Neera Dahl, MD, PhD
Professor Adjunct; Medical Director, Outpatient Dialysis, Nephrology; Director, Nephrology Clinical Trials Program, Nephrology
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Biography
Dr. Dahl has expertise in diagnosis and management of inherited (or genetically based) kidney disease. Her main focus has been ADPKD and other cystic kidney diseases which mimic ADPKD. She is the medical director of the New Haven DaVita unit providing in center hemodialysis, home hemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis. She is the Director of the Nephrology Clinical Trials program overseeing studies in ADPKD, diabetes and hypertension. In collaboration with Dr. Dinesh Singh she runs the Yale Kidney Stone Clinic.
Education & Training
- FellowBeth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (2002)
- ResidentBeth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (1999)
- InternBIDMC, Harvard Medical School (1997)
- PhDTufts University (1996)
- MDTufts University School of Medicine (1996)
- BAJohns Hopkins University (1987)
- Postdoctoral, PhDTufts University School of Medicine and Sackler School of Biomedical Science
Honors & Recognition
| Award | Awarding Organization | Date |
|---|---|---|
| ISN Travel Grant | World Congress of Nephrology | 2013 |
| Sugarman Postdoctoral Training Grant | National Kidney Foundation | 2001, 2002 |
| Training Grant (Renal Fellow) | Harvard Medical School | 2000, 2001 |
| Alpha Omega Alpha | Tufts University School of Medicine | 1996 |
| Dr. Charles Trey Fellow Summer Scholarship | American Liver Foundation | 1992 |
| Berlex Laboratory Scholarship, Predoctoral Training | Berlex Laboratory | 1992, 1994 |
| NSF Travel Award | NSF | 1987 |
| Medical Scientist Training Program | Tufts University | 1987, 1996 |
| Maryland Distinguished Scholar | Johns Hopkins University | 1983 |
Professional Service
| Organization | Role | Date |
|---|---|---|
| ISN Awards: Lilian Jean Kaplan International Prize for PKD Research Advisory Committee | Member | 2020 - 2022 |
| National Kidney Foundation Live Interview | Living with Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease (ADPKD), on Facebook | 2020 |
| Cases from the Hereditary Kidney Disease Clinic, NKF | Moderator | 2020 |
| Insights into the Management of ADPKD, NKF | Moderator | 2020 |
| Patient Registry Advisory Group (PRAC), PKD Foundation | Member | 2020 - Present |
| PKD Awareness Day | Filmed for a segment of Balancing Act (Lifetime Channel): Understanding ADPKD, aired on September 4th | 2019 |
| Diabetic Kidney Disease: Clinical, ASN | Reviewer | 2019 |
| Scientific Advisory Board, PKD Foundation | involved in grant review and patient outreach projects with the PKD Foundation | 2018 - Present |
| Scientific Advisory Board, Polycystic Kidney Disease Foundation | Member | 2018 - Present |
| American Society of Nephrology | Fellow | 2018 - Present |
| PKD Foundation | Research and Fellowship Grants, Annual Review | 2018 - Present |
| Dutch Kidney Foundation | Kolff Grant Review | 2018 - Present |
| FDA Orphan Products Development, Natural History Grant Program, Renal Panel | Grant Reviewer | 2017 |
| Blazing the Trail in Educational Research, ASN | Moderator | 2017 |
| Anemia, ISN World Congress of Nephrology | Reviewer | 2017 |
| Educational Research, ASN | Reviewer | 2017 - Present |
| Fellows and Residents Case Reports, ASN | Reviewer | 2016 - Present |
| Medical Review Board, ESRD Network of New England | Helped determine focus of the ESRD Network projects | 2015 - Present |
| Lab Formulary Committee, Yale New Haven Health | Member | 2015 - 2018 |
| Medical Review Board, ESRD Network of New England | Member | 2015 - Present |
| PKD Foundation | National Webinar for PKD Awareness Day: "The Basics of PKD" | 2014 |
| Kidney Self Assessment Program (KSAP) Editorial Board, ASN | Member | 2014 - Present |
| Novel Diagnostic & Therapeutic Concepts in ADPKD, ASN | Moderator | 2013 |
| FDA Orphan Disease Program, Clinical Trials in ADPKD | Grant Reviewer | 2012 - 2013 |
| PKD Foundation | PKD Foundation National Webinar (Patient Education Conference) "Outside the Kidney: Other Complications in ADPKD" | 2012 |
| 4th North American Chapter Meeting of the International Society of PD (ISPD) | Moderator | 2011 |
| American Society of Nephrology, Inherited Kidney Disease | Reviewer | 2011 |
| National Kidney Foundation, CT Chapter, National Kidney Foundation | Board Member | 2008 - Present |
| CT Chapter of the PKD Foundation | Developed an annual symposium for patients and families with PKD in New Haven and New York City, in conduction with the PKD Foundation. | 2008 - 2011 |
| CT Chapter of the PKD Foundation | Local PKD Walk, yearly. Answer patient's questions regarding kidney disease, clinical trials in PKD and transplantation | 2008 |
| Donor Advocacy Panel, Yale Kidney Transplant | Member | 2008 - Present |
| Medical Advisory Board, National Kidney Foundation of CT | Member | 2008 - Present |
| Nephrology Boards/MOC, American Board of Internal Medicine | Reviewer | 2007 - 2018 |
| PKD Foundation | Participated in fundraising events for he PKD Foundation and the local NKF Chapter. | 2007 |
| American Journal of Kidney Disease | Reviewer | 2007 - Present |
| Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology | Reviewer | 2007 - Present |
| Kidney International | Reviewer | 2007 - Present |
| BMC Nephrology | Reviewer | 2007 - Present |
| JASN | Reviewer | 2007 - Present |
| American Society of Nephrology, Clinical Acute Renal Failure | Reviewer | 2006 |
| Boston Inter-City Renal Rounds on Preeclampsia, Regional Meeting | Mediator | 2005 |
| NKF | Future Achiever's Award for Minority High School Students, NKF sponsored Summer Laboratory Experience. | 2003 - 2007 |
| Local NKF Chapter | KEEP Screening, Outreach run by the local NKF Chapter to increase awareness of Chronic Kidney Disease. Participate one-two times per year. | 2003 - Present |
| Medical Advisory Board, National Kidney Foundation of MA/RI/NH | Member | 2001 - 2006 |
| American Society of Nephrology | Member | 2000 - Present |
Departments & Organizations
- Chronic Kidney Disease Program
- Internal Medicine
- Nephrology
- Prostate & Urologic Cancers Program
- Yale Cancer Center
- Yale Ventures