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Associate Professor
Thomas Diflo M.D.
Clinical Responsibilities
Dr. Thomas Diflo is a cum laude graduate of Harvard College and Boston University School of Medicine. He did his general surgery training at Boston University and both his laboratory and clinical Transplant Fellowships at Harvard Medical School, at the New England Deaconess Hospital. He is board certified in both General Surgery and Surgical Critical Care.
Dr. Diflo came to NYU in 1992 at the completion of his training and was made director of the Renal Transplant Program in 1993. Under his guidance, the annual volume of kidney transplants at NYU has quadrupled, and the program has expanded with the introduction of laparoscopic living donor nephrectomies. The laparoscopic approach has significantly lessened donor discomfort and shortened hospital stays, with no alteration in the excellent graft function seen with living donation. Overall kidney graft survival at NYU last year was 97% at one year.
Dr. Diflo's scientific interests began during his research fellowship, in which he investigated small intestinal transplantation. Currently he is the principal investigator in several medication studies for our patients. The Transplant Service at NYU has an active basic science research program. The basic science lab, centered at the the John HC Ranson Surgical Basic Science Laboratory at Bellevue hospital, has a full-time surgical resident research fellow and is currently funded through the generosity of the Mary Lea Johnson Richards Research Institute. Dr. Diflo's recent and ongoing projects in the lab involve the study of chronic rejection and the expression of matrix metalloproteinase enzymes, and the effects of immunosuppression on wound healing. A particularly exciting avenue of investigation involves the study of transplanted bone marrow cells and their effects on peripheral wounds and the repopulation of injured or dysfunctional organs. Other studies under consideration involve the effects of sirolimus on neointimal hyperplasia in PTFE grafts, and chronic rejection in urokinase-deficient animals.
Office Locations
Address #1
Address
Rivergate, 3, 312, 403 East 34th St., New York, NY, 10016
Phone
212 263 8134
Office Hours
Mon. 9:00 - 5:00; Tue. 9:00 - 5:00; Wed. 9:00 - 5:00; Thu. 9:00 - 5:00; Fri. 9:00 - 5:00
This location has disability Access
Clinical Information
Medical Specialty
Transplant Surgery; Gastrointestinal Surgery; Pancreatic Surgery; Hernia Surgery; Hepato-Biliary Surgery
Medical Interests
Surgical Critical Care
Note: Insurance listed below may not be accepted at all office locations. Please confirm prior to each visit. The information presented here may not be complete or may have changed.
Insurance Accepted
Aetna, BC/BS, BC/BS CHP, BC/BS EPO, BC/BS Fed. Emp. Prog, BC/BS POS, BC/BS PPO, Beech Street PPO, Cigna, Empire Blue Cross/Blue Shield POS, Empire Medicare Services, GHI, HIP, Healthnet, Medicaid, Medicare, Multi-Plan, Nylcare, One Health Plan, Oxford, Oxford Freedom Network, Oxford Medicare, PHCS, Physician Health Service, Pru Care, UHC, US Healthcare, Vytra
Background and Educational Information
Medical Education
Boston University 1984
Residency
Boston University Medical Center (Surgery) 1985-1986 and 1988-1991
Clinical Fellowships
New England Deaconess Hospital (Transplantation Research) 1986-1988 and 1991-1992
Board Certifications
Surgical Critical Care 1995; Surgery 1992
