Dr. Golestaneh is professor of medicine in the Division of Nephrology at the Montefiore Medical Center of the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York City. She is also medical director of the Williamsbridge Home Dialysis Center and director of end stage kidney disease at the Montefiore Care Management Organization.
Early in her career, Dr. Golestaneh established Montefiore's first continuous replacement therapy program. From 2006 to 2009, she directed the inpatient hemodialysis facility at Montefiore. In 2009, she became medical director of the Bedford Park Dialysis Center. During this time, she developed the intensive care unit nephrology curriculum at Montefiore and became a consultant to the heart transplant program. In 2012, she joined the Montefiore Care Management Organization as the expert consultant for its population with chronic kidney disease and led multiple innovative projects. In 2014, she became medical director of the Williamsbridge Home Dialysis Center of Excellence.
The next year, Dr. Golestaneh enrolled in the clinical research training program at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine and received her master's degree in clinical research methods. Since completing this degree, she has focused her attention on grant-funded research designed to improve outcomes for patients with kidney diseases.
She is globally recognized through multiple speaking engagements, through numerous publications, as an ad hoc reviewer for major scientific journals, as a content expert and leader for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ Kidney Care program, and through multiple research collaborations.
Dr. Golestaneh received her MD from New York Medical College, after which she completed a residency and fellowship in nephrology at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine and Montefiore Medical Center.