Melanie Hoenig

Melanie Hoenig has found her niche at BIDMC in the renal division, her family away from home. She wears several hats as a nephrology educator. She has a continuity clinic with a nephrology fellow that is a general nephrology clinic, though her clinical interests are in transition to adult care for young individuals with renal disease as well as kidney disorders in the context of HIV infection.

Dr. Hoenig teaches at all levels of medical education and has received multiple teaching awards. She ran the renal pathophysiology course at Harvard Medical School for more than a dozen years and the renal section of the physiology course for 2 years. She was co-chair of the Steering Committee to reform the pre-clerkship curriculum at HMS and is now the course director for a course called "Homeostasis 2," which includes physiology and pathophysiology of the renal, endocrine and gastrointestinal systems. She has been very involved with the American society of Nephrology and helped develop the Kidney Self-Assessment program (KSAP) and was the editor for six years. She is also the renal section editor for Knowledge Plus, a board review and MOC product from the NEJM.

Dr. Hoenig helped the BIDMC discard with race in estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) reporting in 2017, the first academic medical center to do so in the nation, and she is Chair of the American Association of Clinical Chemistry’s Race and eGFR Task Force. Dr Hoenig is passionate about renal physiology and thrilled to be part of the podcast: Channel your Enthusiasm: The Burton Rose Book Club. Dr. Hoenig also serves as the Associate Co-Director for the Harvard Summer Program in Kidney Medicine, a research program for undergraduate students.

Clinical Interests

• General Nephrology
• Transition to Adult Care for Young Patients with Renal Disease
• HIV and Kidney Disease

Board Certifications

• American Board of Internal Medicine (Nephrology)

Education

• Medical School: Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University
• Internship/Residency: Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
• Residency: Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
• Fellowship: Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

Insurances Accepted

• Aetna HMO1
• Aetna NonHMO
• AllWays Health Partners
• BC Medicare Advantage HMO
• BCBS Diagnostic Imaging
• Blue Care Elect
• Blue Cross/Blue Shield Indemnity
• BMC Healthnet
• Cigna
• Commonwealth Care Alliance-One Care
• Commonwealth Care Alliance-SCO (CCA-ACO)
• Fallon Commercial
• Fallon Medicare Advantage
• Firsthealth
• Harvard Pilgrim Healthcare1
• HMO Blue Network Blue
• Integrated Health Plan
• Medicaid
• Medicare
• Multiplan/PHCS
• Senior Whole Health
• TRICARE/Health Net Federal Services
• Tufts Associated Health Plans
• Tufts Health Public Plan MCO
• Tufts Medicare Preferred HMO
• Tufts SCO
• Unicare State Indemnity Plan (GIC)
• United Healthcare
• United Senior Care Options
• Wellfleet Group, LLC