of research

Folate deficiency anemia in end stage kidney diseaseErythropoietin resistant anemia in end stage kidney diseaseAnemia after renal transplantationMetabolic consequences of immunosuppressive therapy in renal transplantationObesity in patients with chronic kidney disease

Dr. Oluwatoyin Fatai Bamgbola MD's Practice location

450 Clarkson Avenue -
Brooklyn, New York 11203
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