Suzanne El-Sayegh, MD, Nephrologist with Island Rehabilitative Services / Staten Island University Hospital

Get to know Nephrologist Dr. Suzanne El-Sayegh, who serves patients in Staten Island, New York.

Dr. El-Sayegh is a nephrologist in Staten Island, New York. A nephrologist is a medical doctor who specializes in kidney care and treating diseases of the kidneys.

Dr. El-Sayegh is currently serving patients at Island Rehabilitative Services, which is New York City’s largest privately held dialysis facility, with locations in all 5 boroughs. The facility serves both short and long-term facility residents, as well as members of the community. It is located across the street from Staten Island University Hospital (SIUH).

Dr. El-Sayegh is also the Director of Nephrology of Medicine, Associate Chairman of Medicine (Nephrology), and Residency Program Director in Internal Medicine at SIUH – Staten Island’s major teaching hospital and one of the New York metropolitan area’s largest. The hospital, which has reached its 155-year milestone, is poised for future success as it continues to earn public and peer recognition. True to its founding mission of “providing the community with the highest quality of care,” SIUH is now a two-campus, 714-bed, certified medical center.

Furthermore, Dr. El-Sayegh is an Associate Professor at the Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell.

Dr. El-Sayegh is affiliated with multiple hospitals and medical centers in the New York area, including Lenox Hill Hospital, North Shore University Hospital, Long Island Jewish Medical Center, and Richmond University Medical Center.

Dr. El-Sayegh is board-certified in both internal medicine and nephrology 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.

Dr. El-Sayegh received her medical degree from the Lebanese University – Faculty of Medical Sciences in Hadeth south, Lebanon. Upon relocating to the United States, she completed her residency in internal medicine at SIUH, as well as her fellowship in nephrology at Mount Sinai Hospital and Medical Center.

Nephrology is a specialty of medicine and pediatrics that concerns itself with the kidneys: 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. A nephrologist, Dr. El-Sayegh, is also called a kidney doctor.

In addition to English, Dr. El-Sayegh speaks French.

Learn More about Dr. Suzanne El-Sayegh:

Through her findatopdoc profile, https://www.findatopdoc.com/doctor/1865754-Suzanne-El-Sayegh-Nephrologist-Kidney-Specialist or through Northwell Health, https://www.northwell.edu/find-care/find-a-doctor/nephrology/dr-suzanne-elia-el-sayegh-md-11360350

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