About Jacob S Stevens, MD
Dr. Stevens is an Assistant Professor of Medicine in the Division of Nephrology at Columbia University Medical Center. He majored in Neuroscience at Bowdoin College before attending Dartmouth College School of Medicine. He completed his internal medicine residency training at Massachusetts General Hospital where he served as Chief Resident during his senior year. He then completed his nephrology fellowship at Columbia University Medical Center where he was also Chief Fellow during his senior year. His clinical and research interests include critical care nephrology and improving the care provided to patients with acute kidney injury and he is the Medical Director of Acute Care Nephrology at Columbia University Irving Medical Center.
In addition to his interests in kidney disease, he is also a member of the Columbia Doctors Hypertension Center, a multi-disciplinary center of excellence that provides high-quality care and state-of–the-art diagnostic testing for patients with hypertension
Dr. Stevens is also a dedicated medical educator and was recognized with an Internal Medicine Senior Resident Teaching Award at Massachusetts General Hospital in 2016, the Columbia University Kimberg Memorial Faculty Teaching Award in 2020, and as a Columbia University Ewig Clinical Scholar in 2021. He serves as the Associate Course Director for the Renal Physiology & Pathophysiology Course at the Columbia Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons and as the Associate Program Director for the Columbia University Internal Medicine Residency Program.
Board Certifications
Internal MedicineNephrology
Expertise
Chronic Kidney DiseaseDialysis
Electrolyte Disorders
Hypertension
Kidney Disease
Kidney Failure
Kidney Stones
Education
Fellowship: NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical CenterInternship: Massachusetts General Hospital
Residency: Massachusetts General Hospital
Medical School: Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth
Titles & Positions
Assistant Professor of Medicine at CUMCAssociate Program Director of the Internal Medicine Residency Training Program
Director of Acute Care Nephrology, Columbia University Irving Medical Center
Hospital Affiliations
NewYork-Presbyterian / Columbia University Irving Medical CenterAwards & Honors
Ewig Clinical Scholar, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, Department of Medicine, 2021Kidney Innovation Accelerator (KidneyX) Prize, US Department of Health and Human Services and the American Society of Nephrology, 2021
Kimberg Faculty Teaching Award, Columbia University Irving Medical Center Department of Medicine, 2020
Rolf Syvertsen Scholar, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, 2012
Senior Resident Teaching Award, Massachusetts General Hospital Department of Medicine, 2016
The Good Physician Award, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, 2013