About
Dr. Valerie L Johnson, MD, is a pediatric nephrologist in New York, New York, board certified in Pediatric Nephrology and Pediatrics. She practices at Corewell Health Care Center - Canton, Weill Medical College of Cornell, Weill Cornell Medicine Pediatric Gastroenterology And Nutrition, New York Presbyterian Hospital-Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital, and New York Downtown Hospital.
Dr. Johnson specializes in the care of children with kidney disease, including conditions such as hematuria and proteinuria, as well as congenital kidney abnormalities, high blood pressure, and electrolyte disorders. She also treats children with end-stage kidney disease who require dialysis or kidney transplantation. Her research interests include growth in children with kidney failure and the evaluation of growth hormone therapy, as well as studies of high blood pressure treatment, anemia management in chronic kidney disease, and novel therapies for hemolytic uremic syndrome and membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis. Dr. Johnson received her M.D. and Ph.D. from Cornell University Medical College, completed her residency in Pediatrics at Mt. Sinai Hospital, and finished a clinical fellowship in Pediatric Nephrology at Albert Einstein College of Medicine. She speaks English.
Conditions Treated
- Glomerulonephritis
- Hypertension
- Nephrotic syndrome
- Hematuria
- Kidney stones
- Proteinuria
Specialized Treatments
- Dialysis
- Kidney transplant