Vagish Hemmige, MD MS
Overview
Professor of Medicine (Infectious Diseases) at Albert Einstein College of Medicine and transplant infectious diseases physician at Montefiore Einstein in the Bronx, NY. Interests include HIV-to-HIV thoracic transplantation, HIV prevention and treatment, and building open R tools for transplant data research.
- Current roles: Professor, Medicine (ID), Albert Einstein College of Medicine; Infectious Disease physician, Montefiore Medical Center
- Location: Bronx, New York
- Clinical interests: Transplant ID, HIV care & prevention, opportunistic infections
- Methods/tech: R, Quarto, Arrow/DuckDB, reproducible pipelines
Highlights
- Part of Montefiore-Einstein’s immunocompromised transplant (ICT) ID team
- Medical degree from NYU Grossman School of Medicine; >10 years practice experience.
- Faculty/clinician listings and contact available via Einstein/Montefiore directories.
Open-source projects (R)
sRtr — Tools for working with UNOS/SRTR transplant data in R
Repo/docs: https://vagishhemmige.github.io/sRtr/usRds — Tools for working with the United States Renal Data system Repo/docs: https://vagishhemmige.github.io/usRds/
Selected publications & media
- Montefiore Einstein feature: ICT team advancing care for transplant recipients
- Here’s What It Will Take to Grow HIV-Positive to HIV-Positive Transplant Access
Links
Faculty profile — Albert Einstein College of Medicine
https://einsteinmed.edu/faculty/15768/vagish-hemmigePhysician profile — Montefiore Einstein
https://doctors.montefioreeinstein.org/providers/1205162245/vagish-s-hemmigeUS News doctor profile
https://health.usnews.com/doctors/vagish-hemmige-719259Research/works
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?term=vagish+Hemmige&sort=dateR packages
sRtr: https://vagishhemmige.github.io/sRtr/
strobe: https://vagishhemmige.github.io/strobe/
usRds: https://vagishhemmige.github.io/usRds/ CDCAtlas: https://vagishhemmige.github.io/CDCAtlas/