Michael F. Michelis has been the Director of the Division of Nephrology at Lenox Hill Hospital for more than three decades. He is Professor of Medicine at the Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell. He received a BA at Columbia College, Columbia University in New York City, and his MD at George Washington School of Medicine in Washington, DC. He received his Nephrology Training at the University of Pittsburg, School of Medicine. He has been selected for inclusion in the listing of Top Doctors in New York for the past several years. He is the co-editor of several medical textbooks, and he has published dozens of articles in the area of general nephrology, electrolyte disorders, hypertension, and geriatric renal diseases. He has lectured extensively throughout the United States, Hawaii, Japan, and in various European cities. He has served on the Editorial Board of several medical journals, and he also reviews articles for established journals in Nephrology. He has received many awards and lectureships for his work in nephrology.