Nicole Ali, MD

Dr. Nicole M. Ali is an assistant professor of medicine at the New York University School of Medicine, Medical Director of kidney and pancreas transplantation, and Director of Outreach. Following completion of her undergraduate degree at Brown University she joined the Americorp Program, Teach for America. She earned her Medical degree from SUNY – Stony Brook. She is board certified in Internal Medicine and Nephrology and is an AST/ASN certified transplant nephrologist, trained at Columbia University Medical Center, NY.

She has held positions as the Chief of Transplantation at Hackensack University Medical Center for the kidney and pancreas transplant programs and the Medical Director of the kidney transplant program at North Shore University Hospital. She has extensive experience working with programs that experienced outcome issues including system improvement agreements and structuring transplant quality programs. She has published many articles in peer reviewed journals and presents lectures locally and internationally. Her current areas of research include increasing access to transplantation, improving organ utilization and novel desensitization strategies.