Dr. Thomas Schumacher, DO
Dr. Schumacher has been with NY Nephrology since 1994. He served as the Chairman of the Department of Nephrology at St. Clare’s Hospital prior to it’s joining the Ellis Family of Medicine. He currently sits as the Division Chief of Nephrology at Ellis Hospital and the medical director of Capital District Dialysis Center and its sister unit in Niskayuna.
He is the president, as well as a member of the Board of Director’s and Medical Advisory Board for the National Kidney Foundation. Dr Schumacher has also given much of his time to the foundation’s many fund raisers.
Dr. Schumacher is a graduate of Siena College, and completed medical school at New York College of Osteopathic Medicine. He trained in internal medicine at Berkshire Medical Center and nephrology at Nassau County Medical Center.
After completing his training, Dr. Schumacher and his family relocated from Long Island to the Albany area. When not attending to his patients, Dr. Schumacher enjoys hiking, biking and camping with his family.
Dr. Mohammed A. Monzur, MD, FACP, FASN
Dr. Monzur has been with NY Nephrology since 2001. He served as the Medical Director at Albany Dialysis Center. He was the Chief of the Division of Nephrology at Albany Memorial Hospital, as well as a Fellow of the American College of Physicians and of the American Society of Nephrology. Dr. Monzur is a graduate of Chittagong Medical College in Bangladesh and trained in Internal Medicine and Nephrology at the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia University.
He is actively involved in the Bangladeshi-American Community Organization and the Interfaith Alliance of New York State, as well as being a member of the Northeast Kidney Foundation.
Dr. Monzur is married and has one daughter, who is also a physician. He enjoys sailing, fishing, biking and tennis.
Dr. Jorge Cerdá, MD, FACP, FASN
Dr. Cerdá earned his MD at the University of the Republic School of Medicine, in Montevideo, Uruguay, in 1976, completed internal medicine training at the University of the Republic Hospital de Clinicas in Montevideo, Uruguay and later obtained his Certificate in the Specialty of Nephrology in 1982. Between 1974 and 1991 Dr. Cerdá was successively Instructor, Assistant Professor and Associate Professor of Physiology at the University of the Republic School of Medicine. In 1979-80 he was awarded a Fulbright Fellowship in the United States, and completed a Masters of Science in Physiology at the Albany Medical College. Between 1985 and 1987 Dr. Cerdá completed a Nephrology Fellowship at the Albany Medical Center and became an Assistant Professor and subsequently an Associate Professor of Medicine. In 1996, he joined Capital District Renal Physicians. He is currently a Clinical Professor of Medicine at the Albany Medical College, where he actively participates in the teaching and research program.
Dr. Cerdá has co-authored more than 60 papers in peer reviewed journals, books and international meetings, and is on the editorial board of the American Board of Internal Medicine, the American Society of Nephrology NephSAP, Journal of the American Society of Nephrology, Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology, American Journal of Kidney Disease, Kidney International, Nephrology Dialysis & Transplantation, Critical Care, Critical Care Medicine and the Revista Panamericana de Salud Publica.
He is a Fellow of the American College of Physicians, and a Fellow of the American Society of Nephrology, and a member of the International Society of Nephrology and the National Kidney Foundation, where he holds local, national and international leadership positions. Dr. Cerda’s main research interests have been in the field of Critical Care Nephrology and Chronic Kidney Disease and are focused on acute kidney injury (AKI) post cardiac surgery, continuous renal replacement therapies in AKI, and the epidemiology of AKI. Additionally, he currently participates in research on the management of diabetic nephropathy and chronic kidney disease. Dr. Cerdá has extensive experience as a speaker in multiple national and international meetings, and is a member of the Organizing Committee of the International Conference on Continuous Renal Replacement Therapies, a member of the Acute Kidney Injury Network (AKIN), the Acute Dialysis Quality Initiative (ADQI), the AKI Committee of the international Society of Nephrology, the Advisory Committee of the American Society of Nephrology and the Board of Directors of the World Foundation for Renal Care, where he works to promote renal care in disadvantaged countries.
Dr. Vincent Carsillo II, DO
Dr. Carsillo has been with NY Nephrology since 2004. He is our President and Managing Partner. Our patients love his warm bedside manner and exceptional listening skills. He is well known throughout the region and has been asked to be a returning guest on WAMC’s Medical Broadcast with Dr. Alan Chartock. He is a graduate of the University of Scranton where he received degrees in Biology and Philosophy.
His medical training began at The Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine where he also completed an Internal Medicine Residency. He then went on to Fellowship in Nephrology at Albert Einstein Medical Center where he was a Chief Fellow. During his time at Albert Einstein he received the inaugural award for Outstanding Teaching Fellow at the institution. He has presented original research to an international audience.
In addition to his clinical practice and management of our group, Dr. Carsillo enjoys spending time with his family of five. He is a regular at the fitness center and loves to cook. He has competed in multiple triathlons. When time allows, he enjoys participating in multiple sports including snowboarding, hockey, and racquetball.
Dr. Michael DiRusso, DO
Undergraduate Education: Bachelors of Science in Biology, State University of New York at Stony Brook
Medical Education: Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine, New York College of Osteopathic Medicine
Residency: UMDNJ-SOM Internal Medicine
Fellowship: Rowan-SOM Nephrology
Board Certification
American Osteopathic Board of Internal Medicine – Internal Medicine
American Osteopathic Board of Internal Medicine – Nephrology
AHSCP – Hypertension Specialist
Office Locations
Schenectady
Dr. Mujtaba Hasnain, MD, FACP, FASN
Dr. Hasnain joined CDRP in July, 2015. He is serving as Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine at the Albany Medical College, where he actively participates in the teaching. He also sits as the Medical Director of Fresenius Kidney Care Dialysis Center in Saratoga Springs. He is board certified in Internal Medicine and Nephrology.
Dr. Hasnain earned his M.D. from King Edward Medical University in Pakistan. He has won numerous scholarships most notably the Meritorious Scholarship and the President National Talent Scholarship during his undergraduate and graduate studies.
Dr. Hasnain completed his Internal Medicine Residency at Saint Barnabas Medical Center in New Jersey. He won a Regional Research Competition organized by the American College of Physicians New Jersey Chapter. He was awarded the Outstanding Graduating Scholar Award during his residency training. Dr. Hasnain later went on to complete his Fellowship in Nephrology at Newark Beth Israel Medical Center where he was Chief Fellow. During his Fellowship he presented numerous papers at both the National and International Conferences. His interview which was based on a unique phosphorous binder “Chitosan” was published in the American Journal of Kidney Disease.
Dr. Hasnain is a Fellow of the American College of Physicians & the American Society of Nephrology and member of the National Kidney Foundation. He is certified in Medical Humanities from Drew University in New Jersey.
His main academic and clinical interests have been in the field of preeclampsia, complications of CKD, dialysis and hypertension.
He enjoys reading, music and traveling in his free time.
Dr. Frank B Cortazar, M.D.
Dr. Cortazar is the Director of the New York Nephrology Vasculitis and Glomerular Center. He attended medical school at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, where he was elected to Alpha Omega Alpha and graduated first in his class. He then completed his internship, internal medicine residency, and nephrology fellowship at Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School. Following his training, Dr. Cortazar was on the faculty of Harvard Medical School, an attending physician in the Renal Unit at Massachusetts General Hospital, and Co-Director of the Massachusetts General Hospital Vasculitis Center. He was awarded the Massachusetts General Hospital Excellence in Clinical Nephrology award for outstanding clinical teaching. He moved to the Albany area in 2019 to start the New York Nephrology Vasculitis and Glomerular Center.
Dr. Cortazar’ s primary interest is improving the care of patients with vasculitis and glomerular diseases. As a clinical researcher, he conducts patient-oriented observational studies and has served as a principal investigator for multiple international randomized trials evaluating novel therapeutic agents for ANCA vasculitis and glomerular diseases. His research has been published in Kidney International, Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology, Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation, and Arthritis and Rheumatology, among others. He has frequently been invited to lecture at national and international meetings on the management of ANCA vasculitis, lupus nephritis, and other glomerular diseases.
Dr. Michael Gallichio, MD
Dr. Gallichio is a fellow of the American College of Surgeons and is board certified in general surgery. He received his undergraduate degree from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and his medical degree from Albany Medical College, participating in a six-year accelerated BS/MD program at those institutions. Dr. Gallichio completed a fellowship in clinical transplant surgery at the University of Alabama at Birmingham and was a surgical research fellow in transplantation immunology at Albany Medical Center, where he completed his residency. Dr. Gallichio served as professor of surgery at the Albany Medical Center with the kidney and pancreas transplant program. He previously served as a staff surgeon in vascular access at Birmingham Veteran’s Administration Hospital, Alabama, and as assistant professor of surgery at the University of Alabama at Birmingham in the division of Transplantation.
Dr. Gallichio is a member of numerous professional societies including the American College of Surgeons, the American Society of Transplantation, the Association for Academic Surgery, and is a founding member of the Vascular Access Society of the Americas. He has authored numerous publications and presented at national and international meetings on the topics of transplantation and dialysis access. Three years ago, Dr. Gallichio joined Dr. John Ross in South Carolina to form the Dialysis Access Institute where they performed thousands of percutaneous and surgical procedures for dialysis yearly. They were at the forefront of dialysis access care and physician education for the placement, maintenance, and salvage of dialysis access. Dr. Gallichio co-founded the TACIDA group for physician education on dialysis access with Dr. Ross and Dr. Ingemar Davidson.
Dr. Gallichio returns “home” to provide dialysis access care to the patients of New York Nephrology
Dr. Darshan Arora, MD
Dr. Ana Mijovic-Das, MD
Dr. Joseph Roglieri, DO
Dr. Rahim Dhanani, MD
Christina Yerdon,
NP-C
Michelle Dixon, NP-C
Phillip Keehan, PA-C
Phil Keehan is a Capital Region native who worked at Albany Med for 16 years before deciding to pursue a path that would allow him to provide direct patient care.He graduated from the the Albany Medical College Center for Physician Assistant Studies in 2023 and joined our practice shortly after.He works primarily in Samaritan Hospital where he cares for our acutely ill patients and those requiring the attention of a kidney specialist. He especially enjoys getting to know his patients beyond their kidney disease and enjoys working in collaboration with the rest of the NY Nephrology team.
Patricia Carmel, NP-C
Patricia has been with Capital District Renal Physicians since 1997. She began as a registered nurse in Nephrology in 1985. She became nationally certified as a nephrology nurse in 1988.
She has extensive experience with dialysis patients and worked as the Director of Nursing of three large dialysis facilities in the Capital District. She is a nationally certified nurse practitioner and a graduate of Community General Hospital in Syracuse, New York.
She works extensively with patients at St. Peters Hospital and as a coordinator of our Chronic Kidney Disease Program.
Edith Gross, NP-C
Edie grew up in the greater capital region, the oldest of seven children. While working as an RN at the Stratton VA Hospital in Albany, she continued her studies at Russel Sage College, receiving her Master’s of Science and Nurse Practitioner’s degrees.
Edie joined our practice in 2007. Her office hours are divided between our Albany and Schenectady offices. She regularly goes to our dialysis units- Capital District Dialysis, Albany Regional Kidney Center, Rubin Dialysis Center and our Niskayuna unit, assisting the doctors with their rounding.
Following a hospital admission, your first appointment in our office maybe with Edie. She works closely with our physicians to continue the care they have provided for you while in the hospital.
Our patients often comment on her soft and quiet demeanor. She always has a smile, giving her patients 110%.
She lives in Rotterdam with her husband and daughter. Edie can often be found reading or traveling with her immediate and extended family.
Meet Our Providers
- Dr. Schumacher
- Dr. DiRusso
- Dr. Cortazar
- Dr. Roglieri
- Dr. Dhanani
- Dr. Arora
- Dr. Das
- Dr. Monzur
- Dr. Cerda
- Dr. Hasnain
- Dr. Gallichio
- Dr. Carsillo
- Phillip Keehan, PA-C
- Michelle Dixon, NP-C
- Patricia Carmel, NP-C
- Edith Gross, NP-C
- Christina Yerdon, NP-C
Dr. Schumacher has been with NY Nephrology since 1994. He served as the Chairman of the Department of Nephrology at St. Clare’s Hospital prior to it’s joining the Ellis Family of Medicine. He currently sits as the Division Chief of Nephrology at Ellis Hospital and the medical director of Capital District Dialysis Center and its sister unit in Niskayuna.
He is the president, as well as a member of the Board of Director’s and Medical Advisory Board for the National Kidney Foundation. Dr Schumacher has also given much of his time to the foundation’s many fund raisers.
Dr. Schumacher is a graduate of Siena College, and completed medical school at New York College of Osteopathic Medicine. He trained in internal medicine at Berkshire Medical Center and nephrology at Nassau County Medical Center.
After completing his training, Dr. Schumacher and his family relocated from Long Island to the Albany area. When not attending to his patients, Dr. Schumacher enjoys hiking, biking and camping with his family.
Undergraduate Education: Bachelors of Science in Biology, State University of New York at Stony Brook
Medical Education: Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine, New York College of Osteopathic Medicine
Residency: UMDNJ-SOM Internal Medicine
Fellowship: Rowan-SOM Nephrology
Board Certification
American Osteopathic Board of Internal Medicine – Internal Medicine
American Osteopathic Board of Internal Medicine – Nephrology
AHSCP – Hypertension Specialist
Office Locations
Schenectady
Dr. Cortazar is the Director of the New York Nephrology Vasculitis and Glomerular Center. He attended medical school at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, where he was elected to Alpha Omega Alpha and graduated first in his class. He then completed his internship, internal medicine residency, and nephrology fellowship at Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School. Following his training, Dr. Cortazar was on the faculty of Harvard Medical School, an attending physician in the Renal Unit at Massachusetts General Hospital, and Co-Director of the Massachusetts General Hospital Vasculitis Center. He was awarded the Massachusetts General Hospital Excellence in Clinical Nephrology award for outstanding clinical teaching. He moved to the Albany area in 2019 to start the New York Nephrology Vasculitis and Glomerular Center.
Dr. Cortazar’ s primary interest is improving the care of patients with vasculitis and glomerular diseases. As a clinical researcher, he conducts patient-oriented observational studies and has served as a principal investigator for multiple international randomized trials evaluating novel therapeutic agents for ANCA vasculitis and glomerular diseases. His research has been published in Kidney International, Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology, Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation, and Arthritis and Rheumatology, among others. He has frequently been invited to lecture at national and international meetings on the management of ANCA vasculitis, lupus nephritis, and other glomerular diseases.
Dr. Monzur has been with NY Nephrology since 2001. He served as the Medical Director at Albany Dialysis Center. He was the Chief of the Division of Nephrology at Albany Memorial Hospital, as well as a Fellow of the American College of Physicians and of the American Society of Nephrology. Dr. Monzur is a graduate of Chittagong Medical College in Bangladesh and trained in Internal Medicine and Nephrology at the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia University.
He is actively involved in the Bangladeshi-American Community Organization and the Interfaith Alliance of New York State, as well as being a member of the Northeast Kidney Foundation.
Dr. Monzur is married and has one daughter, who is also a physician. He enjoys sailing, fishing, biking and tennis.
Dr. Cerdá earned his MD at the University of the Republic School of Medicine, in Montevideo, Uruguay, in 1976, completed internal medicine training at the University of the Republic Hospital de Clinicas in Montevideo, Uruguay and later obtained his Certificate in the Specialty of Nephrology in 1982. Between 1974 and 1991 Dr. Cerdá was successively Instructor, Assistant Professor and Associate Professor of Physiology at the University of the Republic School of Medicine. In 1979-80 he was awarded a Fulbright Fellowship in the United States, and completed a Masters of Science in Physiology at the Albany Medical College. Between 1985 and 1987 Dr. Cerdá completed a Nephrology Fellowship at the Albany Medical Center and became an Assistant Professor and subsequently an Associate Professor of Medicine. In 1996, he joined Capital District Renal Physicians. He is currently a Clinical Professor of Medicine at the Albany Medical College, where he actively participates in the teaching and research program.
Dr. Cerdá has co-authored more than 60 papers in peer reviewed journals, books and international meetings, and is on the editorial board of the American Board of Internal Medicine, the American Society of Nephrology NephSAP, Journal of the American Society of Nephrology, Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology, American Journal of Kidney Disease, Kidney International, Nephrology Dialysis & Transplantation, Critical Care, Critical Care Medicine and the Revista Panamericana de Salud Publica.
He is a Fellow of the American College of Physicians, and a Fellow of the American Society of Nephrology, and a member of the International Society of Nephrology and the National Kidney Foundation, where he holds local, national and international leadership positions. Dr. Cerda’s main research interests have been in the field of Critical Care Nephrology and Chronic Kidney Disease and are focused on acute kidney injury (AKI) post cardiac surgery, continuous renal replacement therapies in AKI, and the epidemiology of AKI. Additionally, he currently participates in research on the management of diabetic nephropathy and chronic kidney disease. Dr. Cerdá has extensive experience as a speaker in multiple national and international meetings, and is a member of the Organizing Committee of the International Conference on Continuous Renal Replacement Therapies, a member of the Acute Kidney Injury Network (AKIN), the Acute Dialysis Quality Initiative (ADQI), the AKI Committee of the international Society of Nephrology, the Advisory Committee of the American Society of Nephrology and the Board of Directors of the World Foundation for Renal Care, where he works to promote renal care in disadvantaged countries.
Dr. Hasnain joined CDRP in July, 2015. He is serving as Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine at the Albany Medical College, where he actively participates in the teaching. He also sits as the Medical Director of Fresenius Kidney Care Dialysis Center in Saratoga Springs. He is board certified in Internal Medicine and Nephrology.
Dr. Hasnain earned his M.D. from King Edward Medical University in Pakistan. He has won numerous scholarships most notably the Meritorious Scholarship and the President National Talent Scholarship during his undergraduate and graduate studies.
Dr. Hasnain completed his Internal Medicine Residency at Saint Barnabas Medical Center in New Jersey. He won a Regional Research Competition organized by the American College of Physicians New Jersey Chapter. He was awarded the Outstanding Graduating Scholar Award during his residency training. Dr. Hasnain later went on to complete his Fellowship in Nephrology at Newark Beth Israel Medical Center where he was Chief Fellow. During his Fellowship he presented numerous papers at both the National and International Conferences. His interview which was based on a unique phosphorous binder “Chitosan” was published in the American Journal of Kidney Disease.
Dr. Hasnain is a Fellow of the American College of Physicians & the American Society of Nephrology and member of the National Kidney Foundation. He is certified in Medical Humanities from Drew University in New Jersey.
His main academic and clinical interests have been in the field of preeclampsia, complications of CKD, dialysis and hypertension.
He enjoys reading, music and traveling in his free time.
Dr. Gallichio is a fellow of the American College of Surgeons and is board certified in general surgery. He received his undergraduate degree from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and his medical degree from Albany Medical College, participating in a six-year accelerated BS/MD program at those institutions. Dr. Gallichio completed a fellowship in clinical transplant surgery at the University of Alabama at Birmingham and was a surgical research fellow in transplantation immunology at Albany Medical Center, where he completed his residency. Dr. Gallichio served as professor of surgery at the Albany Medical Center with the kidney and pancreas transplant program. He previously served as a staff surgeon in vascular access at Birmingham Veteran’s Administration Hospital, Alabama, and as assistant professor of surgery at the University of Alabama at Birmingham in the division of Transplantation.
Dr. Gallichio is a member of numerous professional societies including the American College of Surgeons, the American Society of Transplantation, the Association for Academic Surgery, and is a founding member of the Vascular Access Society of the Americas. He has authored numerous publications and presented at national and international meetings on the topics of transplantation and dialysis access. Three years ago, Dr. Gallichio joined Dr. John Ross in South Carolina to form the Dialysis Access Institute where they performed thousands of percutaneous and surgical procedures for dialysis yearly. They were at the forefront of dialysis access care and physician education for the placement, maintenance, and salvage of dialysis access. Dr. Gallichio co-founded the TACIDA group for physician education on dialysis access with Dr. Ross and Dr. Ingemar Davidson.
Dr. Gallichio returns “home” to provide dialysis access care to the patients of New York Nephrology
Dr. Carsillo has been with NY Nephrology since 2004. Our patients love his warm bedside manner and exceptional listening skills. He is well known throughout the region and has been asked to be a returning guest on WAMC’s Medical Broadcast with Dr. Alan Chartock. He is a graduate of the University of Scranton where he received degrees in Biology and Philosophy.
His medical training began at The Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine where he also completed an Internal Medicine Residency. He then went on to Fellowship in Nephrology at Albert Einstein Medical Center where he was a Chief Fellow. During his time at Albert Einstein he received the inaugural award for Outstanding Teaching Fellow at the institution. He has presented original research to an international audience.
In addition to his clinical practice and management of our group, Dr. Carsillo enjoys spending time with his family of five. He is a regular at the fitness center and loves to cook. He has competed in multiple triathlons. When time allows, he enjoys participating in multiple sports including snowboarding, hockey, and racquetball.
Patricia has been with Capital District Renal Physicians since 1997. She began as a registered nurse in Nephrology in 1985. She became nationally certified as a nephrology nurse in 1988.
She has extensive experience with dialysis patients and worked as the Director of Nursing of three large dialysis facilities in the Capital District. She is a nationally certified nurse practitioner and a graduate of Community General Hospital in Syracuse, New York.
She works extensively with patients at St. Peters Hospital and as a coordinator of our Chronic Kidney Disease Program.
Edie grew up in the greater capital region, the oldest of seven children. While working as an RN at the Stratton VA Hospital in Albany, she continued her studies at Russel Sage College, receiving her Master’s of Science and Nurse Practitioner’s degrees.
Edie joined our practice in 2007. Her office hours are divided between our Albany and Schenectady offices. She regularly goes to our dialysis units- Capital District Dialysis, Albany Regional Kidney Center, Rubin Dialysis Center and our Niskayuna unit, assisting the doctors with their rounding.
Following a hospital admission, your first appointment in our office maybe with Edie. She works closely with our physicians to continue the care they have provided for you while in the hospital.
Our patients often comment on her soft and quiet demeanor. She always has a smile, giving her patients 110%.
She lives in Rotterdam with her husband and daughter. Edie can often be found reading or traveling with her immediate and extended family.
