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Dr. Raff is a Professor of Medicine and the Associate Chair of Medicine for Undergraduate Medical Education. She has been the Course Director for the Einstein first year medical student Renal System Course since 2007 and the Internal Medicine Clerkship and Acting Internship Director since 2012.
 
She a faculty mentor for the student led Step 1 Group near-peer evidence based guidance program and the Internal Medicine Interest Group.
 
She has a clinical practice of CKD and ESRD patients and enjoys rounding on the inpatient Renal Consult and Dialysis services.
 
Dr. Raff’s contributions in the field of Medical Education include serving as a Case Editor for  Aquifer Internal Medicine, contributing author and reviewer for the Clerkship Directors in Internal Medicine (CDIM) curriculum revision and MKSAP 19 Nephrology section committee member.
 
She has been recognized for her teaching excellence at Einstein with the Samuel M. Rosen Outstanding Teacher Award for Excellence in Basic Science Teaching, the Harry Eagle Award for Outstanding Basic Science Teaching, the Harry H. Gordon Award for Outstanding Clinical Teaching and membership in the Leo M. Davidoff Society.
 
Dr. Raff received a bachelor's degree in biology from Indiana University and a MD from Albert Einstein College of Medicine. She completed a residency in Internal Medicine at NewYork Presbyterian Hospital and a chief resident year at NYU Downtown Hospital. She returned to Einstein/Montefiore for a Nephrology Fellowship and joined the Einstein Division of Nephrology faculty in 2004.

Research Areas

Medical Education

Research Profile

https://einsteinmed.edu/faculty/8749/Amanda-Raff

Clinical Profile

https://montefioreeinstein.org/profiles/1952490369/amanda-c-raff

CHAM Provider

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Professional Title

M.D.

Clinical Focus

Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease (ADPKD) Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) End Stage Kidney Disease (ESKD, ESRD) Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) Glomerular diseases Hypertension Electrolyte Disorders Kidney Stones

Research Focus

Elsevier Profile

https://einstein.pure.elsevier.com/en/persons/9ef7d10a-d49a-46c5-901d-b68775752…

Selected Publications

1. Fitz M, Adams W, Haist S, Hauer K, Ross P, Raff A, Agarwal G, Vu T, Appelbaum J, Lang V, Miller C, Grum C and the Clerkship Directors in Internal Medicine – National Board of Medical Examiners EXPRESS Study Group. Which Internal Medicine Clerkship Characteristics Are Associated With Students' Performance on the NBME Medicine Subject Exam? A Multi-Institutional Analysis. Acad Med. 2020;10.1097/ACM.0000000000003322 [published online ahead of print, 2020 Mar 17]. 
2. Brien K (Author), Calvo L (Associate editor), Raff A (Case editor). Aquifer Internal Medicine Case 33: 49-year-old woman with confusion. 2019 https://www.aquifer.org
3. Khan M, Gil N, Lin W, Fiter R, Kenawy D, Burton W, Raff A.  The impact of Step 1 scores on medical students’ residency specialty choice. Med Sci Educ. 28(4): 699-705. 2018.
4. Ludwig A, Raff A, Lin J, Schoenbaum E. Group Observed Structured Encounter (GOSCE) for third year medical students improves self-assessment of clinical communication. Medical Teacher 39(9): 931-5. 2017.
5. Golestaneh L, Neugarten J, Southern W, Kargoli F, Raff A.  Improving the diagnostic workup of hyponatremia in the setting of kidney disease: a continuing medical education (CME) initiative. Int Urol Nephrol 49(3): 491-7. 2017
6. Czapka M, Raff A, Risley M.  Safe Transitions: An active learning module for discharge summaries and interprofessional care. MedEdPORTAL iCollaborative. 2017
7. Tanenbaum, E, Johnson J, Jordan, E, Cottral J, Tenore C, Burton W, McGinn A, Raff A.  An effective evidence-based student run near-peer support group for the USMLE Step 1 Exam.  Med Sci Educ. 26(4): 691-9. 2016
8. Ludwig A, Lee R, Parish S, Raff A. Four-station group observed structured clinical encounter for formative assessment of communication skills for internal medicine clerks. MedEdPORTAL Publications. 12:10444. 2016 
9. Chen W, Melamed M, Hostetter T, Bauer C, Raff A, Almudevar A, Lalonde A, Messing S, Abramowitz M.  Effect of oral sodium bicarbonate on fibroblast growth factor-23 in patients with chronic kidney disease: a pilot study.  BMC Nephrol. 17(1): 114. doi: 10.1186/s12882-016-0331-6. 2016
10. Jion Y, Raff A, Grosberg B, Evans R.  The risk and management of kidney stones from the use of topiramate and zonisamide in migraine and idiopathic intracranial hypertension.  Headache. 55(1): 161-6. 2015
11. Jion Y, Raff A, Grosberg B, Evans R.  Topiramate and nephrolithiasis: a response.  Headache. 55(5): 710-2. 2015
12. Abramowitz, M, Melamed M, Bauer C, Raff A, Hostetter T.  Effects of oral sodium bicarbonate in patients with CKD.  Clin J Am Soc Nephrol. 8(5): 714-20. 2013
13. Berman N, Lectura M, Thurman J, Reinecke J, Raff A, Melamed M, Quan Z, Evans T, Meyer T, Hostetter T.  A zebrafish model for uremic toxicity: role of the complement pathway.  Blood Purif. 35(4): 265-9. 2013
14. Bomback A, Raff A.  Olfactory function in dialysis patients: a potential key to understanding the uremic state.  Kidney Int.  80(8): 803-5.  2011
15. Ponda M, Quan Z, Melamed M, Raff A, Meyer T, Hostetter T.   Methylamine clearance by haemodialysis is low.  Nephrol Dial Transplant.  25(5): 1608-13. 2010
16. Raff A,  Lieu S, Melamed M, Quan Z, Ponda M, Meyer T, Hostetter T.  Relationship of Impaired Olfactory Function in ESRD to Malnutrition and Retained Uremic Molecules. Am J Kidney Dis.  52(1): 102-10.  2008
17. Raff A, Meyer T, Hostetter T.  New Insights into uremic toxicity.  Curr Opin Nephrol Hypertens.  17(6): 560-5.  2008
18. Susztak K, Raff A, Schiffer M, Bottinger E.  Glucose – induced   reactive oxygen species cause apoptosis of podocytes and podocyte depletion at the onset of diabetic nephropathy. Diabetes. 55(1): 225-33.  2006
19. Schiffer M. Susztak K, Ranalletta M, Raff A, Bottinger E, Charron M.  Localization of the GLUT8 transporter in murine kidney and regulation in vivo in non-diabetic and diabetic conditions.  Am J Physiol Renal Physiol, 289(1): F186-193.  2005
20. Raff A, Hebert T, Pullman J, Coco M.  Crescentic post-streptococcal glomerulonephritis with nephrotic syndrome in the adult: is aggressive therapy warranted?  Clinical Nephrology, 63(5): 375-380.  2005
21. Spector M, Raff A, DeSilva H, Lee K, Osley M.  Hir1p and Hir2p function as transcriptional corepressors to regulate histone gene transcription in Saccharomyces cerevisiae cell cycle.  Molecular and Cellular Biology, 17(2):  545-552.  1997
22. Recht J, Dunn B, Raff A, Osley M.  Functional analysis of histone H2A and H2B in transcriptional repression in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Molecular and Cellular Biology, 16(6):  2545-2553.  1996
23. Kopczynski J, Raff A, Bonner J.  Translational readthrough at nonsense mutations in the HSF1 gene of Saccharomyces cerevisiae.  Molecular and General Genetics, 234: 369-378.  1992

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Biography

Amanda C. Raff, MD, is Attending Physician, Professor and Associate Chair of Medicine for Undergraduate Medical Education at Montefiore-Einstein. She is also the co-director of the Montefiore-Einstein Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease Program. Dr. Raff’s clinical focus is on dialysis and the treatment of patients with chronic kidney disease and end stage kidney disease.After earning her Bachelor of Science in biology at Indiana University, Dr. Raff completed her Doctor of Medicine at Albert Einstein College of Medicine, earning her degree in 1998.  Her postdoctoral training began at New York Presbyterian Hospital with an internship and residency in internal medicine from 1998 through 2001. She was assistant chief resident at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in 2000 and chief resident at New York University Downtown Hospital from 2001 to 2002. She then returned to Montefiore-Einstein to complete a two-year fellowship in nephrology in 2004.Dr. Raff’s research focuses on medical education. She has been the Course Director for the Einstein medical student Renal Course since 2007 and the Internal Medicine Clerkship and Acting Internship Director since 2012. Dr. Raff’s contributions in the field of Medical Education include serving as a Nephrology section committee member for the American College of Physicians’ Medical Knowledge Self-Assessment Program (MKSAP) 19 and 20 as well as prior work as a Case Editor for Aquifer Internal Medicine and contributing author and reviewer for the Clerkship Directors in Internal Medicine (CDIM) curriculum revision.An enthusiastic medical educator, Dr. Raff has received several awards for her teaching and in 2010 was inducted into the Leo M. Davidoff Society for outstanding achievement in the teaching of medical students. She is board certified and is a member the American Society of Nephrology and a fellow of the American College of Physicians.

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Carolyn Ann Bauer

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Provider

Faculty

First Name

Carolyn

Last Name

Bauer

NPI

1376759019

Faculty ID

10063

CMO Specialties

Nephrology

Clinical Terms

Electrolyte Imbalance

Chronic Kidney Disease Diet

Peritoneal Dialysis

Uremic Syndrome

Acute Kidney Injury

Polycystic Kidney Disease

End-Stage Renal Disease

Chronic Kidney Disease

Acute Glomerulonephritis

Accelerated Essential Hypertension

Acute Interstitial Nephritis

Acute Tubular Necrosis

Blood In Urine

Edema

Benign Essential Hypertension

Elevated Blood Pressure

Renal Artery Stenosis

Renal Bone Disease

Malignant Essential Hypertension

Primary Hypertension

SIADH

Systolic Hypertension

White Coat Hypertension

Transplanted Organ Rejection

Transplant Rejection

Alkalosis

Pyelonephritis

Oliguric Kidney Failure

Electrolyte Abnormality

Kidney Problem

Kidney/Heart Disease

Employment Status

Full Time

Patient Type

Adult

Department

einstein-dept-medicine

Gender

Female

carbauer@montefiore.org

Phone

929-234-4840

Titles

Type

Academic

Department

Department of Medicine

Department Link

Rank

Associate Professor

Division

Nephrology

Locations

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1825 Eastchester Road

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Bronx

State

Zip

10467-2404

Location Title

Montefiore Weiler Hospital

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POINT (-73.81224 41.00494)

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495 Central Park Avenue

City

Scarsdale

State

Zip

10583

Location Title

Montefiore Westchester Faculty Practice

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Academic

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POINT (-73.8798833 40.8799447)

Address Line 1

Montefiore Medical Center

Address Line 3

111 East 210th Street

City

Bronx

State

Zip

10467

Location Title

Montefiore Medical Center

Education and Trainings

Education Type Label

Medical Education

Education Institution

Albert Einstein College of Medicine

Education Type Label

Fellowship

Education Institution

Albert Einstein College of Medicine

Education Type Label

Residency

Education Institution

New York Presbyterian Lower Manhattan Hospital

Education Type Label

Residency

Education Institution

New York and Presbyterian Hosp

Professional Interests

My goal is to develop a multi-disciplinary care center for patients with stage 3-4 chronic kidney disease. I plan to standardize care based on the recommendations of the kidney disease outcomes quality initiative. A database of information on the patients enrolled in the center will allow me to study factors that effect progression of chronic kidney disease, as well as test interventions to see if they improve kidney function.

Research Profile

https://einsteinmed.edu/faculty/10063/Carolyn-Bauer

Clinical Profile

https://montefioreeinstein.org/profiles/1376759019/carolyn-ann-bauer

CHAM Provider

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Professional Title

M.D.

Clinical Focus

Chronic Kidney Disease, Kidney Stones, Polycystic Kidney Disease, Hypertension

Research Focus

Interdisciplinary chronic kidney disease management 

Elsevier Profile

https://einstein.pure.elsevier.com/en/persons/6e53c466-a661-4053-a43e-1f1662fba…

Selected Publications

<ol>
<li>Bauer C, Melamed ML, Hostetter TH. Staging of chronic kidney disease: time for a course correction. J Am Soc Nephrol. 2008 May;19(5):844-6</li>
<li>Melamed ML, Bauer C, Hostetter TH. eGFR: is it ready for early identification of CKD? Clin J Am Soc Nephrol. 2008 Sep;3(5):1569-72. Epub 2008 Jul 30.</li>
<li>Hartel D, Lo Y, Bauer C, Budner N, Howard AA, Floris-Moore M, Harnsten JH, Santoro N, Schoenbaum EE. Attitudes toward menopause in HIV-infected and at-risk women. Clin Interv Aging. 2008;3(3):561-6.</li>
<li>Bauer C, Abramowitz M, Hostetter TH. Is angiotensin system blockade indicated in the elderly? Nat Rev Nephrol. 2010 Jan;6(1):11-2.</li>
</ol>

EMR ID

4738

Biography

Carolyn Bauer, MD, earned her medical degree at Albert Einstein College of Medicine in 2001. She completed her residency at New York Presbyterian-Cornell and was chief resident at NYU Downtown Hospital. She then completed her Nephrology Fellowship at Albert Einstein College of Medicine. Dr. Bauer is an Associate Professor of Medicine and is board certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine and the American Board of Nephrology. She is a member of the American Society of Nephrology and the National Kidney Foundation. 

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