Vandana Dua Niyyar MD, FASN

Dr. Vandana Dua Niyyar is currently an assistant professor of medicine in the Division of Renal Medicine at Emory University. She received her medical degree from Pt BDS Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Rohtak, India in 1995 and did her residency in internal medicine at Research and Referral Army Hospital, Delhi, India until 1998. Subsequently, after immigration to the United States, she completed another residency in internal medicine at the University of Louisville in 2002. She then went on to join her fellowship in nephrology at Emory University in 2003. After completing her fellowship, Dr. Niyyar joined the Emory faculty.

Dr. Niyyar’s main clinical interests are in hemodialysis and vascular access. She is one of three interventional nephrologists at the Dialysis Access Center of Atlanta and specializes in dialysis access procedures and maintenance of hemodialysis access, including angiograms, angioplasties, thrombectomies, and tunneled catheters. She is also certified in renal ultrasonography.