David M. Charytan, MD, an internationally renowned clinician and researcher in the field of cardio–renal disease, joined the Department of Medicine at NYU Langone Health as director of the Division of Nephrology.

Dr. Charytan joins NYU Langone Health from Brigham and Women’s Hospital, where he most recently served as a physician in its renal division and Director of ICU Nephrology. He also held the position of associate professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School and served as director of renal research at the Baim Institute for Clinical Research, an affiliate of Harvard and its five teaching hospitals.

In addition to his clinical responsibilities, Dr. Charytan oversees the division’s research, including his own ongoing studies examining the connections between chronic kidney disease and heart disease, the leading cause of death in people with kidney failure. His particular focus is on arrhythmia in dialysis patients and investigating new therapies to minimize the risk of cardiovascular events for people with end-stage kidney failure.