CURRICULUM VITAE
Walter Gabriel Wasser, M.D.
Fellow American Society of Nephrology
Education
Yeshiva College, Yeshiva University New York, NY BA, 1973, Biology
Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY MD,1976, Medicine
Professional Experience
1976-1977 Internship, Department of Medicine Maimonidies Medical Center Brooklyn, New York
1977-1978 Residency, Department of Medicine Maimonidies Medical Center Brooklyn, New York
1978-1979 Residency, Department of Medicine Mount Sinai Medical Center New York, New York
1979-1981 Fellowship, Division of Nephrology, Mount Sinai Medical Center New York, New York
1981-1982 Fellowship, National Kidney Foundation
1981-1983 Fellowship, Department of Bacteriology and Immunology and Internal Medicine The Rockefeller University New York, New York
1981-1983 Fellowship, U.S. Public Health Service
1982-1983 Glorney-Raisbeck Fellowship, New York Academy of Medicine, New York
1983-1985 Associate, Clinical Medicine University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Rutgers Medical School, New Jersey
1984-2008 Managing Partner, Life Care Nephrology Group, New York, New York
1985-1990 Assistant Attending, Medicine, Lenox Hill Hospital New York, New York
1985-2008 Assistant Attending, Medicine Beth Israel Medical Center New York, New York
1985-2008 Assistant Attending in Medicine, St. Luke’s -Roosevelt Hospital Center, New York, New York
1986-2008 Assistant in Medicine, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, New York
1987-2008 Assistant Attending in Medicine, Beth Israel Medical Center New York, New York
1987-2008 Attending in Medicine, North General Hospital New York, New York
1991-2008 Medical Director, Life Care-Davita Dialysis Center, New York, New York
1994-2004 Chief, Division of Nephrology, North General Hospital, New York, New York
1995-2002 Chief, Division of Nephrology Cabrini Medical Center New York, New York
1995- 2001 Chief, Division of Nephrology, St. Clare’s Hospital and Health Center New York, New York
2009-2012 Residency in Emergency Medicine, Department of Emergency Medicine Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center Ein-Kerem Campus, Jerusalem, Israel
2012-Present Voluntary Physician, Department of Nephrology, Rambam Health Care Campus, Haifa, Israel
2012-Present Nephrology Consultant, Leumit Health Services Jerusalem, Israel
2013-Present Senior Nephrology Attending, Mayanei HaYeshua Medical Center, Bnei Brak, Israel
Professional Certifications
National Board of Medical Examiners (17843), 1977
American Board of Internal Medicine (73603), 1979
American Board of Internal Medicine Subspecialty in Nephrology Number (73603), 1984
Israel Medical Association Board Certification in Internal Medicine and Nephrology, 2009
PharmaSchool GCP & Essential Guidelines (49086386), 2010
Special Honors
Top Doctor, New York Castle Connolly Guide 2008, 2006, 2005 and 2009
Memberships
Fellow of the American Society of Nephrology, 2015
International Society of Nephrology
Israel Society of Hypertension and Nephrology
Research Network Member Human Heredity and Health in Africa (H3A) Kidney Research Network
Clinical Trial Experience
1995-2000 African American Study of Kidney Disease and Hypertension (AASK Study). Sub-Investigator North General Hospital and Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York City.
1999 High Dose Lamivudine and Hepatitis B Investigator. Clinical trial. Life Care Dialysis Center and North General Hospital.
2005-2008 Genetic Studies in American of African Descent. IRB Approved Protocol for DNA Collection of ~1000 New York based End Stage Kidney Disease Patients and ~1000 Primary Investigator with Prof. Karl Skorecki Cabrini Medical Center New York City and Bruce Rappaport Research Institute-Technion-Israel Institute of Technology
2008-2011 APOL1 in Ethiopia Investigator IRB Approved Protocol for DNA Collection in affiliation with the Bruce Rappaport Research Institute-Technion-Israel Institute of Technology
2011-2013 APOL1 in Nigeria Investigator IRB Approved Protocol for DNA Collection in affiliation with the Bruce Rappaport Research Institute-Technion-Israel Institute of Technology and University of Nigeria
2013-2018 APOL1 in Kinshasa, DRC Investigator IRB Approved Protocol for DNA Collection in affiliation with the Bruce Rappaport Research Institute-Technion-Israel Institute of Technology and University of Kinshasa
2017-2018 A Phase 1b, Multicenter, Open Label Study Examining the Safety and Efficacy of Autologous Nephrospheres as a Functional Nephro-Regenerative Therapy in Stage 3b-5 Chronic Kidney Disease Patients ANS-001 Kidney Cure Ltd. Nephrology Consultant Will be submitted as Helsinki Protocol to Tel-Hashomer Hospital
2018 Chronic Kidney Disease in Abu Ghosh: A Shaare Zedek Medical Center Helsinki Committee IRB Presentation Senior Co-investigator- A project to investigate a potential genetic basis for the increased prevalence of kidney disease in this Jerusalem Arab village