Pedro Rodrigo Sandoval, MD

Overview
Areas of Expertise / Conditions Treated
- Dialysis Access Procedures
- Kidney Transplantation
- Laparoscopic Living Donor Nephrectomy
- Pancreas Transplantation
- Pediatric Kidney Transplantation
Academic Appointments
- Assistant Professor of Surgery at CUMC
Administrative Titles
- Associate Director of Surgical Fellowship at Columbia University Irving Medical Center
Languages
- Portuguese
- Spanish
Gender
- Male
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Phone Appointments
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Location(s)
Insurance Accepted
Aetna
- Aetna Signature Administrators
- EPO
- HMO
- Medicare Managed Care
- NYP Employee Plan
- NY Signature
- POS
- PPO
- Student Health
Affinity Health Plan
- Essential Plan
- Medicaid Managed Care
AgeWell
- Medicare Managed Care
- Special Needs
Amida Care
- Special Needs
Cigna
- EPO
- Great West (National)
- HMO
- POS
- PPO
Elderplan
- Medicare Managed Care
Emblem/GHI
- Medicare Managed Care
- PPO
Emblem/HIP
- ConnectiCare
- EPO
- Essential Plan
- HMO
- Medicaid Managed Care
- Medicare Managed Care
- POS
- PPO
- Select Care (Exchange)
- Vytra
Empire Blue Cross/Blue Shield
- EPO
- HMO
- Medicare Managed Care
- PPO
Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield HealthPlus
- Child/Family Health Plus
- Essential Plan
- Medicaid Managed Care
Fidelis Care
- Child/Family Health Plus
- Essential Plan
- Medicaid Managed Care
- Medicare Managed Care
Healthfirst
- Child/Family Health Plus
- Leaf (Exchange)
- Medicaid Managed Care
- Medicare Managed Care
Local 1199
- Local 1199
MagnaCare (National)
- MagnaCare
Medicare
- Railroad
- Traditional Medicare
Multiplan
- Multiplan
MVP Health Care
- Child/Family Health Plus
- Essential Plan
- HMO
- Medicaid Managed Care
Oxford Health Plans
- Freedom
- Liberty
Quality Health Management
- Quality Health Management
RiverSpring
- Special Needs
UnitedHealthcare
- Columbia University Employee Plan
- Compass (Exchange)
- Empire Plan
- HMO
- Medicaid (Community Plan)
- Medicare Managed Care
- POS
- PPO
VNSNY CHOICE
- Medicare Managed Care
- SelectHealth
- Special Needs
WellCare
- Medicaid Managed Care
- Medicare Managed Care
Credentials & Experience
Education & Training
- Universidad Central del Ecuador, Faculty of Medical Sciences (Ecuador)
- Residency: Case Western Reserve Medical Center
- Fellowship: NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center
Board Certifications
- Surgery
Research
Research Interests
- Renal Transplant Outcomes
Selected Publications
Ratner LE, Sandoval PR. When Disaster Strikes: Death of a Living Organ Donor; American Journal of Transplantation; 2010; 10 1577-1581
Guarrera JV, Alkofer BJ, Sandoval PR, Feirt N, Samstein B, Smith E, Marshman D, Cogswell C, Vanatta J, Brown Jr R, Emond JC, Renz JF. Discovery of diffuse biliary microhamartomas during liver procurement; Liver Transplantation; 2007; 13 1470-1472
Tanriover B, Mohan S, Cohen DJ, Radhakrishnan J, Nikolas TL, Stone PW, Tsapepas DS, Crew RJ, Dube GK, Sandoval PR, Samstein B, Dogan E, Gaston RS, Tanriover JN, Ratner LE, Hardy MA. Kidneys at higher risk of discard: expanding the role of dual kidney transplantation; American Journal of Transplantation; 2014 Feb; 14(2); 404-415
Tsapepas DS, Mohan S, Tanriover B, Dube GK, Crew RJ, Cohen DJ, Hardy MA, Sandoval PR, Ratner LE. Impact of small variations in the delivered dose of rabbit antithymocyte induction therapy in kidney transplantation with early corticosteroid withdrawal; Transplantation; 2012 Aug; 94(4); 325-330