Philip S. Klein, MD, a Nephrologist with Atlantic Health Medical Group/Medical Diagnostic Associates

Get to know Nephrologist Philip S. Klein, who serves patients in New Jersey.

Recognized as a skilled nephrologist, Dr. Klein is affiliated with the Atlantic Medical Group/Medical Diagnostic Associates, working with patients in Westfield and South Plainfield, New Jersey.  He is on the active medical staff at the Overlook Medical Center and is affiliated with many local dialysis units.

After attending medical school at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York, he completed his internship and residency in internal medicine at the Bronx Municipal Hospital Center/Hospital of the Albert Einstein College of Medicine. He then went on to train in nephrology, completing clinical and research fellowships at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital at Harvard Medical School in Boston.

He is board-certified in both Nephrology and Internal Medicine by the American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM). The  ABIM is a physician-led, non-profit, independent evaluation organization driven by doctors who want to achieve higher standards for better care in a rapidly changing world.  He actively participates in continuing medical education.

His clinical interests include management of patients with various forms of chronic kidney disease, proteinuria, hypertension and electrolyte abnormalities.

His expertise in caring for patients with various forms of kidney disease has been recognized with the receipt of the Patient’s Choice Award ( 2020, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011) and Compassionate Doctor Recognition (2015, 2013, 2012, 2011).

Nephrology is a specialty of medicine and pediatrics that concerns itself with the kidneys. It is the study of normal kidney function and kidney disease, the preservation of kidney health, and the treatment of kidney disease, from diet and medication to renal replacement therapy. Nephrologists have advanced training in treating kidney disease. They diagnose and treat kidney failure, as well as help patients by prescribing medications, offering special diet advice, and coordinating dialysis care or kidney transplantation when it becomes necessary.

Learn More About Dr. Philip S. Klein: 

Through his findatopdoc profile, https://www.findatopdoc.com/doctor/1329117-Philip-Klein-Nephrologist-Kidney-Specialist or through Atlantic Health System, https://findadoctor.atlantichealth.org/provider/Philip+S+Klein/638852

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