Richard Mann, MD, MS
Associate Professor, Division Chief, Nephrology, Medical Director, Kidney/Pancreas Transplant Program, Nephrology Fellowship Program Director, and Transplant Nephrologist
Bio
Richard Mann is the Division Chief of the Division of Nephrology and serves as the Medical Director of the Kidney/Pancreas Transplant Program. He is an Associate Professor and the Nephrology Fellowship Program Director. Additionally, he is a Transplant Nephrologist.
Dr. Mann completed medical school at Albert Einstein College of Medicine in Bronx, NY. He earned a Master’s Degree in Biophysics from the University of Buffalo in Buffalo, NY. He then completed his residency at Temple University School of Medicine. Dr. Mann pursued a Fellowship in Nephrology and a Nephrology Research Fellowship at The University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia.
He has many years of experience caring for and treating patients with renal disorders, with a clinical focus on transplant patients. He believes the secret to caring for patients is to care about the patients.
Dr. Mann received the Outstanding Attending Award in the Department of Medicine six years in a row before being awarded the Academic Excellence and Outstanding Teaching Award by the graduating medical school class.
For more than 25 years, he has served as a scientific advisor to the Food and Drug Administration, actively involved in reviewing and approving most immunosuppressive drugs used in transplantation today. He directed an immunology research laboratory for 12 years, served as principal investigator or co-principal investigator on over 30 grants and clinical trials, and has published extensively.
Dr. Mann has received many awards and honors, including a Young Investigator Award from the National Kidney Foundation, a FIRST Award from the NIH, the National Medical Award in Nephrology from the Kidney and Urology Foundation of America, the Award of Honor in Nephrology by the American Board of Nephrology, and he was named a Distinguished Fellow of the American College of Nephrology. His name has appeared many times on lists of “The Best Doctors in America” and “New Jersey’s Top Doctors.”
He has mentored and trained more than 60 nephrologists, most of whom practice in the tri-state area. In his spare time, he is an avid cyclist.