Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Role in Hemodialysis: From the First Treatment in the United States to Continuing Innovations
It has been more than 75 years since Mount Sinai conducted the first hemodialysis treatment in the United States in 1948, a monumental accomplishment, and Mount Sinai continues to play a leading role in research to help patients in need of this lifesaving treatment. The first type of dialyzer, called the artificial kidney, was built in 1943 by a Dutch physician, Willem Kolff, MD, PhD, working in the Netherlands during World War II. Learn more. |