Moro Salifu, MD, MBA, MPH, MACP

Dr. Moro Salifu is a tenured Professor of Medicine and Chairman of the Department of Medicine at SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University (Downstate), Brooklyn, NY. He is also the Edwin C. and Anne K. Weiskopf Endowed Chair in Kidney Diseases and Hypertension, Master (2018) and Laureate (2022) of the American College of Physicians for his outstanding research, clinical and administrative skills.

He graduated from medical school in Turkey did his internal medicine residency, nephrology fellowship and transplant nephrology fellowships at Downstate, followed by a year of interventional nephrology fellowship training for dialysis vascular access management at Emory University. He holds a Master of Public Health (MPH) from SUNY Downstate and a Master of Business Administration (MBA) from the George Washington University. He is board certified in Internal Medicine and Nephrology as well as certifications in Transplant and Interventional Nephrology. He runs a busy clinical practice, for patients with all types of kidney diseases, including an outpatient vascular access center, for the maintenance of dialysis vascular access, serving those most in need. His research interest is in vascular biology; how platelets, endothelial cells and smooth muscle cells interact. This work has contributed to the discovery of the human F11 receptor (F11R) and antagonist of F11R action that hold promise in retarding atherosclerosis and neointimal hyperplasia development. The work has resulted in many publications and numerous patents.

Dr. Salifu is the recipient of multi-million-dollar grants from the NIH through his work in health disparities research that has transformed the work of the Brooklyn Health Disparities Center to the Brooklyn Health Equity Institute. He has won numerous awards, including best educator of the year, Best Doctor US News and World Report, Castle Connelly Top Doctor, Worldwide Registry of Executives and Professionals, Kings of Kings County, just to name a few. He has published extensively in peer-reviewed journals nationally and internationally. He is also a member and journal reviewer for nephrology and transplant societies and has served on many local and national professional committees. He is the past president of the New York Society of Nephrology for the 2013-14 academic year and currently elected to the Board of Governors of the American College of Physicians.

Education

• Medical School: Dokuz Eylul University Medical School
• Internship: SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University
• Residency: SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University
• Fellowship: SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University

Research Interests

• Chronic kidney disease
• Kidney transplant outcomes
• Vascular biology